Best Sci-Fi Film
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Topic: Best Sci-Fi Film
Posted By: marktheshark
Subject: Best Sci-Fi Film
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 18:54
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These are what I consider the best of the best in sci fi films. I kept the Star Wars and Star Trek films down to what I think are the 2 best in those series.
I don't know what the hell happened, but I put 2001 in at the top and for some reason it's not showing up. I think we got an error here. Oh sh*t! I put it in the poll question! DUHH! Can someone delete this so I can redo it please? |
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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 21:01
Too bad, I was to vote for 2001... I thought you forgot that movie... ------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 23:09
This pisses me off. This is the only forum I've ever seen where you can't correct your own mistakes. I sent an e-mail to max about this, they need to fix it. I'm going to put up another one. |
Borealis wrote:Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 19:06
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this happen 3 time out 4... and the worst is that normally, the poll choice you put in the first position is on that recieve a lot of vote... ------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 19:25
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^^^^ this would be the greatest sci-fi movie ever made, if only someone would make a good movie out of it. the original movie was godawful. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
[0.00%]Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 04:41
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
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Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 17:07
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Plan Nine from Outer Space
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 08:05
| 2001 is my vote |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 08:42
considering my hairstyle I should have to vote for THX-1138  , but none of the above. "Phase IV" by Saul Bass. another good one is "Silent Running" by Douglas Trumbull
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 08:36
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Blade Runner ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 11:09
 ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 11:14
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Star Wars ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 11:19
Yet another point we agree on. ------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 13:16
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Am I the only sci-fi lover that thinks that movie is overrated?All the performances are wooden,the pacing of the movie is too slow,Ford's voice over is terrible.Visually stunning though. The story that the movie is based on,Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,is much better. -------------  |
Posted By: porter
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 14:02
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does anybody here consider "The Matrix" worth seeing? I do...
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 14:17
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of the list I like "Twelve Monkeys" (a movie that many seem to have failed to misunderstood; at least that's the impression one gets when looking at the comments in the IMDB. hardly any of the reviewers understood the meaning and importance of the last scene), "A Clockwork Orange", "Brazil" and "Altered States". I voted for "Phase IV" and "Silent Running" though, because they are two forgotten little gems. although at first glance these two movies seem to have very little in common (one deals with intelligent ants, the other with a team of astronauts caring for the last forests somewhere in space), there is a common theme: how men react in a claustrophobic situation ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: geezer
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 15:06
| Metropolis |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 16:18
You seem to like the less bombastic and extravagant films there Baldy. You got good taste, I like some of those too. Silent Running is good, seen that a few times. Phase IV on the other hand I've heard of but haven't seen it yet. There are 2 post-apocalyptic films you may not be familiar with, On The Beach and Testament. Both very intelligent and well acted. Check 'em out if you haven't already.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:10
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I saw "On the Beach" (the 1959 version with Gregory Peck, not the 2000
remake for tv). I can't find anything about a movie named "Testament"
though; are you sure about the title? one movie I really like is a tv movie by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 2 parts, "Welt am Draht". I saw it a few years ago. that movie has the incredibly high average voting of 8.3 (out of 10 possible) from a total of 196 voters in the IMDB; the highest average result I ever saw ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 18:38
| Testament is a 1983 film starring Jane Alexander and a young Kevin Costner. It's available on DVD at http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com - www.deepdiscountdvd.com But this is region 1 though. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 15 2005 at 08:50
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Very good choices Jean,Twelve Monkeys,A Clockwork Orange and Brazil are exceptionally good sci-fi films. ------------- |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 15 2005 at 08:53
I think they are definitely worth seeing,one of the best sci-fi trilogies I have seen in a long time. ------------- |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 15 2005 at 09:33
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Welt am Draht" ("World on the Wire") is based on the same theme as "Matrix", but was shot about 30 years earlier (1973) and is a thousand times better ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 15 2005 at 09:47
Is it possible for me to find that movie here in the States,or online somewhere?And also,is it subtitled? ------------- |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: September 15 2005 at 10:00
there is a very complicated legal situation about that movie at the moment, and WDR, the tv-channel it originally was produced for, is not even allowed to rerun it again at the moment. one can only hope -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 15 2005 at 13:43
Well,that's terrible because now I really want to see it. ------------- |
Posted By: Prodigal
Date Posted: September 22 2005 at 23:23
| "2001: A Space Odyssey" for me. |
Posted By: Darthdeckard
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 21:48
| Blade Runner |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 22:50
