Guilty Pleasures of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genre

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INSIGHT SPINNER

Friday, July 9, 2004 3:08 AM

Okay, I'll play along.

First -- how about satire fanfic? I think my guiltiest guilty pleasure has to be the Very Secret Diaries by Cassie Claire. These are verbal puns based on LOTR movie cannon. If you haven't read them, go here
http://www.livejournal.com/users/cassieclaire/
for the originals (but go back to around December 20 or so of 2001 for the very first onces. To read them more easily, but miss the 2 or 3 she did for the Two Towers, go here:
http://www.subreality.com/chimericon/secretdiaries.htm

These still make we howl. but warning, they are a bit slashy -- imagine, for example Balrog is mad at Gandalf because of a past lover's spat. you get the picture.

Okay. Now to play right.

-I already mentioned Buckaroo Banzai in the worst movie thread -- love that.
-Galaxy Quest
-White Dwarf (made for TV as pilot, but not picked up -- darnit)
-Red Dwarf -- not bad at all...yet still a smeggin' guilty pleasure.
-Contact -- some people don't like it. I love it.
The Red Shoes -- isn't it sort of like a fantasy the way they film the ballet of the same name?
-Princess Bride
-Mothra or Gamra...why stop at Godzilla. The dubbing alone is hysterical. And how about those miniature Mothra twins??

And what about SF cartoons?
-Speed Racer
-Amazing Three -- what's up with that duck guy?
-Tobor the 8th Man
-Gigantor

My brother and I would watch these and laugh and laugh!

What about those Mexican horror movies? THe ones where there is always a thing from agrave and teh guy in the Sombrero and Serape who is tending the grave always gets taken down when the moster awakens... those used to crack me up.

Oh...what is that movie from the USC film school where the computer blows up the ship. That's another one. somebody help me out here.

insight spinner
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CYBERSNARK

Friday, July 9, 2004 3:34 PM

My opinions on Enterprise are widely known, so it's not exactly a guilty pleasure in the "embarrased to admit it" category.

I used to be embarrased about being a Sailor Moon and Powerpuff Girls fan, but heck, those shows were good (still are, considering many alternatives).

There's the new (and now-gone) He-Man revival. I liked the show, too bad the toys (and their bad marketing/unclear concept) killed it.

Godzilla. Yes, the Roland & Emmerich version. I just think Raptorzilla looks cool. Also, it led to the Godzilla animated series, which rocked.

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BLUESUNWORSHIPPER

Sunday, July 11, 2004 4:25 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JCKnife:
I wish they would release "The Greatest American Hero" on DVD. It probably would not live up to my memory of how great that series was.

Yes! YESSSS!!! William Katt's only good role outside of "Carrie," and the only one I give a flying fig about. I loved that show when I was a kid, but I watch it now, and it's kinda silly. Still, it's fun to reminisce.

Thanks for the reminder!

- T

THATWEIRDGIRL

Sunday, July 11, 2004 5:21 AM

okay, some of those things mentioned are not sucky or guilty pleasures. I mean Galaxy Quest and Dr Who? Those are good.

anywho...

Sailor Moon - before work in the morning
Ice Pirates - glad I'm not the only one
Greatest American Hero - what's the scenerio?
Robotech!!!!!!!
and the biggest guilty pleasure is...
...
...
...Black Hole

www.thatweirdgirl.com

GROUNDED

Sunday, July 11, 2004 1:02 PM

"-Galaxy Quest"

Guilty pleasure? Hysterical and fits right into the 'regular pleasure' category :)

CLEANER

Sunday, July 11, 2004 1:47 PM

My guilty pleasure is Event Horizon. Your not meant to love such a scary dark movie but I love movies that have you on the edge of your seat.

"If wishes were horses we'd all be eatin steak!!!"

BLUESUNWORSHIPPER

Sunday, July 11, 2004 5:27 PM

"Event Horizon" was a movie that I actively hated. Okay, there was one line in the movie that was intentionally funny that made me laugh out loud. If you've seen the movie, you know exactly what I mean. The crew are reviewing a recording of the log tapes from the crew of the Event Horizon which ends with the entire crew screaming and the captain pulling his eyeballs out of his face, and cackling in latin. Laurence Fishburne's sits for a second after it clicks off, then says "We're leaving." Still cracks me up.

I know, it's only really funny in context. I liked the ship designs, too, but I don't like the movie itself. Felt forced.

"The Black Hole." You know, there are old robots, and bold robots, but there are no old, bold robots...and most of the robots in this movie were crap. I loved Roddy McDowall, but I hated the cutesie robot design of V.I.N.CENT and Old B.O.B. I loved Maximillian, the Edward Scissorhands of murderous robot killers, but the Sentry Robots left me kind of cold. The end of the movie was a little odd too, the whole "Dante's Inferno" thing was a bit too weird for a kiddie movie, but the designs for the sets and ships were outstanding. Who can help it if the kiddie-friendly robots were just a bit sickening. It was DISNEY that made it, after all.

Oh, and if you've ever seen the behind-the-scenes featurette, you know that I mean this with my whole heart - don't EVER see the behind-the-scenes featurette. To this day, I can't see the movie without thinking of the whole "It's a Paper Moon, Under a Cardboard Sea" musical number...about special effects. I still get queasy. I swear.

Here's another one for the "Forgotten Classics" list: The Hidden. It's a great horror sci-fi classic. Oh, and Claudia Christian is in it. As a hooker. Hookers in the movies - your mark of quality writing. At least she gets to be a hooker with a machine gun. True story.

...and never forget John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy" films - 'The Thing', 'Prince of Darkness' and 'They Live.' I loved those flicks. Very dark and cool...especially 'The Thing.' I would definitely list all three as either Guilty Pleasures or Forgotten Classics.

Enjoy!

- T

SHINYHAPPYKLIN

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:12 AM

Wow....there are so many....

- most 60's and 70's scifi movies, such as The Andromeda Strain (my all time favorite), Colossus:The Forbin Project, The Questor Tapes, all the Planet of the Apes Movies
- Somewhere in Time (Christopher Reeves accidentally time travels from modern day to Mackinaw (sp?) Island hotel in late 1800's, falls in love)
- Logan's Run
- the over-the-top original Dune movie
- Lair of the White Worm
- Independence Day
- Princess Bride
- Ghostbusters, Stripes, Groundhog Day, most Bill Murray flicks
- and a totally non-scifi/fantasy flick, and my only other concession to chick-flickdom besides Somewere in Time.....The Thorn Birds (well, I guess it could qualify as fantasy since Richard Chamberlin gets it on with a woman...[ducking...])

"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."

THATWEIRDGIRL

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:25 AM

I was with ya there for a bit, but how can you call Princess Bride a guilty pleasure?

Who's with me here, it rocks! I'm not guilty about it.

www.thatweirdgirl.com

ANNIK

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by shinyhappyklin:
Wow....there are so many....

(snipped
- Lair of the White Worm

OMG! They made a movie out of that? It's one of the worst books I've ever read ... plus the weirdest.

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

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