The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre

[kevindavis007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqb9Ylm49M8

[kevindavis007]

Well if anyone wants to steal an idea, here is one, a Neutron Star is heading towards Earth basically and people is trying to leave Earth before the end.

[geronl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqb9Ylm49M8

"Collabor8te"

I have not seen that. I did see "Interstellar" on Hulu.

[kevindavis007]

"Collabor8te"

I have not seen that. I did see "Interstellar" on Hulu.

Did you like it?

[geronl]

Did you like it?

Yes. Some of it was a little corny. Such as corn being one of the few foods still growing (but later his now-adult daughter has a cup that looks like it came from McDonalds or something) But I did like it.

[geronl]

First Draft of the Novella is complete!

yay.

Now to make it as good as I can over a few days and then find some beta readers.



The cover could change since people think the moon looks like her ear, lol.

[geronl]

I went over the first draft looking for things to improve and fix errors and the wordage increased by more than 300 words.

Now I want to rewrite a certain part and add something at the end, sort of an addendum...

I also note that this story might have been better told in first person but I am not rewriting it. Maybe a sequel will be first person. lol

[Ghost Bear]

Some news from the comic book television side of SF/F:

Netflix has ordered a full first season of “Marvel’s The Punisher,” continuing their unprecedented collaboration with Marvel Television.

Jon Bernthal will reprise his role as Frank Castle, introduced to fans earlier this year in the second season of the Netflix original series “Marvel’s Daredevil,” with Steve Lightfoot (“Hannibal”) serving as Executive Producer and Showrunner in addition to writing the series’ first two episodes.

Full article: http://marvel.com/news/tv/26104/netflix_orders_marvels_the_punisher_to_series

[geronl]

Forget the Orion Project and it's atomic bomb propulsion, we should be dropping miniature stars going supernovae to propel starships.

[geronl]

Beta readers... anyone...

17,700 word novella needs a look-over

super power fiction

[kevindavis007]

Yes. Some of it was a little corny. Such as corn being one of the few foods still growing (but later his now-adult daughter has a cup that looks like it came from McDonalds or something) But I did like it.

I loved that movie, but I agree some parts where a bit corny (no pun intended).

[kevindavis007]

Check this out:
http://personalspace.tv/

[Polly Ticks]

Beta readers... anyone...

17,700 word novella needs a look-over

super power fiction

@geronl  What's your timeline?  I might be game, but would probably need a few days.

[geronl]

@geronl  What's your timeline?  I might be game, but would probably need a few days.

I can do a few days.

[geronl]

@geronl  What's your timeline?  I might be game, but would probably need a few days.

I just made (not well formatted) .mobi and .epub files for my beta readers.

[Polly Ticks]

Ok.  Hit me up ... I can do that.

[Ghost Bear]

OK, don't know if this has been mentioned here before, but there is a new Star Trek TV series set to debut in January 2017. Current plans are for the series to be available on CBS-TV's streaming service, CBS All Access, and to "also be distributed concurrently for television and multiple platforms around the world by CBS Studios International." I guess that means it will be syndicated as TNG and the other series were.

As for the setting, rumors are that it will be set in the TOS/TNG/DS9/etc. universe, and will not follow the movie universe. The timeframe of the series is rumored to be set just before the beginning of TNG.

Read the official announcement here: http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

Read rumors and more recent news here:  http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/star-trek-everything-we-know-about-the-new-tv-series.html/?a=viewall

[geronl]

You have to wonder how many people will pay to watch that, though

[Ghost Bear]

You have to wonder how many people will pay to watch that, though

Well, actually I've thought of subscribing to the service anyway, as they stream all of the current line-up of CBS shows, and the wife and I watch a lot of CBS shows.  Plus I think they have older content available too, not sure. And it's just $5.99/month (I think) so it's not by itself a bank-breaker.  The new ST show might be the lure that draws enough people in to make the service succeed.

[EC]

I'll watch it. For a season, at least.

Couldn't get into Enterprise at all though. Neat concept, pretty well written, but was missing a spark somewhere.

[geronl]

Well, actually I've thought of subscribing to the service anyway, as they stream all of the current line-up of CBS shows, and the wife and I watch a lot of CBS shows.  Plus I think they have older content available too, not sure. And it's just $5.99/month (I think) so it's not by itself a bank-breaker.  The new ST show might be the lure that draws enough people in to make the service succeed.

It will definitely attract fans. I hope they don't mess it up.

