[SFRA-L] Hibernation in SF film and television? (Pawel Frelik)

[Damon Miller]

"And that reminds me -- what was the name of the that Scifi Channel show (back in the 90s, when that was the network's name) where a bunch of teens and a DNA seed bank were all that was left of Earth, drifting through space looking for a new home while being very angsty? I'm sure that show opened on the hibernation chamber. " Mission Genesis?

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From: gregconley at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [SFRA-L] Hibernation in SF film and television? (Pawel Frelik)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:19:45 -0500
To: nomadc22 at hotmail.com



Oh yeah. The second ever Tom Baker Doctor Who serial, "The Ark in Space," is all about a hibernation space station -- meant to preserve the human race from a disaster -- malfunctioning. 
And that reminds me -- what was the name of the that Scifi Channel show (back in the 90s, when that was the network's name) where a bunch of teens and a DNA seed bank were all that was left of Earth, drifting through space looking for a new home while being very angsty? I'm sure that show opened on the hibernation chamber. 
Oh, and of course Lexx shows one nearly every episode, because the crew has to keep waking the assassin, but he only has so much time to live outside it. 
And there was a new Who Christmas special where that was what the plot centered on. It was titled "A Christmas Carol."
Well then. Ever have one of those moments where you realize exactly what you spent your childhood doing, and where you are now makes perfect sense? Lexx, really?

Greg Conley 

On Mar 30, 2012sr, at 7:17 AM, Damon Miller <nomadc22 at hotmail.com> wrote:





Does the 1980s series of Buck Rogers count (his hibernation was in the beginning of each episode)?
Stargate: Atlantis had stasis pods in the city, and Stargate: Universe ended with the crew going into stasis pods.
A bit off kilter - the Underworld vampire movie franchise has 2 of their elders inhibernation pods at any one time as part of their story arc.
Not human, but the Slime People (1963) had beast-men woken from hibernation beneath the earth.
Various stories in Dr Who have used hibernation, as did The Twilight Zone.
 
There's someone making a short film entitled Hibernation at the moment - http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=311035 . There's a link to the vimeo trailer on that thread.
 
Damon


Dr Damon Miller

Faculty of Arts & Faculty of Social Science

The Open University

 
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Dear Hive Mind,

so  here's  a  query  - can you think of SF films and television shows
(any  country  or  year) that
 feature any kind of a hibernation/stasis
device? Vertical or horizontal, space-faring or bunker-installed - any
kind is good as long as there's at least a glimpse of the device.

Some  obvious  examples  include  the Aliens franchise, Event Horizon,

Pitch Black, Avatar, or Pandorum but I am sure there are many more.

Will you help?

Pawel


    
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