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I had completely forgotten about Gargoyles! Thanks for reminding me :)
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The ones i like, though i usually like the ones nobody else likes 
Movies:
Fifth Element
Contact
Evolution
Ghosts Of Mars
Time Machine
Anime:
Martian Successor Nadesico
Outlaw Star
Crest Of The Stars
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Okay, if you want to do this right, you have to lay the foundations, explore the history of scifi on film, because I'm willing to bet that there are tons of classic SF titles kids (and yeah, I'm probably old enough to be the father of most of your group) haven't seen these days, but are utterly basic to where scifi film has gone.
My personal hit list, all titles from before Star Wars:
King Kong (1933)- see the original, not the 1976 version, before Peter Jackson comes out with his remake.
Things to Come (1936)-- don't laugh at the togas and sandals, this was H.G.Wells best (and fairly prescient) guess as to the future.
Destination Moon (1950)-- written by Robert Heinlein (well, mostly).
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)-- my personal favorite of fifties scifi. Gets me every time.
When Worlds Collide (1951)-- Bonestell art and design, and a film that begs to be remade with CGI.
Forbidden Planet (1956)-- robots and monsters of the ID. Yow.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)-- corny in places, but made with the best guesses at the time as to the actual Martian environment (okay, they were off a little bit).
2001 (1968)-- If anybody in your group hasn't seen this, whack them with a wet noodle, then tie them to a chair and show it.
Planet of the Apes (1968)-- Charlton Heston and the statue of Liberty.
The Omega Man (1971)-- More Charlton Heston, automatic weapons, fast cars, and zombies. 'Nuff said.
Silent Running (1972)-- R2D2's ancestors save the forests. Love the Joan Baez song.
Soylent Green (1973)-- an eco-disaster flick that didn't come true. Or, at least, not yet. Oh, and Charlton Heston again.
One thing about watching pre-Star Wars scifi-- you have to have a tolerance for cheesy matte paintings and rocket ship flames that drip toward the bottom of the frame. The special effects of these films were almost there merely to suggest what was happening. If you judge the effects by today's standards you'll miss the point.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)-- my personal favorite of fifties scifi. Gets me every time.
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The Omega Man (1971)-- More Charlton Heston, automatic weapons, fast cars, and zombies. 'Nuff said.
Silent Running (1972)-- R2D2's ancestors save the forests. Love the Joan Baez song.
Soylent Green (1973)-- an eco-disaster flick that didn't come true. Or, at least, not yet. Oh, and Charlton Heston again.
OMG, yes!!! I must have been half asleep when I posted a list before to have left these 4 off! Silent Running is still one that just about rips my heart out, and the message of it (and that of The Day the Earth Stood Still) are so powerful. Omega Man is just great wild 70's stuff, and Soylent Green is simply a classic, if for nothing else, Edgar G. Robinson's role and Heston's classic ending lines.
"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."
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Oh, and as far as anime-- I don't like most anime, but you can't pass up anything by Hayao Miyazaki-- the Shakespeare of Japanese animation. A good survey of his work would include "Kiki's Delivery Service", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Laputa: The Castle in the Sky", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away", the last of which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. I'm less enamored of his early animated "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind", but the manga of the same name is one of the greatest pieces of scifi graphic art in history.
Also, just for fun, you might want to check out the series "Urusei Yatsura", which has got to be one of the funniest animes I have ever seen, and is almost impossible to describe, except that it involves a high-school filled with super-beings, aliens, ghosts, deranged monks, Leopard tanks, and a jealous alien girl who is constantly putting the whammy on her feckless idiot of a would-be boyfriend. I'm not sure how much of the series has been dubbed or sub-titled for American audiences, but it's out there.
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another sci-fi discussion
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=3494
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Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr. comes out this summer - definitely SF, sort of! ;) And we all love the western angle, don't we?
If you're considering watching The Avengers, then The Wild Wild West is the same kind of cheeky gadget show with just a touch of SF, plus it's set out west, and the Season 1 DVD is coming out this summer. Do NOT go by what the movie was like - they have no similarities whatsoever besides the title!!!!!
The Andromeda Strain was incredibly nail-bitingly suspenseful. Book was Crichton's, directed by Wise.
Westworld - I think this was the first movie Crichton did himself and it's one of the best of the revolting robots genre.
The Brother From Another Planet. I know the title sounds cheesy but it has no relationship to blaxploitation flix. A moving, suspenseful, sometimes icky story about an alien who escapes from a totalitarian regime only to land on earth. The problem? He's black - and mute. But the runaway trackers are hi-larious!
Have fun!
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Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. comes out this summer - definitely SF, sort of! ;) And we all love the western angle, don't we?
And don't forget Dark Angel!!!!!!!!!!!
Never forget Dark Angel Chrisisall
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As far as anime goes, i highly recommend the Ghost in the Shell series, Stand Alone Complex, and also the movies of course.
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I don't think this has been mentioned yet, but how about BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. I have all four volumes of it on DVD, and I gotta tell ya. The hype about it is justified. It's been considered the kid's cartoon equivalent of THE SOPRANOS and also the best incarnation of Batman in ANY medium (comics, tv, movies, everything).
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"There's only one "Return" ok, and it ain't "of the King", it's "of the Jedi."
"Maybe we should start calling your friend 'Padme' because he loves 'Mannequin Skywalker' so much, Right? (imitating robot) Danger...danger...my name is Anakin...my shitty acting is ruining saga."
Excerpt of internet teaser for CLERKS 2.
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