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I liked Pandorum, it took elements from a lot of different sci-fi books
2001 a space odyssey is cool but not very entertaining, the books are so much better.
Solaris is an OK movie, but the book is amazing. The sequel book is awesome too
There's Dune, the David Lynch version and then the BBC mini-series which also did Children of Dune. Again, books are much better.
I really like the movie A.I.
Bicentennial Man is a decent movie, too bad no more of Asimov's books were turned into movies (I don't count I, Robot). He wrote some of the best sci-fi ever.
Alien series, of course. I thought Prometheus was pretty stupid though.
The Thing, of course
...the one with Kurt Russell is my personal favorite. I also liked the new one, it's a prequel and the way it leads up to the 80s version is awesome.
All the movies based on I Am Legend: I Am Legend, Omega Man, The Last Man on Earth. The latter is my favorite, but I really like Vincent Price. On that note, anything starring Vincent Price!
PLEASE read this book though if you have not. Even though there have been THREE film adaptions, none of them really get it right and the book is sooo amazing
^Shout out to Richard Matheson - one of the greast Sci-Fi writers of all time who passed away just last week. Find ANYTHING based on a novel, story, or screenplay of his and it is bound to be gold!
Twilight Zone series
Bladerunner. Personally I didn't like it, but I'm not a big Phillip K Dick fan - books or movies. A Scanner Darkly would be my favorite of his though
Terminator series, though 3 and 4 kind of suck
City of Lost Children. It's in French IIRC, but Ron Perlman is awesome. On that note, movies with Ron Perlman! Starting with Quest For Fire, which is great! Hellboy movies, Outlander, and a movie called The Last Winter which I thought was neat.
Pitch Black. LOVE this movie, one of my all time favorites. Personally I really like Vin Diesel, and it all started with this movie. Sequel is Chronicles of Riddick, decent movie. There's a new one coming in a few months!!!
X-Files, if you've never seen it. Would not recommend the new movie. Personally though I'd start with the following show:...
Millennium. Created by Chris Carter, same dude as X-Files. One of the best TV shows EVER IMO. Stars Lance Henriksen, and on that note watch just about anything with Lance Henriksen:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Omen II (watch Omen I as well), Blood Feud, Terminator, Aliens, Near Dark, Alien 3, Alien vs Predator, Lost Voyage, Necessary Evil...There are too many to name! He's known to do a lot of B-movies, so if you don't mind that watch pretty much anything he's been in. I like B-movies, they're usually more creative. Also, I believe Lance Henriksen is the only actor to play a character in the Terminator, Alien, and Predator universes - except maybe Bill Paxton? Lance Henriksen has been killed by an Alien, Predator, and the Terminator!
Rollerball, the original
The Book of Eli - I liked it
A Boy and His Dog - CLASSIC/INFAMOUS movie
Moon I thought was really cool
Sunshine
The Fly - Jeff Goldblum at his best!
28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later - zombie movies but still good
War of the Worlds, never saw the original though
The Arrival - some will tell you it sucks hard, but I like it
Starship Troopers - the first is till one of my favorite movies! Sequels aren't worth much
Soylent Green
Equilibrium - little known movie starring Christian Bale, I thought it was really cool
maybe Firefly and it's movie Serenity - I saw them, really didn't like them. Not a fan of Joss Whedon or the whole "Western in Space" vibe.
Minority Report - Based on the Phillip K Dick short story, but really better than that short story IMO.
The Matrix Series (duh)
Total Recall - I didn't see the new version
Children of Men - I still really like this movie, the book is on my to-read list
RoboCop
The Mist - most Stephen King adaptions are solid, but this one is probably my favorite
Source Code - newer one that I was surprised to like quite a bit
K-Pax - some people might tell you this is stupid and/or awful. But really I thought it was a neat movie. Leaves you wondering
The Abyss
Signs
Waterworld - people will tell you it's bad, and it kind of is, but I still think fondly of it. Kind of ahead of it's time in some ways
The 6th Day - another Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, it had some pretty cool and original ideas
Sadly though, the best hard science fiction remains in books and has yet to appear in film. Read just about anything by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Frank Herbert, Orson Scott Card, John Brunner, Ben Bova. Personally, Asimov is my favorite. Extremely prolific in the quality AND the quantity of his works. I'm not sure if he holds the record for most published writings, but he's gotta be up there. His Foundation series of novels is amazing, as is his Robot series.
