Choose Best Sci Fi/Fantasy movie from the list
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Topic: Choose Best Sci Fi/Fantasy movie from the list
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Subject: Choose Best Sci Fi/Fantasy movie from the list
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 05:33
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Choose Best Sci Fi/Fantasy movie from the list
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 05:57
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Woah this was tough! Nearly went for Pan's Labyrinth or Star Wars or even Donnie Darko. In the end had to choose Blade Runner. Ace poll.
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 06:44
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Lots and lots of good movies in this list but Star Wars A New Hope gets my vote(when it came out it was just called Star Wars,no episode number or anything). -------------  |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 06:52
| Blade Runner for me. |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:40
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Pan's Labirynth (El Labirinto del Fauno). Poder latino!
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:43
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And, I must ask, why only the first Lord of The Rings? The three movies are actually only one, divided to be released on the theaters.
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:54
How is Disney's `The Black Hole' not on this list lol?! 
I'm sort of being sarcastic, but it's really one of my all-time favourite sci-fi flicks, and if anyone else remembers baddie robot Maximillian, try telling me that's not one of the greatest robot designs ever on film! Oh yeah, and that film also had one of the most intense and haunting visions of Hell ever committed to film, still freaks me out now to think of it. The score by John Barry was amazing too! :) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 07:56
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Hell, I don't know. Impulse vote. You get to guess which. No you fo movie yet. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:00
| Blade Runner by far. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 08:06
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i thought for 5 sec wtf does Jurassic Park do there, i though dinosours were real and not fiction, but then i realised it is a movie about DNA modified and created dinosaurs and what is more sci/fi then that even if it is bringing in somethingi really old into modern age.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 13:58
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From the list LoTR 1, but my favorite is not on the list. SWIII: Revenge of the Sith. Am I the only one who finds Eps 1-3 far more satisfying than Eps 4-6?
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:43
| Donnie Darko is a personal favorite, so my vote goes there, followed by Inception. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:48
| Never thought I'd vote over Blade Runner, but damn it Jurassic Park still holds up. I'll take it over any Avatar nonsense. |
Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 14:55
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I took the Empire Strikes Back because as Darth said to Luke, "You know it to be true" and zappo with the old light sabre and Luke is left with one hand. ( Mrs Palmer and her five daughters) ------------- Matt |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 16:23
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2001, since it's one of the most comprehensible movies of this list. And I'm hardly joking here. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 17:57
This ^
Except gonna go for Wall E 'cos I like it! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
dreadpirateroberts wrote:Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 18:07
| Where's Eternal Sunshine, The Truman show, Being John Malkovich, Minority Report, or The Iron Giant? |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 20:05
| WALL-E |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 21:59
Wall E was great too - thought it interesting that there was so little dialogue (in the first half especially) but you hardly notice when watching. ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 22:00
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Blade Runner just over 2001, many good movies here though.
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date 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. ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date 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... |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 22:30
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Brazil.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date 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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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:03
| 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 |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:29
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^ The Spielberg's War of the Worlds is better. ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date 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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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date 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. ------------- 
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Posted By: tupan
Date 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? ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:41
Where's the :facepalm: emoticon when you need it? |
Posted By: tupan
Date 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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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 07:49
Say NO to post 1989 SciFi/Fantasy movies.. no wait 
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Posted By: Tony R
Date 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... |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 08:01
Caught you!!! |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 08:03
| 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. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 08:04
Say no to post-1889 sci-fi? Jules Verne FTW? |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 09:21
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date 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 ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date 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. ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date 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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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 18:15
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 03:36
Thanks for the kind encouragement The hell sequence is incredibly dark for dISNEY BUT it impacted me as a child and I never forgot. I have some more photos to share from Black Hole Heres the hell scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJJeDlDEbs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJJeDlDEbs heres the photos      -------------
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 07:37
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^I think I need to see this movie...
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 09:43
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AtomicCrimsonRush!
I've decided I'm going to change my avatar in here to that small Maximillian one, I love it, it's such a striking image :) Besides, the Simpson one I use, well, I might have looked like that years ago, now I've get much less hair, and maybe a bit bigger stomach lol! :( Tupan!! See that `Black Hole' movie now!
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 16:05
Wars of the Worlds (the remake) is the worst film ever made. I hate it. -------------
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 20:41
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Where's "The Thing" (1982 version) ?! Best sci-fi movie ever! Went with Blade Runner, T2 following close behind.. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 22:17
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Wow, my mates were discussing The Thing (the remake) earlier in the car. I've not seen it though.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 22:27
| isn't it being remade yet again? |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 23:19
I think that's what James was talking about, and the remake's out. From what little I've heard, they tried to be somewhat original with their remake, but I'm still a bit wary. The Carpenter film is so good, I'm not sure if I want to see the new one or not for a while. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 23:23
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^ same here, I saw the Carpenter when it came out and it sticks with you |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 23:26
I was too unborn at the time to see it when it came out, but I saw it ~4 or 5 years ago, I think. Also, I see now that the new one isn't a remake, but rather a prequel explaining what happened at the wrecked base we see in Carpenter's. Hollywood likes to make prequels almost as much as remakes, anymore. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 23:40
| okay, I thought they might try to re-tell the old '51 version; I'll see a prequel |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 04:45
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The Thing prequel is a must! cool use of the avatar, Aussie Byrd Brother! So keep voting all as its tight now. -------------
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 04:53
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Hey AtomicCrimsonRush!
