Comments on: 8 Simple Rules for Surviving Sci-fi http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/ "At ease, Ensign, before you sprain something" - Janeway Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:17:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pinkraygun http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-24047 pinkraygun Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:50:11 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-24047 Claire's story isn't quite finished. Last we saw, she was still stuck on Craphole Island and hanging with some sort of dead guy/spirit/whatever the hell it is in a shack that is neither here nor there. Also, take note that this was originally written back on March 7, 2007. Perhaps an update is in order. Lisa? Claire's story isn't quite finished. Last we saw, she was still stuck on Craphole Island and hanging with some sort of dead guy/spirit/whatever the hell it is in a shack that is neither here nor there.

Also, take note that this was originally written back on March 7, 2007.

Perhaps an update is in order. Lisa?

]]> By: pinkraygun http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-24046 pinkraygun Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:49:57 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-24046 Claire's story isn't quite finished, yet. Last we saw, she was still stuck on Craphole Island and hanging with some sort of dead guy/spirit/whatever the hell it is in a shack that is neither here nor there. Also, take note that this was originally written back on March 7, 2007. Perhaps an update is in order. Lisa? Claire's story isn't quite finished, yet. Last we saw, she was still stuck on Craphole Island and hanging with some sort of dead guy/spirit/whatever the hell it is in a shack that is neither here nor there.

Also, take note that this was originally written back on March 7, 2007.

Perhaps an update is in order. Lisa?

]]> By: Lord of Numa http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-24043 Lord of Numa Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:27:53 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-24043 Hate to criticize your post, but the baby rule does not work. Claire (from Lost) had a baby on the island, but that didn't stop her from being killed. Hate to criticize your post, but the baby rule does not work. Claire (from Lost) had a baby on the island, but that didn't stop her from being killed.

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-24073 AlphaGirl Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:30:15 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-24073 There have been some plot developments since March 07, but I think the rules still hold up. An addendum or 2009 update may be in order. There have been some plot developments since March 07, but I think the rules still hold up. An addendum or 2009 update may be in order.

]]> By: Robin http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-15937 Robin Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:32:10 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-15937 I realize I'm jumping in here really late (darn interlinking of articles), but... @<b>Amy</b>: <i>"Yet [Carter]’s died less often than the rest of them."</i> Well, that's not hard, considering that Daniel has died almost as many times as Kenny from <i>South Park</i>. And she may not have been killed much, but take a look at the tally of her lovers and admirers who have died horribly: Jonas Hanson, Martouf/Lantash, Narim, Orlin (twice), Joe Faxon, Fifth, even Jack O'Neill in at least two alternate realities. The only men to have survived her "black widow" curse are Doctors McKay and Felger (who didn't really have a chance with her, not being cool enough), Agent Barrett (who doesn't have a chance because the writers keep implying that she's still mooning over O'Neill -- blech), and Pete Shanahan (who ran away because he saw she was still mooning over O'Neill -- still blech). Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of things I like about the character of Samantha Carter, but her daddy issues and doomed love life are not among them. Anyway, this was a frighteningly accurate list, and one I hope will become obsolete in the future. I realize I’m jumping in here really late (darn interlinking of articles), but…

@Amy: “Yet [Carter]’s died less often than the rest of them.”

Well, that’s not hard, considering that Daniel has died almost as many times as Kenny from South Park. And she may not have been killed much, but take a look at the tally of her lovers and admirers who have died horribly: Jonas Hanson, Martouf/Lantash, Narim, Orlin (twice), Joe Faxon, Fifth, even Jack O’Neill in at least two alternate realities. The only men to have survived her “black widow” curse are Doctors McKay and Felger (who didn’t really have a chance with her, not being cool enough), Agent Barrett (who doesn’t have a chance because the writers keep implying that she’s still mooning over O’Neill — blech), and Pete Shanahan (who ran away because he saw she was still mooning over O’Neill — still blech).

Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of things I like about the character of Samantha Carter, but her daddy issues and doomed love life are not among them.

Anyway, this was a frighteningly accurate list, and one I hope will become obsolete in the future.

]]> By: S.A.M. http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-4582 S.A.M. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:18:37 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-4582 I love #8 that is great!! I love #8 that is great!!

]]> By: Avenue of the gods » Blog Archive » 10 Rules for Girls to Survive in Sci-fi http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3601 Avenue of the gods » Blog Archive » 10 Rules for Girls to Survive in Sci-fi Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-3601 [...] http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/ [...] [...] http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/ [...]

]]> By: Alpha-Girl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3503 Alpha-Girl Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:38:29 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-3503 I think a lot of this comes from a sub-conscious place. I doubt many writers are sitting at their desks, rubbing their hands together thinking, "Hmmmm. I have to kill her for not adhering to the current archaic stereotypes regarding women! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" But, on a societal level, people still have a problem with women who aren't married or don't have (or want) kids or are somehow visibly "unfeminine". So, that will leak over into this area. I think a lot of this comes from a sub-conscious place. I doubt many writers are sitting at their desks, rubbing their hands together thinking, “Hmmmm. I have to kill her for not adhering to the current archaic stereotypes regarding women! HAHAHAHAHAHA!”

But, on a societal level, people still have a problem with women who aren’t married or don’t have (or want) kids or are somehow visibly “unfeminine”. So, that will leak over into this area.

