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Sci-Fi Q-and-A with Fox and Lina
8 years ago
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We found a list of sci-fi questions asked in a celebrity interview and decided to answer these questions ourselves!
All these questions are based around Science Fiction (and sometimes fantasy)
The one thing you geek out over the most:
Lina: Post-apocalyptic stories that you find out is the second iteration of society.
Fox: Escape the Monster sci-fi... trapped with limited resources, and it's coming to kill you! (Jurassic Park, Tremors, T2, The Thing, IT) ... excluding zombie movies.
The first thing you remember geeking out over:
L: Star Wars Books on ship schematics
F: Horizons (Epcot)
The science-fiction / fantasy creator you most respect:
L: Arthus C Clarke
F: Isaac Asimov
Your geeky guilty pleasure:
L: Phantom of the Paradise
F: Unironically enjoying any "sci-fi" schlock movie that takes itself seriously, and is still bad... but entertaining to watch.
The current state of science-fiction in three words:
L: Too many capes
F: It's been done
The biggest genre game-changer of the last 25 years:
L: That we now live in the sci-fi future with what we have.
F: Sci-fi genre becoming a social norm
The best quote from anyone in the genre, real or fictional:
L: "Freedom is the freedom to say '2+2=4'. If that is granted, all else follows" - 1984
F: "If we can dream it, we can do it"
The best genre movie of the last 25 years:
L: Moon
F: Jurassic Park
The best genre series of the last 25 years:
L: Cowboy Beebop - A show for artists who love film, anime, and music
F: Battlestar Galactica - Dispelling Zenophobia in a time that needed it, while also being a timeless drama.
The best genre book of the last 25 years:
L: World War Z
F: I don't read fiction novels really.
The best comic book of the last 25 years:
L: The Killing Joke
F: Watchmen
The best videogame of the last 25 years:
L: Portal
F: "Fallout: New Vegas"
The best genre theme song or soundtrack of the last 25 years:
L: Interstaellar (Hans Zimmer)
F: Michael Giaccino's "Lost World: Jurassic Park" (Playstation 1 game soundtrack)
A movie that desperately needs a remake:
L: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
F: Flight of the Navigator
On the flipside, a movie that should never be remade:
L: Space Odyssey
F: Back to the Future Trilogy... at least not for another 30 years.
The genre character you most admire and why:
L: Ellen Ripley (Aliens) - complex, dealing with loss, unprepared and overcomes adversity.
F: Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) - One of the most classic 3-dimensional characters in the sci-fi genre.
The genre character you most despise and why:
L: JarJar Binks (Episode 1) or Sgt Johnson from Halo (ripoff stereotype)
F: "Darth Vader" Episode 3... his leap from "gotta save my wife" to "Guess I'm evil now, time to slaughter younglings" is soooo sloppy and contried and didn't have to be.
The genre character you love that no one else seems to pay attention to:
L: Curie from Fallout 4
F: Max from Flight of the Navigator (specifically the mystery of his origins, capabilities, Falon, etc)
If you could live in any fictional universe or reality, it would be:
Both: Star Trek (after next generation, and during peace time somewhere with the least xenophobia and conflict)
A scene from a movie that scared the ever living shit out of you:
L: Akira - The Teddy Bear scene.
F: Event Horizon... I knew it would be a sci-fi, but didn't know it was going to be a hardcore horror movie too til I was already watching it and had to finish it.
The most underrated sci-fi / fantasy movie of all time:
L: Hitchhiker's Guide Movie
F: Demolition Man (tongue-in-cheek action sci-fi, self aware, hilarious.)
The most overrated sci-fi / fantasy movie of all time:
L: Hunger Games (Everything in it has already been done to death)
F: Space Odyssey (great film, great piece of art. Nothing super "wrong" with it, but highly overrated and you need to read the book(s) or see the sequel to understand what's happening and why.)
The fictional character with the best style:
L: Vash "The Stampede" (Trigun)
F: Hellboy (Half of his style is also his backstory and what he does... his hand, his shaved horns, his guns, etc.)
The best Batman was:
L: Kevin Conroy (justice League)
F: Peter Weller (Dark Knight Returns movies)
The LOTR character you’d like to be:
L: Galadryel
F: Gandalf I guess
The LOTR character you’d actually be:
L: Barmaid at Prancing Pony
F: Merry or Pippin (ugh... always hugry and never taking anything seriously til it's literally time to die)
The most unforgivable insult in all of nerddom:
L: Joel-fucking-Schoemaker
F: Every Sonic the hedgehog game between Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Mania.
If you could have one superpower it would be:
L: Shape-shifting through atomic manipulation
F: Time Manipulation
If you were a hero, your sidekick would be:
L: Someone who is the comic releif (... Fox)
F: Someone sexy who boosts my Ego (... sooo my wife)
The Sorting Hat would put you in:
Both: Hufflepuff
Your patronus would be:
L: Otter (cute and scappy, but not overly tough)
F: Harbor seal (or something else that's adorable but useless)
On a voyage through space, your captain would be:
Both: Captain Piccard
If you could pick one genre vehicle, your ride would be:
L: Tardis
F: The Enterprise-E
In six words or less, what words of wisdom do you have for fellow fans?:
L: "To live well, live with compassion."
F: "Empathy is the key to Utopia."
All these questions are based around Science Fiction (and sometimes fantasy)
The one thing you geek out over the most:
Lina: Post-apocalyptic stories that you find out is the second iteration of society.
Fox: Escape the Monster sci-fi... trapped with limited resources, and it's coming to kill you! (Jurassic Park, Tremors, T2, The Thing, IT) ... excluding zombie movies.
