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It's X -- In Space!

edosan — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:04:35 PDT

@braak: "Is there really no example of Die Hard...in space?"

There was an episode of Star Trek: TNG that qualifies as "Die Hard in Space." Terrorists take over the ship while it's in drydock and Picard sneaks all around the ship trying to stop them.

edosan

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oldandintheway — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:35:14 PDT

This whole thing is just to "SPACEY"
for me.....

oldandintheway

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Mathmos — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:29:28 PDT

@Pasketti: Thanks

Mathmos

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OtakuboyT — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:34:25 PDT

@BullfightsOnAcid:

It hurts, it hurts

OtakuboyT

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RAHfanboy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:20:20 PDT

@samuelk: I can't believe it took that long for Roddenberry's "Wagon Train in Space" to come up. This was his actual pitch to the network.

RAHfanboy

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Craig Dawson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:28:56 PDT

Can Lifeforce really be considered vampires in space? it has been a while since i saw the movie, but I think the whole movie takes place on Earth... in London, I believe.

Craig Dawson

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Bayou_Maharajah — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:02:17 PDT

Die Hard is Outland on Earth, and Outland was, of course, High Noon... in Space!

Bayou_Maharajah

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braak — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:08:39 PDT

@dOk: So, what does that mean? Die Hard was actually Outland...Not in Space?

braak

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Pasketti — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:59:23 PDT

@Mathmos: You want Clerks in Space?

I give you TROOPER CLERKS:

Pasketti

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Urael — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:11:58 PDT

@Skeller: Hey, yeah, I loved Space hunter! As I boy I lapped up films that taught me girls were whiny and annoying!

Urael

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dOk — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:02:07 PDT

@Annalee Newitz Oh I knew about the De-evolution Gun too... I just dared not mention it... Because if I did, the Goombas would be after me... Now Annalee, they come for you... Muahahahahaha

dOk

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BlindKarma — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:04:38 PDT

@MajorMattMason: You forced me to remember that Jabber Jaw also went into space. I'm trying to kill you with my mind right now.

BlindKarma

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ByeBye — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:54:49 PDT

Wasn't there supposedly a sequel in the works for Killer Klowns? I remember reading about that on the internets a few years ago - anyone follow up with that lately?

ByeBye

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MajorMattMason — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:59:23 PDT

Does no-one remember "Josie And The Pussycats In Outer Space"?

MajorMattMason

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Defendant — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:55:53 PDT

I totally forgot about Dinosaucers!

Defendant

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Signal — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:45:30 PDT

BSG spin-off with Lee Adama as maverick lawyer... in space!

Make it happen, people!

Signal

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Skeller — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:39:40 PDT

Critters. It's like Gremlins but from space.

Skeller

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BlindKarma — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:36:23 PDT

Space Truckers: Iliad... In Space!

BlindKarma

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NefariousNewt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:34:14 PDT

@braak: Seconded. Ms. Newitz mention of that movie we will not mention will be stricken from the Internet.

NefariousNewt

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darthsarcasm — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:33:57 PDT

What about Futurama? It's The Simpsons.... in space!

darthsarcasm

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Skeller — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:33:38 PDT

Space Hunter in the Forbidden Zone, it's Road Warrior in Space. But a lot crappier and with Molly Ringwald.

Skeller

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braak — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:32:21 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: Everyone knows about that. We all just prefer not to talk about it.

braak

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Annalee Newitz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:21:55 PDT

@dOk: But how sad is it that I appear to the only person on the interwebs who knows about the Super Mario Bros. movie de-evolution gun? With the dinosaurs? And Dennis Hopper? FTW?

Annalee Newitz

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dOk — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:46 PDT

@phoenix

Hey de-evolution is real!

Look at the motley crew running our country...
They are the pinnacle of de-evolution.

dOk

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dOk — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:57:46 PDT

LoL @ Outland being Die Hard In Space...

Since Die Hard hadn't come out yet when Outland was released...

dOk

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allreb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:09:28 PDT

Wow, for years I thought I'd made up Dinosuacers. At least now I know why I could only remember one word of the theme song.

allreb

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riotnrrd — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:12:57 PDT

We're 65 comments in and nobody's mentioned the greatest "..in space" of all time! I speak, of course, of Leprechaun 4: In Space!

riotnrrd

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TheFemGeek — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:59:25 PDT

@darcymcgee: LOL So my my fears are just

TheFemGeek

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Evil Tortie's Mom — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:36:02 PDT

Homeboys in -- Space!

