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mun chien andalusia
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Italy
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 Posted - 05/28/2003 : 23:26:20
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I guess that everybody in this forum likes science fiction.Well i would like to know what are your 5 most favourite sci-fi films.Here are mine:
1)Alien (Ridley Scott)
2)12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam)
3)Blade Runner(Ridley Scott)
4)War Of The Worlds (Byron Haskin)
5)Dune(David Lynch)
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 08:21:46
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Actually, I pretty much hate sci-fi.
But 12 Monkeys was great. |
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Stuart
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China
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 08:24:21
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Ive got 12 Monkeys on dvd but never watched it.... will have to do it sometime this weekend.
Total Recall, just cos Arnie is very cheesy!
War....... Its not fantastic |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 08:30:22
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| You have to watch it Stu, Brad Pitt does an awesome job at acting crazy. His eyes crack me right up. |
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mereubu
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USA
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 08:31:35
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In no particular order:
1. Aliens
2. Mars Attacks
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Any MST3K
5. The Right Stuff (OK, it's not exactly sci-fi, but it's a great movie.)
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 08:38:14
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| You know, I actually thought minority report was good. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 08:59:54
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Really, Mars Attacks? I wanted to like that one, but couldn't get into it.
I don't know if the Abyss qualifies as sci-fi, but I think it's pretty awesome. |
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Chris Knight
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USA
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 10:21:41
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I recently watched the first and last (of four) Tales From A Parallel Universe/Lexx movies on the Sci-Fi channel. Pretty good, especially the first one. I'm probably not what you'd call a sci-fi movie buff, so there you go.
Lynch's Dune did not strike me as particularly good. I read somewhere that the director's cut was significantly longer and that the excessive film splicing in post-production ruined what could've been a more intelligible epic.
Mars Attacks- hilarious! |
Edited by - Chris Knight on 05/29/2003 10:24:06 |
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Cult_Of_Frank
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Canada
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 11:12:11
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| I wouldn't really call Star Wars Sci-fi, it's just fantasy/fiction/mythology that happens to take place in space. Sci-fi generally has some emphasis on science as well. That said, IF Star Wars were Sci fi, my top 5 sci-fi movies would be those 5 (don't ask me what order, though). I suppose ESB, ROTJ, ANH, TPM, AOC |
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cedric
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 11:25:35
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Surprising no one mentioned Tarkowsky's 'Solaris' and 'Stalker'...
I also recommand 'La Jeté' by Chris Marker, a short 'roman-photo' that Gilliams freely adapted for '12 monkeys'. And I learned in an old interview for a french musical TV channel that it was one of Frank's favourite SF movie... For sure, it's a really good story. |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 11:31:02
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| Forbidden Planet. Still one of the best along with the others mentioned above. |
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mereubu
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 13:51:19
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
I wouldn't really call Star Wars Sci-fi, it's just fantasy/fiction/mythology that happens to take place in space. Sci-fi generally has some emphasis on science as well. That said, IF Star Wars were Sci fi, my top 5 sci-fi movies would be those 5 (don't ask me what order, though). I suppose ESB, ROTJ, ANH, TPM, AOC
Picky, picky.
Eh, so sue me. I'm not exactly a sci-fi girl. More just a sci girl. |
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mereubu
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 13:52:42
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Originally posted by Chris Knight
Mars Attacks- hilarious!
Man, any movie that uses Slim Whitman to vanquish the foe is fine by me! Now that's a weapon! |
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Cult_Of_Frank
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Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2003 : 14:17:31
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| Ma mere, I'm just happy you put a Star Wars one on there. :) |
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mereubu
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USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2003 : 14:24:49
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| Heh-heh. I wanted to use at least one, and I knew I couldn't justify ROTJ cuz of those damned Ewoks. :-P |
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Stuart
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China
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Posted - 05/29/2003 : 18:20:21
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I'm surprised nobody has mentionned Spaceballs, mind you that was a pretty crap film.
War....... Its not fantastic |
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Itchload
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USA
891 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2003 : 22:47:17
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Space Odyssey..that's pretty default I guess, it's easily my favorite
I'm with the person who said Tarkovsky |
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mun chien andalusia
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Italy
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Posted - 05/30/2003 : 05:41:16
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Originally posted by Itchload
Space Odyssey..that's pretty default I guess, it's easily my favorite
I'm with the person who said Tarkovsky
Too boring space odyssey.I like more 2010(the sequel)...Stalker by Tarkowsky is great too...
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gracie
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United Kingdom
573 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2003 : 07:32:22
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i really hate the star wars films. i know this comment isn't going to win me any friends but i really do hate them. the last one was shit. the actor they got to play anakin was possibly the worst actor i've ever seen. i don't understand it, george lucas could have hired any actor he liked but despite having all that choice he picked the one that couldn't act. the script was cheesey too.
a sci fi film that i did like was donnie darko, despite not understanding it fully. i went on the website to find some answers but that was more complex than the film. the wicker man is also a really good film, but its not sci fi. |
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NimrodsSon
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USA
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Posted - 05/30/2003 : 17:36:30
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| I HATE sci-fi movies in general, but Mars Attacks is great |
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Pioneer
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Posted - 05/30/2003 : 19:06:07
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| eXistenZ kinda good. Matrix bad. |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2003 : 01:19:38
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Muppets from Space?
