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Favorite Sci-fi Moments
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Since games have already been mentioned:
Mass Effect 2: The Suicide Mission is quite awesome and the musical score really sells it.
Mass Effect 3: I really enjoy the cinematic of the fleet warping in behind the Normandy. It actually conveys a sense of scale of a single ship bringing in an entire galaxy behind it. Just sucks the the rest of the game was a colossal failure in delivery.
Lately, I have found Person of Interest to be interesting when it gets to the grander theme of the A.I. The series keeps calling the thing a machine but the slow realization that it is an AI is both awesome and frighting with the episode of God Mode.
Andromeda: It turned to shit but Lexa Doig stole that show with the "I am a Warship and I don't like walking away from a fight"
Mass Effect 2: The Suicide Mission is quite awesome and the musical score really sells it.
Mass Effect 3: I really enjoy the cinematic of the fleet warping in behind the Normandy. It actually conveys a sense of scale of a single ship bringing in an entire galaxy behind it. Just sucks the the rest of the game was a colossal failure in delivery.
Lately, I have found Person of Interest to be interesting when it gets to the grander theme of the A.I. The series keeps calling the thing a machine but the slow realization that it is an AI is both awesome and frighting with the episode of God Mode.
Andromeda: It turned to shit but Lexa Doig stole that show with the "I am a Warship and I don't like walking away from a fight"
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
I agree on that one. The whole idea of a sentient warship that is just that awesome is, well, awesome. My favourite is the exchange between her and Bekka in the first episode of season 2, where Andromeda remarks that the Worldship was heading for the Known Worlds anyway, so now you can face it head-on. Bekka's reply of "That is such a warship thing to say" is just so sweet.PREDATOR490 wrote:
Andromeda: It turned to shit but Lexa Doig stole that show with the "I am a Warship and I don't like walking away from a fight"
Baltar: "I don't want to miss a moment of the last Battlestar's destruction!"
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Been said, but still
Star Wars Episode IV, Opening scene
Spaceships on film were nothing new, until now.....
camera pans down and that John Williams score rises....
Ship flashes past, shooting and being shot at....then it's pursuer hails into view and starts thundering past....and keeps going....and going...and going....
Even today, still grabs you
Star Wars Episode IV, Opening scene
Spaceships on film were nothing new, until now.....
camera pans down and that John Williams score rises....
Ship flashes past, shooting and being shot at....then it's pursuer hails into view and starts thundering past....and keeps going....and going...and going....
Even today, still grabs you
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Well since nobody specified serious SciFi, the opening scene from Spaceballs mocking the one from ANH, with the ship going past the camera ...and going past...and going past...going past...going past...still going past...still going...ending with the 'WE BRAKE FOR NOBODY' sign on the tail of the ship.
And of course the immemorable 'ludicrous speed' scene.
And of course the immemorable 'ludicrous speed' scene.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
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'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
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'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
I'm gonna be the guy that breaks pattern and name a book.
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton.
It opens on the Mars Mission in the Prologue with the first manned mission to Mars. When they first step out of the vehicle, the Captain starts his preordained speech etc etc, and one of the main characters, Nigel Sheldon just interrupts him, "Yo, dude! How's it hangin'?" All of this after opening up the first prototype wormhole from Earth. Prologue ends there, first chapter opens up a few hundred years later.
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton.
It opens on the Mars Mission in the Prologue with the first manned mission to Mars. When they first step out of the vehicle, the Captain starts his preordained speech etc etc, and one of the main characters, Nigel Sheldon just interrupts him, "Yo, dude! How's it hangin'?" All of this after opening up the first prototype wormhole from Earth. Prologue ends there, first chapter opens up a few hundred years later.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
The final round fight from 'Real Steel'.
And if we're talking books, how about 'gravitics up' and 'start rolling pods' from 'Honor among Enemies?' Yes, that was just a simulation, but we didn't know that at the time, and it was the first indicator of just how screwed you are at the receiving end of a podlayer barrage.
