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    Image of ThirzaIshamael ThirzaIshamael
    09/14/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    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 Mos Def as "Ford Prefect"). I personally loved it, but it was one of those "open & close on the same weekend" films. I don't think hardcore SF fans ever liked the Douglas Adams books that much because a big source of the humor was the lampooning and making fun of SF conventions and cliches.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/16/09

    @ThirzaIshamael: Actually the Hitchhiker books are adored by most of SF fandom. The film adaptation was okay in my opinion, but many fans were let down by it.
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    Image of Iamtehawesome Iamtehawesome
    06/17/09

    In reply to Sleeper Offers Classic Noir Pessimism
    Tom Cruise?!


    Why?


    Looks like Clooney.


    Clooney could probably pull it off too.


    F*ck Tom Cruise.

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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    06/17/09

    @Iamtehawesome: Clooney is too old. Carver has a younger man's ambivalence and susceptibility to the authority of his mentors (Lynch, Tao).
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    06/17/09

    In reply to Sleeper Offers Classic Noir Pessimism
    The prequel, Point Blank, is pretty good, too, especially the last couple of pages.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    06/16/09

    In reply to Undead Superheroes Vs. Undercover Spies Vs. Space Chefs
    There are people who haven't read Sleeper? What the hell, gang?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/16/09

    @Rasselas: *waves hand* I've been busy making oodles of money while still living with my parents so I can buy a house in California!
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    Image of SumanaNavroz SumanaNavroz
    06/05/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    A Boy and his Dog with Don Johnson... a classic.
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    Image of b0tterman b0tterman
    06/05/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    what about Carpenter's first film "Dark Star". Manic Depressives in space.
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    Image of fraying fraying
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    Bonus points for Mystery Men: Tom Waits as the genius nonlethal weapons designer.


    "The Herkimer Battle Jitney is the finest nonlethal military assault vehicle ever made!"

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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    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 include Shaun of the Dead and mention Simon Pegg's vaguely sci-fi related side projects, you should also give fair dues to Nick Frost's brilliant Star Trek send-up Hyperdrive



    + Watch video
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    Nimoy took LDS in the Sixties? Do you mean LSD? Or maybe he's a mormon.
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    Image of MinervaAlpaca MinervaAlpaca
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    Nice article, but somebody needs to proof it for typos.


    "plays the past"


    "it's low-budget equivalent"


    "ultimately despair"


    Just saying . . .

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    Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins
    06/04/09

    @MinervaAlpaca: Yuck, those were some bad ones too. I really thought I was better than an it's/its error. Ah well...fixed them now.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    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 section out of my dictionary, 'cause I don't know the meaning of the word 'quit'!"

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    Image of marlowespade marlowespade
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    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 more than one or two chuckles out of it. Maybe it's me, but it seems to take forever to get going, gets way too serious, and there just aren't that many jokes.


    Also, big ups for including Tremors, one of the greatest B-movies ever made (and it still holds up well today).

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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    06/04/09

    @marlowespade: For me, the appeal of Galaxy Quest was encapsulated by Gwen and Jason trying to get to the engine room:


    Gwen DeMarco: What is this thing? I mean, it serves no useful purpose for there to be a bunch of chompy, crushy things in the middle of a hallway. No, I mean we shouldn't have to do this, it makes no logical sense, why is it here?

    Jason Nesmith: 'Cause it's on the television show.

    Gwen DeMarco: Well forget it! I'm not doing it! This episode was badly written!

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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    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.
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    Image of Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    Err. Perfection, NV actually, but not a bad list.
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    Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins
    06/04/09

    @Gearhead_42: I actually knew that as I wrote it, and then somehow my fingers forgot to type the "ion" in Perfection. Yes, I'm going to go with blaming my fingers.
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    Image of Dayburner Dayburner
    06/04/09

    In reply to The 10 Greatest Science Fiction Comedies
    Where the hell is Real Genius.!?
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    06/04/09

    @Dayburner: They hit the William Atherton Limit with Ghostbusters.
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