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I thought I voted in this poll already but must have been another thread.SW:Empire Strikes Back for me. ------------- |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 22:55
You did. I made a revised poll 'cause I screwed up on this one by putting 2001 in the poll question. DUHH! |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: September 27 2005 at 15:41
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Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 19:54
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The Day The Earth Stood Still. Klatu Nikta barada ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 04:00
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Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 13:35
what about starship troopers?  Gotta love that film. But i went for Star Wars ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 10:45
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I like the old 50's sci-fi. I'm going for "Forbidden Planet" with
Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Neilson and which (says here) is a remake of
Shakespeare's The Tempest - as I've neither seen or read the play, I
cant vouch for that. Can't remember the name of the girl in the film
but I know she had a very short skirt and that had a big effect on a 12
year old boy I can tell you........ But there's loads of good films here. I really enjoyed the latest "War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruise. But you just know Star Wars is going to win.... |
Posted By: THX-1138
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 13:13
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1 Bladerunner - the Director's cut Although "the director's cut" versions aren't always that much different or better than the orignal, in the case of Bladerunner that certainly isn't true. No more voice-overs. Ridley Scott also dropped the endpart. This is and will always be a very special scifi-movie with a great score from Vangelis. The movie and score are inseparable. A must see! |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 14:44
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Aliens ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Xymphony
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 15:53
| Matrix1, StarWars - "Empire Strikes Back" and "Attack Of The Clones" for me... |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 17:39
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Blade Runner is immortal
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Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 20:24
| In this poll I vote for Blade Runner. But if TV series were included I'd have voted for Stargate SG1 |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 21:25
2001, & A Clockwork Orange ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:35
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No "Phase IV", no "Silent Running", no "Solaris", no "Welt am Draht" ("World on Wire"), no "Soylent Green", no "Dark Star" - all the best are missing (except for "2001" and "Twelve Monkeys", which are easily the best here). Only the effect-laden space operas are in here. Not my idea of SF. Oh, and of course "A Clockwork Orange". But is that really a Science Fiction movie? The same for "Altered States", which is another good one. But the rest is nothing but crap. "Jurassic Park", laugh my ass off. The story alone is ridiculous. Even granted that it might be possible to breed dinosaurs again, do you have any idea how long it would take until they reach full size? 30-40 years is a good estimation, if not more. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:45
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My opinion is that "2001" is the best science fiction movie (and why it isn't on this list is rather alarming), and one of the best movies of all time. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:49
It is on the list; read the very first post. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:08
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Oh, I see, thanks BaldFriede. I should have realized the MarktheShrak is too knowledgable to forget that one (however misguided he may be on the Iraq war). And to further elaborate, there is something about 2001 that is so powerful, and it's hard to explain what it is. I think in part it's because it's such a realistic depiction of space flight. Space is depicted as such a void (the murdered astronaut who just spirals through space, just tumbling and tumbing; the sound of breathing as the other astronaut tries to get in. The complete lack of sound while the astronaut is getting in), and on and on. Every time I see it, I am just in complete awe of it. It's like it really isn't a movie, but a sort of nightmarish dream. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:08
Hey Friede, did you ever dig up that post nuke film Testament I told you about a while back? |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:47
| Star Wars really but Empire is a good close second. Watched Dune on DVD last weekend. I think I'll need to watch it again for a second opinion. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 06:47
I found out it is a tv-movie. I had no opportunity to watch it yet. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 12:02
They had a competition in UK where people wrote in to describe the plot for this Dune movie. David Lynch came third. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 21:43
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Where is 'Sphere"!? and 'the cube' i voted 12 monkeys.
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 21:48
C'mon! You can't be serious about those 2! Sphere was a snooze fest and Cube was just plain annoying. 
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Posted By: roaryg
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 01:22
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Would have voted 2001 but went for Blade Runner.
I really like an obscure little New Zealand film called "The Quiet Earth". A guy wakes up and everyone is gone. ------------- Tim FM, Nash the Slash, Camel |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 13:11
Quiet Earth is good, I put that in anohter sci-fi poll called Son Of Best Sci-fi Film. |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 23:05
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you forgot two of the biggest ones: "2001 A Space Odyssey" and "Total Recall" I voted T2 ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 17:17
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Clockwork Orange followed by Brazil.
It's surprising to see that prog fans prefer the action-packed sci-fi films to the more complex and challenging ones. ------------- Your life or your lupins!!! |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 21:07
| I know 2001 is regarded as a classic, but it didn´t do much for me, I found it way too boring. I voted Alien. |