February 23, 2009 at 11:54 am
Okay, I'll chime in on the book series. I've never read Dune, but may now. I liked the Wheel of Time, read all of them this past summer, it did drag on, but I still want to know what happens at the end. I also like the Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. I also love the Foundation series.
Anyone else read the The Dark Tower books by Stephen King? I thought they were excellent, but I was very disappointed in the ending.
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February 23, 2009 at 11:55 am
Grant Fritchey (2/23/2009)
mazzz (2/23/2009)
anyone else a fan of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's joint effort, Good Omens?Great for some light relief
Yes. Everything I've read by Gaiman, and I started reading him in comic books, is fanstastic. Good Omens was very funny.
I started reading American Gods, but couldn't get into it, which was a disappointment (and somewhat of a surprise) to me.
Any recommendations on a good starting point for his graphic novels? I'm currently reading Y: The Last Man, - it's the first graphic novel I've read, and I seem to be developing a taste for the medium!
February 23, 2009 at 11:57 am
Bob Hovious (2/23/2009)
Another favorite old sci-fi novel was Heinlein's book "Starship Troopers."The movie(s) sucked, there wasn't even any powered armor!!
I wish the sci-fi channel would do a mini-series remake like they did for Dune. With BattleStar Galactica going going gone.
I never did understand what the point was of making Starship Troopers without the power-armor. Kind of like making a version of Star Wars without the Force, or Gone With the Wind without the Civil War.
The movie did suck, but I've always liked Dina Meyer and liked her in that too. (NOT Denise Richards, the other one. Every time I mention I liked Dina Meyer in Starship Troopers, everyone seems to assume I mean Denise Richards.)
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February 23, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Bob Hovious (2/23/2009)
With BattleStar Galactica going going gone.
Is Galactica worth buying on DVD? (for a Startrek, Starwars, Babylon 5 fan)
It never showed on any of the local stations here and I don't have satellite TV
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February 23, 2009 at 12:04 pm
The Starship Troopers movie was awful... the director tried to make the human society of the future seem like a totalitarian regime. How they got that from the book I'll never understand.
Only in one place did the movie approach the spirit of the book... when they were in training and Sgt Zim was asked why they learned hand-to-hand combat when someone could just push a button and launch nuclear missiles....
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February 23, 2009 at 12:05 pm
YES !!! Galactica is worth buying on DVD. I derive great pleasure just from watching the Galactica lay down "suppressing fire" against incoming Cylons. Oh and the character development is interesting too.
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February 23, 2009 at 12:06 pm
GilaMonster (2/23/2009)
Bob Hovious (2/23/2009)
With BattleStar Galactica going going gone.Is Galactica worth buying on DVD? (for a Startrek, Starwars, Babylon 5 fan)
It never showed on any of the local stations here and I don't have satellite TV
I'd go with renting, if that's an option for you. Not sure if Netflix or its equivalent is available for you. I liked them well enough, but no real re-watch value, in my opinion.
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February 23, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Bob Hovious (2/23/2009)
Another favorite old sci-fi novel was Heinlein's book "Starship Troopers."The movie(s) sucked, there wasn't even any powered armor!!
I quite agree with you on that one Bob. I love the book (need to get another copy of it, my last one got stolen). The movie sucked as much as the book was great (in my opinion). The only thing I liked about the movie were the scenes with Neil Patrick Harris in them... "Don't worry, I don't do humans... yet." And the only movie that I have seen Denise Richards in where she was the right one for the part was Undercover Brother, an amusing film spoofing Blaxploitation (sp?) films.
I think a proper remake of the movie to include power-armor might be worth seeing. Unlike the quality sequel of Starship Troopers that went directly to video. (No, I haven't seen it, yes, it amuses me that they actually made it. Must have needed to record a loss somewhere on the books.)
But then, most of the time, movies made from book suck. Unless we are talking about Phillip K Dick stories, then it is the other way around, the books suck, but the movies are great.
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February 23, 2009 at 12:11 pm
GSquared (2/23/2009)
I'd go with renting, if that's an option for you.
I haven't seen it in any of the local video stores. I'll check around when I have a day free.
Not sure if Netflix or its equivalent is available for you.
Nope, and even if it was I don't have the bandwidth to handle downloading videos (1 GB takes around 22 hours to download, on a good day), plus I've got a 5GB monthly download limit
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February 23, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Gail, you must have close to a gig of posts to SSC this month.
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February 23, 2009 at 12:20 pm
[font="Verdana"]Firefly/Serenity. sigh
Favourite books would be Dune (written same year as I was born) and maaaybe Lord of the Rings (I've read it at least once a year since I was 16, so I suppose it will have to do.) Prefer for book for Dune, prefer the movies for LotR.
Big big fan of David Weber for modern stuff. Honor Harrington rocks!
I collect SF/Fantasy. Yes, fan of Herbert, Heinlein, Asimov, Brust and a few others mentioned here. Not so much a fan of the Wheel of Time series (I get a bit tired of interminable fantasy.)
Yes, played AD&D (and variants thereof). Currently addicted to World of Warcraft. more sighs
Let's face it people... we are geeks. Geekdom: the new intelligentsia.
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February 23, 2009 at 12:23 pm
GilaMonster (2/23/2009)
GSquared (2/23/2009)
I'd go with renting, if that's an option for you.I haven't seen it in any of the local video stores. I'll check around when I have a day free.
Not sure if Netflix or its equivalent is available for you.
Nope, and even if it was I don't have the bandwidth to handle downloading videos (1 GB takes around 22 hours to download, on a good day), plus I've got a 5GB monthly download limit
Battlestar Gallactica is definately on my want list for DVD's. It may take a while, but then it took 3 years for my wife to finally buy my the 10 season edition of Stargate SG-1. Now if I could just get her to by Babylon 5.
February 23, 2009 at 12:26 pm
mazzz (2/23/2009)
Grant Fritchey (2/23/2009)
mazzz (2/23/2009)
anyone else a fan of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's joint effort, Good Omens?Great for some light relief
Yes. Everything I've read by Gaiman, and I started reading him in comic books, is fanstastic. Good Omens was very funny.
I started reading American Gods, but couldn't get into it, which was a disappointment (and somewhat of a surprise) to me.
Any recommendations on a good starting point for his graphic novels? I'm currently reading Y: The Last Man, - it's the first graphic novel I've read, and I seem to be developing a taste for the medium!
I don't know if they're available as graphic novels, but his Sandman books were amazing. Great story telling.
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February 23, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Kit G (2/23/2009)
But then, most of the time, movies made from book suck. Unless we are talking about Phillip K Dick stories, then it is the other way around, the books suck, but the movies are great.
BLASPHEMER!
Talking down PKD is just not allowed. A Scanner Darkly, The Untelleported Man, VALIS, UBIK... Great books. Very prescient about the modern age, if a bit depressing.
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February 23, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Gail, I smell a business opportunity in SA...
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