Castle isn't science fiction but it is staring one of my favorite science fiction stars. I hate to admit it but I even watched episodes of Desperate Housewives and Waitress because he was in it and I will give Castle a chance. So here is my new idea. Chuck has a flash seeing a city sized spaceship landing near the golden Gate bridge. In the course of the investigation he comes across a detective named Castle who has been hot on the case of a robot from the future. The robot helps them find Shyan Mountain where they find that people have been traveling to other worlds for years but there is no time to explain because Adria has returned and is threatening all life on earth. With most of there teams gone Jack O'Neil has no choice but to put together an emergency sg team and picks, John Casey, Richard Castle, Cameron Phillips and Dr. Jennifer Keller to stop this new Ori threat.
(I'm really sorry but if you got all of those references you have proved beyond any doubt that you are a nerd)
In this spoiler filled article I want to discuss the times when writers of Sci-fi really surprised me. It’s rare that movies or television take risks and defying the expectations of your audience is a huge risk. It is far easier to tell the story they are expecting and have the special effects solve everything.
5. The Matrix Reloaded/ Matrix Revolutions
I didn’t say good moments. These movies were unexpected to me mostly because they were giant balls of horrible.There were a couple of good moments in them but the bad outweighs the good by enough that I have completely rewritten the story in my mind. In my story Neo finds out that the “real world” is really part of the Matrix as well, made unpleasant for the same reason that the first matrix isn’t perfect. Upon realizing this he wakes up in the real, real world. This even makes sense with him having powers in the “real world”.
I had the sixth sense ruined for me multiple times before I watched it, but this was certainly a great moment. A moment so great in fact that it has just about ruined M. Night’s career as he tries to put a moment like this in every one of his movies.
3. William Shatner sings for George Lucas.
While not in a movie this took one of the longest running rivalries in Sci-fi and played off it perfectly. If you haven’t’ seen the youtube video you have to watch it.
2. Luke, I am your father
I wasn’t watching all that many science fiction movies when this moment happened, but I can’t imagine anyone was expecting it. This moment has been watered down by 30 years of star wars talk, prequels and other silly coincidences in the Star Wars Universe( Robot chicken parody’s this perfectly) but at the moment it was perfect.
1. Serenity –Watching Serenity I wasn’t surprised to see someone die.You have to expect it from Joss Whedon who has always been willing to kill off characters, which was why it was so brilliant of him to lull people into a false sense of security by having Sheppard Book die. Ok, he’s done it, the rest of the characters are.... Bam… Dead.
There are people who hate this, but that is how it should be. Death is supposed to be hard and pulling back from that too much in a movie is a problem. This moment is #1 for me not because it’s better than others but because I experience it personally.
A brave freedom fighter has began to strike back. He has began this glorious revolution in Colorado Springs, Colo., by beginning to gather funds. Alone he has robbed two 7-11's with a bat'leth. If you don't know that a bat'leth is a Klingon weapon from Star Trek you are clearly spy and I warn you now that your time is coming, but do not fear, we as nerds will be benevolent overlords, our first demans will be to declare Captain Picard Day a national holiday and the immediate filming of a new season of Firefly.
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