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01/29/09

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I know it's more "fantasy" than sci-fi, and not in line with your Euro-centric view of the Middle Ages, but where for art thou Daimajin?

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OldDog1
01/28/09

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But seriously, Eric Flint, David Weber, S. M. Stirling and Elizibeth Moon get no love at all on i09. It's like they don't exist. In any event the whole 1632 series is just great fun and should be read by one and all.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@OldDog1: I've been wanting to read Elizabeth Moon for ages. Would love some tips on where to start with her work.
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Cobra-Commander
01/28/09

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Eric Flint has a whole series of novels set in 1633 where an entire twentieth century town is deposited in Germany during the 100 Years War. Lots of anachronistic fun ensues. Does this count?
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@Cobra-Commander: Wow that sounds awesome. What are the novels called? I'd say that counts.
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B1663R
01/28/09

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you forgot "a kid in king Arthur's court" and a bunch of other kids movies as well...

Just saying
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B1663R
01/28/09

@B1663R: would "enchanted" fit in here too?
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@B1663R: What else? I admit that I am not a big expert on YA movies.
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bluehinter
01/28/09

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What no love for "Waxwork II: Lost in Time"??

True the "medieval" setting is about as realistic as the one in Army of Darkness but you've got to love the bad-ass swordfighting sequence at the end.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@bluehinter: Dude! Did not know about Waxwork II. I am now going to hunt for it on the webonets.
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bluehinter
01/28/09

@Annalee Newitz: It's definitely required viewing for anybody who enjoys goofy self-aware horror movies.

The plot is flimsy and most of the dialog is terrible, but the time travel gimmick is great fun, especially the B/W 50's horror movie and disco zombie world. Plus it has extended cameos from both Bruce Campbell and Patrick Macnee, which instantly makes any movie better!
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capnrob
01/28/09

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Um.

'bout Lest Darkness Fall there: that's a really really really massive stretch to call it medieval considering that ole Martinus gets blipped back to Rome 'round about 535 AD. It may be in a sense the Dark Ages but de Camp pretty much picked the time specifically to *avoid* being part of the whole medieval thing.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@capnrob: It's the Dark Ages, and Medievalists would call it the early Middle Ages. In England, the Anglo Saxon era begins around 400, and that's the start of Medieval culture in many ways. But I agree - it's arguable.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
01/28/09

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Listen up you primitive screwheads...

No Highlander? I mean it's not as classic and sci-fi as say.. Black Knight where a guy finds a glowing amulet that takes him back in time but since the Immortals are aliens I figure it would count for something.
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Plague
01/28/09

@Garrison Dean:

They had to fill their once a year quota of mentioning Martin Lawrence or something.
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
01/28/09

@Garrison Dean:

We are all trying our hardest to forget how Highlander 2 made it into a sci-fi franchise.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
01/28/09

@Belabras: Now I've seen it once and it was when it first came out and I was relatively young. All I really remember were lots and lots of sparks. But is it really THAT BAD?!
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Smeagol92055
01/28/09

@Garrison Dean: Yes it is. I rented it about a year ago and it was so amazingly awful my ears started to bleed.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@Smeagol92055: Highlander is awesome. Highlander 2 you can only watch if you are really really stoned.
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DireWombat
01/28/09

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Joan of Arc was in Timeline? How did I miss that?
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MinervaAlpaca
01/28/09

@DireWombat:

You didn't miss anything. Joan of Arc was nowhere in TIMELINE.

Not the book. Not the movie.
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NotArthurPDragon
01/28/09

@MinervaAlpaca: I was just going to point that out. What is going on with the lack of research? One visit to IMDB takes care of this and one visit to The L Word website takes care of the other.

And nice of you to set "special" rules for this so you have to leave out Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as in that movie series but vampirism and lycanism are the results of a mutating virus and nothing supernatural. Nonetheless how could you leave out the famous story wherein Iron Man and Dr. Doom go back to Camelot? It was so successful and popular they did yet another sequel to it just last year.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@NotArthurPDragon: I just saw Underworld Rise of the Lycans and I am still pondering whether there is enough backstory presented in the flick for it to be definitively "virus" and not just "breeding."
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@MinervaAlpaca: Dude, they hook up with Joan of Arc in the movie. It's a major plot point.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@Annalee Newitz: OK fine it's a Joan of Arc-esque character named Lady Claire.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
01/28/09

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Dont forget "A Kid in King Arthur's Court". Same as Black Knight but it has the kid from Rookie of the Year.
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jesustonight
01/28/09

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army of darkness ?sci fi?

he used magic fights demons and even going back in time in time is the result of a magic book.How the choclate covered christ is that sci fi?

love the film though
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Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
01/28/09

@jesustonight:

The gauntlet alone qualifies not to mention the mad max style car from the final battle.

Besides I'd argue Army of Darkness transcends genre boundaries via it's hefty helping of kickass-ness.

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jenndavo
01/28/09

@Belabras: Bruce Campbell is beyond classification. He's simultaneously sci-fi AND fantasy -- he's just too Bruce to fit in one category.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@Belabras: Yeah, totally. It's a scifi/horror/Ray Harryhausen/what-the-fuck mashup.
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BrandonSweet
01/28/09

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Would Christopher Lambert's "techno-futile" version of Beowulf satisfy either criteria for inclusion?
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sir_eccles
01/28/09

@BrandonSweet: Or talking of him, what about Highlander?
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@sir_eccles: I thought about Highlander, actually, but I decided that Medieval characters who live in the present because they are immortal shouldn't count. They aren't going back to the Middle Ages - they just aged unnaturally from the middle ages to the present. That's why I also didn't have various vampire tales either.
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KhaiJB
01/28/09

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there's a hysterical movie version of the High Crusade...

where all the Aliens sound like Sean Connery.... and there's the classic military plans of :

"Right we send 300 men up the left 300 up the right and 300 in the middle...."

[www.imdb.com] (just don't expect the book.....)

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edosan
01/28/09

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Skip Timeline.

Read Doomsday Book.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@edosan: Excellent advice.
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evildead1971
01/28/09

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i'd have to give you the ole double barrel if you forgot evil dead 3
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@evildead1971: You mean Army of Darkness? Whose image graces the top of this post?
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silver-bolt
01/28/09

@Annalee Newitz: He's just saying, IF you forgot it, you would have been shot. But you didn't, so you won't be shot.
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Annalee Newitz
01/28/09

@silver-bolt: Ah. It was an if statement.
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