Best Science Fiction movie of all time!

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MIIKE

Sunday, July 6, 2008 7:06 PM

i didnt know we could vote serenity i thought this was other sci fi which explains my choise i mean serenity is my favourite sci fi film

im just going out,i may be some time

WYTCHCROFT

Sunday, July 6, 2008 7:07 PM

well - there are a few serenity fans here...
(chuckles)
but how dull would that be?

fave movie: serenity
fave movie: serenity
fave movie: serenity
fave movie: serenity

cue joss "Gee, you guys..."

ECGORDON

Sunday, July 6, 2008 9:26 PM

Serenity is just my third favorite SF film, after 2001 and Blade Runner.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Sunday, July 6, 2008 9:34 PM

Serenity notwithstanding - I have to say The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eigth Dimension.

Perfect Tommy "Why me?"
Buckaroo Banzai "because you're perfect"
Perfect Tommy "You have a point there"

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, July 7, 2008 5:28 AM

I can understand not everybody liked Galaxy Quest, but nobody mentions Highlander? Is that considered fantasy? Road Warrior?

IGOR

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 1:53 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
I can understand not everybody liked Galaxy Quest, but nobody mentions Highlander? Is that considered fantasy? Road Warrior?

I completely forgot about Road Warrior, I really loved that movie. It was a classic in my book.

good bible

FREMDFIRMA

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 2:36 AM

Personal Fav: Battle Beyond the Stars, it's cheese, but it's really awesome cheese, Nestor the Hive Mind and the Kelvin were fairly original concepts at the time, and the tactical ambush on Sadors flagship upon it's return stands out even BETTER than Khan's bitchslapping of the defenseless USS Enterprise.

Besides, it's based on Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven, and hard to go wrong with a script like that.

Objective Best: Gotta give the nod here to Gattaca.

Scary real, especially in THIS day and age.
Look it up yourself, you'll see.

-Frem

REGINAROADIE

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 4:01 AM

Glad someone here took the initiative and searched for the movie (if you want to watch it for free, I know at mininova.org, you can download it. You have to have BitTorrents, but that's just a quick download).

Even though it's kind of obvious what the cause of the end of the world is, I love the fact that the movie treats it like a superfluous bit of information that's beside the point. The real point is how the people deal with knowing that the end is really coming and what they do with those last hours of their lives.

And I think the ending is more than well done. I think it's one of the most beautiful endings I've ever seen.

Now, onto GALAXY QUEST.

I always thought that GALAXY QUEST was an oddball movie in the sense that it not exactly real sci-fi. Even though it has a sci-fi look and feel and setting, I always thought that it was more of an fx comedy than real science fiction. Like GHOSTBUSTERS or MEN IN BLACK. Barry Sonnenfeld himself said that he's describe MiB as a comedic remake of THE FRENCH CONNECTION with aliens in it. In that sense, I always saw GALAXY QUEST as more of an incredibly well made fish out of water/sci-fi and fandom parody. And while there are some cool sci-fi ish moments, like when the doors open and Jason sees that's it's all for real (in the theaters there was a third aspect ratio change that just makes the reveal even more incredible) or when Alexander/Dr. Lazarus says the "By Grapthar's hammer" line with actual meaning, I think laughs are it's biggest priority rather than commenting about the human condition.

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

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 4:53 AM

Although Galaxy Quest certainly rides the humor wave, and pokes at fandom, the premise that it uses to tell the story is likely the most believeable in SciFi - and it is not set in the future.
The story rides piggybakc on the work/discovery/technology of other species, negating the need for humans to leap forward or jump into technology applications which are not yet real.
I found the suspension of disbelief quite easy, and there was humor, real tension, real adventure, and real interplay of characters.
Sam Rockwell, in theaters in 3 films simultaeously (remember him in Green Mile), wonderful job by Sigourney Weaver, as well as Alan Richman, Tony Shaloub, and even Tim Allen doing better than I expected.

SHINYGOODGUY

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 5:20 AM

Buckaroo Banzai...(lol)...great, I totally forgot about that film and I haven't seen it in a dog's life.

"I hope she does the soup thing..."

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