2001 a space odyssey is cool but not very entertaining, the books are so much better.
Solaris is an OK movie, but the book is amazing. The sequel book is awesome too
There's Dune, the David Lynch version and then the BBC mini-series which also did Children of Dune. Again, books are much better.
I really like the movie A.I.
Bicentennial Man is a decent movie, too bad no more of Asimov's books were turned into movies (I don't count I, Robot). He wrote some of the best sci-fi ever.
Alien series, of course. I thought Prometheus was pretty stupid though.
The Thing, of course
...the one with Kurt Russell is my personal favorite. I also liked the new one, it's a prequel and the way it leads up to the 80s version is awesome.All the movies based on I Am Legend: I Am Legend, Omega Man, The Last Man on Earth. The latter is my favorite, but I really like Vincent Price. On that note, anything starring Vincent Price!
PLEASE read this book though if you have not. Even though there have been THREE film adaptions, none of them really get it right and the book is sooo amazing
^Shout out to Richard Matheson - one of the greast Sci-Fi writers of all time who passed away just last week. Find ANYTHING based on a novel, story, or screenplay of his and it is bound to be gold!
Twilight Zone series
Bladerunner. Personally I didn't like it, but I'm not a big Phillip K Dick fan - books or movies. A Scanner Darkly would be my favorite of his though
Terminator series, though 3 and 4 kind of suck
City of Lost Children. It's in French IIRC, but Ron Perlman is awesome. On that note, movies with Ron Perlman! Starting with Quest For Fire, which is great! Hellboy movies, Outlander, and a movie called The Last Winter which I thought was neat.
Pitch Black. LOVE this movie, one of my all time favorites. Personally I really like Vin Diesel, and it all started with this movie. Sequel is Chronicles of Riddick, decent movie. There's a new one coming in a few months!!!
X-Files, if you've never seen it. Would not recommend the new movie. Personally though I'd start with the following show:...
Millennium. Created by Chris Carter, same dude as X-Files. One of the best TV shows EVER IMO. Stars Lance Henriksen, and on that note watch just about anything with Lance Henriksen:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Omen II (watch Omen I as well), Blood Feud, Terminator, Aliens, Near Dark, Alien 3, Alien vs Predator, Lost Voyage, Necessary Evil...There are too many to name! He's known to do a lot of B-movies, so if you don't mind that watch pretty much anything he's been in. I like B-movies, they're usually more creative. Also, I believe Lance Henriksen is the only actor to play a character in the Terminator, Alien, and Predator universes - except maybe Bill Paxton? Lance Henriksen has been killed by an Alien, Predator, and the Terminator!
Rollerball, the original
The Book of Eli - I liked it
A Boy and His Dog - CLASSIC/INFAMOUS movie
Moon I thought was really cool
Sunshine
The Fly - Jeff Goldblum at his best!
28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later - zombie movies but still good
War of the Worlds, never saw the original though
The Arrival - some will tell you it sucks hard, but I like it
Starship Troopers - the first is till one of my favorite movies! Sequels aren't worth much
Soylent Green
Equilibrium - little known movie starring Christian Bale, I thought it was really cool
maybe Firefly and it's movie Serenity - I saw them, really didn't like them. Not a fan of Joss Whedon or the whole "Western in Space" vibe.
Minority Report - Based on the Phillip K Dick short story, but really better than that short story IMO.
The Matrix Series (duh)
Total Recall - I didn't see the new version
Children of Men - I still really like this movie, the book is on my to-read list
RoboCop
The Mist - most Stephen King adaptions are solid, but this one is probably my favorite
Source Code - newer one that I was surprised to like quite a bit
K-Pax - some people might tell you this is stupid and/or awful. But really I thought it was a neat movie. Leaves you wondering
The Abyss
Signs
Waterworld - people will tell you it's bad, and it kind of is, but I still think fondly of it. Kind of ahead of it's time in some ways
The 6th Day - another Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, it had some pretty cool and original ideas
Sadly though, the best hard science fiction remains in books and has yet to appear in film. Read just about anything by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Frank Herbert, Orson Scott Card, John Brunner, Ben Bova. Personally, Asimov is my favorite. Extremely prolific in the quality AND the quantity of his works. I'm not sure if he holds the record for most published writings, but he's gotta be up there. His Foundation series of novels is amazing, as is his Robot series.
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