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:
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.
Yah, me too!
Serenity is in the top league with Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, and Akira. Probably GitS too, and Alien. It's certainly the best scifi in recent times, no contest whatsoever. 2001 is another great but it's so . . . different I have trouble lumping it with these.
I'll agree with those saying Wrath of Khan is the best of the Star Trek movies . . . and it's a good film, a significant cut above all the rest . . . but I don't personally hold it in this league. Somewhere just below. My two cents at least.
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I am disappointed that none of you mention Forbidden Planet! I am nowhere near old enough to have seen it in the theater, but that movie still gives me chills when I see it. As far as storyline goes, it ties with Serenity.
As far as visual concepts, Serenity wins.
Hmm, Commander John Adams (a much younger and seriouser Leslie Nielsen) vs Captain Malcolm Reynolds. Tough call...
And Robbie the Robot!
Now, all of you go rent it and leave me in peace with my Firefly DVDs...
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GunRunner wrote:
Thursday, December 08, 2005 17:07
Aliens, Spaceballs and Wrath of Kahn are the only two I can think of that could possibly rival Serenity...
Isnt that 3?
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Above:
Aliens
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
Same league:
Pitch Black
Ghost in the Shell
Blade Runner
Khan
I'm counting the Star Wars movies as fantasy so not going to include them here
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GunRunner wrote:
Thursday, December 08, 2005 17:07
Aliens, Spaceballs and Wrath of Kahn are the only two I can think of that could possibly rival Serenity...
Isnt that 3?
Doh! I added Aliens the last possable second and forgot to change two to three.
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Always only one #1 to me...
Star Wars: back when Snaggletooth was the original Hut. In fact, the whole trilogy in my mind is merged as 1 single film. No Empire or Jedi separate from the 1st flick. In spite of the last 3 miserable installments,
Close 2nd: Matrix (I can easily forget those 2 tacky sequels ~ should have been a 1 act play).
XG
...on the artsy end of things (and currently unmentioned) ~ A Clockwork Orange. Closest representation of a book-made-into-movie I've ever seen. Not exactly in the same genre though.
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.
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Sorry, Chrisisall. I share your enthusiasm for Blade Runner, but IMO 2001: A Space Odyssey is still the best science fiction film that has ever been made (to this date, I won't judge Serenity 2 until I see it). Also, notice I said science fiction. I can't stand using that "skiffy" term.
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Well I won't admit these films are better than Serenity, my favourite Sci-Fi films are.
The Matrix
Casshern
Appleseed
Avalon
Ghost In The Shell
Akira
The Iron Giant
Terminator 1 & 2
Pitch Black
Alien & Aliens
The Abyss
Strange Days
Donnie Darko
Cube
Equilibrium
Gattaca
Cypher
Dark City
12 Monkeys
I Robot
Signs
War of The Worlds (2005)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Close Encounters of The 3rd Kind
A Clockwork Orange
2001 A space Odyssey
Blade Runner
Day The Earth Stood Still
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In the humor department, my 2 favorite scifi flicks are:
(1) Starship Troopers (and I'm a Heinlein fan... that's the first and probably last time I've ever seen a movie outshine the book it was based on) (and the original book wasn't meant to be humor)
(2) GalaxyQuest (and I absolutely hated the Trekkie mockumentaries starring the embittered and disgruntled Tasha Yar "Denise Crosby", ~ it was entertaining, but grossly misrepresentative of Trekkies). Denise Cosby quit Trek thinking it was Nerd fodder, then later cashed in on her mistake by attacking the same fans she hated. "Die nerds Die!! Just make sure I get a paycheck in the process."
XG
I'd swallow razor blades before I'd ever call myself a "trekker". I ain't hiking thru the mountains. I'm watching scifi. AND I have the blessings of Roddenberry on that one.
Trekkie to the bitter end.
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Starship Troopers (and I'm a Heinlein fan... that's the first and probably last time I've ever seen a movie outshine the book it was based on)
That's blasphemy, man!
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