My top 10 SciFi movies of all time

POSTED BY: Moss
UPDATED: Thursday, March 23, 2006 07:36
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ADAMWANKENOBI

Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:11 AM

Here's my top ten (similar to others):

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey

2. Blade Runner

3. Serenity

6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

4. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

5. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

8. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

9. Contact

10. Alien

CRACKERS

Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:50 AM

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Originally posted by strokingmypeter:
what in the world? nobody except the original person with the first top ten list has mentioned blade runner? blade runner is my personal pick for best sci fi movie ever made. excellent movie. if you guys havn't seen it you really have to.

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Yes I have seen Bladerunner, actually it was the first film I saw Rutger Hauer & Daryl Hannah in. Although It is a brilliant movie it didn't squeeze into my top ten as it is a bit too depressive for my liking.

Damn, having said that I forgot to put Dark City in my list. Hey replace I'Robot for Dark City.

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AUSSAY

Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:39 AM

Great list Moss!

Here's my favorite sci-fi movies. Im not really a sci-fi expert but its my favoutie genre

Serenity - Of course

Terminator 2 - A great story foundation from the orignal but packed with great action sequences

Aliens - Space Marines. Period.

Pitch Black - Vin Diesel is retarded. But this was a good sc fi film

SW: Empire Strikes Back - Best SW film. One of my favorite movies of all time.

Star Wars - One line makes this a classic -
"Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

Blade Runner - Yeah I loved BR too. An amazing look at the future.

Logans Run - Heh heh a classic

ST: Wrath of Khan - My favorite ST movie. Just love it

ST: Generations - A lot of people dont really like this one, but this is the only NG Star Trek movie I really liked.

The Last Starfighter - I have no justification for this one. Just fond childhood memories of the 80's

The Matrix - Awesome film. Tainted by its sequels

Back to the Future - "Marty, you have to come back with me!"

EDIT: Forgot one that I cant believe hasnt been mentioned - Planet of the Apes!

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NUCLEARDAY

Saturday, March 18, 2006 12:51 PM

Okay, my giant ego can't possibly allow me to NOT toss my two cents in:

1)2001: Arthur C. Clarke is god. :)
2)Serenity: Duh... Had to put it at no.2 so it'd be above SW
3)Star Wars: 'Nuff said. I grew up to these, like many others.
4)Blade Runner: Again, 'nuff said.
5)Alien(s): I was WAY too young to watch Aliens the first time I saw it. Actually a rather traumatizing experience ;p Still another one that has a big visual influence on my own stuff.
6)Mad Max/ Road Warrior: Sort of my fave genre is the post-apocalyptic stuff. Most of those movies really suck, but these oddly didn't. Obviously, is to that genre what Bladerunner is to Cyperpunk.
7)Matrix: Sometimes I like to pretend I'm too cool for the Matrix, but still... the first one really blew me away when I saw it in theatres. (And I saw it pretty early on, just DYING to know what the frell the Matrix was...)
8)Akira
9)Dune
10)Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone: I've got a sick taste in rather bad sci-fi, and this one's my favorite. (Also, Molly Ringwald's film debut.) Also, available in 3D!

Honorable mentions:

Blood of Heroes (Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen playing post-apocalyptic football with dog skulls :)"Lord Vile, I've broken Juggers in half, smashed their bones, left the ground behind me wet with brains. There's nothing I wouldn't do to win. But I never hurt anyone for any reason other than sticking a dog's skull on a stake."

A Boy and His Dog (Another good post-apocalyptic flick from a Harlan Ellison book.)

Starcrash (I think this one's worse than Plan 9, frankly. Also has a cameo from a young Mr. Hasselhoff. "Space Battleship, halt the flow of time!")

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JONUS

Saturday, March 18, 2006 1:46 PM

Mine:

1. Serenity

2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Extended Edition (I know it's fantasy, not sci-fi)

4. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

5. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

6. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

7. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

8. The Matrix Revolutions

9. Equilibrium

10. Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (not a movie exactly)

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MOSS

Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:09 PM

Some interesting movis in your bucnch. I really enjoyed the philadelphia Experiment, at the time I remember there being an interest in all things bermuda tri-angle.

The Final Countdown deserves a mention also.,Take the USS Nimitz and send it back to Pearl Harbour was auch a good take on the time travel genre.

Moss

GRIZWALD

Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:11 PM

If we are allowed to include quasi-sci-fi/horror, may I suggest that everyone go out and see Shaun of the Dead immediately, if you have not yet done so?

It is absolutely my favorite zombie movie. Absolutely.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:13 PM

I would've put Shaun of the Dead in my Top 10.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:54 PM

It's aaly interesting seeing everyone's favourites, there are some film that have been mentioned that I had completely forgotten about, Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is one. Great film.

For the record, I think that Serenity is the best film I have seen in ages, my list is of my long time faves and Serenity hasn't been around long enough for it to be in the top 3. I would have preferred for the show to have continued and seen the charactors and stories develop. rather seeing things condensed into a film.

The film is all the more enjoyable because of seeing the show and knowing how much fun all of the people involved had making them makeing the whole thing somewhat of a phenomenon.

JONESTEIN

Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:47 PM

My turn:

1. The Matrix - Blew me away. However, the sequels just blew, period. I don't even count them as part of the Matrix universe, they sucked so bad.

2. Star Wars, Episodes IV-VI - Mr. Lucas at his best, before selling out to mediocrity and politicizing.

3. Serenity - May not actually be tops as a movie in the sci-fi world, but it got me hooked and obsessed with the Firefly 'verse so I'm eternally grateful...it certainly deserves a spot in my top three.

4. Blade Runner - Though I don't like the DVD sans the narration. And like Serentiy, what a great sci-fi 'verse!

5. Highlander - Probably more fantasy than sci-fi, but close enough. Like the Matrix, the sequels don't exist to me.

6. Galaxy Quest - Probably belongs in my top ten comedy faves, but like Firefly, I love sci-fi + humor, and humor scores points with me in any genre.

7. Alien/Aliens - Awesome, despite having spawned the now trite "Ethnically Diverse Group Of People Trapped In A Contained Space Being Pursued And Picked Off By [insert monster, psycho, evil-thing here]" sub-genre of horror/science fiction. Ugh.

7.5 Independence Day(the first half of the movie) - Great movie before the screenwrters wrote themselves into a corner. My eyes rolled the rest of the way. I consider the second half a really bad sequel to the great first half of the movie.

8. 2001 - Kind of boring, but I loved the opening and like someone else said earlier, it paved the way for sci-fi and was way before it's time.

9. Star Trek II Wrath of Khan - Best of the Trek movies.

10. The Fifth Element - Kind of campy, but I loved it anyway.

I'm sure I'm leaving out plenty of top-ten worthy movies, but my memory just ain't what it used to be.

My top overrated/disapointments :

1. The Star Wars Prequels - Movies for the sake of selling merchandise and spewing political views. Only the FX and Natalie Portman made these dreadful pieces of go se worth watching.

2. The Matrix Sequels - Dreadfully disappointing. Pure "cash-in now" flicks. Hopefully the Whatchamacallit Brothers will redeem themselves with "V for Vendetta".

3. War of the Worlds(2005) - I can't even watch Tom Cruise anymore. Again, great FX, but poorly executed movie. And sorry, no WAY a runt like Cruise whips Tim Robbins ass.

4. Star Trek:Nemesis - This was no way to close out the great STNG franchise...it was just horrible.

5. A.I. - Over-hyped Spielberg dog. I can't even remember why I hated this movie.

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