#sci-fi comedy

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Patricia Barnstable and Cyb Barnstable - Quark (1978)

#quark gif #barnstable twins gif #patricia barnstable #cyb barnstable #70s sci-fi #70s tv series #sci-fi comedy #the bettys #seventies #1978 #gif #chronoscaph gif

[nine-frames]

Men in Black II (MIIB), 2002.

Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld | Writ. Robert Gordon & Barry Fanaro | DOP Greg Gardiner

#men in black 2 #men in black II #miib #mib franchise #sci-fi comedy #action comedy #comic book movies #us film #2000s #barry sonnenfeld #10 frames

[joncronshawauthor]

How Fantasy Writers Can Draw Inspiration from Red Dwarf

In the boundless realm of fantasy literature, where authors conjure tales from the depths of their imagination, inspiration can emerge from a myriad of sources, including the world of science fiction comedy. “Red Dwarf,” a beloved sci-fi sitcom known for its unique blend of humour, character-driven stories, and speculative science, offers a wealth of creative insights for fantasy authors. Let’s…

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#blending humour #Character Dynamics #character-driven narratives #cohesive narrative arc #Creative Storytelling #engaging fantasy #Fantasy Humour #fantasy literature #Fantasy Writing Tips #Genre Blending #high-concept ideas #imaginative world-building #narrative inspiration #nostalgia in writing #Red Dwarf #sci-fi comedy #serious themes #speculative fiction #unconventional storytelling

[thesoftboileddetectivepodcast]

Season 2 is coming!

We're officially production!

Listen to Season 1 on Spotify, iTunes, and Anchor!

#podcast #audiodrama #the soft-boiled detective #fiction podcast #audiodramas #podcasts #comedy #scifi #scifi comedy #sci-fi #sci-fi comedy

[melliferacrash]

EPISODE 2 IS UP!

Fun with Winnipeg: Worker B tries every tactic she can think of to get more information on Captain Winnipeg. Meanwhile, Ray the head engineer makes an alarming discovery about the ship's communications issue.

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#sci-fi #audio drama #podcast #sci-fi podcast #sci-fi comedy #CotM

[headlesshorsemanxiii]

"Oh look, I appear to be lying at the bottom of a very deep, dark hole. That seems a familiar concept, what does it remind me of? Ah, I remember; life.

Perhaps if I lie here and ignore it, it'll go away again."

– Marvin, the Paranoid Android. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

#marvin the paranoid android #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #h2g2 #douglas adams #british literature #british radio #radio play #sci-fi comedy #quotes #quotation #relatable #relatable quotes #favourite quotes #favorite quotes #thoughts on depression #depression #mental health #mental illness

[swampflix]

Asteroid City (2023)

There’s something about the way that people have been reacting to the sudden appearance of A.I.-generated “art” that makes me sad. Not because I think that it’s “coming for my job” or because I think it can replace art made by human beings (it definitely can’t, no matter how many attempts your preferred media monopoly makes in order to try to make that happen), but because it once again reveals…

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#adrien brody #asteroid city #bryan cranston #comedy #ed norton #grace edwards #hong chau #jake ryan #Jason Schwartzman #margot robbie #mark boomer redmond #maya hawke #reviews #scarlett johannson #sci-fi #sci-fi comedy #tilda swinton #tom hanks #wes anderson

[jackofallnerdsshow]

A hapless janitor gets stuck in deep space with a 500 year journey back to earth, that is, if he can survive the ship’s AI computer.

#sci-fi #sci-fi comedy #space #star trek #red dwarf #comedy series #youtube series #comedy shorts #space comedy #outer space

[thetamehistorian]

I love coming up with character for NaNo projects, especially names. At the moment I'm working on characters for a sci-fi comedy. So far I have:

Aster Maeve Soren Harper La'Xia Remi and Jeff.

#nanowrimo #character names #sci-fi comedy #one of these is not like the others

[moviesandmania]

GIANTESS ATTACK VS. MECHA-FEMBOT (2019) Reviews of cheesy sci-fi comedy

GIANTESS ATTACK VS. MECHA-FEMBOT (2019) Reviews of cheesy sci-fi comedy

Giantess Attack vs. Mecha-Fembot is a 2019 American sci-fi comedy film and a sequel to Giantess Attack (2017). Written and directed by Jeff Leroy (Dracula’s Sorority Sisters; Dracula in a Women’s Prison; Frankenstein in a Women’s Prison; Predator World; Rat Scratch Fever; Werewolf in a Womens Prison; Creepies; The Witch’s Sabbath; Eyes of the Werewolf). The movie stars Rachel Riley, Tasha Tacosa,…

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#2019 #Chelsea Bellas #Christine Nguyen #Giantess Attack vs. Mecha-Fembot #Jeff Leroy #Kalli Cook #Rachel Riley #review reviews #sci-fi comedy #Tasha Tacosa #trailer #Vlada Fox

[yesterdanereviews]

Meet Dave (2008)

Film review #598

Director: Brian Robbins

SYNOPSIS: An alien spacecraft in the shape of a human lands on Earth in search of a device that landed months earlier, that will drain the salt from the Earth's oceans. Piloted by a crew of smaller humans (including the Captain who is the spitting image of their ship), they attempt to blend in with the crowds of New York City. Befriending a single Mother named Gina, the aliens learn about Earth and grow to admire it's population. But as this threatens their mission to save their own planet at the expense of earth, not everyone is happy with this...

