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The Early Days of TV Science Fiction

Posted by timothy on from the what-the-internet-is-truly-for dept.

mcse_knowthyenemy writes: "The very first TV sci-fi shows are covered in detail here. The author, a professor of physics, approaches the topic with academic rigorousness. If you think the original Star Trek was low-budget, consider the $5 per episode these studios could spend."

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  1. So who dies? by Alcimedes · · Score: 4, Funny

    At $5 per episode, that's only 1 redshirt.

    bummer.

  2. remember Ed Norton? by Alien+Being · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Space helmet on Captain Video!"

  3. begin: grumpy old man by banky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but back in my day, we didn't need these fancy "computers" with their "render farms". We just had a guy named Ted, and he drew pictures, on toliet paper, with chalk, and held it up to the camera, and we LIKED it!

    5 dollars would buy the whole crew food for a month, and we'd still have enough left over to put our kids through college. We didn't have trailers, and props, and sets, and we LIKED it!

    Props, yeah, we didn't have all these fancy props, your "phasers" and your "pulse pistols". We just stuck out hands out, painted them silver, and went "pew, pew, pow" with out mouths. And the silver paint made you impotent, and no one would talk to you because someone started a rumour that Communists had silver hands, but we LIKED it.

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    ZOMG I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS ON MACINTOSH VERSUS WINDOWS, VI VERSUS EMACS, AND HOW YOU'RE NOT A DORK
    1. Re:begin: grumpy old man by elizard2k · · Score: 2, Funny

      And i take it you tell this story to your children and grandchildren every night?

      oh wait .. the silver paint/impotency .. ouch man, i feel for you

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      - mescaline - its the only way to fly -
  4. great design by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    "this site powered by vi"... and it SHOWS!

  5. see the Simpon's Chistmas special? by walterbyrd · · Score: 2, Funny

    At the beginning of the show Lisa and Bart are watching one of those early sci-fi movies. It's a riot: "space air is leaking in! put on your googles!"