Shout “Erin go bragh" and let's get busy with 7 Irish sci-fi films to enjoy this St. Patrick's Day.

Here are eight samples of memorable space-themed comedies that made it past ... replacement series inspired by sci-fi TV shows and movies. Three episodes were actually parodies of Star Trek ...

But more unexpected is the sheer number of movies which spend the majority of their runtimes on the least eventful element of space travel: simply drifting through the dark, star-speckled void.