# Childhood's End - SyFy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhoods-end-syfy/722277>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 11, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhoods-end-syfy/722277 "2015-06-11T18:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhoods-end-syfy/722277/21 "2015-06-17T15:21:58Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> CE is IMHO a far better and more interesting book than _Rendezvous with Rama_, and would make a better movie or ministeries (despite the lamentable lack of voles in each).

I like CE, I love CE. But I think CE would better a better recieved movie than Rama. In the way that Armageddon is better than 2001: A Space Odyssey. The “better” movie is not the one that people go see.

At least with CE there’s a payoff. Rama is mostly exploration and ends with as many questions as it begins with. (and childish though I may be, I don’t acknowledge anything after Rama II in that series :mad:)

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhoods-end-syfy/722277/22 "2015-07-02T05:02:58Z")

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I have no hope. ☹ I also have no TV and that’s a good thing.

[Syfy’s Childhood’s End Trailer](https://youtu.be/i3e7aMCIxjY)

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhoods-end-syfy/722277/23 "2015-07-02T05:58:09Z")

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Urk. So some shlub will be the contact, not the SG. I suppose the UN had a lot more clout back when it was written. And I hope they don’t do a whole episode on the kidnapping.  
Not looking good.

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhoods-end-syfy/722277/24 "2015-07-02T06:02:13Z")

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> [@G0sp3l](#):
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> I like CE, I love CE. But I think CE would better a better recieved movie than Rama. In the way that Armageddon is better than 2001: A Space Odyssey. The “better” movie is not the one that people go see.
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> At least with CE there’s a payoff. Rama is mostly exploration and ends with as many questions as it begins with. (and childish though I may be, I don’t acknowledge anything after Rama II in that series :mad:)

I think people could get into Rama much more easily, since there is more action, a more easily understood plot line, and a more traditional set of characters. But 2001 is a far better book. However, in a sense its payoff was done in 2001, and done well.

I understand that some guy named Lee “Pel Toro” Gentry forged Clarke’s name and scammed some publishers into putting out some dreck. I’ve still got a bad taste in my mouth from it.

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