Science-Fiction Movies

[goose]

QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Feb 26 2012, 10:23 AM)

QUOTE (goose @ Feb 25 2012, 11:12 PM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Feb 24 2012, 12:01 AM) Sleeper Just noticed this on your list! Great movie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo2Lo28FNpg

[burgeranacoke]

sleeper, been a long time since I have seen that one, but some scenes just never leave your mind completely.

 

As far as sci-fi comedy goes, i really enjoyed Galaxy Quest

Edited February 26, 2012 by burgeranacoke

[goose]

QUOTE (burgeranacoke @ Feb 26 2012, 10:48 AM)

sleeper, been a long time since I have seen that one, but some scenes just never leave your mind completely. As far as sci-fi comedy goes, i really enjoyed Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest is classic!

[go2wrk@95974]

There's one classic I remember watching

a few yrs. back called " Forbidden Planet"

It was released in 1956, and it was really

ahead of its time, as far as affects go.

The flick stars Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon,

and Anne Francis...Awesome early SI-FI !

 

[Principled Man]

QUOTE (go2wrk@95974 @ Feb 26 2012, 02:43 PM)

There's one classic I remember watching a few yrs. back called " Forbidden Planet" It was released in 1956, and it was really ahead of its time, as far as affects go. The flick stars Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis...Awesome early SI-FI !

QUOTE (Workaholic Man @ Feb 24 2012, 09:25 PM)

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As punishment for not reading Page 1 of this thread, you are hereby sentenced to one visit from the Monsters from the ID...!!!!

 

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[goose]

^^^

[Powderfinger]

Moon is excellent.

 

2001: A Space Odyssey is a classic.

 

But John Carpenter's The Thing is my favorite movie of all time...

[Del_Duio]

Terminator 1 & 2

Star Trek 2 & 11 are the best ones

Empire Strikes Back

The Thing (1982), if that counts as sci-fi.

The Abyss

Total Recall

The Running Man

Predator

TRON

Alien

Back to The Future 1 & 3*

 

 

*I would consider these movies Sci Fi.

Edited March 9, 2012 by Del_Duio

[USB Connector]

QUOTE (Del_Duio @ Mar 9 2012, 11:27 AM)

Back to The Future 1 & 3* *I would consider these movies Sci Fi.

By definition they are considered science fiction. The basis for calling a work science fiction is that it has to have one or more of the following:

• Set in the future
• Technological advances that aren't present in the year set
• major changes in social structure or environment
• aliens/robots/cyborgs/etc
• Things that contradict our current understanding of the laws of nature (ie time travel, wormholes etc)
• Psychic powers/telechenetics/mind control/etc

[Rushman14]

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[Tony R]

Blade Runner

Alien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything else.

[Principled Man]

QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Mar 9 2012, 06:54 PM)

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[Principled Man]

QUOTE (USB Connector @ Mar 9 2012, 05:12 PM)

QUOTE (Del_Duio @ Mar 9 2012, 11:27 AM) Back to The Future 1 & 3* *I would consider these movies Sci Fi. By definition they are considered science fiction. The basis for calling a work science fiction is that it has to have one or more of the following: Set in the future Technological advances that aren't present in the year set major changes in social structure or environment aliens/robots/cyborgs/etc Things that contradict our current understanding of the laws of nature (ie time travel, wormholes etc) Psychic powers/telechenetics/mind control/etc The best definition of science fiction and fantasy, that I've ever read, is this:   Science fiction deals with the improbable. Fantasy deals with the impossible.

[BeOhBe Bob]

QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Mar 9 2012, 07:54 PM)

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Huey Duey n Louie...damn right! and

 

Soylent Green. The scene where Edward G. is on his way out..cremated and? Turned into Green Chow. Those nature scenes after you've been immersed in inner inner city: sweltering unrelenting heat, dirt, air pollution and overovercrowding. Those scenes with the classical strains as background....you never forget his final journey. The "streetsweepers" coming along, scooping up rioter looters what have you....for people feed!

 

and another Charlton Heston work

 

 

The Omega man

[Presto-a RUSH fan!]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Feb 24 2012, 01:01 AM)

What are your favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time?  Or better yet, list all the great sci-fi movies you can think of! And let's keep fantasy out of this thread - I love LOTR and Harry Potter, but they're not sci-fi... Top of the heap: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Matrix Brazil Altered States Terminator 2 Blade Runner Logan's Run Zardoz Honorable mentions: Alien Avatar 2001 - A Space Odyssey Back to the Future trilogy Brainstorm Children of Men The City of Lost Children Contact Cocoon The Dead Zone Dark City The Dark Knight Escape From New York Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Galaxy Quest Inception Invasion of the Body Snatchers (70's version) The Last Starfighter Men in Black Minority Report Planet of the Apes (original) Return of the Jedi Sleeper Spiderman Spiderman 2 Starman Star Trek (2009) Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek Generations Terminator The 5th Element Time After Time Total Recall X-Men X-Men II I'm sure I missed some great ones.

That's a great list. Most of mine are on there. All of the obvious ones like Star Wars' and The Matrix etc. But I LOVE Blade Runner, Logan's Run and Contact.

