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    ThirzaIshamael: I also nominate "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" -- and it was made into a theatrical movie a few years ago (with Zoe Deschanel as "Trillian" and Mo... more »
    SumanaNavroz: A Boy and his Dog with Don Johnson... a classic. more »
    b0tterman: what about Carpenter's first film "Dark Star". Manic Depressives in space. more »
    fraying: Bonus points for Mystery Men: Tom Waits as the genius nonlethal weapons designer. "The Herkimer Battle Jitney is the finest nonlethal military assault... more »
    bluehinter: I know you mentioned Buckaroo Banzai briefly, but that was waaaaay more sci-fi and comedic that most of the other entries. Also, if you're going to in... more »
    NotChoinski: Nimoy took LDS in the Sixties? Do you mean LSD? Or maybe he's a mormon. more »
    MinervaAlpaca: Nice article, but somebody needs to proof it for typos. "plays the past" "it's low-budget equivalent" "ultimately despair" Just saying . . . more »
    BullfightsOnAcid: One of my all time favorite movie quotes is from Mystery Men. I try to use it in real life situations as much as I can. "I must have ripped the Q sect... more »
    marlowespade: Good God, someone please explain to me the appeal of Galaxy Quest. Yes, it's a parody of sci-fi shows, Star Trek most notably, but I can't ever get mo... more »
    Plague: Get rid of Spaceballs and Mystery Men, as neither as funny as people seem to think they are, then separate Shaun and AoD, add Dark Star and you got it. more »
    Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!: Err. Perfection, NV actually, but not a bad list. more »
    Dayburner: Where the hell is Real Genius.!? more »
    Pope John Peeps II: Spaceballs is far from perfect Uh. I beg to differ. It's pretty goddamn perfect. How on earth did you rate it lower than Mystery Men? "What kind of a ... more »
    Globe*99: "....all the LDS he took during the sixties." Wow, Leonard Nimoy's a relapsed Mormon? You heard it here first! more »
    Grey_Area: I would have added Dark Star and ignored Spaceballs altogether. more »
    AmoritaCeto: I thought the cause of zombies in Shaun of the Dead was GM crops.... more »
  • #triviagasm

    The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies

    Land of the Lost is the latest cinematic attempt to combine science fiction and comedy. What are the classic films Land of the Lost must defeat to take its place among the greatest science fiction comedies? Here's our list. More »
  • #romanticcomedies

    The Unholy Love Match Between Scifi And Romantic Comedy

    You can tell any kind of story using science fictional ideas, from alien invasion to small personal transformations. But somehow, whenever you mix science fiction and romantic comedy, you create a pungent ooze that eats away at the eyeballs of everybody in the audience. What with it being Valentine's Day and all, here's our tour through the wreckage of science fictional romcoms. More »