Who is your favorite SciFi character?

[Greg Bernhardt]

Who is your favorite SciFi character? Personally I can't pick one! I have to pick three! :D

Spock (Star Trek)
WALL-E (WALL-E)
Nightcrawler (X-Men)

 

[Ibix]

Must be the re-mastered Star Wars.

Like you, I have trouble identifying a single stand-out.

Spock's an old favourite of mine, too. Somewhat to my surprise, Worf grew on me throughout his run on Deep Space Nine - there were signs of intelligence showing through the layers of "Worf Smash!" and honourable idiocy.

G'Kar from Babylon 5 gets some awesome moments - "...we will be free" and his reaction to his literalist follower.

The Seventh Doctor in the New Adventures series of books is also superb. His opponents have usually lost by the end of the first page (plus or minus ten) - it just takes everyone except the Doctor the rest of the book to figure that out.

I could probably go on...

 

[turbo]

If we have to pick from TV stuff, I would have to go with G'Kar. "Nobody here is what he seems." Very apt.

 

[Drakkith]

Spock (Star Wars)

Hmm. Which color lightsabre did Spock have again?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hmm. Which color lightsabre did Spock have again?

oooh no! what have I done! a cardinal scifi sin!

 

[Bandersnatch]

My two most favouritest characters ever are little Annie Skywalker and Jar-Jar B... *dies of brain aneurysm*

 

[McCartney]

7 of 9 and T'pol

Spock and Tuvok

 

[HallsofIvy]

"Little Annie Skywalker" took me a moment to work out! My poor perverted mind went to "Little Annie Fanny" from "Playboy".

(Has anyone calculated the the age difference between Anakin and Amidala? She's at least ten years older than he is.)

 

[MrTheBard]

My favorite Sci Fi character is Futarama's Bender!

 

[Enigman]

Micromégas (from a story of the same name by Voltaire) and Frankenstein's monster(from The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley).
I really am out of touch with modern literature*...
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*not a huge loss I might say.

 

[jedishrfu]

Robbie the Robot from the movies: Forbidden Planet and the Invisible Boy

Robert the Robot from the TV show Fireball XL-5

Atom from the movie Real Steel

 

[meBigGuy]

Stanley from Lexx? Not sure why, but I enjoyed him and love plugging Lexx
The Fifth Element - too cute to ignore
The 9th doctor
Sponge Bob (joking)

BTW, Geoff the gay robot skeleton says Robbie the Robot is a douche.

 

[nisl7570]

I have a few. I'm a massive Star Trek fan, and McCoy has always been a favorite of mine. I love the interaction between him and Spock in TOS. I've also been an avid Star Wars fan since I was a toddler, so I have to include Boba Fett and Kit Fisto. Lastly, I have been playing Warhammer 40k for some time now, and I love Pedro Kantor, chapter master of the Crimson Fists. Oh yeah, and I'm fan of Matt Smith as the eleventh doctor. I had to edit this because I forgot about Dr. McKay from Stargate Atlantis.

 

[cpscdave]

G'kar, his transition from the 1st to 5th season of B5 is increadible. You start off hating him but as he grows as a character end up just loving him.


Ahhh but what is god and what is truth?
Truth is a river...
and god?
God is the mouth of the river!

lol

 

[Ibix]

Ahhh but what is god and what is truth?
Truth is a river...
and god?
God is the mouth of the river!

lol

Look closely... closer... closer...
*Slam*

I have a feeling that JMS doesn't like religious literalists.

 

[Decimator]

Kirth Gersen, from Demon Princes by Jack Vance.

Because poison-master protagonists are rare.

 

[ASmc2]

Hari Seldon. HE CAN SEE THE FUTURE USING MATH. YES, HE DOES SO THROUGH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS APPLIED TO LARGE POPULATIONS, BUT HE CAN STILL PREDICT WHAT THE GROUP WILL DO TO A SINGLE PERSON. HE IS AWESOME.

 

[stevenjones3.1]

Malcolm Reynolds

 

[strangerep]

Malcolm Reynolds

Really? Firefly?? Oh well, each to his own I guess.

I thought much the Firefly's cast were severely mis-cast. I can't stand Gina Torres in anything.
Alan Tudyk was crap as "Wash". And... Jewel Staite as a girl engineer(!?) who... can't get date? Yeah, right.

