One's Gotta Go: A Game

[Michelle]

Thank you, both! I love being a grandmother. When they act up I can just give 'em Bach to Mommy & Daddy! But I hadn't realized that sure is the sad sack plot line to those movies, and I wrote it! And Jemppu mentioned the ads with the Joker...I can't even look at those! What IS it about clowns?! Maybe I could become somebody's neurotic case study ; )

[Melani]

Horror isn't really my genre, and the slasher portion of it even less so. I'm not gonna really miss any one of those. Still if I had to pick I'd probably go with ax murderers, they seem like the most straightforward and least imaginative of horror tropes, in part because they're the most realistic.

[Michelle]

Maybe spiders should have been in this list, too! (Shuddering!)

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

This particular list maker is too petrified of them to think about them being prominent character types and has therefore completely dissociated from the concept in its entirety.

[Michelle]

Roger that! I don't blame you a bit! I'd rather have a clown walk on my arm than a spider!!

[CBRetriever]

never understood the fear of clowns thing, but you can get rid of them as far as I'm concerned

[YouKneeK]

LOL Allison, I like your husband’s logic.

I don’t have any strong opinions, but I think I’ll support the removal of axe murderers for a similar reason to what Melani said. The other 3 have so many more options for murder and mayhem whereas an axe murderer by definition has only one permitted murder method. I'd rather have some variety in my murder and mayhem.

[Phillip]

Poltergeists. The only time I've ever enjoyed them was Ghostbusters. I don't think they're scary or fun or anything. The other options can lead to a good time, but not the ghosts.

[Sandy]

Definitely teenagers with grudges - I am very tired of reading about that.

[Alex]

Teenage girls with grudges. So boring.

[DivaDiane]

They all go. Not at all a fan of horror.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

YouKneeK wrote: "LOL Allison, I like your husband’s logic.

I don’t have any strong opinions, but I think I’ll support the removal of axe murderers for a similar reason to what Melani said. The other 3 have so many..."

"If you're going to go on a murder spree, let's at least be creative about it."

XD I like it, YouKneeK, this is the sort of advice I am always looking for!

Aw, Phil, no Peeves?

Sandy and Alex, thank you for helping balance the votes!

LOL Diane. I just pictured you Van Helsing-style banishing all the clowns and teenagers.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

One's gotta go:

-The Millennium Falcon
-Starship Enterprise
-Serenity
-The T.A.R.D.I.S.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Allison wrote: "One's gotta go:

-The Millenium Falcon
-Starship Enterprise
-Serenity
-The T.A.R.D.I.S."

O_O

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Ok...

I'm gonna say Millennium Falcon. I love Star Wars and Han Solo and all, but I've always thought it was a stupidly designed ship...

[Gabi]

You can excommunicate me from SFdom, but I have to say Serenity.
I never understood the hype for this series.

Millennium Falcon was my first love.

Enterprise has so many different designs that I like some of them even though I'm no fan of the original design (plus it is cult)

And even though I never got into Whovian fandom space I appreciate the cult status surrounding the TARDIS.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

(argh, sorry for my typo! Fixed)

[Melani]

Allison wrote: "One's gotta go:

-The Millennium Falcon
-Starship Enterprise
-Serenity
-The T.A.R.D.I.S."

Ok, I'm finally putting my foot down. NOPE. NONE OF THESE CAN GO. I'm going to take my toys and LEAVE. HOW VERY DARE YOU.

All kidding aside, I can't even think of one I'd let go in a "well if I must choose" kind of way. I'm not even a casual Dr. Who fan (it's fine, I guess but whatever), but to get rid of the T.A.R.D.I.S. still feels like you're destroying a big part of nerd culture. I mean, these are (for the most part, Firefly is still pretty new) bedrocks for fanish culture. The individual ships are so much more then just ships. They're the crews and the shows that were built around them.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

hahaha! I got a good chuckle out of your first paragraph, Melani!

I know! I can't pick either, which is how I know I've stumbled on a good one :)

[Beth]

I'll second Gabi and say Serenity. Millennium Falcon, Enterprise, and TARDIS are icons from series that have been around for decades and have influenced generations of fans. Serenity isn't in the same category, in my opinion.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Here, I'll help. And by help, I mean make a bunch of people mad at me:

"I'm a leaf on the wind."
"What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived."
"Rose Tyler, I l--"
"I know"

[Amanda]

Allison wrote: "Here, I'll help. And by help, I mean make a bunch of people mad at me:

"I'm a leaf on the wind."
"What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived."
"Rose Tyler, I l--"
"I know""

Oh, yes, that's much better...

