The Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
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Topic: The Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Subject: The Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 06:25
The thing is, The Thing is here this time!  I again used a list. This time there's no chronology. And also, IGN put the movies from best to worst (actually vice versa). Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time" rel="nofollow - https://www.ign.com/articles/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 06:46
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Hi, Tough decisions, but BLADE RUNNER is one of my favorite films of all time, and the one film that I think deserves this more, is FORBIDDEN PLANET, that had so many "firsts" when it came out, including Walt Disney doing animation and refusing credit for it, because they thought the film was not gonna last 3 days! And goodness ... isn't Robbie our favorite party friend? Some good things. I enjoyed, though I am not a Sci-Fi fan for sure. BRAZIL - trippy as heck, and a dream of a film. Literally! 2001, A Space Odyssey - Has aged terribly and seeing it today is really pushing your boredom, and in the end, not satisfying. The trip scene, is done much better in a Gaspar Noe film, that is insane in the first place! CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - Was very neat and far out to watch, specially the full version that never got to theaters. (Saw a preview and the film was 20 minutes longer, and comments said ... you got it ... it was too long!). I don't think, (have to check) if this has EVER been released fully. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL - Gort had his fun, and so did we ... gosh we need a Gort right now melting some tanks and __________________ E.T. - Fun film to enjoy and watch. Not sure we need to see bikes over the moon, but what the heck. Hollywood shlock on parade! BACK TO THE FUTURE - Actually enjoyed watching these, although it was a bit hokey and silly, but it was fun. The cleverness of the design and ideas, made it fun, and the two leads made it cool. STAR WARS - Fell out of them after the first one. Sitting n a theater with the sound under your bum, and a carbon copy of Pink Floyd's Quadraphonic Sound all around the theater, was fun for half an hour, but a total overdose in the last 30 minutes. Didn't bother seeing any more after the hand surgery on the 2nd film! That only leaves 3 films I have not seen. METROPOLIS is not a great film, but it showed a design and view of film that helped film improve and get better all around. It felt like a German Opera without the singers. The same Beyruth sets of the 1920's which were amazing and very beautiful, but they were "empty stages" more or less with some incredible color shows which the film turned to shadows. By the way ... you can tell who "owns" IGN ... almost everything listed is from the factory that needs to be dismantled by ... someone! It's not about hos good the films are, and listing more than one SW is ridiculous, since almost all the other films were not half as good. But the commercial aspect of its sales is more important for you to see it listed as valuable, and ignore so many other fabulous foreign films. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 06:49
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Wall-E. The lost treasure of animation. Also, the best robot love story ever. Back to the Future a close second. |
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 06:51
| ^ Multiple votes are allowed. And I totally agree about Wall-E. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 07:05
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I am definitely an Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) guy, although I do like the original very much as well. Lots of faves of mine here, and I have seen all of them. My top eight probably are (and while I could vote for all of those, Ill go with the top three there as those have consistently made top lists of mine since I was a teenager -- Brazil and A CLockwork Orange are always compared in my head): A Clockwork Orange Brazil 2001: A Space Odyssey Close Encounters of the Third Kind Planet of the Apes Alien The Thing The Day the Earth Stood Still Starship Troopers I also love, and Ex Machina, and Blade Runner and Metropolis.... Most of these I really like, not a big fan of Terminator 2 (watched it gain recently, prefer the original), Aliens or Back to the Future. EDIT: And any sci-fi best list that does not include ZardoZ can be comfortably sneered at.* ;) * Although, to be honest, it would be more likely to make worst of lists.