THOUGHTS/ANALYSIS: Meet Dave is a 2008 sci-fi comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. The film begins with a meteor falling to Earth and being found by a young boy. A few months later, a spaceship in the shape of a humanoid falls to Earth to look for the meteor, which is in fact a device to drain the Earth's oceans of it's salt. The ship is piloted by a crew of tiny humanoid aliens, including the Captain, whose image the ship is apparently based on, and the ship, attempting to blend in as a human, heads around New York City to find the meteor so that the aliens may save their own planet. Meeting Gina, a single Mother who accidentally hits "Dave" (as the crew refer to themselves), with her car, the two strike up a friendship and as the Captain learns more about the Earth, the less he is willing to sacrifice it to save his won world. The story is a very predictable affair, jumping from set piece to set piece that are each familiar and well worn in similar movies. Everything also feels very cartoon-ish, and unable to develop any depth. Gina's friendship with Dave never expresses something more profound; in part due to her scatter-brained character, in part because I think the film maybe wanted a romantic element to it, but it never goes in that direction either. This is compounded by another issue I will mention later. There also just doesn't seem to be any direction to the plot at all: sure, the aim is to recover this meteor, but it never feels like that is the primary concern. Even when it is recovered, the film just carries on doing things which don't further the story or deepen the character's relationships.

A lot of the film's issues undoubtedly stem from the film being passed around a lot of different writers before it was finalised. Apparently, the film originally was going to be a bit more adult-oriented, but nowhere is this evident in the final version, which seems to just had every element neutered by the chain of writers that seem to have imagined the film for different audiences. Again, this leads to the film avoiding any sense of depth at any point, as the script tries to meet itself half-way at every possible point. The film is unable to create a significant connection between Dave and Gina, it resolves Josh's "bully" problem in one quick scene, and the ending that romantically links Gina and her neighbour is something that more or less comes out of nowhere: there's one brief scene prior to the ending that hints at a romantic connection, but it in no way builds itself up to be one of the take-aways of the film. We also know next to nothing about these aliens home world, culture or anything of the sort, which makes it difficult to understand just what they are getting from their experiences on Earth.

I suppose if you want a positive from this film, Eddie Murphy works well in the lead, given a fair amount of space to be his animated self. It's just a shame the script doesn't offer him much more. Gina (portrayed by Elizabeth Banks) is again animated and energetic, but her spritely aloofness renders her character a caricature unable of fathoming any emotional depth. Number Two as the villain is bland, ands again, because we nothing about these character's backgrounds, it makes it difficult for them to stand out. Kevin Hart's role as a kind of cutaway slapstick character is pointless: mostly because one; Eddie Murphy's character has that role, and overshadows anything Hart does. Two, he clearly has no creative room to do anything interesting other than just scream a bit. If this was a more adult-oriented film, then maybe he could cut some more significant and risqué, but as it stands, he barely has anything to do. Production values are also fairly sloppy with some atrocious greenscreen effects for the time.

Eddie Murphy has been quoted as saying his role in Meet Dave is among the worst he has been in. It's hard to disagree with that, although I don't think it's really his fault: the script has no direction, depth, or any idea who it's aimed at, thanks to being shredded and blended by a mix of writer's that results in a middle-of-the-road venture that doesn't even try to stretch itself beyond that centre. It's no offensively awful in any way, it's just bad in the sense it's unoriginal and uninspired, opting for safe, well-tested jokes and scenarios, ultimately wasting the talent it has on board.

#movie #movie review #meet dave #sci-fi #sci-fi comedy #film #film review #eddie murphy #2008 film

[atomic-chronoscaph]

David Learner as Marvin the Paranoid Android and Simon Jones as Arthur Dent - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

#simon jones #david learner #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #douglas adams #marvin the paranoid android #arthur dent #80s sci-fi #sci-fi comedy #alan j. w. bell #bbc tv #80s tv series #1980s #1981

[nine-frames]

"It's been my privilege."

Men in Black 3 (MIB³), 2012.

Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld | Writ. Etan Cohen | DOP Bill Pope

#men in black 3 #MIB³ #men in black franchise #barry sonnenfeld #sci-fi comedy #action comedy #comic book movies #us film #2010s #10 frames

[the-technocracy]

"Oh look, I appear to be lying at the bottom of a very deep, dark hole. That seems a familiar concept, what does it remind me of? Ah, I remember; life. Perhaps if I lie here and ignore it, it'll go away again."

I was tinkering around with dream.ai yesterday, with a view to seeing about generating something apposite for a new banner fer this 'ere blog, and it produced this, which rather called to mind Marvin, the Paranoid Android from Douglas Addams' classic sci-fi comedy radio series/novels/TV series (and the movie, I guess, although I see that as a separate entity, personally), The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

I do hope, for his sake, this particular incarnation isn't perpetually plagued by a terrible pain in all the diodes down his left side. . .

#dream.ai #dream.ai series #wombo dream #marvin the paranoid android #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #douglas adams #science fiction #sci-fi comedy #your plastic pal who's fun to be with #artificial intelligence #ai #ai art #ai creativity #ai created imagery #ai created art #the technocracy

[thesoftboileddetectivepodcast]

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[dailyflicks]

#i think he's been smitten for a long time, crowley

GOOD OMENS 2.05 • "The Ball"

#good omens #good omens spoilers #2010s #comedy #sci fi #romance #userelio #usereena #useralison #userabs #usermadita #useraurore #usergiu #userisaiah #userfinches #userhallie #usersanshou #usersmia #* #by emi