Science-Fiction meets Fantasy?

[Engage]

Hey all, I want a movie or TV show where there is a completely logical character like Data from Star Trek who is trying to solve something that is the work of the supernatural or fantasy like vampires and demons.

I love the episode 'Genesis' from season 7 of TNG where Data encounters a very odd problem that seems impossible and then he uses his logical way of thinking to solve the problem.

Any recommendations???

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Engage

Hey all, I want a movie or TV show where there is a completely logical character like Data from Star Trek who is trying to solve something that is the work of the supernatural or fantasy like vampires and demons.

I love the episode 'Genesis' from season 7 of TNG where Data encounters a very odd problem that seems impossible and then he uses his logical way of thinking to solve the problem.

Any recommendations???

Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[bigdaddyhorse]

There's a dash of that in From Dusk Till Dawn with Clooney's spew about, "I don't ****ing believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what I saw, is ****ing vampires. Now, do we all agree that what we are dealing with is vampires?" Then they go on about how to kill vampires from movies.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Engage

Any recommendations???

The movie Sleepy Hollow comes to mind. Johnny Depp's character is sort of a steampunkish 1790s version of CSI: New York.

Event Horizon might be what you're looking for too. I don't want to go into any detail but you might want to check it out.

[kpkelley]

Doctor Who.

Though I wouldn't characterize the Doctor as "completely logical." There are episodes with all sorts of unexplainable phenomena.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by octagon

The movie Sleepy Hollow comes to mind. Johnny Depp's character is sort of a steampunkish 1790s version of CSI: New York.

Great film.

Thor: The Dark World recently had Natalie Portman's scientist lady figure out how to stop the almost-magic Dark Elves from destroying the universe.

There are a lot of Doctor Who stories where the Doctor uses science and logic to defeat seemingly magical problems. You should try that show out in general if you haven't. I would suggest modern Series 5 as a good starting point.

[MifuneFan]

I would say the movie Knowing fits pretty well, though I personally didn't care for it all that much

The Ninth Gate is another movie where the protagonist tries to work through things logically to solve something that is seemingly supernatural.

The Ring, though a horror, does have a character trying to figure out a puzzle of sorts through logical thinking,, despite its supernatural nature.

[Batmon77]

Logan's Run TV series.

REM the andriod was the science/logic representation vs human emotion/phenomenon/magic/etc.

[Engage]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Logan's Run TV series.

REM the andriod was the science/logic representation vs human emotion/phenomenon/magic/etc.

Sounds great, but the 70's a slight bit too old for me!

[Engage]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

There's a dash of that in From Dusk Till Dawn with Clooney's spew about, "I don't ****ing believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes, and what I saw, is ****ing vampires. Now, do we all agree that what we are dealing with is vampires?" Then they go on about how to kill vampires from movies.

Originally Posted by octagon

The movie Sleepy Hollow comes to mind. Johnny Depp's character is sort of a steampunkish 1790s version of CSI: New York.

Event Horizon might be what you're looking for too. I don't want to go into any detail but you might want to check it out.

Originally Posted by kpkelley

Doctor Who.

Though I wouldn't characterize the Doctor as "completely logical." There are episodes with all sorts of unexplainable phenomena.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I would say the movie Knowing fits pretty well, though I personally didn't care for it all that much

The Ninth Gate is another movie where the protagonist tries to work through things logically to solvesomething that is seemingly supernatural.

The Ring, though a horror, does have a character trying to figure out a puzzle of sorts through logical thinking,, despite its supernatural nature.

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Great film.

Thor: The Dark World recently had Natalie Portman's scientist lady figure out how to stop the almost-magic Dark Elves from destroying the universe.

There are a lot of Doctor Who stories where the Doctor uses science and logic to defeat seemingly magical problems. You should try that show out in general if you haven't. I would suggest modern Series 5 as a good starting point.

Thanks guys!

I'm looking at these now. I'll be watching the Dusk Till Dawn tonight!

[tilallr1]

Check out the Hounds of Baskerville in Sherlock Holmes new UK show. Cumberbatch who plays Holmes uses logic and science to prove the Hounds weren't demons from hell. Or were they?

Another one would be Prince of Darkness by John Carpenter

[GrouchoFan]

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

[Makarov]

Pagemaster! The kid is totally logical and then he gets sucked into an animated book

The One I Love - there's some supernatural stuff going on and the husband tries to deal with it from a completely logical perspective

Lost the TV show maybe?

[Engage]

Thanks guys! Is there anything that's a bit newer?

[Engage]

Hey guys, I'm still in search of a character that's similar to Data in the sense that a machine who is heavily logical is trying to deal with a situation that is based in fantasy.

[Rory]

Originally Posted by Engage

Hey guys, I'm still in search of a character that's similar to Data in the sense that a machine who is heavily logical is trying to deal with a situation that is based in fantasy.

The Robot in "Lost in Space."

[Engage]

Originally Posted by Rory

The Robot in "Lost in Space."

Ah, right! I forgot about Lost in Space completely!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Engage

Hey guys, I'm still in search of a character that's similar to Data in the sense that a machine who is heavily logical is trying to deal with a situation that is based in fantasy.

Here are some for you:

David in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant
Thufir Hawat and Piter de Vries in Dune
Bishop in Aliens
Robby in Forbidden Planet
Sonny in I, Robot
GERTY in Moon
George Taylor in Planet of the Apes
Gilliam and Wilford in Snowpiercer
Spock in the Star Trek films
Douglas Quaid in Total Recall
Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of the Worlds
Ray Ferrier in War of the Worlds
Morpheus in The Matrix films
Mulder and Scully in the X-files franchise
Cavor in First Men in the Moon
Eleanor Arroway and S.R. Hadden in Contact

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Here are some for you:

David in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant
Thufir Hawat and Piter de Vries in Dune
Bishop in Aliens
Robby in Forbidden Planet
Sonny in I, Robot
GERTY in Moon
George Taylor in Planet of the Apes
Gilliam and Wilford in Snowpiercer
Spock in the Star Trek films
Douglas Quaid in Total Recall
Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of the Worlds
Ray Ferrier in War of the Worlds
Morpheus in The Matrix films
Mulder and Scully in the X-files franchise
Cavor in First Men in the Moon
Eleanor Arroway and S.R. Hadden in Contact

Spock and Morpheus aren't robots!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Spock and Morpheus aren't robots!

Many in my list aren't. However, they are extremely logical.