Science Fiction Trivia

[Cholmondely]

very prog

What does this mean?

[Disembodied]

very prog

What does this mean?

Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; also known as classical rock or symphonic rock; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid-to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.

[Disembodied]

Depressingly right-wing, as it turns out. Oh well.

Oh no, them too? Even the great drummer?

Well, on the plus side, it seems as if Neil Peart did outgrow his juvenile attachment to Ayn Rand:
https://lithub.com/how-an-iconic-canadi ... -ayn-rand/

[Old Murgh]

Well, on the plus side, it seems as if Neil Peart did outgrow his juvenile attachment to Ayn Rand:
https://lithub.com/how-an-iconic-canadi ... -ayn-rand/

Seems so but since I didn’t see any such stuff about Geddy Lee, I must assume Peart was the one you were referring to. Always disappointing when childhood heroes.. disappoint.

His drumming tour-de-force of “Witch Hunt” always sent young teenage me into goosebump rapture.

[Disembodied]

Seems so but since I didn’t see any such stuff about Geddy Lee, I must assume Peart was the one you were referring to. Always disappointing when childhood heroes.. disappoint.

His drumming tour-de-force of “Witch Hunt” always sent young teenage me into goosebump rapture.

We must always be able to separate the artist from the art. I mean, Caravaggio was a murderer, but he could still paint …

[Old Murgh]

We must always be able to separate the artist from the art. I mean, Caravaggio was a murderer, but he could still paint …

lol. Good example.

[ffutures]

Sorry - I've deleted the first question I posted, it doesn't actually work for various reasons. Let's try something else....

If 2001 is tt0062622 and 2010 is tt0086837 what is 1138 and what's the context?

[Old Murgh]

If 2001 is tt0062622 and 2010 is tt0086837 what is 1138 and what's the context?

The ttnumbers look like the imdb catalog number for the films 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact , so THX 1138 is tt0066434..?

[ffutures]

If 2001 is tt0062622 and 2010 is tt0086837 what is 1138 and what's the context?

The ttnumbers look like the imdb catalog number for the films 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact , so THX 1138 is tt0066434..?

Damn, I thought it was probably too easy. Okay, congrats, please take delivery of one sperm-shaped spaceship with one murderous computer on board, and a poisoned chalice in the airlock...

[Old Murgh]

Damn, I thought it was probably too easy. Okay, congrats, please take delivery of one sperm-shaped spaceship with one murderous computer on board, and a poisoned chalice in the airlock...

Nice prize! Yes, it's hard to feel certain, like with this:

What would be the corresponding sci-fi-equivalent (inspired, not accredited) names of: Toshiró Mifune, Lee Marvin, John Boorman..?

[ffutures]

Well, all three were in Hell in the Pacific, which is loosely inspired by Robinson Crusoe, so I'd guess Robinson Crusoe on Mars is the SF equivalent, and the main actors in that were Paul Mantee as Commander Christopher "Kit" Draper, USN, and Adam West as Colonel Dan McReady, USAF who dies fairly early on in the story, I think, and Victor Lundin as Friday

The other possibilities are Enemy Mine and The Martian, but it's too hot to research all three...

[Old Murgh]

Well, all three were in Hell in the Pacific, which is loosely inspired by Robinson Crusoe, so I'd guess Robinson Crusoe on Mars is the SF equivalent, and the main actors in that were Paul Mantee as Commander Christopher "Kit" Draper, USN, and Adam West as Colonel Dan McReady, USAF who dies fairly early on in the story, I think, and Victor Lundin as Friday

The other possibilities are Enemy Mine and The Martian, but it's too hot to research all three...

Mm, no. Hell in the Pacific isn't all that Crusoesque. Two enemies become stranded on an uninhabited island and continue WW2 on a microscale.
But you have a promising lead lined up.

[ffutures]

OK, so probably Enemy Mine - Dennis Quaid as Willis "Will" Davidge (called "Dah-witch" by Jeriba), and Louis Gossett Jr. as Jeriba Shigan (called "Jerry" by Davidge), with Brion James as Stubbs, the Scavenger leader (I think that's the nearest thing to a third lead).

[Old Murgh]

OK, so probably Enemy Mine - Dennis Quaid as Willis "Will" Davidge (called "Dah-witch" by Jeriba), and Louis Gossett Jr. as Jeriba Shigan (called "Jerry" by Davidge), with Brion James as Stubbs, the Scavenger leader (I think that's the nearest thing to a third lead).

Very good, I had forgotten about Brion James. Wolfgang Petersen (of Das Boot fame) being the Boorman equivalent, but I'll let that pass. It merits the crown, and the burden.

[ffutures]

OK, let's try a simple identification question.

In a 1980s SF work aliens plan an invasion of 1930s Earth and abduct the viewpoint character and their sidekick from a small town in Idaho, to use them as guinea-pigs in their plan for global domination. The story visits Mars, Venus, a labyrinth and Cleveland.

Give the title etc.