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In reply to the discussion: What is your favorite Science Fiction or Space TV show , movie or you can include both in your post. [View all]LogDog75
(259 posts)Favorite TV scifi is Eureka that follows former U.S. Marshall Jack Carter who become the sheriff of Eureka, the smartest little town in America. Eureka was conceived of by Einstein after WWII as a place where the world's greatest brains could develop futuristic inventions for the government. Carter has an average intelligence and is probably the least intelligent person in Eureka but somehow ends up saving the day when the geniuses' inventions and ideas go wrong. This program is both comedy and drama and entertaining. I've been re-watching it Amazon.
Favorite movie is The Martian. An astronaut. Mark Watney, becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue. The movie blends the drama of survival with subdue humor to keep the story moving forward. Good performance from Matt Damon and others. Specially good performance from MacKenzie Davis as the NASA operator who discovered Watney is alive. Her performance is underrated but you can see her character grow from a recent college graduate working the night shift to a member of the team affecting his rescue.