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These guys are like hero's when it comes to Sci-Fi for different reasons.TOP ROW - Sydney Newman and Gene Roddenberry.
BOTTOM ROW - Gerry Anderson and George Lucas
SYDNEY NEWMAN [link]
If it wasn't for Sydney Newman, the world would not have the GREATEST Sci-Fi of ALL time that is DOCTOR WHO !!!!
It's thanks to him and a fantastic team of brilliant people got together and came up with the idea of a ship that can travel through time and space, but also be bigger on the inside creating to become what we all know and love as the Doctor's Tardis.
I wonder what Sydney would make of today's Doctor Who
GENE RODDENBERRY [link]
Creator of Star Trek, or according to my friend George [The Infinity Prince] 'the nerdiest Sci-Fi of them all".
Gene had a great vision of the future back in the 1960's with Star Trek, a series where people being white, black etc all worked together in peace and harmony, women are treated equally, so no more sexism thank god [thou I'm not so sure it stopped the makers of the show from constantly making women sexy in all 79 episodes of the original series], and some ingenious Sci-Fi ideas of the time such as the transporter and the personal communicator, which lead to the creation of the Mobile Phone
I wonder what Gene would make of J.J. Abrams 'Star Trek' film from 2009
If any Star Trek fan's would like to send some hate towards my mate George for considering Star Trek to be the nerdiest Sci-Fi of them all, then feel free to do so . . . . . ONLY JOKING
GERRY ANDERSON [link]
The king of puppets !!!!
Gerry gave the world the like of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray
No need to ask what he thinks of the 2004 live action film - HE HATES IT !! . . . . Can't say I blame him, it aint that good.
GEORGE LUCAS [link]
The god of Sci-Fi movies !!!!
Creator of the all powerful force that is STAR WARS !!!!
This man gave us the Lightsaber, the aforementioned all powerful Force, some characters, memorable moments [No . . . . I - AM - YOUR - FATHER !!!!], that kiss between Luke and Leia BEFORE they discovered they where brother and sister [shame on them
]I wonder if he'd love to make a film called 'Star Trek VS Star Wars' ? . . . . . maybe
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gene Roddenberry always looked like a sleezy car salesman to me. or like the type of guy who produced porn in the 70s
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Ohhhhhhhhhhh, that's HARSH !!
Only real problem I've ever had with George is that he always looks tired and bloody misurable.
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yes and he seems to be so standoffish too
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Not to mention arrogant, as I understand it, he banned Dave Prowse from attending Star Wars conventions because it seems Dave ended up mentioning at some point when 'The Empire Strikes Back' was coming out to Cinemas at the time that Vader is Luke's dad . . typical, but after all these years, who cares, it's common knowledge.
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I heard about that. it's doesn't surprise me that he could be vindictive. he's gives that vibe lol
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Sorry, I don't know who that person is.
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It seems your Godfathers are all film and TV based...without the authors that went before and alongside them these men would not have created what they did. Isaac Assimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert, and Arthur C. Clarke are the real godfathers of 20th Century science fiction creation. Almost all science fiction we watch can be traced in part at least to those writers...and I am sure these four men on your picture would agree
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I've never read anything by the guys you mention or the guy in that link, so to me, the guy's I know are the true Godfathers to Sci-Fi, plus to be fair, I don't think every Sci-Fi fan has read novels by authors like Assimov or Clarke, probably because one might look at the covers of their books and the world "boring" springs to mind straight away and they'd rather stick to the Sci-Fi they know and love.
Still, you have your Godfathers of Sci-Fi, I have mine, and everyone else, each to their own
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Whilst I agree things can be subjective the authors I mentioned are widely considered and have been over a couple of generations. They are not simply 'my own' favourites.
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Thank you men! Without you, so many of us would be down in the dumps! Thanks to all that you have created, we fanboys and fangirls have something to talk about! Because of you, we are 'united.' (There's still a slight rivalry between Trekkies and whatever we Star Wars fans call ourselves) I salute you all!
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I strongly agree, here here !!
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I've read about Roddenberry's opinion on the five after TMP, and he didn't like the militaristic side of Star Fleet, and had been planning a lawsuit against Star Trek VI over certain aspects of the film that he didn't like.
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Oh, never knew any of that, very interesting. Thanks for telling me
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No problem, it's just sad how little control he had over Star Trek after The Motion Picture, I can't even imagine his frustration over how little control he had over what he created.
But, here was the problems he had
II: Too militaristic
III: The destruction of the Enterprise, and the set up of the Excelsior as the replacement (fortunately never happened).
IV: No problem, except he wanted it to be about the JFK assassination.
V: No problems, aside from Sarek having a previous wife.
VI: Starfleet's involvement in a conspiracy, Kirk and the crew's overt bigotry,
I couldn't even think of what he would have thought of DS9, and the reboots
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I wouldn't exactly call him one of the Godfathers of Science Fiction anyway, after all, the 4 above created memorable Sci-Fi TV shows and films, where as J.J. has not created anything new, just made a modern version of one man's view of the future.
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Can't forget Issac Asimov, Jules Verne, and H.G. Welles, each of who practically INVENTED science fiction!
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I'm no fan of H.G. Well's 'The Time Machine' even thou it was an inspiration for Doctor Who.
As for the other 2, Ive heard of them, but I'm not familiar with their work.
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That's okay. You have every right to like what you want to like.
As for Asimov and Verne, Asimov was an immensly-popular science fiction author during the middle of the 20th century, who wrote mostly stuff about robots and space travel, such as "I, Robot" and the Foundation saga. His books have inspired both science fiction writers and scientists, and he pretty much invented science fiction as we understand it today. Jules Verne, author of such classics as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "The Lost World," and "Journey to the Center of the Earth," probably one-upped every science fiction author around by literally writing the first-ever stories in the genre, as well as inspiring the creation of the Steampunk subculture. I know I didn't mention them yet, but there is also Arthur C. Clarke, a NASA administrator who wrote "2001: A Space Oddessey" and helped influence other writers to put real science into their science fiction stories, and Frank Herbert, creator of the Dune saga, the best-selling science fiction book series of all time (and my personal favorite).
I hate to break it to you, DoctorWhoOne, (seeing that you are quite obviously a Who fan and proud of it), but I can't really say that the people who you have listed on this picture could really be called the Godfathers of Science Fiction. Don't get me wrong, all of these men are very creative and have a strong influence on the modern science fiction genre overall, but I don't think that could match up against the people who literally invented the genre and inspired these people in the first place. If you ask me, I would have the four Godfathers of Science Fiction be Jules Verne, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and H.G. Welles.
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To be honest, I think if you mentioned Jules Verne, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and H.G. Welles to any young children alive today, they'd probably ask "Who are they ?, I don't know them', where as George Lucas would be well known to children for the Star Wars films, most recently being the prequel trilogy and the Clone Wars, while the other 3 may not be so well known to young children of today as the creators of Doctor Who, Star Trek and Thunderbirds.
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I must have been a wierd student in Elementary, because I've known about Jules Verne since I was in 3rd Grade.
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Roddenberry was more of a father than godfather, a true master of real sci-fi I mention in the same breath as Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison and Robert Heinlein.
George Lucas...more a master of space opera and adventure story.
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Not heard of the 3 men you speak of. What Sci-Fi's have they done ?.
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That would be a very long list.
Try Google, but stay away from Wikipedia.
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well in your discripotion the last part you wrote I wonder if he'd love to make a film called 'Star Trek VS Star Wars' ? . . . . . maybe there is an answer.
no he would not like that. He trys to stay away from online fan groups and especially the trek vrs wars thing. trek is trek and wars is wars no rip offs
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gree Trek is Trek and SW is what it is---like motor oil and ice cream.
Each is good but you don't want to substitute one for the other.
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How would Star Trek VS Star Wars be a rip off ?.
We've had Alien VS Predator and I don't recall anyone ever calling that a rip off.
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no no not that i ment that some idiots i mean people think that star wars is a rip off of trek or trek was a rip off from star wars. I think there compleatly diffrent.
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Oh right, sorry. Nah, they are nothing alike, the only main thing they have in common is that they both have 'Star' in the title, so does Stargate really but no body ever seems to throw that one into the mix.
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As to Hating on the content of the poster; 3 out of 4 have had massive impact, and I want to hate on Lucas for totally buggering his own creation with prequels but his impact is undeniable.
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I think this poster should be "The God Fathers of Sci Fi in TV and Movies"
The case could easily be made that the real God Fathers of Sci Fi were the Giants upon who's shoulders these men have stood.
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Isn't this the honest truth? Who and Trek FOREVER MAN!! WHOOOOOO!!!
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Thank you
Geronimo
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Allonsy !!! and Dammit, Jim!!
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Allonsy...why DOES the Doctor say that?
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I don't know really know. But a more fanatical Whovian would probably just say "Because shut up"
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Eh, whatever.
Sportscaster Mike Lange used to say stranger things while calling Pens (NHL Hockey) games.
A particularly impressive play might move Mike to declare, "Oh, she wants to sell my monkey!"
I have no idea why he'd say that either.
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Yeah, whovians and even Trekkies are crazy like that
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im the doctor and im a doctor not a ____ fill in the blank
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OOH! Who's your favorite Doctor Who and which Trek series do you like?
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hmmmmm those are verry hard questions. I guess my favorite doctor is .... i have to say the 11th doctor no wait its too hard to pick! my favorite trek....... hmmmm I have seen all of them except enterprise. I like the next generation just abit better then the rest
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Nothing wrong with that. 11th Doc is cool, it was a bit hard for me to warm up to him after 10 but he's preety good. I'm more of a classic series fan both with Who and Trek. Don't watch Enterprise whatever you do! It's a bit rubbish
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Now that i think about it, doctor 9 was the one who did take rose. hm it wasent esay to pick
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9 was cool, I just didn't like the constant brooding. And I really do not like Rose, Sarah Jane and Martha are my favorites. I used to watch Classic Who when I was a kid. I didn't get into it again until the third series.
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