*Me Fail English? That's Unpossible! |
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pong
= Cult of Ray =
France
315 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2003 : 06:01:08
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flatliners is a good one too
- Pong
"i'll be on the first fligh" |
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floop
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Posted - 05/31/2003 : 10:29:45
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flatliners was one of my faves in high school. i'm not sure it would fall into sci-fi though.. but i guess you could make that argument. i'd consider it more "supernatural thriller"..
12 Monkeys is one of my favorite films ever. and Mars Attacks is totally underrated. |
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mun chien andalusia
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Italy
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Posted - 05/31/2003 : 20:00:22
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Originally posted by NimrodsSon
I HATE sci-fi movies in general, but Mars Attacks is great
you can't hate sci-fi!!!!!!!!!!you simply cannot hate it....
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The Holiday Son
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France
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Posted - 06/01/2003 : 03:31:34
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"eXistenZ kinda good. Matrix bad."
Amen to that.
And I'd like to point out that Ghost in the Shell is a masterpiece.
(As well as the star wars saga of course)
Other great sci fi films that haven't been mentionned yet:
Avalon
Ghosts of Mars (ok it's more of a western but Carpenter rules) |
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ObfuscateByWill
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Posted - 06/01/2003 : 08:25:11
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Originally posted by The Holiday Son
Other great sci fi films that haven't been mentionned yet:
Avalon
I'd like to add Silent Running
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pong
= Cult of Ray =
France
315 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2003 : 08:32:53
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some speak about "dune" of Lynch. i don't like it very much. but the new version (about 5 hours - you can find it on a double DVD) is very very brillant. first it respect more the original book of Herbet, and secondly, the visual effects rules.
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mun chien andalusia
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Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2003 : 11:44:28
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Ghost in the shell's great,so is "metropolis" animated...
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Chollima
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Posted - 06/01/2003 : 15:19:22
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Ghosts of Mars is surely the worst film I have ever seen (and I have a DVD collection pushing 1500), it is the same plot as John Caprenters nearly as awful 'Vampires'.
Ask Stu about his ass-flu contracted by being the victim of a cyclops; a warning to us all.
Chollima ho!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Cult_Of_Frank
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Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2003 : 20:51:26
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| I quite disliked Vanilla Sky. The whole 'it was a dream' thing didn't cut it as far as I was concerned, even if they did a little bit of a variation on it. |
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blackpurse
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USA
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Posted - 06/02/2003 : 13:04:59
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OK, I'm a trekkie, love 'em all, TOS, TNG, all the movies. Its like I'm checking in with old friends.
12 Monkeys is on my list
let me think. I also like Total Recall, too, but I like Running Man -Arnold v. Richard Dawson in yet another bleak not so far future thing. Arnold in general is in a lot of my favotire Sci Fi movies. I'm a big fan of Predator -- at first you don't realize it's sci fi, but I also like Predator II. Gary Busey is such a wonderful motherfucker in it. I like the "ensemble" base of PRedator I and we quote lines from it a lot.
"You ah on UGLY mothafucka!" --Ahnold to the predator
"Bleed? I don't have time to bleed." -- the Jesse Ventura character. It's one of the few times Ahnold gets out-one-lined in his own movie.
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PsychicTwin
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Posted - 06/02/2003 : 14:47:17
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
Ghost in the shell's great
On that note, "Akira" is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made. Hell, it's one of my favorite movies ever, actually. |
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The Holiday Son
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France
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Posted - 06/03/2003 : 02:37:21
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Originally posted by Chollima
Ghosts of Mars is surely the worst film I have ever seen (and I have a DVD collection pushing 1500), it is the same plot as John Caprenters nearly as awful 'Vampires'.
do you like cinema?
well, cinema doesn't like you!
Those 2 films are Carpenter, and thus Cinema, at his best!
It's exactly like Star Wars.
They're films for kids (whatever their age!) who play or used to play with fake guns in the country or during breaks at school!
It's fun, It's entertainment. Once you've seen those films, you're supposed to leave with a huge smile on your face. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
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Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2003 : 06:42:42
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| A very good point, a person has to take into account things like that, which is why it's stupid to hear people complain about how the new ones aren't as good - of course they're not... you're not a kid anymore, and they don't have that classic nostalgia appeal. They're still well done, and every little cousin/sibling I have has loved the movies to death and watched them as much as me if not more. Having said that, there is also a lot more going on then just a kid's movie in ALL the Star Wars movies, though I suppose it means looking past Jar-jar's lines and whining blasters to see it. Art is as deep as you are willing to look. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
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Posted - 06/03/2003 : 14:26:58
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Tron - classic, the extra docutemtary stuff on the DVD shows how visually groundbreaking it was, all the pain staking computer animation and the labouriuos cell painting, and of course the brillant design by Moebius. It's one of my childhood classics along with the Last Star Fighter.
"I meet a man with no little toe and a real big head" |
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