Best sci-fi film ever?

by **stu** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 16:53:02

Saw Westworld on the beeb a few days ago for the first time and have to say I thought it was excellent.

I then got thinking on what my favourite sci-fi movie of all time was.

IMHO I would have to go for 2001: A Space Odyssey by Kubrick. A close second would be the Matrix.

What about everyone else?

by **MonteQuest** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 17:01:53

Alien, the first episode. I liked the gritty "bilges" atmosphere as opposed to the clean Star Trek image.

by **Chuck** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 17:18:14

Kubrick's 2001 is awesome.
But I vote for Blade Runner.

by **Colorado-Valley** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 17:28:30

My sci-fi favorite would have to be "The Day the Earth Stood Still." (Peak oil anyone?)

My favorite serious fantasy is "Lord of the Rings," which is really a cautionary tale about the dangers of military-industrial empire trying to gain world domination.

I liked "Blade Runner" and "Dr. Strangelove," too.

by **jato** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 18:16:01

2001
Matrix
The Thing (John Carpenter's 1980 version)
Star Wars (the origional)

by **DomusAlbion** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 18:32:08

I can't name an absolute favorite; I like most but my list of the tops would be:

â€¢ 2001, A Space Odyssey â€“ I must have seen it at least 8 times when it originally came out in theaters, sometimes in an altered mental state.

â€¢ Blade Runner â€“ I have the directorâ€™s cut but I loved the original versionâ€™s homage to 1930â€™s detective stories with the voice over by Harrison Ford.

â€¢ 12 Monkeys â€“ Brad Pitt was fantastic in this exploration of what is real, what is imagined. Bruce Willis did very well in this as well; breaking away from his usual shtick.

â€¢ Starship Troopers â€“ Paul Verhoevenâ€™s vision of a militaristic future where humans are pitted against giant bugs. Almost campy but quite satisfying on a visceral, â€œbeat the crap out of the evil enemyâ€

by **linlithgowoil** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 18:38:02

i pretty much like all sci-fi films, my favourite genre. just finished watching 2010 - space ooddysey - you know, the sequel to 2001. it is a little bit crappy, but i still like watching those films - i love space, planets, anything to do with the universe!

The Thing is great, 2001 is great, alien is great, chronicles of riddick is great (i know lots of folk says its trash... buts its GOOD trash)

by **theshadypeach** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 18:44:43

Aliens, as in the sequel to the original movie Alien. It was more action-oriented, and had a cast of characters playing gun-toting trigger happy marines which was entertaining to watch. I still like the original though, it was more groundbreaking and better at creating an atmosphere of fear and tension.

Terminator 1 & 2 were also quite interesting, and it's kind of funny to see our governor in there.

by **Aaron** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 18:45:26

Forbidden Planet

by **BabyPeanut** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 20:33:11

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chuck', 'I') vote for Blade Runner.

by **jato** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 20:44:54

The origami figure provides strong evidence that Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a replicant. In the director's cut, Harrison Ford dreams about a white horse (a Pegasus or uni-corn I forget which). Deckard's memories were implanted just like they were with the replicant girl (I think her name was Rachel).

The answer

by **0mar** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 20:55:47

Space Oddessay 2001 and 2010 are some of the best movies ever made.

I also liked Contact, but it felt a bit too contrived and the way the movie was presented was kind of .... I can't put my finger on it (TWO SPHERES?!?!?sjfa).

Starship Troopers is probably the best sci-fi depicting pure visceral action and is also pretty consistent with its world.

I liked Species too, but I think its cuz I was like 13 when I saw it and I was in my BOOBIES! phase (I still am btw:) ).

by **lowem** » Mon 31 Jan 2005, 21:52:34

Wow, I'd be hard-pressed to name just one. The Matrix, that would be the one, but not Matrix 2 or 3 - they couldn't quite live up to the original.

I thought Space Odyssey was kind of slow and *yawn* boring :lol:

- it was much better to read the original books by Arthur C. Clarke.

Well believe it or not I haven't seen Blade Runner yet! But I'd suppose many of the cyberpunk-type movies owe a lot to this one. That would include the Matrix, and not to forget the Japanese anime side of things - Ghost in the Shell (the original one) and Appleseed 2004.

And a special mention for "The Day After Tomorrow" - for helping to bring the burning fossil fuel / climate change debate into the public consciousness.

What else - the classic Battlestar Galactica pilot, the original Star Wars (Ep IV, V, VI), some of the Star Trek ones (except ST:V of course lol).

TEOTWAWKI-type : Armageddon, Indepedence Day, Day After Tomorrow gets a second mention here.

And what would any Peak Oil discussion be without mention of the "Mad Max" series??! Hmm? But I only caught Beyond Thunderdome (I think), as a kid, can't remember that much now. Something about nuclear war, he brings some kids around in a plane, tells them about the kind of technology they used to have, and they went "wow, video! TV!" or something like that. Was that the one or was that another film. Well, anyway.

On the other end of the scale, if they made a film of the Warstrider series by William Keith (Type 1-2-3 Civilizations), the Technocracy folks might be happy, lol :lol:

by **Agren** » Tue 01 Feb 2005, 04:58:23

I guess I should feel sligthly ashamed, but I really do like The Postman. Cheesy, sometimes silly, but I can't help but liking it.

Not my favorite, but I belive it deserves a mention.

Btw, the book is good, well worth the read.

by **Madpaddy** » Tue 01 Feb 2005, 05:16:10

The original Time Machine wasn't bad or the Planet of the Apes (original). The remake was nauseating.

But the best scifi - comedy has to be the Toxic Avenger.

Classic stuff

by **Itch** » Tue 01 Feb 2005, 05:48:33

I don't know if this qualifies as science fiction, but I thought the second part of the "Mad Max" series was pretty good. Of course, I liked it mostly because I thoroughly enjoy watching motor vehicles get completely demolished. It's still more fun to watch in real life, though, especially if I'm the one causing the damage.

by **Aaron** » Tue 01 Feb 2005, 06:37:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Agren', 'I') guess I should feel sligthly ashamed, but I really do like The Postman. Cheesy, sometimes silly, but I can't help but liking it.

Not my favorite, but I belive it deserves a mention.

Btw, the book is good, well worth the read.

by **mrniceguy** » Tue 01 Feb 2005, 08:58:11

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Luc Bessons' The fifth Element. A true classic.

by **stu** » Tue 01 Feb 2005, 10:35:01

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Agren', 'I') guess I should feel sligthly ashamed, but I really do like The Postman. Cheesy, sometimes silly, but I can't help but liking it.

by **tmazanec1** » Tue 01 Feb 2005, 11:58:09

Forbidden Planet.

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