Best Sci-Fi Movie, ever?

[StevenYoo]

i wish they had made a neuromancer movie instead of a matrix movie.

 

[Yossarian]

Blade Runner was SOFAKING BORING. yes, I understood it. I was still bored to tears.

 

[Arkitech]

I like this thread


and I like Blade Runner

 

[tokamak]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: tokamak
"My God, it's full of stars..."

Most overrated movie ever.

Negative. More like most underrated, unless you're talking about the 2nd movie (quote's not actually in the movie version of 2001, but it is in 2010...go figure), on which I have no comment at this time.

Another personal favorite of mine is Aliens. Better than the 1st, IMO, which is saying a lot.

 

[Triumph]

Predator.

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: fanerman91
Before I opened the thread, I actually thought, "Blade Runner better be in that damn poll."

:thumbsup: Ditto.

Me too. Great minds...

 

[Kev]

why is noone saying The Matrix? Were the sequels so bad that they ruined the first one?

(I like to pretend the sequels don't even exist, which helps a lot)

 

[wfn]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/

but seriously, my pics are:
alien, predator, blade runner, 12 monkeys

 

[causearuckus]

John Carpenter's the Thing

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: torpid
2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Metropolis, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Clockwork Orange are the ones worth considering. Of those, 2001 is my favorite. The technology in the ending sequence looks really dated now, but the rest of the film is excellent. The HAL character has influenced just about every movie about AIs since then. It also is one of the great movie villans. The film is reference more than any other science fiction film I can think of, though the old B&W films with dumb looking robots are often referenced.

Blade Runner I loved. But it had many flaws as far as writing goes. Much better than the novel, which I really did not like. 2001 the novel was ok, but it's pretty much the same thing as the film.

If you like 2001, try watching the last part (from Jupiter and Beyond) muted, with the song, Echoes, by Pink Floyd. Just start the song when the words "from Jupiter and Beyond" appear on the screen.

 

[bamacre]

Communion is one of my fav's.

 

[SithSolo1]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: loki8481
wow. I really hated Blade Runner. I love the genre, I love the director, and I loved all the actors that were in it, but I was bored silly by the movie.

I'd have to go with Empire Strikes Back.

Anybody who thinks ESB is better than SW doesn't get a vote.

(Unless you're into plushies - Eewoks - then you're somewhat forgiven...)

Umm Ewoks were in RoTJ not ESB...

Originally posted by: Amdiggidy
Even though I think George Lucas is an idiot these days...

Star Wars Episode V--Empire Strikes Back (old school rules!)

Can't stand the new ones---must have consulted with Disney or Sesame Street or something...

Lucas didn't direct ESB or RoTJ. Irvin Kershner directed ESB. Richard Marquand directed RoTJ.

 

[Abe Froman]

Definitely Spaceballs.

May the Schwartz be with you!

 

[RaDragon]

I haven't seen Blade Runner 😱... So in the meantime, I'll have to say, Star Wars (ep 5). It's the very very first Sci Fi movie I saw when I was a wee lass.

 

[meltdown75]

Contact, i liked that one.

Star Trek: First Contact, that's pretty good too.

 

[dr150]

Star Wars of course.

2001 was groundbreaking as well.

 

[dr150]

Did anyone see TOASTER WARS?

That was groundbreaking for the time. 😉

 

[tjaisv]

THE OFCS TOP 100 SCI-FI LIST:

100 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
99 Slaughterhouse Five (1973)
98 Escape from New York (1981)
97 Time After Time (1979)
96 Andromeda Strain, The (1971)
95 Highlander (1986)
94 Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)
93 Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The (1984)
92 Men In Black (1997)
91 Fantastic Planet (Planète sauvage, La) (1973)
90 Until the End of the World (1991)
89 Village of the Damned (1960)
88 Starman (1984)
87 Seconds (1966)
86 THX 1138 (1970)
85 Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
84 Open Your Eyes (Abre los Ojos) (1997)
83 Total Recall (1990)
82 Silent Running (1971)
81 On the Beach (1959)
80 Invaders from Mars (1953)
79 eXistenZ (1999)
78 Time Bandits (1981)
77 Akira (1988)
76 Dawn of the Dead (1978)
75 Dead Zone, The (1983)
74 Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
73 Fantastic Voyage (1966)
72 Cell, The (2000)
71 Mad Max (1979)
70 Sleeper (1973)
69 Things to Come (1936)
68 They Live (1988)
67 Edward Scissorhands (1990)
66 Quatermass and the Pit (a.k.a. Five Million Years To Earth) (1967)
65 Strange Days (1995)
64 Superman: The Movie (1978)
63 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
62 Starship Troopers (1997)
61 Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976)
60 Them! (1954)
59 Tron (1982)
58 Thing From Another World, The (1951)
57 Fifth Element, The (1997)
56 Stalker (1979)
55 Ghostbusters (1984)
54 Trip to the Moon, A (Le Voyage dans la Lune) (1902)
53 Altered States (1980)
52 Gattaca (1997)
51 Invisible Man, The (1933)
50 City of Lost Children, The (Cité des enfants perdus, La) (1995)
49 Independence Day (1996)
48 War of The Worlds, The (1953)
47 Jacob's Ladder (1990)
46 Time Machine, The (1960)
45 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
44 Fly, The (1986)
43 Pi (1998)
42 Videodrome (1983)
41 Truman Show, The (1998)
40 Incredible Shrinking Man, The (1957)
39 Frankenstein (1931)
38 Iron Giant, The (1999)
37 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
36 Donnie Darko (2001)
35 Dr. Strangelove (1964)
34 Alphaville (1965)
33 Abyss, The (1989)
32 Forbidden Planet (1956)
31 Robocop (1987)
30 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
29 Jurassic Park (1993)
28 Thing, The (1982)
27 Road Warrior, The (1981)
26 Solaris (1972)
25 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
24 La Jetee (1962)
23 Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
22 King Kong (1933)
21 12 Monkeys (1995)
20 Contact (1997)
19 Dark City (1998)
18 Planet of the Apes (1968)
17 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
16 Terminator, The (1984)
15 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
14 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
13 Back to the Future (1985)
12 Matrix, The (1999)
11 Aliens (1986)
10 Alien (1979)
9 Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
8 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
7 Brazil (1985)
6 Metropolis (1927)
5 E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
4 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
2 Blade Runner (1982)
1 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

 

[SofaKing]

return of the jedi

 

[DaFinn]

I hate the poll... options are somewhat limited 🙁

 

[jjones]

Alien

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Star Trek VI

 

[huesmann]

Tyrell had told me Rachel was special: no termination date. I didn't know how long we had together, who does?

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Star Trek VI

"TAK Pah TAK PEH!"

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: huesmann
Tyrell had told me Rachel was special: no termination date. I didn't know how long we had together, who does?

That version sucked. I preferred the one with no voiceover, by far.