Comments on: Where’s the Family-Friendly Sci-Fi?

By: AW

AW — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:50:29 +0000

Forgot to add Warehouse 13, it’s really soft scifi but it is most definitely safe for family, though it may be a tad scary at some points. It’s not quite bubblegum but it’s hard to take an adult theme like scifi and completely knock it down for kids. Some movies you might want to look into Steamboy and Naussica and the Valley of the Wind. Of course I recommend you screen to your own standards as ours are sure to differ. The Final Fantasy movie was another scifi type movie, though it had a good deal of violence.

By: Doug Payton

Doug Payton — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:15:07 +0000

I didn’t get into Eureka, though I admit I didn’t give it a chance. I may need to look into that.

Never heard of Sanctuary, though.

Thanks for the suggestions.

By: AW

AW — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:31:23 +0000

Check out Sanctuary from Scifi and also streaming on Netflix, or Eureka(There are some occasional brief scenes, though I don’t believe anything you wouldn’t see at a beach)I don’t remember any actual nudity in either of these though I may just be desensitized to it nowadays. I too yearn for more intelligent sci-fi that isn’t just some prelude to sex scene.

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Sci-fi fans’ lament « Ponderosa Hill — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:03:24 +0000

[…] Television can, and has, turned out good sci-fi — but these days too often settles for something much less. Ask Doug Payton. He’s trying to find intelligent, grown-up sci-fi he can watch with his kids. The search is proving a bit frustrating. […]

By: The Evangelical Ecologist

The Evangelical Ecologist — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:09:35 +0000

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