SciFiWire Lists 50 SciFi Films of All Time

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CHRISISALL

Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:23 PM

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
"You wanted me to cure your son. Mutation isn't a disease-"
"YOU'RE LYING!!"

Great moment. I guess what sticks in my craw is Wolvie getting knocked out (!) by a mere bullet that didn't even have the trajectorial correctness to even ricochet off his adamantium skull.

Details details Chrisisal

REGINAROADIE

Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:40 PM

You could say that the skin that covered his skull would have been able to catch it. I think it would be more realistic for Wolverine to be shot in the head, and that because of the adamantium, it would just knock him out instead of right out kill him. He's not Superman or the Terminator where bullets would just bounce off of him.

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Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack

CHRISISALL

Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:54 PM

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
He's not Superman or the Terminator where bullets would just bounce off of him.

It would bounce off his skull, leaving a momentary gash, like that chunk-o-metal did in the Danger Room in X-3. And it would ring his bells, but not knock him out cold.

Getting realisall

Chrisisall

TRAVELER

Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:15 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by traveler:
Time Machine (The remake)
NO WAY!!! The original is waaaay better IMO!!! What about that final scene where the guy's stuck outside the machine, & our hero watches him age to death- it COULDN'T happen like that!!! That made NO sense!!! That wasn't a science fiction moment, that was dumb inserted poetic justice for it's own sake!!!!
Other than that it was good though.

Eloi Chrisisall

Don't mince words Bones. What do you really think?

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I liked the plot of this movie. That Alex was motivated to create his time machine to save the life of his love. Then to finally realize that he could not defeat fate. So he trys to escape with the use of his time machine only to meet up with fate again.

In the end it was his enemy that foolishly gave him the clue that helped save Mara and stopped him from running.

Unlike most time travel movies, I have watched, this one faced the paradox of time travel.

Unlike "Somewhere in Time" that does not explain where the watch came from in the first place. Curse that watch.

Finally, I would add the original movie to my list, but it has been many years since I have seen it and I don't remember it to well. That would be unfair to include a movie I can hardly remember. I will add it to my ever growing list of movies to watch. To many movies and not enough time. Such is life.

Oh yea the Mysterians. I was young and it was fun.

Your fellow Browncoat;
Traveler

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

KAYNA

Monday, February 18, 2008 1:13 AM

I've seen surpisingly few of these films for someone who considers themself to be a scifi fan. I know what most of them are and have been attempting to get a hold of some of them but most of the pre 80's films are question marks for me.
Still, I have a few issues.
Jurassic Park? Men in Black? Independance Day? No, no, no! As for Thunder Dome, I have to agree with previous comments. Not nearly as good as the first two.
And while I understand why Escape from New York is up there instead of Escape from LA, the fan girl in me is crushed. They are essentially the same move so the orignal would naturally go on the list but I have always prefered LA. Mostly because the ending is one of my all time favorites.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

CHRISISALL

Monday, February 18, 2008 1:47 AM

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Originally posted by Kayna:
I have always prefered LA. Mostly because the ending is one of my all time favorites.

YES!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
You GO girl!!!

Uh-huh Chrisisall

ECGORDON

Monday, February 18, 2008 1:59 AM

I also think the list is highly suspect because The Thing from Another World is included, but not John Carpenter's The Thing. My list would reverse that situation.

CHRISISALL

Monday, February 18, 2008 2:05 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I also think the list is highly suspect because The Thing from Another World is included, but not John Carpenter's The Thing. My list would reverse that situation.

Again, agreement.

I agree to muchisall

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, February 18, 2008 8:15 AM

I forgot to add Waterworld and The Postman - both better than Mad Max BT.

Why not Sixth Sense? But really, communicating with dead people? Isn't that something out of science fiction, like being psychic?

In Depp's Time Machine. why is the dying guy not the way it would happen? I can't accept the way this story or effects treats time travel, but if you do then why is this scene unacceptable?

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, February 18, 2008 8:39 AM

I don't see too many time travel films that don't deal with paradox - which have you seen that don't?
Didn't see Butterfly Effect on the list, but it wasn't really breakthru.

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Originally posted by hughff:

The original Terminator is better than Terminator 2: Judgment Day. If we were ranking movies based on special f/x then T2 but on no other criterion is it superior. (OK, Linda Hamilton does look hotter tanked up.)

Sorry, no. She was hotter with her top off in the original, which was why she became the wife.

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