I think I'd say Millennium Falcon, because it feels like it's the least connected to the characters in a way. It might be because the other 3 are from TV series rather than movies, but they're very much the characters' homes and we see/feel that. Whereas the Falcon is certainly Han and Chewie's home for a time, but we don't actually see it in that context on screen, and it seems to exist as more of a plot device.

[DivaDiane]

Noooooo!

[YouKneeK]

I’ll go with The Millennium Falcon. Until reading Colleen’s response, I didn’t even know what that was from. I did watch some of the Star Wars movies years ago, but for some reason it never grabbed me. I usually get more invested in TV shows than movies.

Star Trek was what first drew me into science fiction, and I also really liked Firefly. I haven’t watched Dr. Who, but I’d like to watch it someday and I expect I would probably enjoy it from what little I've heard.

[Sandy]

Have to say Serenity

Millennium Falcon was the epitome of Han and Chewie, rough around the edges but gold under the covers.

No one can touch the enterprise "whose XXX mission is to ..." No way!

And T.A.R.D.I.S. How cool is a call box - what an imagination! What a nerdy thing to do!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it...

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Okay, I have a reeeaaally mean one.

One's gotta go.

1. R2D2, the plucky droid that could, would, and did, thankyouverymuch
2. WALL-E, the environmentally friendly robot who dreams of holding hands with a lady robot
3. Murderbot, the socially awkward killing machine who just wants to watch tv and have friends
4. Mars Curiosity Rover, who sings itself happy birthday every year.

[Sandy]

Have to go with Mars - don't know that one and R2D2 will never go!

[Anna]

2. I never really enjoyed it :/

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

But he's got eyebrows, Anna! And doesn't understand sporks!

[Anna]

I don’t hate him or anything, I just didn’t get the hype!

[Phillip]

I'm a Star Wars fan, but I'd drop R2. I've always hated how perfect astromech droids are in Star Wars. Forget Jedi, Sith, clones, bounty hunters, and storm troopers. All you need are a half dozen astromech droids and you will easily enslave the galaxy. BB-8 slaughterd storm troopers with ease in The Worst Jedi. Last Jedi, I meant Last.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

haaaaaahahahahaha

[CBRetriever]

Wall-E can go. The Mars Curiosity Rover was a huge scientific accomplishment

[DivaDiane]

Nooooo! Come on, again? Well, at this point I’d have to say Murderbot, but that’s because I’m only marginally invested. Not majorly invested like with R2 and the Rover and WALL-E is just adorable and I’ve seen it a million times (my son is 10 - ‘nuff said).

[Amanda]

i haven't read Murderbot yet so I can safely choose that one.

[Lowell]

Um, can I dump R2-D2, and wall-e, and murderbot all at the same time? I mean, seriously... I like them all well enough, but they all have their own minor and major problems.

Keep your hands off my curiosity rover though.

[Phillip]

1. Middle-earth
2. Narnia
3. Hogwarts
4. Oz
5. Westeros

It's a tough one, but I'm giving the axe to Harry and his crew.

[Anna]

Not a tough one at all. I hate Narnia.

[Lowell]

uuh, bye Oz. Peace out.

[Margaret]

Easy one. Since I've never read or watched Game of Thrones, I can let Westeros go without a pang!

[YouKneeK]

Phillip wrote: "1. Middle-earth
2. Narnia
3. Hogwarts
4. Oz
5. Westeros"

I think I’ll join Anna in eradicating Narnia. I’ve never been much of a fan.

Oz is beloved from early childhood, and I like both Middle Earth and Hogwarts. Someday I expect to gain familiarity with Westeros and I expect it would be more my speed than Narnia.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Bye, Oz, bye! Don't let the spinning barn hit you on the way out!

[Jemppu]

Uh... all? Unless possible influences to the creation of other works goes with them, then I'd have to do research.

(In that case at least Narnia is safe, for this beautiful song references it - among other fairytales not listed here).

[Sarah]

I would have to say Oz.

[Leonie]

Oz most definitely. Never been a fan.

[CBRetriever]

Narnia

[Gabi]

^^' so much hate for my childhood loves Narnia and Oz.

[DivaDiane]

Westeros definitely. No love lost there.

[Phillip]

Gabi wrote: "^^' so much hate for my childhood loves Narnia and Oz."

I agree. I feel bad for poor Dorothy and Lucy. That being said, I've noticed not a single vote for Middle-earth. Frodo and Bilbo must be doing something right.

[AndrewP]

For me Oz and Narnia can both go :)