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T2 is my favorite. 2001 or Blade Runner is probably the best. Star Wars is the most influential. Take your pick.
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anyway my point about WoW was that it had a realistic ending. Bacteria killed the martians. Unlike Independence Day, which is kinda absurd if you think about it.
Pitch black? hmm..perhaps I should check that one out.
Another thing. How the hell does 1 nuke take out the mothership when its half the size of the moon? Food for thought...Comment
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Daniel KeysOriginally posted by Zkribbler
Charlie.
It was so good, people didn't even notice it was sci-fi. Cliff Robertson won best actor in it.
Charlie was the movie version of Flowers for Algernon, which won a Hugo for best science fiction nouvella. I wish I could remember who wrote it because he made a really good acceptance speech. "If anyone can tell me how I did this, please do, because I'd like to do it again." No one told him, and he never again managed to get a story published.
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Why am I sorry that I posted here?"Beauty is not in the face...Beauty is a light in the heart." - Kahlil Gibran
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves" - Victor Hugo
"It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble." - Mark TwainComment
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2001
Bladerunner
Alien and Aliens 2"Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
"...Mangy dog staggering about, looking vainly for a place to die."
"sauna stories? There are no 'sauna stories'.. I mean.. sauna is sauna. You do by the laws of sauna." -P.Comment
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Pitch Black is a pretty cool sci fi flick. It isn't as ambitious as ID4 or others but it is quality sci fi. A sequel is in the making now.Originally posted by faded glory
anyway my point about WoW was that it had a realistic ending. Bacteria killed the martians. Unlike Independence Day, which is kinda absurd if you think about it.
Pitch black? hmm..perhaps I should check that one out.
Another thing. How the hell does 1 nuke take out the mothership when its half the size of the moon? Food for thought...Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul TighComment
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Forbidden Planet is pretty good. Especially considering when it was made.
For me though.
Star Wars. Absolutely astounding when it came out. There had been nothing with effects that could match Forbidden Planet till then in SF. Some fantasy films(Ray Harryhausen) did but no Science Fiction.
Best SF films besides those till after Star Wars:
The Day the Earth Stood Still actually
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
After Star Wars and in no particular order except maybe the first.
Alien better film in many ways than Aliens. Both are great though.
The Empire Stikes Back best in the Star Wars series.
Mad Max Two The Road Warrior people tend to forget about this one but its not only the most action packed film till Aliens it has a great deal of subtletly that people miss conciously because its in the background.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome but it shouldn't have tried to match the chase in the second movie.
Bladerunner is much better than people initially thought it was.
Terminator and Terminator 2Comment
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Oh! Here's a few more
Metropolis, Fritz Lang
The Quiet Earth, obscure New Zealanders."Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
"...Mangy dog staggering about, looking vainly for a place to die."
"sauna stories? There are no 'sauna stories'.. I mean.. sauna is sauna. You do by the laws of sauna." -P.Comment
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Hmm. Still haven't seen that. Heard it has a really strange ending.Originally posted by Seeker
The Quiet Earth, obscure New Zealanders.Comment
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You know, I just saw one with Ice Cube, forget the title, but it is your stock "caught on the planet/island/psycho ward grounds" type story set on Mars.
It wasn't really deep, but it was pretty kick-ass adventure.
I recall enjoying Disney's Black Hole when I was a kid.
And how can we possibly exclude "Enemy Mine", one of the best small stage sci-fi flicks with a heart ever????Life and death is a grave matter;
all things pass quickly away.
Each of you must be completely alert;
never neglectful, never indulgent.Comment
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I believe the movie you're thinking of is Ghosts of Mars."Beauty is not in the face...Beauty is a light in the heart." - Kahlil Gibran
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves" - Victor Hugo
"It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble." - Mark TwainComment
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That's it! Probably a bad rip-off of Pitch Black, but still pretty good.Life and death is a grave matter;
all things pass quickly away.
Each of you must be completely alert;
never neglectful, never indulgent.Comment
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The only critic I heard comment on it said that it was "by no stretch of the imagination, a good movie. But I liked it.""Beauty is not in the face...Beauty is a light in the heart." - Kahlil Gibran
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves" - Victor Hugo
"It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble." - Mark TwainComment
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