SciFi Primers for kids

ElfManDan · September 08, 2009, 09:35:00 PM

I'd really recommend Star Trek: The Next Generation. I think I was about that age, maybe a little younger when I got into it. When I was that age it was my favorite show. I later came round to TOS, then I got into lots of other great Scifi series.

mops · September 09, 2009, 06:01:19 AM

We have a number of good sci fi shows for kids down under, Ocean Girl and The Girl from Tommorrow being two of them but there are a heap of others. You can still get the Girl From Tommorrow on DVD and its worth watching (I did with my 5 recently) for the 80's haircuts and computers run on 5 1/4 inch disks... Now those were the days. I would also add in there Short Curcuit. My kids watched it 4-5 times in a row.

ChadH · September 09, 2009, 07:37:57 AM

I have a few suggestions:

The old "Lost in Space" tv shows, and then the movie.
Dexters Laboratory (My two kids loved it).
The Secret of NiMH.
The Last Starfighter.
Small Soldiers (I had to watch that one with them at least eight times)

ori-STUDFARM · September 09, 2009, 10:28:48 AM

Last StarFighter is a good call. Let them see the original before the remake is unleashed on us all.

Bromptonboy · October 17, 2009, 02:54:56 AM

Watched the Goonies last night with them - they enjoyed that quite a lot. Thanks for the suggestion (I had forgotten about that one).

moyer777 · October 17, 2009, 09:01:01 AM

The old Battlestar Galactica is really cool for a kid. Those shiny metal bots spouting "by your command" good stuff - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century if you can handle all the spandex. :) :cylon

Feathers · October 17, 2009, 12:52:27 PM

I loved Galactica as a kid. I won't watch it now as it won't live up to my memory.

Bromptonboy · October 17, 2009, 01:27:54 PM

Did you guys get Lost in Space in the UK? I am thinking about getting those DVD's from netflix for the kids.

KC · October 17, 2009, 03:09:55 PM

You know, I realized that there were three or four sci-fi/fantasy franchises that I enjoyed before I joined the geeky fold. If they haven't watched them already, I would really recommend Disney's Gargoyles TV series, Jim Henson's Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney's version of Stargate), and the quintessential fairy-tale movie The Princess Bride

Now that I am a little more experienced in the geek side, I too would recommend Star Trek: TNG. Oh, and Doctor Who, of course. :)

ChadH · October 18, 2009, 08:57:34 PM

Quote from: KC on October 17, 2009, 03:09:55 PM
You know, I realized that there were three or four sci-fi/fantasy franchises that I enjoyed before I joined the geeky fold. If they haven't watched them already, I would really recommend Disney's Gargoyles TV series, Jim Henson's Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney's version of Stargate), and the quintessential fairy-tale movie The Princess Bride

Now that I am a little more experienced in the geek side, I too would recommend Star Trek: TNG. Oh, and Doctor Who, of course. :)

"The Dark Chrystal" is a great suggestion. A very under-rated movie. The puppetry and effects were fantastic. Should've been a sequel to that one.

Geekyfanboy · October 18, 2009, 10:33:21 PM

Quote from: ChadH on October 18, 2009, 08:57:34 PM
Quote from: KC on October 17, 2009, 03:09:55 PM
You know, I realized that there were three or four sci-fi/fantasy franchises that I enjoyed before I joined the geeky fold. If they haven't watched them already, I would really recommend Disney's Gargoyles TV series, Jim Henson's Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney's version of Stargate), and the quintessential fairy-tale movie The Princess Bride

Now that I am a little more experienced in the geek side, I too would recommend Star Trek: TNG. Oh, and Doctor Who, of course. :)

"The Dark Chrystal" is a great suggestion. A very under-rated movie. The puppetry and effects were fantastic. Should've been a sequel to that one.

There is actually a sequel in the works for Dark Crystal.

Bromptonboy · October 19, 2009, 02:51:52 AM

Dark Crystal was really good! Great to hear there is a sequel in the works. Imagine what that world would be like in CGI?!

ChadH · October 19, 2009, 09:03:30 AM

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on October 18, 2009, 10:33:21 PM
Quote from: ChadH on October 18, 2009, 08:57:34 PM
Quote from: KC on October 17, 2009, 03:09:55 PM
You know, I realized that there were three or four sci-fi/fantasy franchises that I enjoyed before I joined the geeky fold. If they haven't watched them already, I would really recommend Disney's Gargoyles TV series, Jim Henson's Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney's version of Stargate), and the quintessential fairy-tale movie The Princess Bride

Now that I am a little more experienced in the geek side, I too would recommend Star Trek: TNG. Oh, and Doctor Who, of course. :)

"The Dark Chrystal" is a great suggestion. A very under-rated movie. The puppetry and effects were fantastic. Should've been a sequel to that one.

There is actually a sequel in the works for Dark Crystal.

Wonderful! So there really is some semblance of right and order to the universe after all.

ori-STUDFARM · October 25, 2009, 06:49:26 AM

Careful now. The words "Chickens" "don't count" and "your" could apply.........(I've been stung in the past!)

ChadH · October 26, 2009, 09:38:27 AM

Quote from: ori-STUDFARM on October 25, 2009, 06:49:26 AM
Careful now. The words "Chickens" "don't count" and "your" could apply.........(I've been stung in the past!)

Do you mean "Don't count your chickens before their cocks on sticks?":)
Yes, who can tell which direction those movie execs will jump?