[Ghost Bear]

Here's a promotional video for Independence Day: Resurgence, due out this summer.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IKUNzGn2cc

It may end up being a pure popcorn movie, but at least from that video it looks like they've done some logical world-building... 

[kevindavis007]

Well, actually I've thought of subscribing to the service anyway, as they stream all of the current line-up of CBS shows, and the wife and I watch a lot of CBS shows.  Plus I think they have older content available too, not sure. And it's just $5.99/month (I think) so it's not by itself a bank-breaker.  The new ST show might be the lure that draws enough people in to make the service succeed.

Well in the past, when Game of Thrones was on we use to just to get HBO just to watch it. With HBO now, I save some $$$$...

[kevindavis007]

I'll watch it. For a season, at least.

Couldn't get into Enterprise at all though. Neat concept, pretty well written, but was missing a spark somewhere.

Well I liked Enterprise, but here is what I think what happened...
Trek Fatigue... For about 20 years, Trek was on TV and I think people was getting tired of it..

[kevindavis007]

[geronl]

Here's a promotional video for Independence Day: Resurgence, due out this summer.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IKUNzGn2cc

I heard it's a campaign ad for Hillary.

[Free Vulcan]

I'll watch it. For a season, at least.

Couldn't get into Enterprise at all though. Neat concept, pretty well written, but was missing a spark somewhere.

I loved it, but they took it down the wrong story arc and it kinda stopped being legit. The Temporal Wars was a neat concept, but not right for the show. I wish they would have done something more with the Great Rift concept, maybe an interdimensional enemy.

[kevindavis007]

I loved it, but they took it down the wrong story arc and it kinda stopped being legit. The Temporal Wars was a neat concept, but not right for the show. I wish they would have done something more with the Great Rift concept, maybe an interdimensional enemy.

I also think they should have focused on the founding of the Federation like they did in Season 4.

[geronl]

**furiously rewriting novella**

Needs more power, Captain!!

[EC]

I also think they should have focused on the founding of the Federation like they did in Season 4.

Babylon 5 was good for that.

[gorush]

For the discussion of all that is the Sci-Fi genre.

"Macroscope" by Piers Anthony remains my favorite. Just read it again  after 45 years or so...still great.

[EC]

Did you ever read his "Of Man and Manta" trilogy: Ox, Omnivore, Orn?

That still leaves me confused even now.

I can heartily recommend Poul Anderson's Tau Zero as a solid read.

[Ghost Bear]

Did you ever read his "Of Man and Manta" trilogy: Ox, Omnivore, Orn?

That still leaves me confused even now.

I can heartily recommend Poul Anderson's Tau Zero as a solid read.

I read "Ox", the middle book of the trilogy, when I was a kid and enjoyed it, but I was never able to find the other two books back then. I'm not interested enough in them now to read them again.

"Tau Zero" is a good one, I second the recommendation.

[Ghost Bear]

OK, I saw Captain America 3: Civil War tonight, and I have to say it may be the best Marvel movie yet, in my opinion.

I won't give any spoilers, except to say that they got just about everything right. If you've liked the previous Marvel movies then I definitely recommend this one!

[kevindavis007]

Babylon 5 was good for that.

It was, plus it seemed they where trying to rewrite "Star Trek" history..

[jmyrlefuller]

Well I liked Enterprise, but here is what I think what happened...
Trek Fatigue... For about 20 years, Trek was on TV and I think people was getting tired of it..

Well, that, and it was buried on UPN, which at the time was the poor man's BET. It was a totally bad fit for both show and network.

[geronl]

Well, that, and it was buried on UPN, which at the time was the poor man's BET. It was a totally bad fit for both show and network.

Really, I thought UPN had died by then. lol

[geronl]

New Blog Story:

Escape from the Free Republic, chapter one

http://flscifi.blogspot.com/2016/05/escape-from-free-republic-chapter-one.html

[geronl]

STAR WARS: THE WEBTOON

Now complete at 40 chapters.

http://www.webtoons.com/en/sf/starwars/list?title_no=544

[kevindavis007]

Check this out and if you can support this project.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18fIdRSwUaA

[Free Vulcan]

I also think they should have focused on the founding of the Federation like they did in Season 4.

I can agree to that. So many more interesting paths they could have chosen.

[Smokin Joe]

Have to admit my all-time favorite now is Babylon 5.

YES!

[Free Vulcan]

YES!

I don't know what it was, but there was something magical about that series. For example some of the episodes mentioned above.

