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  Science fiction sitcom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The science fiction sitcom genre is a relatively new one having started significant growth only during the last few decades of the twentieth century.
Most of the comic science fiction in this genre is considered lightweight compared to the mainstream.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- A man and two robots are trapped in orbit and are forced to watch bad movies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Science_fiction_sitcom   (467 words)

  
 Science fiction : SF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Science fiction proper began, however, toward the end of the 19th century with the scientific romances of Jules Verne, whose science was rather on the level of invention, as well as the science-oriented novels of social criticism by H.G. Wells.
Science fiction became international, extending into the Soviet Union and other eastern European nations, where it was frequently used as a vehicle for political commentary that could not be safely published in other forms.
Science fiction writers' work have included predictions of future societies on Earth, analyses of the consequences of interstellar travel, and imaginative explorations of other forms of intelligent life and their societies in other worlds.
www.wordlookup.net /sf/sf.html   (1004 words)

  
 Comic science fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Comic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that exploits the genre's conventions for comic effect.
Two later series cemented Kuttner's reputation as one of the most popular, early writers of comic science fiction: the Gallegher series (about a drunken inventor and his narcissistic robot) and the Hogben series (about a family of mutant hillbillies).
The former appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1943 and 1948 and was collected in hardcover as Robots Have No Tails (Gnome, 1952), and the latter appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories in the late 1940s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comic_science_fiction   (245 words)

  
 Science fiction sitcom: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Most of the comic science fiction (comic science fiction: comic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that exploits the genres...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Mystery Science Theater 3000: mystery science theater 3000, also called mst3k, was a cult television comedy...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/science_fiction_sitcom   (868 words)

  
 Bevis and Duncan's Science Fiction Page
We are pleased to present a number of guides to Science Fiction television series, maintained as a hobby by Duncan White and Bevis King.
The Invaders is a 60's science fiction series which originally ran for three seasons.
A successful US sitcom with a fantasy twist, Sabrina is played by Melissa Joan Hart (formerly Clarissa) and follows the adventures of a teenager trying to come to terms with the fact that she's a witch while receiving tuition in the ways of witchcraft from her rather odd aunts.
www.ee.surrey.ac.uk /Contrib/SciFi   (607 words)

  
 Science Fiction Weekly Interview
The Rock discussed the film at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., with Science Fiction Weekly while the game was being played in a room on the 12th floor.
I was like, "If I want to be good I have to concentrate and align myself with good people and good actors and get a good coach." All that kind of stuff.
I played football for 10 years and then I wrestled for another six and a half, seven years and fortunately in wrestling it was at least on television and so I thought, "OK. At least on my TV." Originally I wanted to be in sitcom comedy.
www.scifi.com /sfw/advance/17_interview.html   (2181 words)

  
 Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: John Lithgow
Considering the 1980s, since Olympia Dukakis blissfully did not venture into science fiction films, I will examine the career of John Lithgow.
After knocking about Hollywood for a while — including a turn in Brian DE PALMA's Obsession that nobody noticed — Lithgow became famous for his role in The World According to Garp (1982), proving that a large man can be amusing and affecting while wearing a dress.
A sharp decline in film offers naturally suggests a switch to television, and Lithgow soon found himself starring in the science fiction sitcom Third Rock from the Sun.
www.sfsite.com /gary/lith01.htm   (493 words)

  
 TV page of ULTIMATE MYSTERY/DETECTIVE WEB GUIDE
Father Brown solved his cases, not by force or science, but by his professional expertise in the intricacies of the human mind and soul.
Wallace (1875-1932) was an immensely popular and prolific author of detective and thriller fiction, turning out 173 books and 17 plays in his lifetime, few of which are particularly good, but almost all of which sold quite well for him.
The Four Just Men was Wallace's first mystery and the only one on which he lost money; he staged a contest offering a £500 reward for the reader who could solve the final mystery of the novel, which was not exceptionally difficult to solve and led to huge losses for both Wallace and his publisher.
magicdragon.com /UltimateMystery/tv.html   (15345 words)

  
 3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 2 on DVD
Comedies, Television/TV Series, Comedy (General), Box Sets, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Monsters, Fantasy, Aliens, Sitcoms
A science-fiction-themed sitcom, 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN looked at the absurdity of human behavior and society from the perspective of a literal outsider.
Four alien beings have been transported to Earth in order to more closely study mankind.
cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/6936246/a/3rd+Rock+...+Season+2.htm   (572 words)

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