So this got me thinking. I wonder how many are recent ones?
Personally I think Brazil would be on my list, but I might need another watch of it to be certain. Starwars Empire Strikes Back or New Hope would also (probably not both).
Hmm, first Matrix is a possibility. Serenity is a strong possibility.
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While I might be pekkaing it, I think I will reply to myself. I hadn't wanted to initially, because I might forget some important movie. I still probably am, but ah well...
Minority Report
Brazil
Starwars: A New Hope
Serenity
Matrix
12 Monkeys
Gattica
Alien
There I at least have a beggining. I am rememebering that the Day the Earth Stood Still (or something like that) was good, but I don't remember enough to be certain. Hmm, still thinking...
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Brazil
Dr. Strangelove
Lathe of Heaven
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Terminator
Serenity
Donnie Darko
A Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner
Empire Strikes Back
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Blade Runner
Solaris (Tarkovsky´s version of course)
Stalker (i really like Tarkovsky)
Alien
A Clockwork Orange
Brazil
Planet of the Apes (the original one)
The Time machine (the one made in 1960 )
Dr. Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
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Let's not forget Forbidden Planet
This was the "father" of special effects SF movies. It was even nominated for an oscar (Best Effects, Special Effects) in 1956.
The cast was classic, including Walter Pidgeon, the very beautiful Anne Francis, and who can forget Robby the Robot. Heck, Leslie Nielsen, was the big strong commander... not a comic
The was really the first big time serious SF movie produced, and was one of the insperations for Star Wars
I watched it again the other week with my youngest daughter, and even though it was produced in the 50's, it wasn't as cheesy as it could it have been.
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10 is too many.
Equilibrium
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Some top picks...
Twelve Monkeys
Blade Runner
The Terminator
The Thing (so I liked it!)
E.T. (Spielberg movies can be good ya know
Batteries not included (underrated, IMO - okay, it is weak on some levels, but it may be the cutest sci-fi movie I ever saw)
Epoch (an awful ending, if it weren't for that, would be one of my all-time favorite movies)
I can't list Tarkovsky's movies - I think that, for both Stalker and Solaris, the books are so far superior that it bears no mention. The movies are fine in their own right, but I could never get over how different they are from the books.
The Matrix was okay, but I don't like it enough to put it on any top lists. And, being an embarrassment to geeks worldwide, I still haven't seen a minute of Star Wars.
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The best is undoubtedly 2001: A Space Odyssey. I'll have to think about the rest.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Transformers: TAM
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
The Last Starfighter
Star Wars
E.T.
Short Circuit
X-Men
Predator
Serenity
Spider-Man
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Strangelove a Sci-Fi movie?? Great movie, yes... but SciFi?
In no particular order:
The Matrix (1st one only)
12 Monkeys
ESB
Serenity
Terminator
Alien
Planet of the Apes (original)
Close Encounters
ST: Wrath of Khan
2001
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Hmm. Serenity sounds really good with all that praise - guess I should get around to Firefly & Serenity someday.
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Yeah, I wasn't sure about Dr. Strangelove either, which was why it wasn't on my list at first. I think I might agree that it is more Speculative Fiction then Science Fiction, but really, the genres are all mixed up.
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Serenity wasn't that good a movie. It was okay, but there wasn't anything really special about it.
Alien
Aliens
Star Wars: A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix
Blade Runner
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Total Recall
The Truman Show
Minority Report
Spaceballs just missed out (no, really!)
I consider all superhero movies to be too much of a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, so I refrained from including them, but if I did, Spiderman 2 and X-Men 2 would find a place on the list.
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Firefly was awesome, Serenity sucked. I was really disappointed in that.Originally posted by Solver
Hmm. Serenity sounds really good with all that praise - guess I should get around to Firefly & Serenity someday.
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top 10:
Alien
Aliens
Matrix
Dark Star
Bladerunner
Star Wars IV-VI
Brazil
Planet of the Apes
Contact (So what? I like Jodie Foster...)
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Revenge of the Sith
Even that's really pushing it. The only thing "sci-fi" or even "speculative" about it is the doomsday machine, but it's simply a plot device that's never really explained and certainly never shown. The whole movie is about the absurdity of some of the Cold War mentality, so classifying it as anything remotely close to sci-fi is totally off base, IMO.Originally posted by Jon Miller
Yeah, I wasn't sure about Dr. Strangelove either, which was why it wasn't on my list at first. I think I might agree that it is more Speculative Fiction then Science Fiction, but really, the genres are all mixed up.
JM
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what?! No "Ice Pirates"?!!!
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Revenge of the Sith
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Revenge of the Sith
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-Bokonon
In no particular order, here are some of the the ones I like that came to mind:
Star Trek 2
Star Trek 6
Them!
The Thing (original)
War of the Worlds (original)
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Quatermass 2
Quatermass and the Pit
The Invisible Man
Forbidden Planet
The Day The Earth Caught Fire
But in general I tend to like older movies.
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I must be the only person who doesn't like Brazil.
12 Monkeys
Star Trek 2
Terminator 1 and 2
Blade Runner
Empire Strikes Back
Planet of the Apes
Total Recall
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Yeah I just looked at you guys' lists and picked my favs from those. I'm lazy.
Blade Runner
Sphere-Micheal Crichton (Jurassic Park)
Alien-Never look into a pod
Farenheit 451
Planet of the Apes
Contact
Close Encounters
Oh..may i say one that needs to NOT be nominated, Enemy Mine
Did anyone have Ryan Dunn From Jackass FAME? He died in a fiery car crash speeding after being in a bar. And to think, everyone thought he would die doing something stupid-rah
Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
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I read this book for school, I think it was in maybe 1973 or so. the book was pretty good and the movie didnt quite do ray Bradbury justice but still was ok.Originally posted by LordShiva
Just my little old opinion
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Did anyone have Ryan Dunn From Jackass FAME? He died in a fiery car crash speeding after being in a bar. And to think, everyone thought he would die doing something stupid-rah
You didn't notice my edit
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I admit that I might judge it better than it deserves because of my love of Firefly.Originally posted by Zoid
Firefly was awesome, Serenity sucked. I was really disappointed in that.
JM
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