Best Sci-Fi Ever
POSTED BY: Quicksand
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 18:38
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I started the opposing thread to this back in July, cuz I was bored, and it's now November, and it WON'T DIE!!! 152 replies and counting, Gee Whiz......
Let's show we're not negative people and talk about the GOOD Sci-Fi in the world. And yes, obviously, "Firefly" is at the top of the list. What else ya got?
I can point out a few books my own self, but movie-wise I want to toss up "Metropolis" (the silent 1929 movie), with a side of "2001" and polish it off with "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" for dessert. I mean, did it ever get any better than this?
Oh, and I'm apparently also King Nerd.
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Quicksand, I haven't the slightest notion who/what you are, but my respect for you has increased by an order of magnitude or two.
Metropolis: also my choice as number one.
Heavy political message... uh, whatever. I work in the flim biz, get access to hunnerds of free posters. Ain't got a one on my walls but for a dearly bought Metropolis, the helmeted girl with green shaded skin, bright red lips, the whole humanity eroded by roboticism motif.... Ah, none of it means a damn thing, eh? Bring on the space westerns.
"Belief is the wound healed by knowledge."
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Battlefield Earth!!! WOO!!
j/k
Some of my favs in no particular order:
Star Wars Trillogy(new ones waste of film)
Aliens(lost count how many times I've seen this)
Matrix(and I even liked the other two o.k.)
Wrath of Kahn("No...you can't get away." love it)
as for tv...
Farscape(just loved the concept)
Space: Above and Beyond(had a good visceral feel)
Firefly(of course)
There are others, but these are my favs.
-Dark/Blue
"Pain is scary."
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This thread has been done and done.
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Doesn't mean it can't be done again!
Here's to positive thinking. I like the first two Terminator movies. They hurt my brain with time travel conundrums, all while entertaining me with violence. But not that last one. That was a piece of complete crapola.
"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."
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Babylon 5 gets a mention, of course.
A few years ago, I would have said Stargate SG-1, but it's stagnated to the point where I can't say that anymore.
Firefly, duh.
And, a newcomer to the list:
Battlestar Galactica 2004 rocks so far.
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The X Files. Gone, but not forgotten.
-Taylor
The Uncharted Outlaw!
"You can get a lot further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word."
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Galaxy Quest ranks right up there for me hehe :)
It takes all the bad sci-fi and mocks it in one fell swoop.
"You broke the ship?!, You broke the Bloody ship!?!" - Alan Rickman
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Speaking of parody, I want to kind of flail Shaun of the Dead onto the list.
I know it's not, like, EXACTLY Sci-Fi, but what the hell. It'd make a good double-feature with Galaxy Quest.
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Babylon 5, Blake's 7 and Red Dwarf I'd rate the highest for watchable sci-fi. As far as the readable stuff goes, I can never go past Philip K Dick's writing.
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