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 08:12
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Great list indeed. Many great films, but some that I personally have never been able to enjoy and find rather ridiculous (Planet of the Apes, Jurassic Park...) or that I never really got into (the Star Wars saga and the Star Trek thingies...). From a Hollywoodian classic entertainment point of view the Spielberg movies are classics, indeed, and I very much like Back to the Future, Wall-E and Inception, but they're not my personal favorites. I could vote for at least 8 films from this list (2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Alien, The Matrix, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Metropolis, Terminator 2, Brazil...). I would add the silent Soviet classic Aelita, by Yakov Protazanov (1924), a really wonderful film... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 10:34
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I wold like to throw in "Welt am Draht" ("World on a Wire") by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Here the trailer: It should replace "The Matrix" (which is totally overrated and just an FX-spectacle). And where is "Silent Running"? Or "Phase IV"? "Soylent Green"? "City of the Damned" (the original, not the remake)? "Dark Star"?
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Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 10:40
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^ 1-) Welt am Draht is not a movie but a series with 2 epiodes. (IMDb says it is a TV mini series, and Wikipedia says it is a television serial.) 2-) The Matrix is a fantastic and groundbreaking movie. 3-) I didn't make the list myself. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 11:07
"Welt am Draht" is a movie split up into two parts because the whole thing is three hours long, which the TV-channel did not want to send in one part. "Welt am Draht" predates "The Matrix" by twenty-six years and deals with similar issues, so how is "The Matrix" groundbreaking (except for some cool FX, which is not what I am looking for in a movie)? ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Archisorcerus wrote:Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 11:20
| ^ Did I ever say that it is groundbreaking in dealing with issues? You and your partner are repeating the same things over and over again. OK, the Matrix is s real stinker for you. I totally respect that. But repeating the same thing does not make the movie worse than it is, but it makes you (two) look like clinically obsessed persons. Enough is enough, really. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 12:23
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Invaders From Mars (the original) should have been in the mix. Bought one of those special edition DVDs of it back in the '90s, and it was an awful print. Still a bitchin' film that does not cry out for a remake. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 13:53
I'm really curious: In what regard do you think "The Matrix" is groundbreaking? Because I don't see it. I can understand why some people love these kind of action movies, but what is so groundbreaking about that movie? ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:21
Well, technically its camerawork is definitely groundbreaking. You can see that together with the FX and action thing, but it inspired many films that succeeded it, and some of them were not in the vein of the Matrix at all. Also the amalgamation of film noir, sci-fi and adventure was unique in the film, I think. Perhaps Dark City can compete with it, but the Matrix conveys a real philosophy within the sci-fi framework. That cannot be seen in Dark City. It was plain sci-fi/fantasy. Honestly I haven't seen Welt am Draht yet. But I'll do it soon. Really. You made me curious, if that means anything.  BTW, The Matrix is not among my absolute favourite movies. I liked Nirvana (1997) and eXistenZ (1999) a lot better. I recall that you and Jeanine also liked the latter. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:23
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^^I'm sure most think of "Bullet Time" as the defining characteristic when they think innovative. Otherwise, I'm hard pressed to find much else truly innovative. The story's been done before, the action, while impressive choreography, was in line with many others. As for the wire work, I've seen way better in Japanese films.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:27
| The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is a great movie, interesting entertaining and creepy. |
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:34
| I think Inception is one of the most overrated films in history. I watched it twice. First at the cinema. So, this is a subjective view, for sure. I'm a fan of Nolan's many films, including Insomnia. But, not of Inception or his Batman films. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:37
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^ it's a fine movie. I think Avatar is totally overrated, style over substance, although I admire the effort that was put into that movie.
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Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:40
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^ Avatar was OK, but yes overrated. I agree. At the IMAX, you might change your view though. Some movies really impress at the IMAX theatres. Most people think it should just be a better cinematic experience than at the regular theatres, but I can say that there's a TREMENDOUS difference.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:55
Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers is pretty much a perfect film, one of the rare exceptions when a remake eclipses its predecessor. He got it down to a science with the paranoia, claustrophobia and the erasure of individuality and humanity as we know it. (Did you watch the 2007 version, with Kidman and Craig, titled simply The Invasion? Disappointing. I can't believe they left out the "scream"!)
