Author Topic: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre (Read 423174 times)

Sanguine · « **Reply #850 on:** March 31, 2017, 02:23:36 am »

Quote from: Ghost Bear on March 31, 2017, 02:21:45 am

@Sanguine , @Cripplecreek , thanks for responding!

That certainly is a good one. ^-^

It's not Bob Wills, but it is good.

Ghost Bear · « **Reply #851 on:** March 31, 2017, 02:30:37 am »

Quote from: Sanguine on March 31, 2017, 02:23:36 am

It's not Bob Wills, but it is good.

'kay... I would start an argument, but this probably isn't the right thread for it. :nometalk:

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #852 on:** March 31, 2017, 02:34:43 am »

Quote from: Sanguine on March 31, 2017, 02:23:36 am

It's not Bob Wills, but it is good.

I just find old country music to be very appropriate in sci fi with a tie to earth. The opening scene of the Defiance series had Nolan and his adopted alien daughter singing along to Johnny and June Cash "Jackson"

https://vimeo.com/153348460

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #853 on:** March 31, 2017, 02:37:57 am »

Quote from: Cripplecreek on March 31, 2017, 02:34:43 am

I just find old country music to be very appropriate in sci fi with a tie to earth. The opening scene of the Defiance series had Nolan and his adopted alien daughter singing along to Johnny and June Cash "Jackson"

https://vimeo.com/153348460

or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKIK5ei_Lhg

Sanguine · « **Reply #854 on:** March 31, 2017, 02:39:27 am »

Quote from: Ghost Bear on March 31, 2017, 02:30:37 am

'kay... I would start an argument, but this probably isn't the right thread for it. :nometalk:

No, I wouldn't argue with you. I like them both.

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #855 on:** March 31, 2017, 02:48:34 am »

Quote from: kevindavis on March 31, 2017, 02:37:57 am

or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKIK5ei_Lhg

I would take a pretty eclectic collection to space. Stevie Ray Vaughn, Megadeth, Johnny Cash, White Zombie, etc

ABX · « **Reply #856 on:** March 31, 2017, 03:30:06 am »

Just for interest.

Full size link
http://www.starfleet-museum.org/uesn-fleet.jpg

InHeavenThereIsNoBeer · « **Reply #857 on:** March 31, 2017, 03:41:04 am »

Quote from: Ghost Bear on March 31, 2017, 02:30:37 am

'kay... I would start an argument, but this probably isn't the right thread for it. :nometalk:

Yes, it is.

Ghost Bear · « **Reply #858 on:** March 31, 2017, 03:53:20 am »

Quote from: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on March 31, 2017, 03:41:04 am

Yes, it is.

No it isn't!

EC · « **Reply #859 on:** March 31, 2017, 12:09:25 pm »

Liked country with my sci fi ever since Dark Star. It just fits.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #860 on:** March 31, 2017, 05:39:38 pm »

Rainn Wilson, whose best-known character, Dwight Schute, fell for dozens of pranks on The Office, will be the one doing the fooling in CBS All Access' upcoming Star Trek: Discovery.

On Friday, CBS announced that the 51-year-old Wilson has signed up to play Harry Mudd, a "charismatic conman and intergalactic criminal" in the latest Star Trek TV project, expected in late summer of fall.

Wilson is a three-time Emmy nominee for his work as the Office's irascible, beet-farming, wannabe autocrat.

Look for Mudd, who sounds a bit like The Next Generation's Q (John de Lancie), to tangle with the Discovery's Captain Lorca, who will be played by Harry Potter alumnus Jason Isaacs and his second-in-command, Lt. Cmdr Rainsford (Sonequa Martin-Green, The Walking Dead).

Read More: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/03/31/rainn-wilson-joins-cast-of-cbs-all-acccess-star-trek-discovery/99866080/

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #861 on:** March 31, 2017, 10:29:25 pm »

Quote from: EC on March 31, 2017, 12:09:25 pm

Liked country with my sci fi ever since Dark Star. It just fits.

For once I would like see Star Fleet Captain listen to some country music..

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #862 on:** March 31, 2017, 10:45:23 pm »

Quote from: kevindavis on March 31, 2017, 10:29:25 pm

For once I would like see Star Fleet Captain listen to some country music..