 

I own Logan's Run and I have a friend who is a giant sci-fi fan. I kept telling him how Logan's Run was a classic. I explained that it has dated special effects, but still amazing. He watched it and was like, "thanks for wasting 2 hours of my life!"

 

One movie that is on my second tier list that I really like and NOBODY ever remembers or has seen is Outland with Sean Connery.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/Outland.jpg/220px-Outland.jpg

 

Another old movie that I love is The Andromeda Strain from 1971. The book by Michael Crichton is great too, as all Crichton's books usually are.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/AStrainposter.jpg

[Presto-a RUSH fan!]

Oh and two others that are on my second tier that are a little older that nobody ever remembers when I ask.

 

Screamers with Peter Weller

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/eb/Screamersposter.jpg/215px-Screamersposter.jpg

 

And The Ghosts Of Mars by John Carpenter

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/John_Carpenter%27s_Ghosts_of_Mars.jpg/215px-John_Carpenter%27s_Ghosts_of_Mars.jpg

[HowItIs]

QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Mar 9 2012, 04:54 PM)

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Oh, yes! One of my favorites and so often overlooked.

 

Others:

 

Forbidden Planet

Star Wars films (yes, all of them)

Star Trek 2, 4 and Generations

Blade Runner

Alien

Back To The Future

Damnation Alley

The Thing (Carpenter's)

Logan's Run

Close Encounters

Cocoon

Dreamscape

Time After Time

Galaxy Quest

Invaders From Mars (original)

The Abyss

Avatar

Men In Black

Dark Star

Spaceballs

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (BBC production)

Earth Girls Are Easy

The Terminator

Serenity

[Powderfinger]

QUOTE (Presto-a RUSH fan! @ Mar 10 2012, 03:40 AM)

Oh and two others that are on my second tier that are a little older that nobody ever remembers when I ask. Screamers with Peter Weller http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/eb/Screamersposter.jpg/215px-Screamersposter.jpg And The Ghosts Of Mars by John Carpenter http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/John_Carpenter%27s_Ghosts_of_Mars.jpg/215px-John_Carpenter%27s_Ghosts_of_Mars.jpg

I am a DIEHARD Carpenter fan, but I absolutely could not get into Ghosts of Mars. And I even liked The Ward...

[BeOhBe Bob]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers....original oh ok and the one with Donald Sutherland is pretty awesome too

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Feb 23 2012, 10:01 PM)

What are your favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time? Or better yet, list all the great sci-fi movies you can think of! And let's keep fantasy out of this thread - I love LOTR and Harry Potter, but they're not sci-fi... Top of the heap: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Matrix Brazil Altered States Terminator 2 Blade Runner Logan's Run Zardoz Honorable mentions: Alien Avatar 2001 - A Space Odyssey Back to the Future trilogy Brainstorm Children of Men The City of Lost Children Contact Cocoon The Dead Zone Dark City The Dark Knight Escape From New York Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Galaxy Quest Inception Invasion of the Body Snatchers (70's version) The Last Starfighter Men in Black Minority Report Planet of the Apes (original) Return of the Jedi Sleeper Spiderman Spiderman 2 Starman Star Trek (2009) Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek Generations Terminator The 5th Element Time After Time Total Recall X-Men X-Men II I'm sure I missed some great ones.

I've got to add The Hunger Games to my top of the heap list!

[Jack Aubrey]

Blade Runner is the greatest sci-fi movie of all time and Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek movie ever made. The first three Star Wars movies used to be good until Lucass rendered them unwatchable and I'd rather watch a week-long marathon of Jersey Shore than any of the prequels.

[Tony R]

My favourite Sci-Fi movies are Blade Runner and Alien.

 

After that it's the likes of The Matrix, Aliens, Predator and 2001 but those two are far out there far me.

[Rushian King]

Let's see, my faves....

 

2001: A Space Odyssey is my fave sci-fi movie and possibly the finest movie in any genre I've seen.

 

Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back might for sentimental reasons still make it into some sort of top ___ list. The other 4 not even close.

 

Any of the Star Treks? Naw. Maybe the reboot? As JA said Galaxy Quest might just be the best 'Star Trek' movie.

 

The first 2 X-Men, not any of the others. And if we're including superhero movies then The Watchmen as well. No others.

 

The Matrix-- not parts 2 and 3.

 

Blade Runner.

 

The first 2 Aliens.

 

The first Predator.

 

The first 2 Terminators

 

Close Enounters Of The Third Kind.

 

Definitely The Day The Earth Stood Still (the original of course).

 

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, both the original and definitely the Nimoy one.

 

Logan's Run for sentimental reasons.

 

That's it for now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ReRushed]

I watched the original Planet of the Apes a few weeks ago. I gotta tell ya, I think it's a perfect movie going experience. Everything works.

[workingcinderellaman]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Feb 24 2012, 12:01 AM)

Brainstorm

That's interesting that you mention this one. I remember very well when that movie came out but I think most people have never heard of it. It was in 70 mm and alternated between 35 and 70 whenever someone put on the device. It was a really cool effect. That was the last movie that Natalie Wood did, in fact she died while filming it. They had to alter the movie in order to make it work. I think that it would have been better had she finished filming it. At any rate, that movie ranks as one of my most wanted movies to be redone. It had a really cool concept.