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Aussie-Byrd-Brother 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
 Posted: October 30 2011 at 17:51 |
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Hey AtomicCrimsonRush!!
Wow!! Thanks for posting those pictures!! Aren't his eyes (or that red bar!) terrifying?! I loved how he never said a word, yet his very presence was so ominious and intimidating. That `silhouette' shot of Maximillian you posted on top of the cliff in Hell really chills me! That's just at the scene where Maximillian and his creator are joined as one....That was a seriously dark moment 
That ending with all the robed figures really scarred me for life! It still seriously unnerves me! 
Heh, love it!
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Hober Mallow
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Joined: July 26 2011 Location: Everywhere Status: Offline Points: 178 |
Posted: October 30 2011 at 16:09 |
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It was between 2001 and District 9, a modern and a classic, but I went with District 9. It has to one of the best films ever made. 2001 was a beautiful film, but the plot would seem a bit unclear for someone who didn't read the book first.
Edited by Hober Mallow - November 25 2011 at 13:45 |
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“When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole
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Formentera Lady
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Joined: August 20 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
Posted: October 30 2011 at 09:39 |
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My favourite science fiction movies:
1. 2001 A Space Odyssey 2. Wall-E 3. Galaxy Quest 4. Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home Edited by Formentera Lady - October 30 2011 at 09:40 |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 09:21 |
Totally Agree!!!     |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 08:04 |
Say no to post-1889 sci-fi? Jules Verne FTW? |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 08:03 |
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2001 for me, just over Blade Runner. I'm also a fan of Star Wars - A New Hope, The Fifth Element and The Empire Strikes Back. Some of the films in the list I don't consider to be a sci-fi primarily, and some great ones are missing.
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Tony R
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 08:01 |
Caught you!!! |
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Tony R
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 08:01 |
I've read the book several times. The original film is a classic genre-defining Sci-Fi movie, the Spielberg effort is a bit of Hollywood ho-hum hokum. If you going to remake a classic, you really ought to better it... |
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ExittheLemming
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Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11415 |
Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:49 |
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Say NO to post 1989 SciFi/Fantasy movies.. no wait
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tupan
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:46 |
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^Hey, did you read the book? I love the book, and The Spielberg version is more true to the original source.
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"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)
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Tony R
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:41 |
Where's the :facepalm: emoticon when you need it? |
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tupan
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:36 |
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^ Please, don't give spoilers...
Dark City is great. No one mentioned Pi, by Darren Aronofsky? Edited by tupan - October 30 2011 at 07:37 |
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"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:32 |
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I enjoyed both Brazil (cited by James) and Men In Black hugely (probably because they don't take themselves that seriously) but like Brazil, my fave rave ain't on the list - Dark City from 1998 where very creepy (bald) aliens are able to inject one human's dreams and memories into another to study the results.
Edited by ExittheLemming - October 30 2011 at 07:33 |
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Vompatti
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:31 |
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Outside this list Solaris and Stalker would be the obvious choices. Aleksandr Sokurov's Days of Eclipse needs a special mood to be watched in but nevertheless deserves a mention.
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tupan
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:29 |
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^ The Spielberg's War of the Worlds is better.
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"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)
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Tony R
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:03 |
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Predictably I went for Blade Runner but I was shocked by the omission of Alien, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, War Of The Worlds (original), King Kong (original), Predator, The Thing ( 1st two), etc etc
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: October 30 2011 at 06:17 |
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Nothing really comes close to 2001. A lot of good movies there though.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 22:30 |
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Brazil.
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 22:24 |
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pretty sad list of films; Contact? Independence Day? Kill me now.. I guess New Hope, but what of Escape From New York, Logan's Run, Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers('78), The Thing, RoboCop (okay not great but fun), Silent Running, Close Encounters...
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dreadpirateroberts
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Posted: October 29 2011 at 22:02 |
Loved Truman and Being John, superb ideas for films, and both carried off well by the directors and cast, though BJM (aside from nearly bringing me to tears of laughter when John goes into John's head) did unsettle me. Good stuff. |
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