Earth music makes kind of a connection to Earth. (Rocinante captain Alex is Martian but its close enough)

Music was one of the cool things about Defiance. Too bad they screwed that show up with too much interpersonal BS. It had such potential.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #863 on:** March 31, 2017, 10:52:12 pm »

Quote from: Cripplecreek on March 31, 2017, 10:45:23 pm

Earth music makes kind of a connection to Earth. (Rocinante captain Alex is Martian but its close enough)

Music was one of the cool things about Defiance. Too bad they screwed that show up with too much interpersonal BS. It had such potential.

True, I just can't see a Vulcan listening to Johnny Cash... But on Earth a Vulcan did like I Love Lucy...

That is correct. It makes a connection to Earth.

They cut the budget in Defiance, I agree about the music was one of the cool things. However, the last song and ending in Defiance was perfect. Would you go on a ship with a bunch of aliens that could eat you alive but still go into space.. I would..

uglybiker · « **Reply #864 on:** April 01, 2017, 01:34:21 am »

Quote from: Cripplecreek on March 30, 2017, 11:58:21 pm

I've always liked when they put old country music in sci fi. For some reason it always seems right.

A tradition going back a long ways!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTa2vXL7FI8

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #865 on:** April 01, 2017, 01:43:11 am »

Cool, the site posted the video. Not Hank Williams singing but a very passable cover.

http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse/videos/so-lonesome-i-could-cry

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #866 on:** April 01, 2017, 01:44:14 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Wltu5hfPU

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #867 on:** April 01, 2017, 01:48:54 am »

Quote from: Cripplecreek on April 01, 2017, 01:43:11 am

Cool, the site posted the video. Not Hank Williams singing but a very passable cover.

http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse/videos/so-lonesome-i-could-cry

I tweeted that video over to Hank Jr and Hank 3..

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #868 on:** April 02, 2017, 11:40:01 pm »

On this day in SciFi:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=2001+a+space+odyssey&filters=IsConversation:%22True%22%20OsKey%3A%22OnThisDay0402%22+Id%3A%221%22&form=OTDTB1

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #869 on:** April 03, 2017, 12:35:35 am »

http://vimeo.com/210024763

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #870 on:** April 04, 2017, 10:07:55 pm »

Well if you want to watch Babylon 5:

https://www.go90.com/?ko_id:p15554584100_Cj0KEQjwiI3HBRDv0q_qhqXZ-N4BEiQAOTiCHqFgNXmzu6h77XnmBMLXqxV-YXFsiA94szskkMOYy-waArHb8P8HAQ

Ghost Bear · « **Reply #871 on:** April 04, 2017, 10:15:52 pm »

Quote from: kevindavis on April 04, 2017, 10:07:55 pm

Well if you want to watch Babylon 5:

https://www.go90.com/?ko_id:p15554584100_Cj0KEQjwiI3HBRDv0q_qhqXZ-N4BEiQAOTiCHqFgNXmzu6h77XnmBMLXqxV-YXFsiA94szskkMOYy-waArHb8P8HAQ

I have all of B5 on "old fashioned" DVD. But I notice that that service also offers the show Almost Human, which was one of the best SF series of recent vintage IMHO. Cancelled by Fox before they could finish the first season, of course.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #872 on:** April 04, 2017, 10:32:43 pm »

Quote from: Ghost Bear on April 04, 2017, 10:15:52 pm

I have all of B5 on "old fashioned" DVD. But I notice that that service also offers the show Almost Human, which was one of the best SF series of recent vintage IMHO. Cancelled by Fox before they could finish the first season, of course.

To be honest I miss Babylon 5.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #873 on:** April 05, 2017, 11:53:32 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96KiWKz2BlU

Machiavelli · « **Reply #874 on:** April 06, 2017, 02:26:22 am »

2017 Hugo Award Finalists

The Hugo Awards via File 770
April 4, 2017

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The finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced by Worldcon 75 on April 4...

The final round of voting will open this coming week, and close on July 15. The 2017 Hugos will be presented at the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki, Finland, on August 11.

The finalists are: ...

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