"Periodic Table of Sci-Fi" Topic

According to the chart at: picture "Avatar" is made up of 8 "Matrix Revolutions" atoms, 3 "E.T." atoms, 1 "ExoSquad" atom and 1 "Lost in Space" atom.

Which means that the Star Wars Holiday Special would consist of 1 atom "A New Hope", 2 "Galactica 1980" atoms and a "Mystery Science Theater" atom.

Wyatt

Oh, I DO like this! Thanks for the link, Wyatt!

What?
Seems a little incomplete to me.
The crappy Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull gets one but not Space: Above and Beyond?

And what the hell is Timerider and t23d the ride?

T23D is Terminator 2: 3D the ride.

There should be a column or two of anime classics, like Akira, Venus Wars, VOTOMs, etc.

Kindly diagram the molecular structure of this:

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or this:

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or this:

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Allen

Timerider is a movie from the 80s about some stunt bike racer that drives onto some patch of desert being used for some experiment. He gets sent back in time, to the late 19th century and becomes his own great grandfather.

Timerider sounds like something that should have shown up on MST3K. Come to think of it where are the other Indiana movies all of which precedes the Crystal Skull.

And Jakar, anime could be a whole other periodic table of it's own.

I don't know.

I think that INV (74) is the building block of tons of SF movies, from The Faculty, to The Thing, to loads of SF/Fantasy flicks involving possession of one sort or another.

Dan

Yeah, it's missing a lot. I noticed the lack of S:A&B (Sab?) myself.

Also missing are 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, War of the Worlds, Forbidden Planet, Flash Gordon… I mean, come on! Clever idea, but get the basic elements in place, dude!

The idea is that you build "compounds" (ie; other sci-fi movies) from the elements on the table. Of course, 20K Leagues, et all, should've been elements in their own right, but Space Above & Beyond, probably not.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, UFO and Space 1999 mayhaps.

Indiana Jones 4 was the only "sci-fi" movie of the series.

Wyatt

Notice too, the 2 columns on the right -- with Space: 1999, Xanadu, Dune and other bad movies are "inert". Pretty funny

So how does one make Zardoz?

Zardoz isn't on the table. It is an anti-element which, when encountering a proper element, leads to a violent explosive reaction. Nothing would survive.

Another problem of how complete the chart is
Slv + Tw + Bio = Battle Angel Alita
I can see the bionic woman influence, but I don't quite see the Twelve Monkeys or Sliver Hawks. The original manga Gunnm being more cyber-punk than either of those.
I shudder at what Cameron is going to do to it.

Just realized Blade Runner isn't up there either.

And just remembered, classifying the one category as Camerokubriclarkine. None of them had anything to do with the first Alien movie, that was Ridley Scott.

Here's a thought of how some anime can be made from sci-fi elements.
Anh + Sst(book) = Mobile Suit Gundam
Even "Kill'em all" Tomino has said as much.

I noticed a distinct lack of THE STARLOST. link

I protest…there's no Far Scape either.

Flash Gordon is not there.

And Futurama is fundamental, not derivative?

What about Dark Star? When Worlds Collide? Plan 9? Silent Running?

I hope no one thinks the debate is closed here.

Andrew

I agree Andy, who ever made that doesn't know sci-fi as well as they think they do.

Or they did it for laughs, knowing that it would send a bunch of geeks into paroxysms when their favorite sci-fi author/property was omitted.