SCIFI comedies

[RobertScorpio]

Very rare...but what is your favorite SCIFI comedy? Spaceballs? Heck I can't even think of many...but my favorite scifi comedy is Woody Allen's SLEEPER. I hadn't seen it in many years and it was on MAX this weekend. That movie is pretty funny, and I think, one of his best movied period!

Rob
Scorpio

 

[Kelso]

Galaxy Quest, I suppose.

 

[Goji]

Galaxy Quest. The original Men in Black is fun too, if a tad dumb at times.

 

[A Clockwork Lim]

Farscape, Mars Attacks, G vs. E, the Adventures of Brisco County Jr...

 

[cardinal biggles]

Galaxy Quest, Mars Attacks!, and Men in Black are my favorites.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Gaaxy Quest, MiB, Red Dwarf, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Kinda counts), Coneheads, Ghostbusters.

Scifi comedy seems pretty rare, but it is hard stuff to pull off. Most of the time, it ends up being pretty bad.

 

[Pilot Ace]

Probably Red Dwarf or Galaxy Quest for filmed media... I always forget about Galaxy Quest until I'm reminded every so often though.

For printed media. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Lately I've finally got around to start the other books in the series.

 

[Sephiroth]

anime has a ton of sci-fi comedies, i personaly like Dirty Pair Flash's second mission series, aka Angels at world's end

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

For print, I nominate...
- All of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's" books (except for "So Long & Thanks for All the Fish." That one is rubbish).
- All of Douglas Adams' slightly lesser known Dirk Gently books-- "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul," and the unfinished "The Salmon of Doubt."
- "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman. (Well, it's fantasy, not sci-fi, but it's still great.)

For screen stuff...
- "Red Dwarf."
- "Ghostbusters."
- "Back to the Future."
- The 2005 "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" movie, if only for the opening musical number with the dolphins. Few things have made me laugh so hard!

 

[MANT!]

Comedy in SciFi?...well one should try a MUSICAL SciFi film for rare...(and those are usually comedies BTW) "Just Imagine" from 1930 comes to mind...and "Little Shop of Horrors" as well...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...i=qsTpSOipC5XeqAO3ufGWCw&q=just+imagine&vt=lf

 

[Kirkman1987]

Back to The Future and Ghostbusters.

 

[Forbin]

No love for Ice Pirates?

 

[Mistral]

Spaceballs and GalaxyQuest lead my list. I remember having to turn off the VCR over and over watching Spaceballs the first time because I was laughing too hard to hear the dialogue. "Ludicrous speed!" indeed.

 

[Jono]

Does Sex Trek and Space Nuts count? They are pretty funny.

 

[LitmusDragon]

I'm not sure if Ghostbusters counts, I mean technically it's sci-fi, but it's set in the present day and it's more about ghosts and there aren't that many sci-fi elements in it (sure, the Ghostbusting technology, but that's about it). I mean it's a very geeky film but is it sci-fi? If it counts though it'd be the winner.

For futuristic type sci-fi I'd say Galaxy Quest which is also one of my favorite movies.

 

[TGTheodore]

Comedy in SciFi?...well one should try a MUSICAL SciFi film for rare...(and those are usually comedies BTW) "Just Imagine" from 1930 comes to mind...and "Little Shop of Horrors" as well...

On stage there's Return to the Forbidden Planet, which utilizes a number of pop and rock songs from the late 60's and early 70's in its score.

In movies there's Earth Girls Are Easy (Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Geena Davis -- not a musical, BTW) and Amazon Women on the Moon (its main story is direct sci-fi parody).

--Ted

 

[A Clockwork Lim]

I'm not sure if Ghostbusters counts, I mean technically it's sci-fi, but it's set in the present day and it's more about ghosts and there aren't that many sci-fi elements in it (sure, the Ghostbusting technology, but that's about it). I mean it's a very geeky film but is it sci-fi? If it counts though it'd be the winner.

Does Ghostbusters ask "what if?" Namely "what if ghosts were real?" Yes. Does Ghostbusters try to explain and resolve this "what if?" through the use of science? Yes. How is it not sci-fi?!?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'm not sure if Ghostbusters counts, I mean technically it's sci-fi, but it's set in the present day and it's more about ghosts and there aren't that many sci-fi elements in it (sure, the Ghostbusting technology, but that's about it). I mean it's a very geeky film but is it sci-fi? If it counts though it'd be the winner.

Does Ghostbusters ask "what if?" Namely "what if ghosts were real?" Yes. Does Ghostbusters try to explain and resolve this "what if?" through the use of science? Yes. How is it not sci-fi?!?

It doesn't explain the ghosts' existence in a rational, scientific way. Plus it has ancient gods, and those aren't part of a rational universe. It's supernatural/fantasy, not sci-fi.

 

[Meredith]

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Martian Sucessor Nadesico

 

[A Clockwork Lim]

I'm not sure if Ghostbusters counts, I mean technically it's sci-fi, but it's set in the present day and it's more about ghosts and there aren't that many sci-fi elements in it (sure, the Ghostbusting technology, but that's about it). I mean it's a very geeky film but is it sci-fi? If it counts though it'd be the winner.

Does Ghostbusters ask "what if?" Namely "what if ghosts were real?" Yes. Does Ghostbusters try to explain and resolve this "what if?" through the use of science? Yes. How is it not sci-fi?!?

It doesn't explain the ghosts' existence in a rational, scientific way. Plus it has ancient gods, and those aren't part of a rational universe. It's supernatural/fantasy, not sci-fi.

No, it's not science-fiction. It's definitely sci-fi.

"Psychic powers" were created as a (pseudo-)scientific means of classifying magic in the real world. Does that make our world one of supernatural fantasy? They never once presented the "old gods" as being divine, just referenced them the way they were recorded in that world's history. We have Jesus Christ as numerous other related figures. Again, does that make our world a supernatural fantasy world?

I'm actually scared to learn what some of you guys think sci-fi represents, and even more terrified to see what you consider genuine science fiction.