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gothmog@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 hours ago

If someone asks you to fill in this blank: Star ____ is the best franchise in the history of Sci-Fi, what do you complete it with? And how do you justify your answer?

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If someone asks you to fill in this blank: Star ____ is the best franchise in the history of Sci-Fi, what do you complete it with? And how do you justify your answer?

gothmog@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 hours ago
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    Starboy and The Captain of Outer Space

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    Stardust. And no, that’s not the name of the franchise, but it’s the ship that started it.

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    __vs the Forces of Evil___

    (no justification, I’m rage baiting)

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    Starring Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, and Sean Maher: Firefly

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      Approved.

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      Respect. You little vermin. :)

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    Gate. Because no one actually knows what stargate is, but it makes both the star wars, and star treck nerds mad

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      I know that one, but I call it MacGuyver 2.

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      Star Blazers for the same reason.

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      To quote an old comment of mine:

      Is that the one with the gates deep in space? Deep gate 9 or something?

      They found a way to connect to faraway regions of space and shortcut the journey, and decided a facility was necessary to protect against hostile intrusions and be a hub. Also something about returning control to the natives. Religion / religious zealots bad.

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      Indeed

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      Fair-ish, can’t find the big guy being asked trek or wars and going gate meme. I like 'em all, but I’m not out to make people mad (troll). Like the agency in gate, the competence and evolved ethics from trek and the swashbuckling from wars.

      Many know, many care. However, I found this. mYLo4fW93B6VCCS.gif while looking for the big guy, which I may use inappropriately for a while, thanks.

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      Colonel O’Neill would like to know your location.

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        O"Neil: “You tell me where you’re at and then I’m going to open your iris!”

        Teal’c: raises eyebrow

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          It’s ‘O’Neill’, with two L’s. There’s another Colonel O’Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all.

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    Star… Just kidding everyone knows The Expanse… [Is the best…]

    Yup, fight me.

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    Funny way to say Lexx, but ok.

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    Galactica, Battle

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      1978 or 2004?

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        1. I loved the original as a kid but the newer version was so much better
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          The pilot episode is still one of the best episodes of a television series ever.

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          Yisssss

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    ship Troopers was a pretty good movie, unlike many other movies that start with Star.

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      I would like to know more

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        The book is either the best apology of armed forces or the best satire of armed forces. The line is so thin it’s completely in the eyes of the reader, making it a battlefield of interpretations. Personally, I laughed so hard reading it I can’t believe Heinlein was serious while writing it. Same for Citizen of the Galaxy.

        About the film, it was a conscious choice to make it a satire and it succeeds beautifully.

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          I remember before reading the book being warned that it was fascism apologia but it seemed like satire to me.

          The movie did the satire bit perfectly. I wish Verhoeven would have another go at a sci-fi

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            It could be used as proof that fascism is its own satire, honestly. Now we just look at US

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      I liked the book best, but I am with you

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    …furies are awesome which is reason number 487 why Babylon 5…

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    “Trek: Deep Space Nine”

    Best mostly just meaning it’s the one I love the most - Ben Sisko and Kira Nerys are two of my favorite characters in tv, and were a big influence on me as a kid. I started rewatching recently for the first time since it originally aired, and man, it’s still so good.

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      I’m watching it through for the first time. Actually right as i am typing this. I grew up with TOS, TNG, and Voyager but I never actually saw DS9 until now. I’m enjoying it. Jadzia Dax is my favorite. It’s a great show.

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    Star -ting to think Dr Who- is the best franchise in the history of scifi

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      I was trying to find a way of getting Doctor Who in there!

      Although to be fair it’s probably more fantasy.

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    Fox.

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