Best Science Fiction movie of all time!

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:22 PM

Okay peeps, none of this "Well I can't choose, so here's my top ten" nonsense.
Pick YOUR subjective personal favourite, and your OBJECTIVE choice for the all time best. That's TWO.
Anyone that goes and makes lists, you will be waterboarded (politely).

Personal Favourite: Serenity, because it makes the statement that evil is merely distorted, dysfunctional, self-serving and/or damaged perception. And that loss of direction & purpose can always be regained.

Objective Best: Planet Of The Apes, because it throws light on & lampoons bigotry, religious zealotry, and the idea that mankind is the be-all end-all of the universe's plans (plus it has the 'damn dirty ape' line).

Now yours please?

SF Zealot Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:35 PM

I knew this would be hard....

JONGSSTRAW

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:47 PM

Yeah it's hard 'cause you're asking me to think! I'm at work, so I don't have my movies in front of me...but off the top of my head I'd say :

Best Movie ( Objective ): Forbidden Planet - because it was a rare big-budget sci-fic movie in the 50's. It had a great cast and a great story, with very "heady" themes. The effects were way ahead of its' time.

Best Movie ( Subjective ): The Time Machine - the 1960 original. I love it because the movie has immense charm and warmth. It also has a message, mainly anti-war, but in the end it is ultimately about the triumph of the human spirit.

MSB

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:53 PM

hmm best movie (subjective) Serenity because we worked so hard to get it and waited so long for it and because it was like visiting a cherished friend you hadn't seen in a while.

best movie (objective) Star Wars...come on it changed EVERYTHING

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RALLEM

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:06 PM

Here is my list of top ten...

Objective would be Silent Running because it deals with being alone

Subjective would be John Carpenter's Darkstar for the same reason above and it's damn funny.

Was that ten? I could never count very well.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:31 PM

Best (Subjective) would be SERENITY for many of the reasons already stated but most importantly for me it was because of the poetic undertow that humans are flawed by design... Leave us be.

Best (Objective) The Day The Earth Stood Still for pointing out the very dangerous course of action us 'earthlings' were/are taking.

ECGORDON

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:11 AM

Objectively and subjectively, for me it is still 2001: A Space Odyssey.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:18 AM

Subjectively, Galaxy Quest.

Objectively, have to think about it more, but it's down to Star Wars and Blade Runner.

IMNOTHERE

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Objectively and subjectively, for me it is still 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Seconded - at least objectively:

1. Its an iconic and influential bit of cinema even outside the SF genre.

2. Its one of the few examples of a respected film-maker and a respected (hard) SF author properly collaborating.

3. Best. Score. Ever.

4. Best cinematic cut (from the ape hurling the bone in the air to the satellite). Ever.

Subjectively, why even try to compare a cereberal, slow-moving movie like 2001 with a swashbuckling crowd-pleaser like Star Wars?

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ImNotHere:

Subjectively, why even try to compare a cereberal, slow-moving movie like 2001 with a swashbuckling crowd-pleaser like Star Wars?

...'cause they're both excellence in the medium....?

Duhisall

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