Whoops, too late.

Evil Tortie's Mom

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darcymcgee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:20:43 PDT

TheFemGeek: Shaft in Space?

As I recall, the poster for Shaft in Africa said "He no ride camel, he ride ass" so the opportunities abound here....

darcymcgee

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darcymcgee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:17:42 PDT

@AmishJohn: Blurg. Work. Too many browsers on my mind. FireFLY, 'natch.

darcymcgee

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:10:23 PDT

Steven DeSouza the screenwriter of Die Hard told a hilarious story that touches on this idea. After he wrote Die Hard, many movies started to get pitched as Die Hard on a Plane (Passenger 57), Die Hard on a Bus (Speed), Die Hard on a Ship (Under Siege). Eventually every idea got used so that a new up and coming screenwriter was telling DeSouza about his new screenplay which he described as 'Die Hard in a Building'. DeSouza didn't have the heart to tell him.

BullfightsOnAcid

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foolish-rain — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:02:03 PDT

@Grey_Area: Especially Balance of Terror, where everyone whispers so their voices aren't heard on the enemy ship. After traveling through the vacuum of spa--hold on a second.

foolish-rain

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wolfjoat — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:57:17 PDT

@Slothrop: Come on now, I don't think that's a fair comparison. Especially when you realize that the original novelette was released in 1977 and the first release of the novel was in 1985. Besides, Ender was so much more badass than Harry, especially when you consider that not only did he develop and execute a plan that killed off an entire species but he also killed two people with his bare hands before the age of ten.

wolfjoat

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OW-Holmes — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:51:12 PDT

Alien was pitched as

Jaws... in space.

OW-Holmes

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phoenix — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:45:09 PDT

Hey now, don't be hatin' on Dinosaucers. I still hear that opening theme and get all excited. I used to LOVE that show.

And I mean really - they could DE-EVOLVE! How cool is that?

phoenix

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CantankerousDave — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:11 PDT

@rufustfyrfly: I give you "Ice Pirates," dude.

CantankerousDave

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Project Thanatos — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:28:42 PDT

How was Jason in Space not mentioned?

Also known as Jason X.

Project Thanatos

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DSTRYA — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:59:43 PDT

"The bad guy is a naked lady alien space vampire who wanders around sucking the "lifeforce" out of anyone who gets in the way of her lithe undressed limbs. I think there might be some kind of deeper message about fear of aging..."

uhhh-- that's fear of sex, my man. Men lose their "vitality" when they ejaculate. so a woman going around sucking the vitality out of men is a kind of monstrous-whore figure who would particularly scare young males who just hit puberty-- exactly the age-group who watch Tobe Hooper films.

DSTRYA

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mikecap — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:57:43 PDT

Morons From Outer Space - British comdey... in SPACE!

mikecap

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Grey_Area — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:54:40 PDT

@Dunny0: Yes Roddenberry did pitch it as "Wagon Train"...in space. But really Star Trek is "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"...in space.

Grey_Area

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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:52:16 PDT

@AmishJohn: That's either Earth Girls are Easy, or Amazon women on the Moon.

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bitgod — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:45:10 PDT

Mmmm, Hi-Def Mathilda May :p~~~~

bitgod

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bitgod — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:44:26 PDT

Mmmm, hi-def nekkid Mathilda May

bitgod

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krazykarot — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:39:42 PDT

What about Santa?? You really dropped the ball on that one.
Santa Claus vs. the Martians and you could argue the 1950s Mexican movie simply titled "Santa Claus" fits the bill. His castle is in the sky... it's kind of like being in space.

krazykarot

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AmishJohn — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:35:45 PDT

@darcymcgee: Erm, "Bastardized Firefox"? Is Fox anti-Clint-Eastwood-thinking-in-Russian, or anti-open-source?

BTW, I'm still waiting for 'The Girls Next Door in Space".

AmishJohn

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Plague — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:31:18 PDT

Why do I stare at posts like this and know who wrote them before I even get to the byline?

Get those million eyes before Denton sells you!

