This thread is for those of use who are really science fiction fans and not just fans of one show or another. I wanted to use this thread to discuss the commond themes in all science fiction, from the popular ideas to the most memorable episodes to character formula's the seem to work. Come on, any remember how terms like "alternate universe" or ideas like a sling shot around the sun for time travel have carried through the ages.
This isn't for people who will flame other shows, claiming the Farscape stole an idea for Stargate, or Stargate stole an idea of Farscape of Star Trek <in any of it's various incarnations>. Don't come here and say, "That idea was used in Stargate" or "the replicators are ripped off the Borg." This isn't for fanboys or fangirls but long standing scifi fans who can <pardon the cliche here> talk the talk.
Discuss these ideas and why they are so good.
I'd like to start by using one of the topics I mentioned above: using the sun for time travel. In Star Trek: the original series they sling shot around the sun to travel to different eras in history. Similiarly, in Stargate, they use the sun during solar flares on the other side of the sun to sling shot back to earth and go backwards in time. While the ideas are different, they certainly have their similarities. In both instances, the exact point in time cannot be pinpointed, only a general idea.
It also happens to be the source of some of the best episodes of Stargate <1969 and 2010> and, in the case of ST:TOS, a very good movie <Star Trek IV: The Journey Home>.
Anyway, those are my initial thoughts, and I'd like to see where this thread leads.
This isn't for people who will flame other shows, claiming the Farscape stole an idea for Stargate, or Stargate stole an idea of Farscape of Star Trek <in any of it's various incarnations>. Don't come here and say, "That idea was used in Stargate" or "the replicators are ripped off the Borg." This isn't for fanboys or fangirls but long standing scifi fans who can <pardon the cliche here> talk the talk.
Discuss these ideas and why they are so good.
I'd like to start by using one of the topics I mentioned above: using the sun for time travel. In Star Trek: the original series they sling shot around the sun to travel to different eras in history. Similiarly, in Stargate, they use the sun during solar flares on the other side of the sun to sling shot back to earth and go backwards in time. While the ideas are different, they certainly have their similarities. In both instances, the exact point in time cannot be pinpointed, only a general idea.
It also happens to be the source of some of the best episodes of Stargate <1969 and 2010> and, in the case of ST:TOS, a very good movie <Star Trek IV: The Journey Home>.
Anyway, those are my initial thoughts, and I'd like to see where this thread leads.
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