I love all those films. I'd probably have a 3-way tie with Clockwork, Blade Runner and the original Alien for sheer atmospheric bliss. And the scores are tops.
I file all of them under "films I never need to watch again."
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 14:59
Ah, James Cameron's non-classic, Avatar. A textbook example of a gilded turd.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 15:00
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^ Lol, that gif is fabulous.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 15:13
The Thing is, it's Back to the Future from 1968 to the Inception of 2001: A Space Odyssey - a film that's immaculate in its conception, even though the convoluted plot is still Alien to me. 
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Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 15:58
I want to say some things about The Matrix's "originality" (which is seemingly the lack thereof). Since The Matrix was shown at the theatres, my anime-maniac roommate at university (who had also been my schoolmate-classmate-deskmate since middle school) was talking about how the Matrix was a Ghost in the Shell rip off. I tried to watch that anime then, but got ultimately bored. That means "what" you do is not enough sometimes. "How" you do it can also be crucial. That's where The Matrix shines. Also please keep in mind that most of such movies target the younger audience, as they get money from them more. Even the most intellectual and intelligent playwrights can add some melodramatic elements into their serious works, just to get more money. I'm sure that I wouldn't have been blown away by The Matrix, if I were as old as most of the forum members here. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 16:23
It's...gold!
Paul, you got me again! I was reading through, and I realized.. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 16:54
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If I was to be told I could only ever watch one of these movies again it would be "Brazil", although I must also give props to "Blade Runner", "2001...", "Terminator", "Matrix"... I like "nature of reality" type movies and would have liked to have seen "Total Recall" (the original, not the horrible remake) on the list.
I agree about "Inception" and his Batman films however I thought that "Tenet" was the best film I saw last year, convoluted plot and all. ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 27 2022 at 16:56
Nice to be agreed here! I'm planning to watch Tenet soon. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 10:48
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Tenet = another great Nolan film that suffers outside a theatrical viewing. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 11:03
| Lots of good ones here . I voted for Aliens but I could have easily said Blade Runner, Alien, The Thing, Clockwork Orange, Star Wars.... |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 11:53
It's the fourth film adaptation of (or based on) Jack Finney's 1955 novel The Body Snatchers (the other not mentioned is 1993's Body Snatchers, which I also have seen). I like The Invasion, but not as much as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (especially the 1970s version, which I do think pretty much a perfect film -- I've had long discussions about this with BaldJean, I think, or was it Friede?, or both who is much more into the first film). Both with that and The Fly I prefer the later versions. I find The Invasion to be be different enough to be interesting in its own right, and actually if it had been much more like my favourite, the 1978 one, I might have found it quite pointless to watch. Apparently it was supposed to have been more of remake of an earlier Body Snatchers film (the 70s one, I think), but then decided to modernise it and go a rather different way with it. Speaking of films based on novels that have been made multiple times, I finally saw Denis Villeneuve's Dune last night. Maybe, like Tenet, this needed to be seen in the cinema. I got so bored. It ended up feeling like a prequel to me. I wish it had been all one, say three or a and a half hour film rather than two,. I know lots of people, including Lynch, dislike Lynch's adaptation (and there are some better longer edits, I think), but even in any form, I enjoy it more than the recent adaptation. I could compare it to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings in a way, which didn't really work for me, and I would rather rewatch the much derided by some Bakshi version. I do suspect that I will like part two of the new Dune more, and even with Lynch's version, I tend to replay the second half more. I have read various reviews stating that Dune should have or deserved to win best picture at the Academy Awards (I don't care much about such awards). The obvious one that would have been worthy in my eyes is 2001: A Space Odyssey, which like Dune is epic, had strong visuals, is cold in its way, and many find boring. I love 2001: A Space Odyssey, but I know various people who consider it to be incredibly dull. To each his or her own. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 13:07
I saw Ferrara's Body Snatchers in the theater and while its resolution/climax is spectacularly underwhelming, it has a good dosage of the paranoia that 1978's Invasion drips... ...and gorgeous Meg Tilly's scream is EPIC!
