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    Starring Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, and Sean Maher: Firefly

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        O"Neill: “You tell me where you’re at and then I’m going to open your iris!”

        Teal’c: raises eyebrow

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          It’s ‘O’Neill’, with two L’s. There’s another Colonel O’Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all.

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              That’s a quote from the TV show, it’s referencing that in the original movie O’Neil is written with one L and he’s a serious character, but on the TV show he’s named O’Neill with 2 Ls and makes jokes regularly.

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      To quote an old comment of mine:

      Is that the one with the gates deep in space? Deep gate 9 or something?

      They found a way to connect to faraway regions of space and shortcut the journey, and decided a facility was necessary to protect against hostile intrusions and be a hub. Also something about returning control to the natives. Religion / religious zealots bad.

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      What are your thoughts on the Ori story? I felt like the Goa’uld was peak star gate and didn’t care much for seasons after that. Episodically it’s fine, but the overall story wasn’t as gripping.

      I am interested in checking out FarScape though since it’s those same characters

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      Fair-ish, can’t find the big guy being asked trek or wars and going gate meme. I like 'em all, but I’m not out to make people mad (troll). Like the agency in gate, the competence and evolved ethics from trek and the swashbuckling from wars.

      Many know, many care. However, I found this. mYLo4fW93B6VCCS.gif while looking for the big guy, which I may use inappropriately for a while, thanks.

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        I loved Spike in both Buffy and Angel. What a delight.

        Like this scene where he blacked out all his windows in his car windows so he can drive it the day time.

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    For me it depends.

    Do you want high energy combat with space wizards everywhere? Start Wars.

    Do you want a commentary on the benefits of socialism and how interacting with alien species is extremely complex, while also showing the complicated interactions between species can usually always be overcome if you’re intelligent and wise enough to see the solution? Star Trek.

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    Star… Just kidding everyone knows The Expanse… [Is the best…]

    Yup, fight me.

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    “Trek: Deep Space Nine”

    Best mostly just meaning it’s the one I love the most - Ben Sisko and Kira Nerys are two of my favorite characters in tv, and were a big influence on me as a kid. I started rewatching recently for the first time since it originally aired, and man, it’s still so good.

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      I’m watching it through for the first time. Actually right as i am typing this. I grew up with TOS, TNG, and Voyager but I never actually saw DS9 until now. I’m enjoying it. Jadzia Dax is my favorite. It’s a great show.

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      Personally, Chief Miles O’Brien is my favorite character from DS9, my personal favorite of the Star Treks.

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        The book is either the best apology of armed forces or the best satire of armed forces. The line is so thin it’s completely in the eyes of the reader, making it a battlefield of interpretations. Personally, I laughed so hard reading it I can’t believe Heinlein was serious while writing it. Same for Citizen of the Galaxy.

        About the film, it was a conscious choice to make it a satire and it succeeds beautifully.

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          I remember before reading the book being warned that it was fascism apologia but it seemed like satire to me.

          The movie did the satire bit perfectly. I wish Verhoeven would have another go at a sci-fi

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            It could be used as proof that fascism is its own satire, honestly. Now we just look at US

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          Heinlein played around with several sociopolitical systems. Stanger in a Strange Land is the hippy book. :)

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            Pretty sure it’s from that one…I always reference Heinlein’s quote about what humans should be capable of: It’s a really long list that ends in “…specialization is for insects.”

            I always loved that, myself being an ADHD guy who knows how to do all sorts of things somewhat and still learning…

            …but growing up in a world of people told to pick a single direction to almost-never stray from and avoid thinking outside of those lines.

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            Somehow I always forget it’s his, because it feels so different from his other books. Less “satire” and more absurdist humor, maybe.

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    I’m surprised this hasn’t been posted yet. It feels relevant.

    Edit: Context is that this was a NYT crossword puzzle that could be solved either way, depending on whether the user preferred Star Wars or Star Trek.

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    Star…ring Alan Tudyk and Jewel Staire, Firefly… is the best franchise in the history of (video) Sci-Fi… because it’s a space Western with sass.

    (But really, Frank Herbert’s Dune is the best franchise in Sci-Fi.)