Science Fiction Trivia

Website · Post by **Cody** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:54 pm

A clue! A clue! My kingdom for a clue!

Squeek · Post by **Squeek** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:11 am

Was it on Syfy? I saw something a while back that matches that, only present day.

Pangloss · Post by **Pangloss** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:56 pm

This one's bugging me. I remember the scene, I'm certain I do.

I want to say "LifeForce", but that was the one with Patrick Stewart in it, and the bad stuff came from Mars so THAT wasn't it (besides, those were space vampires, not something cast out).

We have some clues. One of them is a space shuttle. The public first saw them anchored to the back of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in 1977, Moonraker had shuttles in it in 1979, and the first test flight of one strapped to the rocket boosters was in 1981. And the movie I was thinking of was from the mid-1980s.

So it's some time around then, I'd say. But sailing ships too. Hmmm...

Frame · Post by **Frame** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:53 pm

sounds a bit like http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078417/

I have a faint memory of having seen it, back when we had 7 channels and 3 of those where Germans, so you had to make do with what you got..

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:25 am

No-one's got it yet, but Frame is startlingly close...

That's a clue right there...

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:56 pm

Still no-one? Hundreds of obscure books you can get, but one relatively modern film and you're all stumped? I believe it not, young Jedii...

OK, more clues. It was made in 1990 and was direct to video. It featured ships of all sorts that ended their voyages in the Bermuda Triangle...or did they...?

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:22 am

You know - I'm sure I've seen this film... (I will mull it over, and try not to think about it, try and sneak up on the answer while it's not looking!)

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:07 pm

Is it The Dark Side of the Moon?

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:04 pm

That's what I would have said - had I remembered to log on this morning...

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:49 pm

Indeed it is. Sorry, DH, pipped to the post by El Viejo!!!

Over to you.

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:49 pm

Pangloss wrote:
This one's bugging me. I remember the scene, I'm certain I do.

I want to say "LifeForce", but that was the one with Patrick Stewart in it.

hmmm. LifeForce. you remember PAtrick Stewart. I don't

http://www.fishup.ru/files/45/d7/43/lg_ ... da_may.jpg

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:01 pm

Nope, don't remember anything about that film other than Mathilda May.

Frame · Post by **Frame** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:13 pm

Selezen wrote:
Indeed it is. Sorry, DH, pipped to the post by El Viejo!!!

Over to you.

Should have been maintenance spaceship, not just maintenance ship as in a ship sailing on an ocean of water or methane

. not sour though, made me remember a weird film I never got to really see.. but not to derail, I will not mention more here.

Cheers Frame...

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:48 pm

A galactic empire colonises a planet. To help accelerate the evolution of the natives, more advanced beings from its other colonies are brought in. Two other galactic empires establish a presence on this planet… one is an ally of the first colonisers, whilst the other is the enemy of both. The planet’s name is the title of this novel.

Title and author, please.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:48 pm

Although originally conceived, written and published as a single, stand-alone novel, it became the first in a series of five.
The author (who is a major literary figure) is not usually associated with writing science fiction.