I didn't buy the fourth (and hopefully final) version's happy ending. Kaufman's depiction of humans losing the battle to a virus-like foe with various shades of [in]visibility is mind-numbing.
Chalomet looks wooden as heck in every clip I've seen. I'm almost afraid to watch it. A friend who loves the books loved the movie, though. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 16:58
People these days are so spoilt by CGI and special effects overload in movies these days that it is difficult to remember or consider just how much of a game changer 2001: A Space Odyssey was when it was released. It was the birth of modern sci-fi cinema and gave sci-fi a credibility that it rarely enjoyed before its release. The visuals where dazzling for its time but it also had a story that raised it above the usual monsters from space fare, a story that can be and still is contemplated long after the viewing experience. ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 19:17
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Of the thousands of sci-fi B movies , two still resonate: Colossus, the Forbin Project (mostly for the unhappy ending) as well as the original the Andromeda Strain (which ended better, LOL) ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 20:05
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^Must be a Great White North thing, I love both those classics. I first saw them on late, late night movie channels back when I was gigging. Good Call  ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 20:06
^This. P.S. Still waiting for Bradley Cooper's film realization of Hyperion, my favorite Sci-Fi novel of all-time. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 20:19
| Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 20:36
Hi, I was there. But in my estimation, what made the film "better" was its PRESENTATION. And many theaters went out of their way to show the film with better sound equipment to help the opening (specially) bombard its way to a film. For me, it was seeing it at the CINERAMA DOME something that folks these days, will never see, and appreciate ... a film in 180 degrees and in bucket seats ... and of course, later, right across the street got to see HAIR at the old Aquarius Theater. There is something about that time and place, where the exploration of sound, space and the arts, was far out, and in many ways, many of the generations after it, have been fed stuff that is mostly commercial material by comparison. I look at 2001 as a poem of sorts ... not much else, and the film itself with a teeny story that makes little sense in its complete nature ... is not as valuable as the way it was presented visually, which is much more enjoyable. It's a bizarre thought of mine, as to how difficult it is to review 2001 for today's audiences, since there barely is any action in the film altogether, and of course it will not be enjoyed as much. But with the original settings and presentations, the film stands up much better, though folks think that a girl screaming or zombies walking is more interesting or entertaining, which I think it the issue. I don't think that any film Stanley Kubrick did is about "entertainment" at all. As such this could be a goof sci-fi film, for its totally off kilter style and view, although I think that considering this a sci-fi film is a bit strange for me. But, I am not, exactly, a sci-fi person for the most part.
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Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 21:08
I disagree that it is a teeny story. The story may be very minimalistic in its presentation, but the themes explored are huge. It was really the first movie to explore the concept of where human intelligence came from and where it is taking us. ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 28 2022 at 22:54
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Voted for the two Kubrick flicks, Blade Runner, The Thing as well as Brazil. Love all of those intensely. Btw I caught people talking about The Matrix without commenting on the movies overt religious undertones. This is indeed a ‘Jesus goes karate on ya’-tale combined with the old ‘brain in a box’-scenario. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 09:26
| Wasn't Avatar a rip-off of Le Guin's novel The Word For The World Is Forest? |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 10:06
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 10:14
Avatar borrowed freely from many sources. That's one. Another is Alan Dean Foster's Midworld. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 13:15
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Wait just a minute here.... No mention of either Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) or Dark City (1998)? No "other" option???
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Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 13:18
| ^ See the original post. It is not "my" list. Plus, if multiple votes are allowed, "other" option is a bit awkward for me. It could have been put, but I preferred not to. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 15:30
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Why is Ex Machina and Inception on the list but not Interstellar? Interstellar would probably get my vote.
