Name a sci-fi film that's better than Serenity- if ya can, that is...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 14:15
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Originally posted by Orpheus:
12 Monkeys - If only because it shows us that time travel really doesn't work.
Actually, the first Terminator did that. It's just not so blatantly obvious. In the original script for the Terminator, there was a lot more scenes and dialogue that points to a predestination paradox but James Cameron removed them because he thought that the audience was smart enough to figure it out.
"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam
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Originally posted by Orpheus:
My all-time favorites are Star Wars (come on, it isn't A New Hope. It's just Star Wars)..
Glad to know that someone else thinks that way.
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Quatermass, the whole trilogy 
Anyone who mentions Shakespeare will get a .50 in their ass
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Yes, I was joking about both movies. In all seriousness, there is no better movie than Serenity in the sci-fi genre. There are other great movies but they are all runners-up to Serenity. Just like there are only runners-up to Firefly which is the Best Damn Series in the Whole Damn 'Verse and if anyone disagrees I'll challenge em to a duel with swords. (I don't need lessons from Inara either and my katana can slice, dice, julienne and fillet better than a Ronco Vegamatic.)
Jaytee
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I'd have to give it to Aliens and Galaxy Quest.
Not better than Serenity, but in their own selves really good films.
Aliens needs no further explanation.
I can't think any sci-fi fan anywhere in the world can possibly have been offended by Galaxy Quest. The gags were clever and aimed directly at geeks like you and me. Not as barbs, but delivered specially so that you actually got them all precisely because of your disorder. It was pretty much spot-on accurate in all respects (except the usual implausibilities. I mean, a lathe? Where's the realism in that?)
Alien and Bladerunner suffered from Ridley Scott disease - looks fantastic, but a bit slow.
G
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My fave Sci-Fi flicks:
12 Monkeys
Aliens
Dark City
The Fifth Element
Galaxy Quest
Serenity
Spaceballs
Total Recall
GatorMarc
Eat 'em up, chomp, chomp.
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"Ridley Scott disease"
Snort!!! 
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James Cameron made my 2 favorite sci-fi flix of all time. Aliens, and The Abyss. I feel serenity is just as strong as those 2 movies.
Oh and Chrisisall, Planet of the Apes was a great movie, but have you ever watched the tv series? It may not be as strong, and epic as the movie, but it is very well done. It feels a lot like Kung Fu, (another great show from the 70's) except with apes. I think I'm gonna break out my dvd set tonight, and watch a few episodes.
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Personally, Star Wars Episodes 3 and 5 were very close IMO. You can't replicate that Star Wars feel (But that Firefly feeling is better ).
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Here's a list of my fave sci-fi flicks, in no particular order (except that 2001 is still my All-Time Number One Sci-Fi Movie). Kick me into the engine, but it set the tone and broke the mold - if you can get through the 30 minute acid trip at the end, that is... :)
2001: A Space Odyssey. I was fortunate enough to get to see this in the theater when it opened in 1968. I was 6 years old, and I'd never seen anything like it. LIttle did I know, NOBODY had ever seen anything like it before! For Stanley Kubrick to read Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", and then to imagine something as grandiose as "2001" just from that, is concrete evidence that he had access to waaaaayyyy better drugs than I've ever gotten my hands on! ;)
2010: The Year We Make Contact. Not necessarily my second favorite, but it really should be seen together with 2001. I "simplifies" things a bit, and explains them using words instead of just imagery. Call it 2001 Lite, dumbed down for the masses.
Blade Runner. This is at least my second favorite sci-fi flick. I just love the way it mixes the Sam Spade-like film-noir gumshoe genre into the sci-fi mix. One of Harrison Ford's best acting jobs, simply because it *uses* his deadpan way of delivering a line to its advantage.
Star Wars. The original, first one made. Like 2001, it simply broke the genre wide open. And, also like 2001, no one had ever seen anything like it before. Again, I was fortunate enough to see it on the big screen when it came out. Ever see the episode of "That 70s Show" where they go see Star Wars? Yeah... we were really like that. It had me from the very first scene.
Alien. And "Aliens" (the sequel).
Silent Running. A little-known but hugely visionary look into every tree-hugger's worst nightmares.
Brazil. When you think things are really bad, and that the government's out to get you, this film shows that it's really much, much worse. And funnier.
The 5th Element. Really odd movie, very weird, but very likable. People tend to either love it or loathe it.
The Road Warrior. $3 for a gallon of gas got you down? It could be worse - far worse!
The Matrix. Why, oh why did they have to so completely ruin this story with such horrible sequels? It just goes to prove that there's no movie so "special" that Hollywood can't completely bollocks it up by trying to cash in on it. And I was stupid enough to pay to see BOTH sequels, so the joke's on me. :(
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn. This one stands out as the best of the Star Trek movies, by far.
So... which ones did/do I like better than "Serenity"? Probably only 2001, Blade Runner, and Star Wars. Call the others "Honorable Mentions", but they're still great sci-fi movies.
Mike
Grrrrr. Arrrgghh.
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