 

[nisl7570]

Really? Firefly?? Oh well, each to his own I guess.

I thought much the Firefly's cast were severely mis-cast. I can't stand Gina Torres in anything.
Alan Tudyk was crap as "Wash". And... Jewel Staite as a girl engineer(!?) who... can't get date? Yeah, right.

You may very well be the first person I've ever met/seen who doesn't like Firefly. Though I will say Jewel Staite is a pretty bad actor.

 

[strangerep]

You may very well be the first person I've ever met/seen who doesn't like Firefly.

"Disappointed" is probably a more accurate description. It showed me that Joss Whedon can be a hit-or-miss kinda guy. The songs he personally composed in the Buffy epsiode "Once More With Feeling" were all pretty good (imho), but the theme song to Firefly was an utter dirge.

 

[nisl7570]

"Disappointed" is probably a more accurate description. It showed me that Joss Whedon can be a hit-or-miss kinda guy. The songs he personally composed in the Buffy epsiode "Once More With Feeling" were all pretty good (imho), but the theme song to Firefly was an utter dirge.

I love the theme to Firefly! I learned to sing/play it on the guitar. I didn't know Whedon actually wrote it. I mean it's not a lyrical masterpiece, but I thought it fit the show very well.

 

[strangerep]

I love the theme to Firefly! I learned to sing/play it on the guitar. I didn't know Whedon actually wrote it. I mean it's not a lyrical masterpiece, but I thought it fit the show very well.

I thought the lyrics suited the show, but the music... hmm. I did like the Serenity movie more though. (I saw that first, then eventually bought Firefly on DVD and was disappointed after seeing the film).

 

[cpscdave]

I've never watched Firefly, much to the chagrin of some of my friends. But I don't see the point. Either I'll like it then I'll be sad that there were such few episodes... Or I won't
Either way I loose :D

 

[Bandersnatch]

Jewel Staite as a girl engineer(!?) who... can't get date? Yeah, right.

Heh, she was 100% fan service and pushing buttons on the target audience.
But then again, I sometimes think the whole show is composed entirely of nerdy fan service, which would explain why people feel so strongly about it.

 

[strangerep]

[Jewel Staite] was 100% fan service and pushing buttons on the target audience.

Heh, I could watch her performing in anything.

I just don't think she was well-cast for that particular role.

Of course, Nicole Kidman as a brain surgeon in "Days of Thunder" was even worse casting.

 

[Bandersnatch]

Of course, Nicole Kidman as a brain surgeon in "Days of Thunder" was even worse casting.

How about Natalie Portman as "a brilliant astrophysicist" or whatever she was supposed to be in Thor?

 

[strangerep]

How about Natalie Portman as "a brilliant astrophysicist" or whatever she was supposed to be in Thor?

Oh, is that what she was?

Anyway,... aren't the Thor movie(s) (and other Marvel stuff) supposed to be (expensive) comedies?

 

[Kepler20f]

This is a very tough question, so many more to choose from than the 'worlds' question. On balance I have to say the duo/axis of Londo and G'Kar are the best I've ever seen on screen, they really elevated that show from merely great to totally fantastic. Vir was great in a supporting role too.
I like Picard a lot too; on the whole Kirk/Picard debate, it really comes down to which one would you take orders from? In my mind that's no competition!
7 of 9 gets honourable mention for purely aesthetic reasons.

 

[Charmar]

This is a very tough question, so many more to choose from than the 'worlds' question. On balance I have to say the duo/axis of Londo and G'Kar are the best I've ever seen on screen, they really elevated that show from merely great to totally fantastic. Vir was great in a supporting role too.
I like Picard a lot too; on the whole Kirk/Picard debate, it really comes down to which one would you take orders from? In my mind that's no competition!
7 of 9 gets honourable mention for purely aesthetic reasons.

Full agreement on Picard as leader over Kirk.

I'll chose the Cat from Accelerando for a favorite sci fi character.

 

[strangerep]

on the whole Kirk/Picard debate, it really comes down to which one would you take orders from? [...]
7 of 9 gets honourable mention for purely aesthetic reasons.

I suspect there's lots of old pervs who'd love to take "orders" from 7-of-9 (or else be disciplined...)

