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I did not see my favorite sci-fi/fantasy adventure....it covers all media: books, movies, TV....Highlander.
I know this is a love it or hate it kind of thing, but the premise is wonderful (even if the movies never did live up to it) and the TV series was positively adicting (despite occasional lapses in logic and flow, but that is ok since it was so much fun to watch anyway).
I am a big fan of premises, whether well-done or half-baked. It is the idea behind the actual story that gets me thinking and dreaming, and if it is not well-done, I simply think how I would have done it different (I never say better here...heh heh =).
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Thinking about how you would have done something better can lead to a lot of great story ideas. Especially if you focus on the premise and not the characters or setting or other things that the author can claim you've stolen.
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The Lord of the Rings series thus far have been as I would have expected out of movie made after a great book... but there truly are a few scenes in the movie that really capture the book.
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I had to register in order to contribute to this topic, because I can't believe that my favority sci-fi/fantasy TV show didn't get mentioned: Red Dwarf in the first several seasons. The show is out of the UK.
Also, in the fantasy movie realm, Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" deserves a special place. Available in English from Disney. Japanese anime as you have never seen before.
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Yes, "Red Dwarf" is a fun show! "Good" sci-fi/fantasy was requested, so maybe no one brought up "Dr. Who" for a reason? Also a Brit sci-fi tv show, with several different incarnations as Dr. Who - decidedly odd. He has The Tardis, which could be disguised as anything but usually you see as a phone booth (British "police box") that is basically a huge "ship" on the inside, in which he travelled through time and space (I always refer to my Hondas as having "tardis technology"). I enjoyed the movie "Tron". I got sucked into watching "Total Recall" and it was worth finishing. Also, some old-time Japanese live-action sci-fi shows were fun, even if you could see the zippers on the backs of the monsters/aliens (Kikaida, Kamen Rider V3, Rainbow Man - I never saw Ultraman in Hawaii). Most of my actual favorites have been posted already, so I won't repeat.
I do wonder a little more about the definitions. I have been reading Card's book, and the one by David Gerrold, and some others, in my quest to perhaps write and publish sci-fi and/or fantasy. I thought sci-fi stories were ones that fit in our universe (what is possible - science), while fantasy stories were ones that don't fit (what is impossible - magic). So the science might be good or bad, hard or soft, not the plot but the environment, but it would still cause a story to be considered sci-fi. Fantasy would rely on "magic" - stuff happens that can't have a reason based in science. Pern could technically be sci-fi, even though it has teleporting, telepathic, flying dragons, because they resulted from genetic engineering on what was considered a lizard! But people consider those books fantasy, yes (I always had)? I guess knowing the difference matters, regarding submitting for publication, and I have a lot to learn.
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