Plague

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bunch.of.wackos — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:30:33 PDT

I hate to be the one that points it out...
But Warhammer has a rich and deep story line and is hardly fair to narrow it down to orcs in space ... but it does have orcs in space...

bunch.of.wackos

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Dunny0, ELE Hopeful — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:04:16 PDT

I thought "Wagon Train in Space!" was part of the original pitch for Trek?

Dunny0, ELE Hopeful

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vertice — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:04:05 PDT

i recently rewatched enemy mine, not having seen it for many years.

Good film, albeit a bit slow moving for most people.

vertice

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SeeingI — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:54:44 PDT

The "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" theme song by the Dickies is CLASSIC.

SeeingI

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DSTRYA — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:51:58 PDT

@BullfightsOnAcid:
Dinosaurs: it's the Flintstones with dinosaurs! err, i mean, it's the Flintstones, but the humans are dinosaurs-- it's the Honeymooners, but with dinosaurs AND the dinosaurs are the people AND there aren't any people!

DSTRYA

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rufustfyrfly — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:44:01 PDT

Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys--it's about (you guessed it!) monkeys… in space! They get bonus points for being about something that we've actually blasted up into space.

I'm just surprised that there aren't more pirates... in space tv shows and movies.

rufustfyrfly

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samuelk — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:43:05 PDT

But apparently, I *do* find it hard to properly format my posts. :(

samuelk

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samuelk — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:40:51 PDT

This is kind of ridiculous. The article goes a bit overboard in using the "X...in space" classification, especially with the [i]Enemy Mine[/i] reference.

I could literally take any movie that features space travel and make it sound like a bad "X...in space!" film.

[i]Apollo 13[/i]: MacGuyver...in Space!

[i]Star Wars[/i]: World War I...In Space!

[i]Star Trek[/i]: Wagon Train...in Space!

[i]2001: A Space Odessy[/i] The Shining...In Space!

See, it's really not that hard.

samuelk

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TheFemGeek — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:40:51 PDT

Thankfully blaxploitation films came to an end. Can you imagine, Blacula: Lost Soul in Space.

TheFemGeek

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What is a man? — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:38:17 PDT

Icelight just beat me to it. ;)

I'd highly recommend checking out all the cool background written about the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Very interesting stuff.

What is a man?

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icelight — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:35:13 PDT

Warhammer isn't Warhammer in space: Warhammer 40K is Warhammer in space. And a wonderful phenomenon it is (also includes books and video games).

icelight

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Discrete-Daniel — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:29:46 PDT

You're forgetting the best thing ever, Limozeen: But They're In Space!

I'm afraid I've got some bad news boys....you're in space!

Discrete-Daniel

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Mathmos — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:23:07 PDT

This reminds me of a game played with fortune cookies. Read the fortune and tack on the phrase "in bed."

Can't remember the title, but thinking of the failings of the scifi channel reminds me that ECW in space has been more or less done.

I'm waiting for Clerks in Space.

Mathmos

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darcymcgee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:17:35 PDT

@Garrison Dean ★: You sir, are a gentlemen among rogues for making such a fine cultural reference.

Huzzah.

darcymcgee

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darcymcgee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:16:42 PDT

> Oh Ron Moore, beloved creator of the
> new Battlestar Galactica, what
> possessed you to pitch a show that is
> basically Fantasy Island in space?

Money. The same thing that possessed Joss Whedon to sell Dollhouse to FOX, the network he swore he'd never work for again after they bastardized Firefox.

Money.

It might not be the root of all evil, but it's the root of a lot of crappy entertainment.

darcymcgee

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:09:38 PDT

The Jetsons: It's the Flintstones (It's the Honeymooners...with Dinosaurs!)...in Space!

BullfightsOnAcid

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BloggyMcBlogBlog — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:06:03 PDT

@BullfightsOnAcid: Seriously, what were TV execs smoking in the '70's?

BloggyMcBlogBlog

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orbital1 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:00:26 PDT

Waiting with baited breath for:

"Top Chef" in Space!
Each elimination challenge loser goes out the airlock.
Yummy.

Or tidy cross promotion would be Event Horizon and Hell's Kitchen.

Gordon Ramsey with empty eye sockets screaming at Sam Neill.

orbital1

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Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:58:49 PDT

@B: Look above. I've got you covered.

Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege

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_MARVKO_ — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:58:19 PDT

I always thought Chronicles of Riddick was like Conan ...in Space!

_MARVKO_

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:56:13 PDT

@BloggyMcBlogBlog:
Gilligan's Planet: It's Gilligan's Island...(wait for it)...(just a little longer)...in Space!

BullfightsOnAcid

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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:54:15 PDT

What, no Pigs in space?

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BloggyMcBlogBlog — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:53:46 PDT

You forgot the Partridge Family...in Space:

BloggyMcBlogBlog

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:52:56 PDT

@NefariousNewt: Yeah and it only takes one bad shot to poke a little hole in the Bio-dome and send the air and pressure rushing out. You'd hope the Bio-Dome walls were a little tougher.

BullfightsOnAcid

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Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:52:51 PDT

[images.wikia.com]

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braak — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:52:28 PDT

@goldfarb: @NefariousNewt: Hmmmm.

I think that this is an idea that bears exploring.

braak

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Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:51:34 PDT

@Annalee Newitz: Or just: "Jason -- in space!" If they don't know who Jason is, your pitch is going to fail anyway.

Ed Grabianowski

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Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:49:40 PDT

Haha, dvr'd Lifeforce on Uni HD this weekend. Ah man that movie taught me so much about the female anatomy as a boy. Love that movie.

Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege

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Klebert L. Hall — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:48:27 PDT

Memo to myself, learn to type faster...
-Kle.

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NefariousNewt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:48:17 PDT

Far Out Space Nuts: Comedy... in space!

NefariousNewt

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Klebert L. Hall — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:47:56 PDT

Wasn't Outland basically Die Hard in space?

-Kle.

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NefariousNewt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:47:14 PDT

@goldfarb: Ah yes... Outland! Sean Connery fighting bad guys on a mining station with shotguns!

NefariousNewt

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NefariousNewt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:46:09 PDT

@braak: The Fifth Element?

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goldfarb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:43:53 PDT

nice cropping on the Lifeforce pic :)

@braak: Outland, though mostly High Noon...in space!, was kinda Die Hardish...

goldfarb

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:40:49 PDT

The Wachowski's Speed Racer: It's the Fast & the Furious...in Space! (again not really space but that really can't be Earth, can it? I mean there's no way Earth could have that much neon.)

BullfightsOnAcid

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DSTRYA — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:40:39 PDT

@BullfightsOnAcid: Star Wars: it's movies, but in space!

DSTRYA

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Annalee Newitz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:39:35 PDT

@BullfightsOnAcid: So true. I can wait for Gossip Girl -- in space!

Annalee Newitz

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Annalee Newitz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:38:47 PDT

@Ed Grabianowski: True! What would that be? Supernatural serial killer -- in space!!!

Annalee Newitz

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Slothrop — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:36:58 PDT

If they ever get a script that OSC likes, Ender's Game, it's Harry Potter ... in space!

Slothrop

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Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:31:14 PDT

I just have to throw in a shout out for Jason X, the greatest sci-fi movie in the entire Friday the 13th franchise.

Ed Grabianowski

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:31:02 PDT

Roswell the TV Series: It's Dawson's Creek...in Space! (Not really in space, but they did come from space)

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:28:06 PDT

Battle Beyond the Stars: It's the Magnificent Seven (which is Seven Samurai...in the West!)...in Space!

BullfightsOnAcid

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BullfightsOnAcid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:26:11 PDT

How about Star Wars! It's The Hidden Fortress...in Space!

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Annalee Newitz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:24:43 PDT

@braak: Space terrorists? Hmmm, only a matter of time before we get that one really.

Annalee Newitz

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Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:24:43 PDT

I just watched Lifeforce on my FIOS ondemand a few weeks ago. It was pretty good.

I loved Dinosaucers. Especially Sara, the secret scout. How many dreams did I have about her.

Killer Klowns was great! The spinning people in cotton candy, then sucking them out through glass silly straws. And shooting them in the nose.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

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cde — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:23:20 PDT

What, no event Horizon for Hell in Space?

And Killer Klowns From Outer Space was seriously fucking creepy when I first saw it at like 10. Like fucking traumatic.... :(

cde

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braak — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:17:21 PDT

Is there really no example of Die Hard...in space?

I'm trying to think of something that qualifies, and I can't....

ohmygodohmygodohmygod!

braak