One that stuck with me was the episode Gropos from season 2 I believe, where a landing force sent to fight an alien enemy stages at the station, and the B5 crew forms some friendships and even some romance. They get shipped off and end up being all killed, and their dead bodies shown on their version of CNN. One day they are alive, the next gone. One of the most heart stopping, sobering scenes I've ever watched.

The other was when Kosh took Sheridan to some out of the way part of the station and makes him sit down to listen to some monks sing Gregorian chant. Then Kosh starts swaying to the music. To see the contrast of an almost god-like creature enjoying the pure simple pleasure of singing like that was one of best creative and profound moments in the whole series IMO.

[Smokin Joe]

I don't know what it was, but there was something magical about that series. For example some of the episodes mentioned above.

One that stuck with me was the episode Gropos from season 2 I believe, where a landing force sent to fight an alien enemy stages at the station, and the B5 crew forms some friendships and even some romance. They get shipped off and end up being all killed, and their dead bodies shown on their version of CNN. One day they are alive, the next gone. One of the most heart stopping, sobering scenes I've ever watched.

The other was when Kosh took Sheridan to some out of the way part of the station and makes him sit down to listen to some monks sing Gregorian chant. Then Kosh starts swaying to the music. To see the contrast of an almost god-like creature enjoying the pure simple pleasure of singing like that was one of best creative and profound moments in the whole series IMO.

There were many great moments in the series, but what I liked about it was that it was finite within the infinite. Unlike so many shows which seem to lose headway and aimlessly dabble in the plot stream, B5 had a beginning, a middle, and an end. The story was there, and they told it, instrad of aimlessly looking for a way to well the next season's soap.
The one thing I found most unfortunate was that the station we had showing the story seemed to manage to garble it, repeated episodes in the first half of the season, and generally made a mess of showing it. Still, the series was good enough that I managed to get past that and watched it.

Now the full series with the 5 movies can be had at Walmart for about $120.  I might pick one up when I heal up and get back to work...

[EC]

One of the things I liked about it was some of the alien races were just that - alien. Instead of doing the "what human subculture can we parody" thing, the writers and actors made aliens who had their own internal logic and values. Harder than it sounds.

[kevindavis007]

I don't know what it was, but there was something magical about that series. For example some of the episodes mentioned above.

One that stuck with me was the episode Gropos from season 2 I believe, where a landing force sent to fight an alien enemy stages at the station, and the B5 crew forms some friendships and even some romance. They get shipped off and end up being all killed, and their dead bodies shown on their version of CNN. One day they are alive, the next gone. One of the most heart stopping, sobering scenes I've ever watched.

The other was when Kosh took Sheridan to some out of the way part of the station and makes him sit down to listen to some monks sing Gregorian chant. Then Kosh starts swaying to the music. To see the contrast of an almost god-like creature enjoying the pure simple pleasure of singing like that was one of best creative and profound moments in the whole series IMO.

To be fair, I didn't like Babylon 5. To if it wasn't Trek I'm not watching it.  But I did watch it and it slowly grew on me. The episode that got me hooked on B5 is The Coming of The Shadows.

[Ghost Bear]

Babylon 5 was my favorite SF series, if not of all time at least my favorite to come out of the 90s. My wife and I watched the first broadcast of the pilot movie, "The Gathering", and thought that it had a lot of potential. By the end of the first season, we were hooked, and watched it obsessively.  We went to our first big fan convention, Chicago ComiCon in June 1995, because series creator J. Michael Straczynski was going to do a presentation about the show, including promo clips of the "Final 4" Season 2 episodes (which didn't air until October of that year). There were something like 2500-3000 people at that presentation alone (when most Cons are glad to see that many attendees for an entire weekend.)

Aside from the content and format of the show itself being innovative, the B5 fandom was innovative as well, being one of the first to really grow on the Internet of the time. The Usenet group rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated had JMS himself participating, and the Lurker's Guide to Bablyon 5 website was famous for doing in-depth reviews of every episode, including speculation based on what JMS said in the Usenet group. It was all great fun.  ^-^

[geronl]

Prisoner of Stone
chapter one

http://flscifi.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-prisoner-of-stone-chapter-one.html

A demonic dragon is released from its long imprisonment

[Machiavelli]

Thread: Brad Torgersen on H. P. Lovecraft's cultural Marxist critics

[geronl]

Thread: Brad Torgersen on H. P. Lovecraft's cultural Marxist critics

Brad seems like a good guy.