tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post395023014029793726..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Eight Guilty Pleasures in Science Fiction and FantasyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-45918469103358306432009-08-02T08:17:38.937-04:002009-08-02T08:17:38.937-04:00Cromely: That's really what guilty pleasures ...Cromely: That's really what guilty pleasures are about. It may be bad, but for some reason you still enjoy it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-15984580759457023872009-08-02T05:40:10.363-04:002009-08-02T05:40:10.363-04:00I really enjoyed Hackers. As a computer movie, it...I really enjoyed Hackers. As a computer movie, it's pretty awful. As a regular movie, well, it's no Oscar winner. But it's really fun. And it was one of the few attempts Hollywood made to make Cyberpunk feel cool, even if they had trouble capturing it.<br /><br />It's a complicated movie, because I can't really say much that's good about it, except that I had fun watching it and still enjoy catching it in reruns.<br /><br />I guess that's what a guilty pleasure is all about.Cromelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220177112637075263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-30289882467673104502009-07-29T09:43:57.280-04:002009-07-29T09:43:57.280-04:00That's true, but I've never watched Flash ...That's true, but I've never watched Flash Gordon. Big Trouble in Little China is one of my favorites, though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-73396669225620391592009-07-29T07:59:40.101-04:002009-07-29T07:59:40.101-04:00Well...if you're going to go with Big Trouble ...Well...if you're going to go with Big Trouble in Little China, then you have to include Flash Gordon (1980).Niertarothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-49352051256240221362009-07-29T00:29:37.523-04:002009-07-29T00:29:37.523-04:00Oh, I totally forgot about Big Trouble in Little C...Oh, I totally forgot about Big Trouble in Little China. That's definitely a guilty pleasure!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-51209326745972539212009-07-28T13:30:17.792-04:002009-07-28T13:30:17.792-04:00Oh come on now! "Guilty Pleasures"???? I...Oh come on now! "Guilty Pleasures"???? ICE PIRATES!!! and "Big Trouble in Little China". Not to mention, "Bukaroo Banzai - Across the Eighth Dimension...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795563884429873435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-48098346030380318412009-07-26T02:53:03.406-04:002009-07-26T02:53:03.406-04:00seekerpat: I totally don't feel bad about The...seekerpat: I totally don't feel bad about The Fifth Element. I know too many people who openly love that movie. Mad Max is one of those movies that everyone either loves or hates, though.<br /><br />Caine: Well, so do I, but I'm weird :P. It is quite a feat in non-CG special effects, that's for sure!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-23663686958379012652009-07-25T01:07:13.091-04:002009-07-25T01:07:13.091-04:00I think TOTAL RECALL is very cool. Its thought of...I think TOTAL RECALL is very cool. Its thought of, in lots of circles, as the last BIG movie that didn't use any significant SGI at all (models baby).<br /><br />@Jordan Lapp<br /><br />I feel just like you do about ERAGON the move but I feel it toward the first HARRY POTTER movie which is nearly, beat for beat, Star Wars! The quidich game even looked like Endor speeder bikes.<br /><br />GUILTY PLEASURES<br /><br />LENSEMAN. Not the books, the animated movie, which is a bit predictable but I dig it, the aliens, and the CyceRotar!<br /><br />TEKWAR. Sure the concept of the show is pretty thin. Future Detective on parole but the tech was cool: vehicles, architecture, clothes.<br /><br />RUNAWAY. Tom Selleck leads the future police runaway squad. This, I feel, is actually pretty good and a bit ahead of its time. When it was released in the theater it was situated to be the BIG summer movie (what with that guy from KISS and that other guy from MAGNUM P.I. in it) but a little independent film made by a no name director staring an Austrian body builder as a robot stormed theaters that weekend burying RUNAWAY.Cainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654286795401273101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-82373979437085106652009-07-23T22:19:34.613-04:002009-07-23T22:19:34.613-04:00Ha! The Fifth Element, Mad Max(all 3 films), Conan...Ha! The Fifth Element, Mad Max(all 3 films), Conan, the Gor series by John Norman-had a girlfriend pick one of those books up once...all of my explanations sounded pretty lame :-)<br /><br />I love EC Tubb's Dumarest of Terra series, but I don't feel guilty about it.seekerpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212974137586251078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-37451461305156685982009-07-23T17:42:44.137-04:002009-07-23T17:42:44.137-04:00I know, but I still get looks once in a while.I know, but I still get looks once in a while.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-32076339926830576252009-07-23T14:49:06.025-04:002009-07-23T14:49:06.025-04:00Star Wars !?!
