What's your favorite sci-fi franchise?

[Ixcius]

Warhammer 40k it has numerous books and a movie coming up

 

[Layz92]

Warhammmer 40k, I mean the tabletop game and novels. DoW 1 was alright, though warhammer 40k: spacemarine looks pretty awesome.

 

[Daipire]

uhh, does halo count?

 

[Summerspeak]

Star Trek: Voyager and the The Original Series are my favourite by a long shot.

 

[CK76]

Firefly.

I love that series and the film Serenity. Simply put an amazingly fun series that had great characters. I recommend it for every sci-fi fan.

 

[Darwins_Folly]

Battlestar Galactica

 

[DragonChi]

Dune and Stargate.

 

[acklumos]

Star Wars. I watch the movies, I play the games, I read the books, I read the comics... yeah, Star Wars without a doubt.

 

[Roscoe_A]

Predator

They are ninja's except more badass!

 

[Zarobitt]

Stargate, all three of them.

 

[2fish]

Firefly, 40k, stargate and Steven L. Kent's clone series.

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

Star Trek.

 

[Wilcroft]

Also, opportunity to prove your nerd credentials!

General Products hulls are vulnerable to only three things. What are they?

One thing was the wire used for the day/night panels around Ringworld.... Cut through a wing IIRC.

Suprised no one mentioned Babylon 5 yet. As far as TV goes, best series for plot and characters. Just wish they hadn't lost/destroyed the footage, so we could get it in HD....

 

[zohmbee]

-points to avatar- Doctor Who is the only sci-fi I've ever enjoyed.

 

[Nobby]

Peter F Hamiltons commonwealth universe, that or the ever awesome Stargate.

 

[Omega V]

Also, opportunity to prove your nerd credentials!

General Products hulls are vulnerable to only three things. What are they?

ANTIMATTER and LASERS!! lasers are not a threat to the hull itself, but to its its occupants

also disruptors

 

[Soushi]

Stargate, it is pretty much pure gold in my books.

HOwever, in a few years, Avatar will have replaced it becasue there will be a second one! YAY!

 

[NeutralDrow]

Also, opportunity to prove your nerd credentials!

General Products hulls are vulnerable to only three things. What are they?

One thing was the wire used for the day/night panels around Ringworld.... Cut through a wing IIRC.

That it did, but the hull itself (and thus the occupants...more or less) sustained no damage, which was all the Puppeteers were ultimately aiming for.

ANTIMATTER and LASERS!! lasers are not a threat to the hull itself, but to its its occupants

YES! Two out of three!

To be honest, I'm actually surprised it's those specific two (antimatter is always the last one I think of). The last one is also from a Beowulf Schaeffer story, if I remember right...in fact, it's the short story that gave the book its name!

And I'd actually forgotten that about the light weakness. So it's not that the hull itself is directly destroyed (like with antimatter), but that the hull doesn't offer any protection (like with the other thing)...

 

[Sjakie]

Babylon 5 was 1 series that i very, very, much liked. It had the best plot and characters.

"Especially this one, yes!"

Spoiler

Further i would say, Battlestar Galactica's last incarnation is also a favorite.

EDIT: When it comes to books i would have to say that: The Foundation series by Asimov trumps Dune and Endymion for me, but that is my top 3 in the books department anyway.
Plus i read a ton of cyberpunk lately, GITS rules _o_

P.S. I am really suprised there is no mention of Star Trek yet (i dont care much for that)