And if we're talking books, how about 'gravitics up' and 'start rolling pods' from 'Honor among Enemies?' Yes, that was just a simulation, but we didn't know that at the time, and it was the first indicator of just how screwed you are at the receiving end of a podlayer barrage.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
The first appearance of the Executor. Star Destroyers were huge but suddenly in comes something that casts shadows on them. The Imperial March made it the perfect display of the might of the Empire. There's also the 501st Legion marching into the Jedi Temple.
In Titan AE, there's the Drej mothership being blown up.
In Titan AE, there's the Drej mothership being blown up.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
"I think we've had enough of those sorts of trials. Goodbye Citizen Chairman."And if we're talking books, how about 'gravitics up' and 'start rolling pods' from 'Honor among Enemies?' Yes, that was just a simulation, but we didn't know that at the time, and it was the first indicator of just how screwed you are at the receiving end of a podlayer barrage.
All of Fanatic and a Ship Called Francis, but especially when Cachat is a captive of Yuri Radamacher, who keeps comparing himself to Napoleon's jailer on St. Helens.
Mutineer's Moon, the whole sequence where Colin is captured by "aliens" and brought to a hidden moonbase, only to realize the freaking moon is an ancient sentient starship. Still one of my all-time favorites.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
If we add books then, well, pretty much all of 2010: Odyssey Two counts, it's one of my all-time favourites.
The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV from Halo: The Fall of Reach is pretty damned epic.
However, absolute top spot has to go to the chapter of the original The War of the Worlds: "The Thunder Child." It's just stunning.
The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV from Halo: The Fall of Reach is pretty damned epic.
However, absolute top spot has to go to the chapter of the original The War of the Worlds: "The Thunder Child." It's just stunning.
Baltar: "I don't want to miss a moment of the last Battlestar's destruction!"
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Moments, EF. Moments. Not entire books or multi-scene arcs. Moments.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Oh well in that case the Leonov's aerobraking stands out for me.
Baltar: "I don't want to miss a moment of the last Battlestar's destruction!"
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
Centurion: "Sir, I really think you should look at the other Battlestar."
Baltar: "What are you babbling about other...it's impossible!"
Centurion: "No. It is a Battlestar."
Corrax Entry 7:17: So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
A couple of things:
- the opening scene of "Star Wars". In 1977, I was about 5.5 years old, and my father took me to see it. The Tantive IV (pretty big) being pursued by that enormous ISD was jaw-dropping. I was hooked.
- in "Terminator", the scene where Arnie is being told something (through a door). A dropdown of responses appears, and he matter-of-factly selects "Fuck you, asshole". (Other options were "Yes/No", "Or what?", "Go away", "Please come back later", and simply "Fuck you".)
- the opening scene of "Star Wars". In 1977, I was about 5.5 years old, and my father took me to see it. The Tantive IV (pretty big) being pursued by that enormous ISD was jaw-dropping. I was hooked.
- in "Terminator", the scene where Arnie is being told something (through a door). A dropdown of responses appears, and he matter-of-factly selects "Fuck you, asshole". (Other options were "Yes/No", "Or what?", "Go away", "Please come back later", and simply "Fuck you".)
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Capa's jump sequence in Sunshine and Sam Bell's call to Earth in Moon. Both of those scenes, while totally different from each other, are some of my favorites in all of film. Each is the perfect mix of plot advancement and musical score.
Then there is the scene in Terminator 2 where the defeated T-800 reroutes power to get up and continue kicking ass. Ultimate nerd boner scene.
Then there is the scene in Terminator 2 where the defeated T-800 reroutes power to get up and continue kicking ass. Ultimate nerd boner scene.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
I have two moments from Farscape.
First one where the Crichton clone shoots the Scarren Dreadnaught with a star.
Second from the climax of the Peacekeeper Wars. The wormhole weapon finally unleased is a golden scene in and of itself but the moment which most struck was when it reaches the planet, creating a massive funeral pyre worthy of D'Argo's passing.
First one where the Crichton clone shoots the Scarren Dreadnaught with a star.
