Most powerfull and/or amazing moment(s) in a sci-fi or fantasy show or movie

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Monday, October 29, 2007 8:44 PM

John McClane: Anytime he says "Yippie-ki-yaaa..."

Mrs. Gennero, I mean, McClane: "John, why does this keep happening to us...?"

Robocop: "I'm not arresting you anymore."

Indy: "We're getting out of here. ALL of us."

Snake: "Sad story...got a smoke?" (I almost fell off my seat at Russel's delivery)

Ma Kent/Lois Lane: "...always remember..."

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CHRISISALL

Monday, October 29, 2007 8:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DeeplyKidding:

Deckard: [voice-over]

Ah, another voice-over fan! Guess you're lookin' foward to December, eh Deep?

BRfanChrisisall

REGINAROADIE

Monday, October 29, 2007 10:57 PM

In chronological order

A VOYAGE TO THE MOON - I saw this in Film 100. Over a hundred years old and totally primitive, but has as much charm as a Chaplin short, and it's still the acorn that grew into the massive oak tree that is sci-fi/fantasy.

METROPOLIS - The beginning when you see all the workers moving simultaneously, and then later on the dissolve of the robot transforming into the woman.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - The entire sequence with George and Clarence as George sees what Bedford Falls would have been life if he had never existed and the final moment of desperation when George returns to the bridge and prays to "Let me live again.", and then the snow beings to fall again.

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL - 56 years old, and it hasn't aged a day. The final scene in the movie when Klattu gives his ultimatum to the planet and then leaves is one of the most chilling ambiguous endings to a sci-fi movie.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE "Death's Head Revisited" - Picking just one episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE as a testament to it's amazing power is almost impossible, but the one ep that always stuck out in my mind was this one. A former Nazi officer returns to the concentration camp years after the war ended and runs into the ghosts of the men, women and children he slaughtered and is put on trial. Never has fantasy and reality meshed so effectively.

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and PLANET OF THE APES - The former with not only the Stargate sequence, but also all the stuff that happens in the vacuum of space. When HAL kills Frank, and you see him gasping for air while being hurtled through space with zero sound, and then when Dave blows the hatch and only has a few seconds to close the hatch, it's the most tense moments in the entire movie. And I know FIREFLY also did their space scenes with no sound, but they cheated in "Out of Gas". You still heard the roar of the flames and the alarms from the inside of the cargo bay when the doors were open. The sound should have only kicked in when the doors fully closed.

And with APES, obviously the ending. I saw it as a kid, and had no idea that it was Earth all along. So I was genuinely shocked when you saw the Statue of Liberty at the very end.

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE - After an incredibly brutal movie of just raw violence, both done by and to Alex, the very end when he's in the hospital bed and is hearing Beethoven while having the sex fantasy at the end and then saying "I was cured, me brothers." is the most ironic happy ending ever. You realize that the movie is all about free will and that Alex is the unwilling advocate for it.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - The arrival of the ships. Nuff said.

RETURN OF THE JEDI - The final duel between Luke and Vader on the Death Star. "If you will not be turned, then maybe she will." "NOOOOOOO" and then Luke loses all control and just goes apeshit on Vader and actually beats him and slices his hand off. Luke's this close to turning to the DARK SIDE, but at the last minute decides not to. And then as Luke's getting electrocuted by the Emperor, the one tiny spark of good in Vader is brought up, and he turns on the Emperor and throws him down into the reactor. I know some people say that the STAR WARS series had already turned bad by JEDI, but I defy you to watch that moment and not get a lump in your throat.

BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy - Personally, my fave moment of the entire trilogy was the train sequence in 3, but the one moment that's in every one of the three movies is the most magical moment in the trilogy. When right after the DeLorean's hit the electrified cable and has traveled back to 1985, Doc gets up, looks at the clock completely dazed, walks to the twin fire trails, and as the camera pans up, he starts running down the street, cheering his head off. After being just a mad scientist all his life, Doc has actually accomplished his life's work and done the impossible.

BRAZIL - Two moments. When Sam first arrives at Information Retrieval. Completely empty in contrast to the cluttered records. He

DEEPLYKIDDING

Monday, October 29, 2007 11:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by DeeplyKidding:

Deckard: [voice-over]
Ah, another voice-over fan! Guess you're lookin' foward to December, eh Deep?

BRfanChrisisall

Umm... Why? What's in December?

I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass...

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DeeplyKidding:

Umm... Why? What's in December?

Dec. 18, the release date for Blade Runner: The Final Cut- it'll have three versions in it including the classic narrated theatrical one!!!
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/br2007/announce.html

Psyched beyond belief Chrisisall

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
PLANET OF THE APES -

And with APES, obviously the ending. I saw it as a kid, and had no idea that it was Earth all along. So I was genuinely shocked when you saw the Statue of Liberty at the very end.

Saw it when it was first released, late 60's, I think, and just thinking about it can still stop my clock...

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:04 PM

I own the first two apes movies- they're awesome!!!!

Glory be to the bomb Chrisisall

DEEPLYKIDDING

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by DeeplyKidding:

Umm... Why? What's in December?

Dec. 18, the release date for Blade Runner: The Final Cut- it'll have three versions in it including the classic narrated theatrical one!!!
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/br2007/announce.html

Psyched beyond belief Chrisisall

OMG! That's so... shiny! Definately going on the Christmas wish list (plus I may have to buy one for my Dad - he's the reason I love sci-fi, and I remember seeing it with him in the theater when I was a wee little thing).

I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass...

NVGHOSTRIDER

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:32 PM

"It's a country...where 'ginese people come from."

"When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth"

Frodo and Sam being carried out of danger by the eagles. Still rattles me at my core.

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:51 PM

Daniel's sacrifice (Stargate SG-1).

Anubis blowing up Abydos (Stargate SG-1).

William's death (Pirates III). Just for Jack's stunned reaction; something actually hurt him.

The Picard/Holo-Shinzon face off (Star Trek: Nemesis). This is the core of what Star Trek is about; can we change?

"What have I. . . What have they done to you?!?" (Gargoyles)

Sophie's defence of Howl, and her momentary, unconscious, de-aging (Howl's Moving Castle).

The Kiss (InuYasha: Castle Beyond the Looking Glass).

Deunan's dive off the building (Appleseed).

The Anakin/Asajj Ventress duel on Yavin 4 (Star Wars: Clone Wars).

Tighe's reaffirmation of who he is, in the face of what he is (Battlestar Galactica).

Matt taking out Shagon (W.I.T.C.H.).

The girls in their Elemental forms, from the finale (W.I.T.C.H.).

The Championship Race (Oban Star Racers).

Faith beating up the Vulcan (Buffy).

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