Favourite sci-fi moment
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Topic: Favourite sci-fi moment
Posted By: condor
Subject: Favourite sci-fi moment
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 11:40
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From 2001: Space Odyssey "But he would think of something."
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 12:37
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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!  ------------- "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: Vompatti
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 13:04
| The last scene in Solaris. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 13:06
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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. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 13:29
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"let there be light". sf-fans will know which movie this moment is from. if no-one knows I will tell -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 14:43
^  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 16:12
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"They wanted - us"! Like Jean I will not tell which movie that line is from. Perhaps we can generally make a guessing game out of this thread. I will give one hint though: The director only ever made one full length movie, but he is nevertheless a well-known figure in the movie world apart from this movie. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 19:14
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The wormholes scene in Contact is pretty cool. ------------- |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 19:38
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From Aliens: after the rescue craft has crashed and there's no way off the alien infested planet, Newt (the little girl) says: "We'd better get back 'cause it'll get dark soon, and they mostly come at night. Mostly."  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 20:11
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^ 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. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 20:16
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"I've done questionable things." "Also extraordinary things. Revel in your time." "Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for?" There are, of course, a hundred other great lines from that movie. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 24 2018 at 21:54
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^ and of course "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes". ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 06:26
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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'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: Peter
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 06:40
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.  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
progaardvark wrote:Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 06:48
^Yeah, Charlton was a mixed bag. He did Planet of the Apes and The Omega Man, but also hosted "The Mysterious Origins of Man" which was filled with crackpot pseudoscience and creationism.  ------------- ---------- 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: Peter
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 06:59
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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."   ------------- "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: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 07:47
Easy
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 10:44
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^ Great Quote from a great movie. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 10:51
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 16:49
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"The Thing" from Another World (1951)
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 25 2018 at 19:53
Definitely another of my favorites...that 2nd Alien movie is loaded with great lines  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 26 2018 at 10:41
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That moment in Predestination where you discover that the man (who was previously a woman), the woman (who later becomes the man), and the child they have are all the same person.
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: January 26 2018 at 11:44
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He tasks me. He tasks me, and I shall have him. I'll chase him round the Moons of Nibia and round the Antares Maelstrom and round Perdition's flames before I give him up! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Noonien_Singh" rel="nofollow - Khan Noonien Singh , Star Trek II Lord Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does THIS happen in the move? Col. Sandurz: NOW. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. Lord Dark Helmet: Go back to then! Col. Sandurz: What? Lord Dark Helmet: THEN! Col. Sandurz: I can't! Lord Dark Helmet: Why not? Col. Sandurz: We passed it! Lord Dark Helmet: When? Col. Sandurz: Just now! Lord Dark Helmet: When will then be now? Col. Sandurz: SOON! And then any number of bits from the original Star Trek TV show. ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 26 2018 at 16:25
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^ "The birds & the bees are not Vulcans". ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 26 2018 at 18:19
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A bit left-field, but if 'time travel' counts as sci-fi - then I'll mention 'Somewhere in Time' - a bit of a cheesy 80s romance with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. Basically he wills himself to travel back to 1912 to meet a woman in a photograph who he knows he was destined to meet. However, the scene that sticks is when he sees a 1979 coin he has and the spell breaks as he realises this time travel status is not real. Unable to get back in time again, he dies of a broken heart to the strains of Rachmaninov's Variations of a Theme by Paganini. Quite memorable - have to say it would make a great prog rock concept album! . ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 26 2018 at 18:25
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"Klaatu barada nikto."
Or, from another great 50s sci-fi film, the little girl who screams: "THEM!" ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 27 2018 at 06:41
amen brother Greg..... Tears in the Rain.. the upcoming title to my biography...in fact.. when text just doesn't convey how powerful that ;moment; was... for it doesn't catch Vangelis at his peak... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: February 15 2018 at 17:17
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: February 15 2018 at 17:41
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And I agree with that Rutger Hauer's monologue is one of the best scenes ever. ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 15 2018 at 19:36
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Since no-one seems to know which movie my line ("They wanted - us"!) is from I will tell: It is from the movie "Phase IV" by Saul Bass. It is a movie about intelligent (but normal-sized) ants. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 15 2018 at 19:46
He also was a member of the gun lobby. As to great SF-movies he starred in I'd like to add "Soylent Green". ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 15 2018 at 20:43
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I'd call The Ten Commandments sc-fi too ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |