Favourite sci-fi moment

I like when, as HAL is being gradually disabled, he first questions and commands, then starts to plead, then his voice slows down and he starts singing "Daisy" as he loses intelligence, sentience, and "life."

Ha! The unpredictable, non-linear human wins... for now!

I like the 'Daisy' bit too! End of Close Encounters as well, perhaps?

On a lighter note - what about the scene in Dark Star, when the crew are trying to get the bomb back into the bay using logic? Hilarious! The surfing finale gets me every time too.

If it's TV sci-Fi, then most episodes of Red Dwarf would be up there, or even the radio/TV adaptation of Hitchiker's Guide.

^

The wormholes scene in Contact is pretty cool.

^ the Alien series gets most of my votes too --

We have "Here kitty, kitty ..."  as the late John Hurt hopelessly makes his way through the Nostromo bowels.

There's "How could they cut the power, man, they're animals?!"  from the also deceased Bill Paxton.

And of course the 'salad scene' which changed sci-fi/horror forever.




Edited by Atavachron - January 24 2018 at 21:55

^ and of course "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes".

progaardvark wrote: The ending scene of The Planet of the Apes (the 1968 film) where George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston) discovers the remains of the Statue of Liberty.

I thought that was Moses after crossing the Red Sea... or was it an NRA ad, after Obama won the presidency?

As with Tom Cruise, I find it hard to separate the man/arsehole from the role.

But yeah, that's a memorable movie moment, for sure.

How about this funny (if misogynist and grisly) last line from post-apocalyptic cult classic A Boy and His Dog (spoken by the dog, Blood, as the boy muses on his dead love Quilla:

"Well I'd say she certainly had marvelous judgement, Albert, if not particularly good taste."

^ Great Quote from a great movie.