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Interesting concept, though I question how distinct they really are anymore. I have been to places in the U.S. where I was expecting greater cultural distinction than I actually found.
It's a good idea. So many people of different walks of life buying into a single speech – not something you frequently see these days. Kind of interesting seeing someone like Martha Stewart reciting the GA from her film-studio/kitchen.
I guess I was in the circle in which I could read Mad Magazine, but not Cracked. I have seen that they consistently have interesting history-related articles on their site, written by writers who seem like they were slacker punks with an above-average intelligence in history.
The PrisonerDoctor WhoEleventh HourNothing much about TV shows
I have not seen those shows except Dr. Who, and I prefer the original series to the remake.
Wonder Woman is from Themiscyra home of the Amazons so she is technically from earth. I will concede on Kal El being a Kryptonian who adopts earth as his home. So on that point, yes Smallville could be considered sci-fi, but it's a stretch. Usually super heroes go in the comic book fantasy genre, but there is a crossover.Airwolf is technically sci-fi, but I would consider it more action/drama since the technology of Airwolf is basically a plot device more so than the focus of the show. Superman being an alien is tertiary to the focus of the story lines of Smallville. Now if the show was about Superman coming to earth and the reaction of the earthlings to his arrival etc…then I would reclassify it as sci-fi.
Sorry to keep prodding your framework but…Airwolf as “technically sci-fi”? Really? Does that make Blue Thunder sci-fi as well? How about Mission Impossible? S.W.A.T.? I don't think there was anything reasonable futuristic about the technology used in any of those technologies. IIRC, Airwolf was about a helicopter which was cutting edge but not futuristic.If you want to categorize Smallville/Superman as fantasy, rather than sci-fi, I will concede on the grounds that sci-fi typically requires humans to rely on hardware technology to do great things, rather than humans doing great things through biology (e.g. superheroes).
Purely a guess, but they may have designed a crypt or portion of the church using bones if they were building on top of, or to replace, a pre-existing crypt or burial ground. The idea must have come from the existence of materials available to them in higher quantities. In other words, I would be surprised if they went out of their way to dig up bones from some other place and use them in the church, at least in its initial construction.
“Plan 9 from Outer Space” ? :-[
Is that a movie? I noticed your other list featured some classic sci-fi movies, rather than TV shows, which is probably why they weren't on Donnie's list.
No, because the Six Million Dollar Man focuses on technology and there are aliens in several episodes.
I did not know that, but then again I haven't seen the show in ages. But that raises another point. Would the classic “Wonder Woman” series also be considered sci-fi? IIRC, her “people” were from another planet, were they not? Incidentally, this may go back to the Superman/Smallville qualification since Clark Kent is technically an alien.
So The Walking Dead would fit!
If Smallville falls into the fantasy genre, then TWD would most certainly fall into it as well, right?
But the population of churches in Europe is even bigger, so I narrowed it down by perhaps 70%. If you want me to be more specific, I will say Hungary, Romania, Poland, or Slovakia. Just a guess, though.
I feel like I've seen pictures of this or a similar church before. Somewhere in Eastern Europe would be my guess.
Well I don't consider super heroes as science fiction. My criteria for science fiction is:1. has to take place in the future or distant past2. has to have a more advanced technological society or focus on technology3. has to have a theme dealing with man's struggle for survival4. has a theme dealing with how man is evolving or will evolve when he encountersnew alien racesStuff like that. 🙂
That's an interesting criteria list. I hadn't thought about what qualifies as sci-fi before. I would have a different list, but perhaps that's another thread. (But just to sneak in one point – I don't think there needs to be alien contact, and I think it can take place any time – including the present. Think about movies like “Running Man” (Schwarzenegger) or “Surrogates” (Willis), neither of which have alien contact but which I think are both “Sci-Fi” in category). But wouldn't your own criteria exclude the “Six Million Dollar Man” which you put in your list?
1. Michael Jordan2. Bill Russell3. Wilt Chamberlain4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar5. Magic Johnson6. Larry Bird7. Oscar Robertson8. Elgin Baylor9. Kobe Bryant10. Dr. J.Next four out: Lebron JamesShaquille OnealIsaiah ThomasHakeem Olajawan Discuss.
Granted I'm a bit rusty on my basketball history knowledge, but here's mine: 1. Wilt Chamberlain2. Michael Jordan3. Lebron James4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar5. Oscar Robertson6. Elgin Baylor7. Larry Bird8. Magic Johnson9. Jerry West10. John Stockton
Smallville isn't science fiction. It's fantasy. “V” was a mini-series so I'm not sure it qualifies for this post either. I guess Eureka might qualify. That was a good show too.
So it's fantasy but not science fiction? What is science fiction aside from fantasy which involves more tech and fewer elves/dwarfs/wizards? I actually saw Smallville listed in a larger list of sci-fi TV series so that's what gave me the idea to include it on here. Also, I think that the original “V” had more than one season, and I specifically remember a Christmas episode. I therefore think it qualifies as a sci-fi TV series.
The original Outer Limits. Has anyone here seen To Serve Mankind?
I thought that was a Twilight Zone episode where they realize it's a cookbook rather than a book of diplomacy. I did see that episode a while back. Was it actually the Outer Limits?
