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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 624731)

and Dar, sorry, but you've been talking to the wrong people.

Let's see, I hung out with the chess club & science geeks in high school. I took a semester course on science fiction when I was getting my Education degree. I went back to get a computer science degree and now work with reams of computer science geeks. And just now you're getting around to telling me I've been hanging out with the wrong people? :D

We'll have to agree to disagree. I don't know who your people are, but my people are not as picky about nomenclature.

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Forrest J Ackerman used the term "sci-fi" at UCLA in 1954.[12] As science fiction entered popular culture, writers and fans active in the field came to associate the term with low-budget, low-tech "B-movies" and with low-quality pulp science fiction.[13][14][15] By the 1970s, critics within the field such as Terry Carr and Damon Knight were using "sci-fi" to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction,[16] and around 1978, Susan Wood and others introduced the pronunciation "skiffy". Peter Nicholls writes that "SF" (or "sf") is "the preferred abbreviation within the community of sf writers and readers".[17] David Langford's monthly fanzine Ansible includes a regular section "As Others See Us" which offers numerous examples of "sci-fi" being used in a pejorative sense by people outside the genre.[18]

from WikiP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction

Maybe I'm older than you? When I was involved in organizing conventions a decade or two ago, this was the feeling.

Edit: Ha! I just looked at your profile, and not only are you older than me (by a smidgeon) but you're a male and for some reason I thought you were a female. You certainly have more geek/nerd credentials than I do, but I was always taught not to use "scifi" when I was actively involved in fandom.

You are both incredibly geeky because you are actually having a discussion about this...:D

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 624739)

Edit: Ha! I just looked at your profile, and not only are you older than me (by a smidgeon) but you're a male and for some reason I thought you were a female.

Well damn. (Not directed at you Cloud). This is not the first time that mistake has been made.

The difference might be that I've never been to a convention. The convention types might be more avid.

Some are here for the wine, some for the bottle.

I'm here for the fisticuffs.

avid. maybe "rabid" would be a better description!

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Originally Posted by Pie (Post 624743)

You're not fooling anybody, missy. :D

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 624748)

avid. maybe "rabid" would be a better description!

Awesome movie, but Horror, not SF nor SciFi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabid

WOW! What a movie. One of the best in Special Effects I have enjoyed since LOTR. A must see for anyone. You have to see this in 3d or IMAX to really appreciate it. Don't miss this one.

Never! And I shall picket out in front of the theater!

so much negativity. :headshake you're going to be reborn as a guinea pig. in South America.

Well, I'm locked in to IMAX King of Prussia http://www.fandango.com/uakingofprus...date=1/16/2010

on Sat Jan 16th for the 2:50 show. We'll be there with friends. If anyone from the Cellar wants to show up, buy your tickets early.

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 624887)

WOW! What a movie. One of the best in Special Effects I have enjoyed since LOTR. A must see for anyone. You have to see this in 3d or IMAX to really appreciate it. Don't miss this one.

Dude, I'm going to see it in 3D and IMAX. If I don't get sick to my stomach during the flight scenes, I'm going to ask for my money back.;):sick:

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Originally Posted by dar512 (Post 624730)

I grew up reading asimov, clarke, and heinlein.

Wrong, those people never grow up. :headshake

btw, here's what the theaters look like after they showed avatar.