Favorite Sci Fi Film
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Topic: Favorite Sci Fi Film
Posted By: The Wizard
Subject: Favorite Sci Fi Film
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 19:03
| Favorite Sci Fi film. Sorry If I forgot yours. |
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 08:30
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Star Wars,followed closely by The Matrix trilogy. -------------  |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 09:13
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Jurassic Park, but Star Wars is very good too.
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Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 12:38
| Event horizon |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:19
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Star Wars movies are not Sci Fi ... neither is Jurassic Park. I voted for the Forbidden Planet ... Leslie Nielsen rules ... and the robot, too! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:20
BTW: I think you forgot Star Trek ...   ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:57
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2001 is leagues ahead of the others, but Close Encounters is a fabulous movie. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 14:12
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None of the above. "Phase IV" from 1974, directed by Saul Bass. The
movie could have been even better, but he had to cut out a lot of the
end; the company required it. I would have liked to see the originally
planned ending.
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 14:13
| Minority Report |
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 14:22
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hmmm... sounds interesting but I've never heard of it... Is it an english film, is it fairly obscure or is it easy to find? ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
BaldJean wrote:Posted By: Lane
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 17:02
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1. Blade Runner 2. 2001 3. Alien Uh, must mention Event Horizon, too! Great scifi horror. |
Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 17:55
I LOVE the matrix but...I really want to see Clockwork Orange. Heard a helluvalot of good things about it. Also- The Matrix thing is kinda overdone now...not that it's ever going to kill my love of black-leather trench-coats! ------------- 50 tonne angel falls to the earth... |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 22:55
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Of these A Clockwork Orange (is it strictly sci-fi, though?) ... my favourite is a rare one ... Babylon 5: In The Beginning ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 26 2005 at 23:27
gattaca really is a piece of Art. Beautiful movie. Love it. are two of my favorites ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 03:32
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I chose Bladerunner but 2001 was more thoughtful! Not sure I would classify Clockwork and Jurrassic as Sci-fi. though. How about old "Classics" such as Plan 9 From Outer Space or Mars Needs Women.... real tacky but funny ! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 04:09
Plan 9 From Outer Space - rubbish acting, rubbish sets, rubbish story, rubbish direction! Still, a cult classic and a lot of fun to watch. ...it's also a bazillion times better than Star Wars Episode 2! Give me Ed Wood any day over George Lucas. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 08:05
What, no Tarkovski's "Solaris" or "Stalker" on the list?  Well, I'll go for "Blade Runner" then.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 08:47
we saw it on tv twice. it is a movie about intelligent ants. 2 scientists set out to study their behavior, but it soon turns out the ants study the scientists just as well ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 15:27
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Nice picks Eetu.You see 'Mirror'? I also like Bladerunner and Pitch Black is pretty tense. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 15:41
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Sure! I have it on DVD, best movie I have ever seen I think. |
Posted By: Progzilla
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 15:56
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I'll vote for Contact, even if it's not in the poll. It's a very varm
movie with many aspects. And it's the most realistic sci-fi I've
seen.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 16:27
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Another excellent SF-movie is Douglas Trumbull's "Silent Running" from 1971, featuring Bruce Dern and 3 robots that were loveable long before R2D2 and C3PO. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: ShaunoNoNo
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 18:29
 You forgot mine, so I went with 'A Clockwork Orange'.------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 18:45
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well, which one is yours? I am always open to learn about interesting movies ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: July 28 2005 at 18:52
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Blade Runner. And what about Alien and Aliens? ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 15:43
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I've gone for Clockwork Orange, only because you omitted to include 'Pigs In Space' from the Muppet Show... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 17:50
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A Clockwork Orange And this is sci fi how????????????????????
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 18:16
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Star Wars, of Course... But where's "Alien"??? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 15:32
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Anyone seen Westworld with Yul Brynner? Not sure how much you would class it as sci-fi, but I've always liked the film. Essentially Michael Crichton just re-wrote the story and called it Jurassic Park. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 16:26
"Westworld" actually was written and directed by Michael Crichton already! So he just copied himself.Westworld ( http://www.imdb.com/ad/?id=17033&spec=Degree/Degree&to=20&bg=%23FFFFFF&rule=degree45&dest=http%3A//www.imdb.com/Sections/Years/1973 - 1973 )
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 15:00
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Star Wars, baby! ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 22:27
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Of the ones there, I picked Star Wars (even though it's technically
fantasy, not sci-fi). Other favorites of mine include Plan 9 from Outer
Space, Metropolis, and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 07:35
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Where's Solaris? ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 08:00
Precisely. I think I prefer Westworld to Jurassic Park. The initial impact of seeing the dino's is great, but it soon wears off. but I like the strange atmosphere to westworld. it is very 70s looking, but you do actually feel like your there with them - especially when you watch it late at night when your senses are dulled somewhat. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: August 05 2005 at 00:54
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blade runner star wars is my favourite film but it is not sci fi, there is no 'sci' only fiction, and 'planets of the apes'.(the original one) and matrix and dark city
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 05 2005 at 00:56
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Metropolis is such a good movie.I just purchased it on dvd awhile ago.It was so ahead of it's time. ------------- |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: August 05 2005 at 01:00
yes METROPOLIS is classic movie check out 'DARK CITY' by alex proyas ,the man who directed 'CROW'. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: August 05 2005 at 08:12
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1. Blade Runner 2. Alien (+Aliens) 3. The Matrix series 4. 2001 5. ET |
Posted By: floydaholic
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 01:41
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Clockwork Orange is incredible. It's a better overall movie and my preference for sci fi. ------------- I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon... |
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 12:12
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MATRIX but only the first part, the rest is pure commercial crap!
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 12:14
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2001 and A Clockwork Orange...excellent films...
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 17:09
STAR WARS!!! 
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Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 20:29
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One of my favourites is Soylent Green, based on the sci-fi author Harry Harrison's book Make Room! Make Room! It's a far-from-appealing look at the Earth in 2022. Charlton Heston and Edward G Robinson are great in the film. It was Robinson's last film before he died. Heston was also very good in that other sci-fi classic The Omega Man, based on the book I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. I prefer the ending in the film to the book's ending.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 20:46
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and of course Heston also played in "Planet of the Apes" ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 20:48
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I WANT SOLARIS! ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |