| cloudcaptain | 19 Jul 2007 3:17 p.m. PST |
Guys, Recently I have found myself talking about retro sci-fi almost constantly. I am on a Buck Rodgers (both eras), Flash Gordon, and such binge. I have G.A.F.D.O.Z. from Killer B Games and it does a great job of capturing the feel of the genre. Rat Trap is going to be publishing their ruleset too. Now…we have Pulp. We have VSF. We don't really have a term for Bubble Helmet wearing, jet pack using, two-fisted action. It isn't really Pulp. It falls well after VSF. Star Wars is a bit too high-tech. Hence the phrase Bubble Helmet popped into my head and just kinda stuck. Maybe we can get a board under sci-fi for it as well? |
 mmitchell  | 19 Jul 2007 3:36 p.m. PST |
Hmmmm. It's not bad, but it just doesn't launch my rocket (so to speak). I really think it's more like the next evolution of Pulp Gaming, to be honest. This is especially true (for me) because it seems to pull so heavily from the Fantastic Tales and Amazing Stories pulp magazines. Of course, I really don't play this genre, so my vote shouldn't count for too much… But I do have some Bob Murch Rocket Men and Rich's woman with a rocket pack, so who knows? Maybe someday I'll catch up on my cowboys and take a stab at it. |
| Scurvy | 19 Jul 2007 3:40 p.m. PST |
Atomic Sci Fi is the genre your after |
| Ivan DBA | 19 Jul 2007 3:42 p.m. PST |
I like either "Retro Sci-Fi" or "Pulp Sci-fi". |
| JimSelzer | 19 Jul 2007 3:44 p.m. PST |
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| Steve Hazuka | 19 Jul 2007 5:00 p.m. PST |
I was thinking Serial Sci-Fi also. Since the majority of this genre comes from the serial shorts. |
 Inari7  | 19 Jul 2007 5:38 p.m. PST |
Serial and retro-Sci-Fi sounds good to me. …………….Doug |
Lee Brilleaux  | 19 Jul 2007 5:52 p.m. PST |
I like Retro-Future myself. |
| Steve Hazuka | 19 Jul 2007 6:06 p.m. PST |
Retro Future is a cool oxymoron. |
| Star Commander | 19 Jul 2007 6:11 p.m. PST |
Scientification is what Hugo Gernsback coined it when he started Amazing Stories and I've always liked that name just because it is so clumsy and hard to say! Pulp Scientification! Marc |
| Todd Boyce | 19 Jul 2007 6:26 p.m. PST |
Pulp Sci-fi is what would make me think of the ray gun types. |
| Roll Again | 19 Jul 2007 8:16 p.m. PST |
How about "serial skirmish"? That's Flash Gordon and Rocketman to me. |
| Crusoe the Painter | 19 Jul 2007 8:23 p.m. PST |
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| Mr Canuck | 19 Jul 2007 8:46 p.m. PST |
…you're all wrong!  Here's the perfect choice:
ROCKETS AND RAY-GUNS! It's all about the Ray-guns, and it's more about Rockets (and Rocketmen, Rocketeers, etc.) than Space Ships or Starships. |
| IronMike | 19 Jul 2007 10:23 p.m. PST |
A term taht an ex-roommate of mine coined for that genre was 'retro-futurism'. I feel that works the best :) |
| Patrick R | 19 Jul 2007 11:16 p.m. PST |
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| Scurvy | 19 Jul 2007 11:35 p.m. PST |
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| Tommy20 | 20 Jul 2007 7:16 a.m. PST |
I think the best term is Retro-SciFi. You used it yourself in the subject line, so at least subliminally, you agree! |
| Lullabye Skipp | 20 Jul 2007 9:20 a.m. PST |
nah bubble helmet is good ;) |
| Utini420 | 20 Jul 2007 9:25 a.m. PST |
Retro-future or retro-scifi are usually how I refer to it. As was pointed out, its the oxymoron that makes it stick. |
| Mugwump | 20 Jul 2007 11:30 a.m. PST |
Bubble Helmet-Brass Bikini Seems to sum up the covers for the genre |
| doug redshirt | 20 Jul 2007 2:42 p.m. PST |
I always thought of it as Classical Sci-Fi. I grew up in the 60s and 70s reading the old masters. So for me it will always be the classics. |
| Broadsword | 21 Jul 2007 6:40 a.m. PST |
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| Privateer4hire | 21 Jul 2007 11:44 p.m. PST |
Broadsword's suggestion is my favorite (maybe with a change to Rayguns & Rocketships?). :) |
| thomas of hookton | 19 Oct 2016 9:44 a.m. PST |
i like rayguns and rocketships myself. |
| Fergal | 19 Oct 2016 10:32 a.m. PST |
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| Weasel | 19 Oct 2016 8:48 p.m. PST |
I kinda like it. It's cute. |
| capncarp | 19 Oct 2016 10:44 p.m. PST |
Duck Dodgers in the Twenty-fifth (and a half-) Century! |