Edit: Ok, I voted for Back to the Future since it's probably my all time favorite movie. I didn't think of it at first because I typically don't think of it as Sci Fi for some reason although I can see how it qualifies for sure.
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Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 16:50
Not to mention "Fern Gully" and Roger Dean  ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 17:53
Yes! Those "islands" floating on the air, I knew I had seen them before! |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 29 2022 at 20:34
Hi, And sadly, as is the case in so much Hollywood material, Roger Dean never got a mention or a thank you, or 2 cents! All stolen, and Hollywood invented it all, including the world.  I still have not seen that film, and I have no desire to see it.------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 02:56
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Alien, Aliens and Blade Runner. Again a lot of stuff I should watch again.
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Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: August 02 2022 at 02:18
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 02 2022 at 02:40
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It's not in the poll, but my favourite sci-fi movie of all time is Runaway (1984), starring Tom Selleck (Magnum P.I.) and Gene Simmons (of Kiss) as the villain Lux Lather (or something like that). The ground-breaking movie featured such innovative weapons as guided homing rocket bullets that could go around corners and giant robotic acid-spitting spiders! Yikes!! The movie was hardly a runaway success though, as it cost more money to make than it made back in box office receipts.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 02 2022 at 07:28
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Wow This is tough. So many good ones here. Clockwork Orange ,Alien, Blade Runner, Star Wars, The Thing.... I voted for Aliens but I could have voted for any of the others I mentioned
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Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: August 02 2022 at 07:52
Multiple votes are allowed.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 02 2022 at 13:10
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Voted for 2001, Planet of the Apes, Matrix, Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters, Brazil, Ex Machina, and Wall-E. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 02 2022 at 16:24
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Wall-E! I love it! I've seen Wall-E on lists for animated films and even best/favorite rom-coms, but never for Best sci-fi film--of all-time! It;s like putting The Incredibles on a list of best/favorite superhero films of all-time! Surprised to not see Minority Report or Edge of Tomorrow or Interstellar or Lucy or Scanners or the Terminator films offered up. So many good ones to choose from. I also like low-profile films such as The Host and Jumper and Tron (both of them) and Paycheck and The Cell and Hollow Man and Altered States and Ready Player One. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 04:53
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Just need to mention two that deserve more love: the original Andromeda Strain and Colossus:The Forbin Project ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 07:25
Yes, Those are both great films. I feel like a lot of people missed those.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 08:17
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Alita Battle Angel is one of the best movies ive seen on the big screen. It was an action filled revelation, im unsure if its as good on yhe small screen. -------------  
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 14:57
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Didn't see Dune or 2010 on the list and both are worth watching imho......as well as Outland, A. I., Dark City, Man Who Fell To Earth, Contact, Arrival, etc... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 15:36
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Forgot about Andromeda Strain and Contact! More great ones! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 16:53
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Tarkovsky's Solaris. Clockwork Orange from the list.
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Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 17:58
I don't know what it's like on the big screen (a spectacle, I presume) but it was great for me on blu-ray. It did seem like there was more to the story in the end but I presume that is because there is a sequel in the works (or at least I hope so). ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 03 2022 at 19:50
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Planet Of The Apes (1968) and 2001: A Space Odyssey I also love Beneath The Planet Of The Apes
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 10 2022 at 10:00
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Most of my favourite films are Sci-fi films and the 80's had some absolute gems. Blade Runner Alien (okay its 1979 but close enough!) John Carpenter's The Thing The Abyss* Brazil Robocop Total Recall Predator Terminator The Fly ** Scanners *** * generally recognised as the first film to use CGI. I suspect that it was after that Sci-Fi films became less interesting because of the overuse of computer generated imagery. It just can't be the same acting againt a blue screen. The Thing was actually filmed in Alaska, not some cosy film studio and the actors were well on edge. This helped generate the fantastic nail biting tension as well as the superb animatronic effects. ** included on the other poll for horror films but this is actually a great sci-fi movie as well. *** and on the subject of David Cronenberg |