]]> By: Eugene Allen Wilson http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3494 Eugene Allen Wilson Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:07:37 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-3494 Having a woman or alien female in a science fiction novel, movie or TV program can be a tricky thing these days. Still, I found it interesting and somewhat challenging to have an alien female as the principal alien character in my own novel. I felt that having a female protagonist who is about to plunge her entire planet into civil war over her father's murder offers a refreshingly different perspective in science fiction. Her ferce battle with her planet's most powerful corporation is raising a lot of interest in various sci-fi discussion forums. Of course, being a male author writing about a female protagonist has its challenges as well. Fortunately, my wife gave me a lot of tips on this particularly aspect. Having a woman or alien female in a science fiction novel, movie or TV program can be a tricky thing these days. Still, I found it interesting and somewhat challenging to have an alien female as the principal alien character in my own novel.

I felt that having a female protagonist who is about to plunge her entire planet into civil war over her father’s murder offers a refreshingly different perspective in science fiction. Her ferce battle with her planet’s most powerful corporation is raising a lot of interest in various sci-fi discussion forums.

Of course, being a male author writing about a female protagonist has its challenges as well. Fortunately, my wife gave me a lot of tips on this particularly aspect.

]]> By: Alpha-Girl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Alpha-Girl Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:01:46 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-3323 I don't remember the Leeloo sex bit, but really, this is like conjugating verbs in French. There's always a wacky exception. I don’t remember the Leeloo sex bit, but really, this is like conjugating verbs in French. There’s always a wacky exception.

]]> By: Dude http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3321 Dude Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:58:13 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-3321 What about Leeloo from "The Fifth Element"? She got naked, had sex with Corbin Dallas, had short hair, kicked major ass, and still lived till the end! What about Leeloo from “The Fifth Element”? She got naked, had sex with Corbin Dallas, had short hair, kicked major ass, and still lived till the end!

]]> By: Alpha-Girl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Alpha-Girl Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:17:47 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1546 Cordelia Naismith got married and had a baby (deformed though he was). She gets to live. :) Cordelia Naismith got married and had a baby (deformed though he was). She gets to live. :)

]]> By: CD http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 CD Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:27:36 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1522 I never comment about stuff like this, but ... Don't you people read? Try "Cordelia's Honor" by Lois McMaster-Bujold (or any of the rest of the Vorkosigan series. Or maybe the "Honor Harrington" series by David Weber probably more than a dozen books about a female space captain, but way more realistic than Kirk. I never comment about stuff like this, but …

Don’t you people read?

Try “Cordelia’s Honor” by Lois McMaster-Bujold (or any of the rest of the Vorkosigan series.

Or maybe the “Honor Harrington” series by David Weber probably more than a dozen books about a female space captain, but way more realistic than Kirk.

]]> By: TJ http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 TJ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:58:51 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1345 First rule of SciFi is if you have sex then you die.. Everybody knows this.. It must be something from our Id, that sex and death are interwoven or sex and violence then death.. Good sex is in a way a form of death isn't it don't we only lose ourselves and meld into one another at the moment of perfect orgasm.. It's also got something to do with the sex/guilt imprinted on us by society for now hundreds of years... First rule of SciFi is if you have sex then you die..

Everybody knows this..

It must be something from our Id, that sex and death are interwoven or sex and violence then death..

Good sex is in a way a form of death isn’t it don’t we only lose ourselves and meld into one another at the moment of perfect orgasm..

It’s also got something to do with the sex/guilt imprinted on us by society for now hundreds of years…

]]> By: Symber http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Symber Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:28:42 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1343 lol actually its easy to die less often than someone else... however it -is- hard to die more than once which is what I think you were implying ;) lol actually its easy to die less often than someone else… however it -is- hard to die more than once which is what I think you were implying ;)

]]> By: Milander http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Milander Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:26:38 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1185 I love this comment from Amy:

“Yet she’s died less often than the rest of them.”

Says it all about Sci-Fi really, I mean how can you die less often than someone else! lol

Thumbs up all round; Sci-Fi rocks :)

]]> By: Max http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Max Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:05:31 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1168 You forgot the women on Babylon 5: Delenn even survived her husband and Lockley got a whole station under her command. And even Ivanova had the cool feature to get revived by her admirer :) You forgot the women on Babylon 5: Delenn even survived her husband and Lockley got a whole station under her command. And even Ivanova had the cool feature to get revived by her admirer :)

]]> By: Andy http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Andy Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1167 Remember the babe with the ultra short skirt in Lexx? Don't remember her name but she was ultra sexy and lasted long enough! Remember the babe with the ultra short skirt in Lexx? Don’t remember her name but she was ultra sexy and lasted long enough!

]]> By: andy http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 andy Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:06:45 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-1166 Lost isn't scifi Lost isn’t scifi

]]> By: Amy http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/07/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Amy Tue, 29 May 2007 22:08:38 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/12/8-simple-rules-for-surviving-scifi/#comment-985 Another exception: Sam Carter from Stargate. Short hair, military, good fighter, has had pre-marital sex without babies. She's sexy. She's smart. She's independent. She's even the only one of the original SG-1 team to never have been married. Yet she's died less often than the rest of them. Another exception: Sam Carter from Stargate. Short hair, military, good fighter, has had pre-marital sex without babies. She’s sexy. She’s smart. She’s independent. She’s even the only one of the original SG-1 team to never have been married. Yet she’s died less often than the rest of them.

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