 

[Kepler20f]

I suspect there's lots of old pervs who'd love to take "orders" from 7-of-9 (or else be disciplined...)

Yes I can think of a couple of reasons why some people might enjoy that.

 

[adjacent]

My favorite is Raziel(My Avatar)
and Kain,(My profile pic)

 

[stardust]

John Sheridan from Babylon 5

 

[Monstrous Math]

How about Natalie Portman as "a brilliant astrophysicist" or whatever she was supposed to be in Thor?

Of course, Nicole Kidman as a brain surgeon in "Days of Thunder" was even worse casting.

...Sandra Bullock in Gravity recently as an astronaut. Jesus, it was like watching a monkey try to swim. Except it was Bullock. Flailing. In space.

Favorite sci-fi character is Ender.

 

[AgentCachat]

Favorite SciFi character

One older one is Dominic Flandry from Poul Anderson's Terran Empire series. More recently is Honor Harrington(and some of her companions) in David Weber's series of about 18 novels and novellas. A movie is planned but Weber is picky about the star role.
If you like military science fiction, this won't disappoint you. √

 

[Varun Bhardwaj]

Tony Stark (IRONMAN).
Because HE is genius and
can be real.

 

[julcab12]

Forbidden Super Hero - Panty man!

http://joyreactor.com/post/988564

 

[Dadface]

"The Mekon" ruler of the Treens. Mekon is a little green rascal who used to float around on a saucer. Dan Dare pilot of the future sorted him out and now he works in a fish shop.

 

[mpresic]

Spock for sure.

He was one of the first benign extraterrestrial. Other benign extraterrestrials I have listed before Spock include:

1939 - Superman - Clark Kent

 

[mpresic]

Another benign extraterrestrial:

Mr. Carpenter ( Michael Rennie in The Day the Earth Stood Still 1950's).

My brother pointed out an interesting analogy.

He suggested the character in Star Trek are like the characters in Gunsmoke

Capt Kirk - Matt Dillon
Spock - Deputy Festus
Dr. McCoy - Doc Adams

Except in Gunsmoke, the sensible character is Doc Adams where Dr. McCoy is impulsive.
In Star Trek, the more sensible character is Spock and Festus is the impulsive one.
Any thoughts. Did he push the analogy too far

 

[mpresic]

Spock for sure.

He was one of the first benign extraterrestrial. Other benign extraterrestrials I have listed before Spock include:

1939 - Superman - Clark Kent

 

[Larry Gopnik]

For me, it has to be Dr. Bashir from Deep Space 9. Only due to the fact, he is good at his job, but a dunce when it comes to interaction with people and normal life. I feel a similarity with him. Ha.

So many Spock mentions on here... Mind you, what should I expect?!

 

[BobG]

Noys Lambent.

Helen only launched a 1000 ships.

Noys came all the way from the 482nd century to keep time travel from being invented in the 24th century... and to give us nuclear war in the 20th century that would lead to space travel and the Galactic Empire.

 

[Curly_810]

Spock (which is logical)
also i like the green lantern because he can make anything using his mind

 

[Chronos]

Mighty mouse was from Pluto

 

[The Q]

I'd have to say Q from Star Trek TNG, DS9 and VOY.
I think he's just overall a very nice addition to the series and I think John de Lancie did a great job portraying Q's personality.

 

[AgentSmith]

favorite sci-fi character

On TV, Spock has got to rate high. In movies, I liked the lead scientist in the Andromeda strain. Forget his name right now. In print there are so many to choose from. Captain, later Admiral, Dominic Flandry, Admiral Honor Harrington, several characters from the collaboration of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

 

[mpresic]

The book the Andromeda Strain by Crichton, the lead scientist is Jeremy Stone. Yes he is a memorable character.

The first movie the Andromeda Strain (circa 1972), Leavitt was changed from a male in the book to a woman scientist. The movie is never as good as the book.

I never saw the second movie.

Come to think of it, another character from "science fiction" although it is really not futuristic is from the book airframe by Michael Creighton. You can't help but admire Katherine (Casey) Singleton. Marek from Timeframe is also memorable

 

[Digitalism]

Ummon from the Hyperion Cantos

Takeshi Kovacs from Altered Carbon

Joan (the fusion of Johann and Eunice) from I Will Fear No Evil by Heinlein

Leto II from Dune