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acheron 
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 Topic: favorite sci-fi films?
Posted: August 28 2006 at 12:15 |
since we're all prog fans her i'm sure that there are a lot of sci-fi fans as well... what are your favorite sci-fi movies?
Stars Wars (IV-VI), not that new bullsh*t
Alien
Event Horizon
5th Element
Dark City
2001
Donnie Darko
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
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maani
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 12:47 |
Although this one has been done to death (just check the archives and you'll find at least half a dozen threads on this topic), I'll go for it anyway (in no particular order):
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Invasions of the Body Snatchers (original)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Fahrenheit 451
Blade Runner
THX 1138
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars IV-VI
Close Encounters (the original, not the re-issue)
Dark City (can't believe anyone else knows this one!)
Plus most of the films made from the stories/novels of Philip Dick (Total Recall, Imposter, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report).
Don't know if they qualify as sci-fi, but I'd also include The Matrix, Equilibrium and 1984 (original).
Plus too many other to name!
Peace.
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 12:49 |
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I've really been getting into the film Sernity recently, very good.
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 12:54 |
 sleeper wrote:
I've really been getting into the film Sernity recently, very good. |
Serenity is awesome. As is the series. I also love Stargate SG-1. That movie is awesome. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) is a masterpeice.
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 13:02 |
Meddler wrote:
sleeper wrote:
I've really been getting into the film Sernity recently, very good. |
Serenity is awesome. As is the series.
I also love Stargate SG-1. That movie is awesome. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) is a masterpeice.
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The movie was alright (except that actress for trill  ) But nothing beats the book. The SG-1 movie was good, but the series on Sci-fi killed it. Serenity! Now theres a breath of fresh air! I love Firefly, so well done, great GREAT dialogue. It was at the time the most promising series on television, I honestly have no idea why it didn't take off, it had all it needed to appeal to a wide audience. Now how come no one has mentioned the Wrath of Kahn? Now thats the best Star Trek product ever!
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:42 |
The mother of all sci-fi films
2001: A Space Odyssey
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:44 |
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I'm not a big sci-fi fan, but I'd gladly mention the original Star Wars trilogy (the prequels were largely worthless IMHO) and, of course, the marvellous "Blade Runner". Another good one was Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys".
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:51 |
"Stalker" & "Solaris" by Andrei Tarkovski... 
For me the genre of the film isn't that important as it's style and aestetchics are.
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:58 |
acheron wrote:
since we're all prog fans her i'm sure that there are a lot of sci-fi fans as well... what are your favorite sci-fi movies?
Stars Wars (IV-VI), not that new bullsh*t
Alien
Event Horizon
5th Element
Dark City
2001
Donnie Darko
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind |
Not Really, I find Sci-films to superfluous and increasingly insipid; they try to overwhelm the viewer with special effects at the expense of the plot.
However, I believe the more relevant question to ask here would be, do proggers enjoy escapist films such as LOTR, Harry Potter, acerbic-humourous dramas like Closer and Cruel Intentions.
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 15:23 |
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Stalker
Solaris
and 2001: A space odyssey...
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:02 |
...noone mentioned "Dark Star" yet....remember the alien in the lift...... 
And I liked "Galaxy Quest" - yes, I know it's (mostly) a spoof....
Acheron mentioned "Event Horizon" in his opening post....I think it's a terrible film, so messy....
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:15 |
Blade Runner: A classic of any genre of film mixing film noir and futuristic science fiction. The atmosphere is downbeat with sadness and empathy between the characters creates a beautifully sad story.
Brazil: Quirky but depressive as well. A dystopian dark comedy with bizzare and eeire atmosphere with genuinely hilarious commentaries on British beaurocracy and lifestyle.
Donnie Darko: Some people hate it, but the way the story unfolds the first time around was at once puzzling and mind-blowing.
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 19:17 |
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Aliens, is the dog bollocks. One of the very few sequels that was better than the original.
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 22:06 |
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 22:44 |
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One of my favorites is a little know film from New Zealand, "The Quiet Earth" (1985).
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Posted: August 28 2006 at 23:30 |
GPFR wrote:
Meddler wrote:
sleeper wrote:
I've really been getting into the film Sernity recently, very good. |
Serenity is awesome. As is the series.
I also love Stargate SG-1. That movie is awesome. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) is a masterpeice.
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The movie was alright (except that actress for trill ) But nothing beats the book.
The SG-1 movie was good, but the series on Sci-fi killed it.
Serenity! Now theres a breath of fresh air! I love Firefly, so well done, great GREAT dialogue. It was at the time the most promising series on television, I honestly have no idea why it didn't take off, it had all it needed to appeal to a wide audience.
Now how come no one has mentioned the Wrath of Kahn? Now thats the best Star Trek product ever!
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Haha, yeah, the book's are amazing, But the movie is great too. Douglas Adams even worked on some of the screenplay, it's the way he wanted it. for the most part. Yeah, I do agree the series killed the movie. Movie Daniel Jackson and O'Neil were much better than the series ones. Firefly is awesome too. And that's about all i got to say about it.
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Posted: August 29 2006 at 00:46 |
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The original Star Wars trilogy
Star Wars-Revenge of the Sith
The Matrix Trilogy
Metropolis
Forbidden Planet
Dark City
Logan's Run(The book is short but alot better,and I am very excited because director Bryan Singer(Superman Returns,X-Men,X-2,is remaking this movie as his next project)
The Planet of the Apes(original)
The Omega Man
The Day the Earth Stood Still
War of the Worlds(original)
Star Trek-First Contact
THX 1138
Terminator 2-Judgement Day
Close Encounters
Brazil
Minority Report
Blade Runner
Alien & Aliens
Edited by TheProgtologist - August 29 2006 at 00:47
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Posted: August 29 2006 at 01:01 |
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Brazil, Twelve monkeys, Hombre mirando al sudeste (it's the original movie, wich has a most horrible remake called K-pax, they totally ruined that story), Abre los ojos (with, again, another horrendous remake called "Vanilla Sky"), 2001, Frankenstein Unbound, Blade Runner. I can't remember, but I know there are some more. The first Star Trek movie; No te mueras sin decirme adonde vas, New Rose hotel (incredible).
ĦHow could I forget John Carpenter's remake of "The thing", and John Carpenter's "They live"!.
Solaris and Stalker are already mentioned, but yes, those are tremendous films. "Until the end of the world" is most beautifull "Science fiction related" movie.
Edited by cuncuna - August 29 2006 at 01:06
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Posted: August 29 2006 at 02:44 |
All star wars, orginials more
Star Trek - First contact and Nemesis
All Aliens, especially Aliens
Terminator 2
Blade Runner
Planet of the Apes (originals)
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Posted: August 29 2006 at 03:19 |
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Star Wars
Serenity/Firefly
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