Gosh, I'm Really Hitting This Hard Tonight, Am I?
Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 Science-Fiction Films and TV Shows from the 1982/2007 Era:
25. V: THE MINISERIES
24. GALAXY QUEST
23. DOCTOR WHO (the current revival)
22. QUANTUM LEAP
21. FUTURAMA
20. STAR WARS: CLONE WARS
19. STARSHIP TROOPERS
18. HEROES
17. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
16. TOTAL RECALL
15. FIREFLY/SERENITY
14. CHILDREN OF MEN
13. THE TERMINATOR/ TERMINATOR 2
12. BACK TO THE FUTURE
11. LOST
10. THE THING
9. ALIENS
8. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
7. E.T.
6. BRAZIL
5. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
4. THE X-FILES
3. BLADE RUNNER
2. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (the remake)
1. THE MATRIX
And from this my comments:
* V -- I felt it was overhyped, got into soap opera territory quickly (in a bad way) and got too cute with referencing other sci-fi shows.
* Quantum Leap -- Liked the pilot but the rest of the series lost me rather quickly.
* Clone Wars -- Haven't seen much of it but would rather put forth Disney's Gargoyles as an alternative. Way underrated as a sci-fi/fantasy/myth fusion concept.
* Starship Troopers -- When I finally got to see some of it, I wasn't much impressed. I mean, I sat through Space: Above & Beyond hoping for it to get better, and all I got from STroopers was deja vu about that.
* Firefly -- I used to joke that I didn't know it from Mantis. Now I really don't know it from Andromeda and Farscape.
* The Matrix -- I'm a big fan of William Gibson, dig. I'd like to have all his books, but I'm rather behind on that due to my anime and model kit habits. I have NOT seen any of the Matrix movies, tho'...because I'm afraid of how much they may have stolen from Gibson. And another thing while I'm on the subject: "Johnny Mnemonic" the short story and the movie of the same title have precious little relation to one another...but I also have to say that one version's strengths and the other version's weaknesses are cross reflected and balance each other out.
* Brazil and Blade Runner -- I want the special editions of both of these and somehow I will get them.
25. V: THE MINISERIES
24. GALAXY QUEST
23. DOCTOR WHO (the current revival)
22. QUANTUM LEAP
21. FUTURAMA
20. STAR WARS: CLONE WARS
19. STARSHIP TROOPERS
18. HEROES
17. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
16. TOTAL RECALL
15. FIREFLY/SERENITY
14. CHILDREN OF MEN
13. THE TERMINATOR/ TERMINATOR 2
12. BACK TO THE FUTURE
11. LOST
10. THE THING
9. ALIENS
8. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
7. E.T.
6. BRAZIL
5. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
4. THE X-FILES
3. BLADE RUNNER
2. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (the remake)
1. THE MATRIX
And from this my comments:
* V -- I felt it was overhyped, got into soap opera territory quickly (in a bad way) and got too cute with referencing other sci-fi shows.
* Quantum Leap -- Liked the pilot but the rest of the series lost me rather quickly.
* Clone Wars -- Haven't seen much of it but would rather put forth Disney's Gargoyles as an alternative. Way underrated as a sci-fi/fantasy/myth fusion concept.
* Starship Troopers -- When I finally got to see some of it, I wasn't much impressed. I mean, I sat through Space: Above & Beyond hoping for it to get better, and all I got from STroopers was deja vu about that.
* Firefly -- I used to joke that I didn't know it from Mantis. Now I really don't know it from Andromeda and Farscape.
* The Matrix -- I'm a big fan of William Gibson, dig. I'd like to have all his books, but I'm rather behind on that due to my anime and model kit habits. I have NOT seen any of the Matrix movies, tho'...because I'm afraid of how much they may have stolen from Gibson. And another thing while I'm on the subject: "Johnny Mnemonic" the short story and the movie of the same title have precious little relation to one another...but I also have to say that one version's strengths and the other version's weaknesses are cross reflected and balance each other out.
* Brazil and Blade Runner -- I want the special editions of both of these and somehow I will get them.