Thanks, well, all thanks to you lol! So The Thing prequel is worth seeing? I was putting it off, because after watching the trailer, I thought `It's a remake!'! 
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 05:05
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 06:42
Remaking perfectly fine movies bothers me. They've been talking about remaking horror classics such as Hellraiser and Suspiria for some time now.. Hope it won't ever happend  As for the prequel, It hits the cinemas here in Norway pretty soon so why not? I want to see it but mainly because I love the Carpenter version so much. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 08:20
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I couldnt see Carpenters Thing being topped as its too good, but you never know. What I loved about Carpenters Thing is it didn't focus on blood but focussed on the transmogrification of the creature, the way it changed, the paranoia and the shock ending. The claustrophobic sets were incredible and Kurt Russel was awesome in this with some crackling dialogue and black humour. -------------
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 16:02
| A bunch of really good sci/fi movies, but for me Blade Runner is tops. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 17:19
I was referring to the 1980s version. -------------
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 17:19
| 2001 is the greatest film ever made. Anyone who disagrees is objectively wrong. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 18:40
Yea, I disagree because I think Clockwork, Shining and Full Metal Jacket are all better..  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 19:23
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LOTR 3 would have been my vote but I shall maybe pick lotr 1 ------------- The future's uncertain and the end is always near. - Jim Morrison |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 02:25
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^^^ good choice I think. I couldnt include all the LOTR here. -------------
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 10:12
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Clicked on 2001, in the end. Blade Runner's a better movie for action and Pan's Labyrinth is a real work of genius but 2001 treats you properly... all art, no patronization.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 20:11
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I love 2001 because it is iconic in every scene but it is a difficult movie to watch. Thats why I love it as it challenges the perception. It is a movie to be watched for the sake of watching. it hypnotises you with its slow pace and lack of sound. It has huge slabs of silence and no dialogue for massive parts of movie. -------------
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 21:02
| Bladerunner over Jurassic Park I guess. Very close. Vangelis makes it hard not to pick Bladerunner. Never made it through 2001, though it seems impressive so far. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 22:15
| I can't imagine anything better than the dark, atmospheric, and somewhat melancholic 1982 classic about a guy wasting time by killing replicants. |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: April 14 2012 at 02:04
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No Wrath of Khan? Fine then, Matrix. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 14 2012 at 23:54
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LOTR just over 2001. So many classics here. Blade Runner is great, as well, and who doesn't love Star Wars.
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: April 15 2012 at 16:06
| Where's Alien on the list????????? |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: April 15 2012 at 21:35
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Oh yeah Alien. That may have got my vote... as it is I voted for Lotr, althoug i didnt notice the 1 so my vote is for the whole trilogy. Alien though... astounding piece of cinema. I wanna go watch it now even. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 16 2012 at 05:21
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I would have placed Aliens but wanted to make a separate thread on Alien. Best Alien films 1 Aliens 2 Alien 3 Alien Resurrection 4 Alien 3 5 Alien v Predator Requiem 6 Alien Vs Predator Prequel coming soon.......... 
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: April 16 2012 at 13:23
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The Empire Strikes Back! DUH DUH DUH, DUH DUH DUH, DUH DUH DUH DA DA DA, DA DA DA, DA DA DA DA DUH, DA DA DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH, DUH DA DUH DA DUDDADA
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: April 17 2012 at 18:43
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I love science-fiction movies, but don't like space operas. Cowboys and Indians in space suits. As far as list goes, I prefer Blade Runner. The worst SF list would be much more interesting. 
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: April 18 2012 at 12:19
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1 Aliens 2 Alien Just watched those two films the last two nights!!!
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Posted By: Capt Fongsby
Date Posted: April 18 2012 at 15:52
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Blade Runner. IMO the best film ever made, regardless of genre. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 18 2012 at 16:00
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Tired of voting for Kubrick flicks, I chose Guilliermo's Labyrinth. What a masterpiece! I really love the way the two different worlds coalesce, even if one is rooted in the fantastic and the other in real life fascist Spain. Had The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus been up for grabs, I would have voted for it in a jiffy. An overlooked diamond in the rough from Monsieur Gilliam methinks. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: April 18 2012 at 16:13
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Always had a soft spot for 12 Monkeys
Voted Blade Runner. Simply iconic.
Pan's Labryinth makes me want to rip my own skin off my skull. And maybe someone else's at the same time. So friggin' brutal. Without compromise. I suppose I appreciated it but I never want to see it again.
Empire Strikes Back is by far the best Star Wars movie and the best of my childhood. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 18 2012 at 19:24
+1 regardless of ANY genre.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 20 2012 at 10:03
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Blade Runner and 2001 are tied in the voting - both masterpieces -------------
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