Contest: ENTER SF&F Avatar Contest: 2023 in Review

[Avro Arrow]

It's that time of year again...time to look back and reminisce about the science fiction & fantasy from the year that was!

Our topic is SF&F in 2023, and the criteria are simple: you can enter any of your favourite science fiction or fantasy movies, television/streaming shows, comics book or video games that you watch/read/played, as long as it was released sometime in 2023! OK, it doesn't really even have to be one of your favourites, it's fine if you simply enjoyed it, or even if you didn't really like it at all. No one is going to check!

Standard avatar contest rules apply: images must be no larger than 200 x 200 pixels and 1 MB, and must be SFW. Each entrant may enter up to three avatars. Please identify the movie, show, etc that your avatar depicts. Entries will be open for about a week.

Now I must apologize in advance... usually when I run a contest, I try to enter my avatars right at the end, so that others get first opportunity to enter things. However, as some of you may know, I don't often get to watch new things when they are still new, so I'm going to put my entries in now, because my options are limited. Sorry, but hopefully there are still a lot of other great choices out there!

The Last of Us

Barbie

Babylon 5: The Road Home

(And yes, I also did see the new Star Trek shows in 2023, but I wanted to leave them for others to enter! )

Have fun!

 

[Orac]

The Meep from Doctor Who and the Star Beast:

 

[the G-man]

No. 1.

ST: SNW, S2

 

[Orac]

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny:

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse:

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#1

Godzilla Minus One

Quick question: considering its plot is set around a sentient AI, would Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One (that really is a mouthful) qualify as SF for the purpose of this contest?

 

[auntiehill]

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny:

I see Indy. I vote.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Quick question: considering its plot is set around a sentient AI, would Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One (that really is a mouthful) qualify as SF for the purpose of this contest?

An actual sentient AI? Sure, that sounds sufficiently SF to me. I’m glad that you mentioned the AI part beforehand, though!

Godzilla Minus One

Since I’m posting anyway, I might as well ask. I’m not really into Godzilla, and hadn’t even heard of this movie before seeing a few people refer to it here on this board. I’ve been curious as to what the “minus one” refers to in the title? Every time I see someone mention it, I can’t help but think of a “plus one” on a wedding invitation or something.

Just curious.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

An actual sentient AI?

It is literally called "The Entity" in the movie.

#2

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One

Since I’m posting anyway, I might as well ask. I’m not really into Godzilla, and hadn’t even heard of this movie before seeing a few people refer to it here on this board. I’ve been curious as to what the “minus one” refers to in the title? Every time I see someone mention it, I can’t help but think of a “plus one” on a wedding invitation or something.

Just curious.

No sweat. The title works on several levels. On a textual level, the movie is set right after World War II, when Japan lay in ruins and there was no Japanese military to speak of, so they're already at the bottom, when Godzilla appears and wreaks havoc, so they go from Zero to Minus One. Another interpretation is more meta, as the movie is the first Godzilla movie to be entirely set before the original film from 1954 (and only one before was partially set during World War II, through time travel). Finally, the logo of the movie is actually G -1, so a play on T -1, also playing with the setting before the original movie.

 

[Avro Arrow]

No sweat. The title works on several levels. On a textual level, the movie is set right after World War II, when Japan lay in ruins and there was no Japanese military to speak of, so they're already at the bottom, when Godzilla appears and wreaks havoc, so they go from Zero to Minus One. Another interpretation is more meta, as the movie is the first Godzilla movie to be entirely set before the original film from 1954 (and only one before was partially set during World War II, through time travel). Finally, the logo of the movie is actually G -1, so a play on T -1, also playing with the setting before the original movie.

Thank you!

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#3

My Adventures with Superman, season one

 

[the G-man]

No. 2.

Atom, Pluto (Netflix)

 

[auntiehill]

Loki, season 2

The Mandalorian, season 3

 

[Avro Arrow]

Last call! I'm planning to put the poll up around 46 - 48 hours from now.

 

[the G-man]

No. 3. Asteroid City

 

[JD]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

One Piece

 

[Nerys Myk]

Star Trek SNW "Those Old Scientists"

 

[Avro Arrow]

Star Trek SNW "Those Old Scientists"

Love the av, but unfortunately it's like 4 times the allowable size limit. Could you please modify so it fits within the 1 MB restriction?

No. 3. Asteroid City

So I checked the previous one, because it seemed extra long. But then I had to check everyone's, just to be fair, and it turns out this entry is twice the allowable size. Could you please modify this one too?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Love the av, but unfortunately it's like 4 times the allowable size limit. Could you please modify so it fits within the 1 MB restriction?



So I checked the previous one, because it seemed extra long. But then I had to check everyone's, just to be fair, and it turns out this entry is twice the allowable size. Could you please modify this one too?

I'll try.

 

[the G-man]

So I checked the previous one, because it seemed extra long. But then I had to check everyone's, just to be fair, and it turns out this entry is twice the allowable size. Could you please modify this one too?

How's this?

 

[Nerys Myk]

This better?