Star Wars is awesome though. Nobody...Star Wars !?!<br /><br />Star Wars is awesome though. Nobody can deny that. No matter who they are.Draxzarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-29021505843314757862009-07-23T12:33:54.902-04:002009-07-23T12:33:54.902-04:00Draxzar: It's okay. I get weird looks when I...Draxzar: It's okay. I get weird looks when I say I love Star Wars :P.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-79209283917086647672009-07-23T08:38:06.501-04:002009-07-23T08:38:06.501-04:00S.M.D: It's not neccesarily that I feel guilty...S.M.D: It's not neccesarily that I feel guilty about Buffy and Angel, it's more the way people snort when I mention it's one of my favourite TV series' :)Draxzarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-83278334272303402992009-07-22T21:00:38.077-04:002009-07-22T21:00:38.077-04:00Draxzar: Buffy is certainly a great show. I woul...Draxzar: Buffy is certainly a great show. I wouldn't include it on my list of guilty pleasures, but if you feel guilty, then I guess that's unavoidable.<br /><br />Hagelrat: I still have all my Magic cards! I was going to sell them all, but my fiance convinced me to keep them because we might have fun with them, even though she hardly knows how to play.<br /><br />Quietus: Eragon might be beyond you now. I've noticed that people who don't read them, but continue to read other things simply grow out of the Eragon-style books. A lot of people who have read Eragon and liked it have since moved on to other things. That's the way it is.<br /><br />Memory: You feel guilty about Salvatore?<br /><br />Jordan: Haha. It's not the exact same story. One has dragons and the other has the Death Star :P.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-21556590935763990752009-07-22T19:08:17.741-04:002009-07-22T19:08:17.741-04:00I'm came THIS close to unsubscribing from this...I'm came THIS close to unsubscribing from this blog when I heard the Eragon reference. Watch Star Wars. It's the EXACT same story, but much, much betterJordan Lapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423346758607397523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-32163668377713834462009-07-22T18:06:10.498-04:002009-07-22T18:06:10.498-04:00R.A. Salvatore, all the way. I love the character...R.A. Salvatore, all the way. I love the characters in his Drizzt books so much that I find it easy to shunt any other concerns to the side. (Well, most of the time. I've gotta say, some of his writing makes me cringe, but I'm usually able to get past it).Memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922151273874989122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-1312024631672602652009-07-22T17:48:25.746-04:002009-07-22T17:48:25.746-04:00I agree with you on Riddick and Signs.
However, d...I agree with you on Riddick and Signs.<br /><br />However, due to the arguments against Eragon/Eldest/Brisingr, I never got around to reading them, or seeing the movie.<br /><br />I can say that I will never, ever read The Notebook. I absolutely hate romance books (not movies, books). Even in the Star Wars Universe (in which my book reading passion is), I hated the several books where romance was part of the main plot.Quietusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-61666306514688765492009-07-22T17:25:27.215-04:002009-07-22T17:25:27.215-04:00I absolutely love Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch ...I absolutely love Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch Black and umm Dark Fury the animated Riddick. I am shameless in my devotion.<br />I love cheesy sci fi series and movie's, The Black Library, Warhammer 40k. all the stuff you are supposed to grow out of including my Magic the Gathering cards and my secret stash of action figures.Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12876050775872445521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-86701370495286882622009-07-22T17:14:10.443-04:002009-07-22T17:14:10.443-04:00Guilty pleasures eh?
Well, I suppose I am with y...Guilty pleasures eh? <br /><br />Well, I suppose I am with you on the Eregon front, although I didn't read Eldest or Brisingr. And I also happen to love signs, I too think it is a slightly misunderstood film. But I am a mild fan of M.Night Shyamalan (with the exception of The Happening *shudders*) I suppose Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel TV series can count, although I do happen to love both and feel they are two great fantasy creations. Warhammer 40,000 also, and although I don't actually play the table top game, I love the universe, which is enough to get people staring at me funny when I mention it!Draxzarnoreply@blogger.com