Which SF cult has the smallest canon?

[Eleanor_of_Aquitaine]

@glee

I liked Pitch Black a lot, with a sci-fi story using 3 suns and an anti-hero.

Sadly they then released Chronicles of Riddick, which was just a shoot’em up.

There’s also an animated short connecting the two movies: Dark Fury.

[scotandrsn]

@Little Nemo

…Star Wars might be a close contender. But even if you count the canon as just the six movies, you’ve got 802 minutes. And realistically, you have to add the television series and at least some of the specials. …

As well as waiting in line for Disney’s STAR TOURS rides.

[simster]

I’d nominate Amber - 10 books (11 if you count the visual guide to Amber) and I think that even today there is a large following of Amberites.

(they did do a few comics based on it, no movies, and there is an official Tarot deck out there, and the RPG).

[DrFidelius]

@DrDeth

I did and I find it stangely enjoyable. I know dudes are thinking you are joking but the later books are barely canon, and are drek.

I think we’d have to say a SF cult would include regular costumes at SF cons. OK? And when they have their own fucking convesntions, it clearly is a cult.

Firefly definately qualifies under that.

Doc? Not so much.

You’ve never seen me arrive at a convention wearing a ripped shirt and riding on the running board of the car…

[BrainGlutton]

@Sitnam

The freaks into The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

We have a winner! One film only, unmistakable cult (not even limited to SF fans, but always a surefire at an SF con).

[Voyager]

@DrFidelius

You’ve never seen me arrive at a convention wearing a ripped shirt and riding on the running board of the car…

Or riding the elevator down from the top floor of the hotel really fast?

(I wonder if Danger Mouse got this from Doc, or from somewhere else?)

[WhyNot]

@BrainGlutton

We have a winner! One film only, unmistakable cult (not even limited to SF fans, but always a surefire at an SF con).

Well, two really, but no one really counts Shock Treatment.

And it was a play first, y’know. So really we have about 5-6 hours of material, before all the myriad soundracks and audience participation tracks, which are, ironically enough, considered “canon” by Kids These Days.

Definitely wins the level of hard core adoration:source material ratio, though.

[Madd_Maxx]

Paranoia the RPG might be a contender as well.

[Epimetheus]

How about something like John Doe on Sci-Fi, or Wonderfalls (does that count as Sci-Fi?)

How about the largest canon? My vote goes for Doctor Who, by far.

[Epimetheus]

@simster

I’d nominate Amber - 10 books (11 if you count the visual guide to Amber) and I think that even today there is a large following of Amberites.

(they did do a few comics based on it, no movies, and there is an official Tarot deck out there, and the RPG).

Ooh, good one. Some die hard fans only consider the first series to be “canon” and dismiss the Merlin Saga. (as for anything after that: John Betancourt who?)