What was your first exposure to science fiction?
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Well, for starters, I was hooked on the topic of Dinosaurs from as long as I can remember. Naturally, that paved the road for an affinity to such creatures as Godzilla. One of my earliest memories related to sci-fi was going to see Godzilla vs The Smog Monster at a DRIVE -IN!
Also, my oldest brother was always ( and still is ) a NASA type geek, building models, like the Saturn V rocket and the SR 71 Blackbird. Between those two things, I've always been attracted to sci fi , space and the worlds viewed through imagination.
Which is sorta funny, because my other brother wasn't in the least bit influenced or interested much in sci fi at all.
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Quote:When I was 12 I saw that on a double-feature with "Frogs" at the movies.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
One of my earliest memories related to sci-fi was going to see Godzilla vs The Smog Monster at a DRIVE -IN!
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First exposure definately was star wars my parents must have showed it to me when I was like three or four. There were a couple other things first was the TV show Power Rangers. I know its lame, but if you grew up in the 90's that show was like visual cocaine for kids. Shit was blown up, each guy had his own color and own weapon. They could talk to each other through their wrist watches. Then they had their Zords I think they were called and then they made a bigger one. My dad also took me to a early screening of the movie Contact with Jodie Foster when that came out I loved that movie.
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I can't say for certain what mine was, but it may well have been Thundercats. To this day I still live by the code of thundera; Truth, honour, loyalty and justice. Thundercats HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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I'm getting reminded of so many things I've forgotten, books, films, tv. For instance, Danny Dunn. I know you will hoot, but I had a crush on Danny Dunn when I was in sixth grade. I wanted to Irene (Ilene?) Reading those books precedes my watching the moon landing by about six months, now that I think about it.
And I remember seeing the original Planet of the Apes in 1968, also at a drive-in. That wasn't exactly what got me interested in sci-fi though. It made me aware of MOVIES, how they're made, what goes into them. I was amazed at the alieness of the world of the apes, and the realism of the sets. Plus, my eleven-year old self got to see a pretty good shot of Charlton Heston's naked butt...good times.
The buzz about that movie back then was the "incredible" make-up. Now, these days the ape get-ups look a bit like really good Halloween masks, but then they were cutting edge. I heard my mom tell a story she may have heard on the news or somewhere: a guy was employed as a gorrilla extra, and he went home in his make-up, slept in it, and came back the next day. On a motorcycle. And the punchline was that nobody gave him a second glance as he drove each way. Who knows if that's true or not,but it makes me smile.
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Comics such as Ghost rider, and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot...Mum thought all comic books were for children and were therefore also tame. "Lost in Space", Startrek, and "My Uncle Martian" were my main childhood intros to sci fi. but I didn't become excited by it til Starwars and the original Battlestar Gallactica series aired. I would have been about 8 or so. We weren't allowed to see Star Wars when it came out, but I was obsessed with it anyway and read the books etc. The very first showbag I ever bought was a Starwars one from the Sydney Easter Show 1979. My brother and I defied our parents and snuck in to see The Empire Strikes Back when it came out instead of a Disney movie. It blew our minds.
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Easy. Star Trek TOS and Batman. In '74 when I was six, I got the Enterprise playset with the Mego action figures and LOST MY MIND!! Batman came on at 3:30 and TOS at 4pm and I would act out the Trek episodes. On another note, my best friend had the Batcave, and it was AMAZING how many times the Joker took over the Enterprise and Mr. Spock had to beam down to the Batcave to get Batman and Robin's help.
Good times...
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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
On another note, my best friend had the Batcave, and it was AMAZING how many times the Joker took over the Enterprise and Mr. Spock had to beam down to the Batcave to get Batman and Robin's help.
Oh, now, THAT'S a crossover! Lessee, Firefly and Batman?
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Far back in the mists of memory, perhaps more than 26 years ago on the geologic time chart, my sister (inadvertently) got me hooked on my very first piece of sci-fi. What really drew me into it was the ship. A battleship, a huge one, a seemingly impervious one that could fly faster than light and either dodge or shake off everything that was thrown at it whilst still opening a can of whoop-ass on its many enemies. Oh yeah. Star Blazers ftw. 
The following year, I had a friend who had a Death Star playset, even though I didn't really understand what it was or what it represented. All I knew was that we had hours of fun with the action figures and the little compartment with the converging walls. Not long thereafter, 'Star Wars' aired on TV, and my parents sat us down to watch it and I've been an on-and-off fan ever since. (More recently 'off', in the wake of the prequels and some of those Godawful novels come out in the past decade or so.)
Another couple of years went by, and my folks came upon Star Trek TOS reruns on one of the local TV stations. The first episode I ever saw was 'The Apple'. Forevermore, sci-fi geek, me. I don't like the later Trek series too well, but hey - these days I've got Firefly to make up for 'em. 
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