The first thing you remember geeking out over:
L: Star Wars Books on ship schematics
F: Horizons (Epcot)
The science-fiction / fantasy creator you most respect:
L: Arthus C Clarke
F: Isaac Asimov
Your geeky guilty pleasure:
L: Phantom of the Paradise
F: Unironically enjoying any "sci-fi" schlock movie that takes itself seriously, and is still bad... but entertaining to watch.
The current state of science-fiction in three words:
L: Too many capes
F: It's been done
The biggest genre game-changer of the last 25 years:
L: That we now live in the sci-fi future with what we have.
F: Sci-fi genre becoming a social norm
The best quote from anyone in the genre, real or fictional:
L: "Freedom is the freedom to say '2+2=4'. If that is granted, all else follows" - 1984
F: "If we can dream it, we can do it"
The best genre movie of the last 25 years:
L: Moon
F: Jurassic Park
The best genre series of the last 25 years:
L: Cowboy Beebop - A show for artists who love film, anime, and music
F: Battlestar Galactica - Dispelling Zenophobia in a time that needed it, while also being a timeless drama.
The best genre book of the last 25 years:
L: World War Z
F: I don't read fiction novels really.
The best comic book of the last 25 years:
L: The Killing Joke
F: Watchmen
The best videogame of the last 25 years:
L: Portal
F: "Fallout: New Vegas"
The best genre theme song or soundtrack of the last 25 years:
L: Interstaellar (Hans Zimmer)
F: Michael Giaccino's "Lost World: Jurassic Park" (Playstation 1 game soundtrack)
A movie that desperately needs a remake:
L: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
F: Flight of the Navigator
On the flipside, a movie that should never be remade:
L: Space Odyssey
F: Back to the Future Trilogy... at least not for another 30 years.
The genre character you most admire and why:
L: Ellen Ripley (Aliens) - complex, dealing with loss, unprepared and overcomes adversity.
F: Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) - One of the most classic 3-dimensional characters in the sci-fi genre.
The genre character you most despise and why:
L: JarJar Binks (Episode 1) or Sgt Johnson from Halo (ripoff stereotype)
F: "Darth Vader" Episode 3... his leap from "gotta save my wife" to "Guess I'm evil now, time to slaughter younglings" is soooo sloppy and contried and didn't have to be.
The genre character you love that no one else seems to pay attention to:
L: Curie from Fallout 4
F: Max from Flight of the Navigator (specifically the mystery of his origins, capabilities, Falon, etc)
If you could live in any fictional universe or reality, it would be:
Both: Star Trek (after next generation, and during peace time somewhere with the least xenophobia and conflict)
A scene from a movie that scared the ever living shit out of you:
L: Akira - The Teddy Bear scene.
F: Event Horizon... I knew it would be a sci-fi, but didn't know it was going to be a hardcore horror movie too til I was already watching it and had to finish it.
The most underrated sci-fi / fantasy movie of all time:
L: Hitchhiker's Guide Movie
F: Demolition Man (tongue-in-cheek action sci-fi, self aware, hilarious.)
The most overrated sci-fi / fantasy movie of all time:
L: Hunger Games (Everything in it has already been done to death)
F: Space Odyssey (great film, great piece of art. Nothing super "wrong" with it, but highly overrated and you need to read the book(s) or see the sequel to understand what's happening and why.)
The fictional character with the best style:
L: Vash "The Stampede" (Trigun)
F: Hellboy (Half of his style is also his backstory and what he does... his hand, his shaved horns, his guns, etc.)
The best Batman was:
L: Kevin Conroy (justice League)
F: Peter Weller (Dark Knight Returns movies)
The LOTR character you’d like to be:
L: Galadryel
F: Gandalf I guess
The LOTR character you’d actually be:
L: Barmaid at Prancing Pony
F: Merry or Pippin (ugh... always hugry and never taking anything seriously til it's literally time to die)
The most unforgivable insult in all of nerddom:
L: Joel-fucking-Schoemaker
F: Every Sonic the hedgehog game between Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Mania.
If you could have one superpower it would be:
L: Shape-shifting through atomic manipulation
F: Time Manipulation
If you were a hero, your sidekick would be:
L: Someone who is the comic releif (... Fox)
F: Someone sexy who boosts my Ego (... sooo my wife)
The Sorting Hat would put you in:
Both: Hufflepuff
Your patronus would be:
L: Otter (cute and scappy, but not overly tough)
F: Harbor seal (or something else that's adorable but useless)
On a voyage through space, your captain would be:
Both: Captain Piccard
If you could pick one genre vehicle, your ride would be:
L: Tardis
F: The Enterprise-E
In six words or less, what words of wisdom do you have for fellow fans?:
L: "To live well, live with compassion."
F: "Empathy is the key to Utopia."
Arthur C. Clarke
Xenophobia
Galadriel
Joel Schumacher
Comic relief
And other than "relief", you can't blame me for the proper nouns not being right.
Just as sci-fi films were really starting to get interesting in the mainstream, but before CGI ruined cheesy B-Movies FX... so you end up with movies like Star Crash, Battle Beyond the Stars, R.O.T.O.R., Hobgoblins, Troll 2, Ice Pirates, The Stuff, Maximum Overdrive, and so on.
I'd say The Stuff is a great concept, and it has some fun elements... like a combination of The Thing and The Blob.
But it's so much talking and dry "investigation". Most disappointing scene is the one with the Dog... It looks like it will be a scene like in The Thing or Phantoms... but it just ends up being a little bit of stuff dripping out a fake dog head.