Second from the climax of the Peacekeeper Wars. The wormhole weapon finally unleased is a golden scene in and of itself but the moment which most struck was when it reaches the planet, creating a massive funeral pyre worthy of D'Argo's passing.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
I have no prayer for that.Lost Soal wrote:I have two moments from Farscape.
First one where the Crichton clone shoots the Scarren Dreadnaught with a star.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
My favourite is from Farscape as well.
When Crais and Talyn sacrifice themselves, the whole sequence leading up to that....but afterwards is even better, as the Peacekeeper ship falls apart around them. It's a perfect mix of visuals and music
http://youtu.be/aYl8AR-YNOQ
When Crais and Talyn sacrifice themselves, the whole sequence leading up to that....but afterwards is even better, as the Peacekeeper ship falls apart around them. It's a perfect mix of visuals and music
http://youtu.be/aYl8AR-YNOQ
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Pfft. We're not adding books. We're just reading the OP in full and expanding beyond Star Wars and other moments that have been named five times without my boxed library that's 4 states away.Eternal_Freedom wrote:If we add books then,
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Shit...how could I forget Firefly?
Mal wordlessly shooting Dobson in the face, then carrying on about his business as usual. It was my first experience with how Joss Whedon loves to pull the rug from under your feet and for that I adore it. Plus it's just fucking hilarious
Mal wordlessly shooting Dobson in the face, then carrying on about his business as usual. It was my first experience with how Joss Whedon loves to pull the rug from under your feet and for that I adore it. Plus it's just fucking hilarious
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Someone already mentioned the scene when major Butts flies into a back hole in the series Above and beyond.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
nuTrek 'Into Darkness'. Uhura beams down into the Spock vs Khan brawl, and when Khan doesn't drop from her first stun hit...she just keeps firing.
'Next time I let Superman take charge, just hit me. Real hard.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
'You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors. I'm a rich kid with issues. Lots of issues.'
'No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time.'
'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
'Hey, we both have a Martian's phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.'
'You know, for a guy with like 50 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind.'
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
The A wing going through the window of the Executor.
Skeletor's army seizing Castle Greyskull in masters of the universe.
Borg speech and ensuing slaughter audio only on First Contact.
Opera scene battle on 5th Element.
"No... I am your father".
Skeletor's army seizing Castle Greyskull in masters of the universe.
Borg speech and ensuing slaughter audio only on First Contact.
Opera scene battle on 5th Element.
"No... I am your father".
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Equilibrium - Dawn over Libria and John Preston tears back the plastic film covering the window and for the first time in his life feels the sun rise.
Dr Who - The Doctor is locked in a dark cell with the 'metaltron' he moves over to look at it, then that electronic heartbeat sound starts followed by "Doc-tor?" and suddenly he's screaming to be let out.
"You would make a good Dalek" Eccleston looks like you just punched him
Dr Who - The Doctor is locked in a dark cell with the 'metaltron' he moves over to look at it, then that electronic heartbeat sound starts followed by "Doc-tor?" and suddenly he's screaming to be let out.
"You would make a good Dalek" Eccleston looks like you just punched him
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
The one that's always stuck with me from HH (possibly because I - for various reasons - ended up reading Echoes of Honor first) is, "Admiral Yanakov to all Grayson units! The order is - Lady Harrington and no mercy!"Batman wrote:And if we're talking books, how about 'gravitics up' and 'start rolling pods' from 'Honor among Enemies?' Yes, that was just a simulation, but we didn't know that at the time, and it was the first indicator of just how screwed you are at the receiving end of a podlayer barrage.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Moments
Likewise. Chills when I read that the first time.Black Admiral wrote:The one that's always stuck with me from HH (possibly because I - for various reasons - ended up reading Echoes of Honor first) is, "Admiral Yanakov to all Grayson units! The order is - Lady Harrington and no mercy!"Batman wrote:And if we're talking books, how about 'gravitics up' and 'start rolling pods' from 'Honor among Enemies?' Yes, that was just a simulation, but we didn't know that at the time, and it was the first indicator of just how screwed you are at the receiving end of a podlayer barrage.