Best sci-fi movies...
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Ok, I know this has been done to death but I need to chill today and this was in my head. In no particular order: Serenity (ok, this and Forbidden Planet are my joint number one) Stargate 5th Element Silent Running The Man from Earth Idiocracy The Andromeda Strain Oblivion Dawn of the Dead (best Zombie film - EVER!) Terminator I and II Metropolis Planet of the Apes (original) Forbidden Planet 2001 The Matrix Star Wars - A New Hope Blade Runner The Thing (with Kurt Russel) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) RoboCop (1987) Alien Total Recall (1990) Predator They Live Escape from New York Galaxy Quest Star Trek: First Contact A Clockwork Orange District 9 Ex Machina Back to the Future SpaceBalls 28 Days Later Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Capricorn One Soylent Green The Omega Man Moon Pitch Black Phew! That feels better. Any to add to the list?
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Two movies that fit the catagory 'Science Fiction' that weren't special effects or action films, but I always thought were well thought out science fiction plots: Colossus the Forbin Project The Andromeda Strain I especially liked Colossus because of all of the 60's 'computer taking over the world plots' on TV shows and movies, which were all were defeated by asking the computer some vague question like 'why' or 'compute Pi to the last digit'.
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Colossus had some interesting ideas. It and the Soviet computer communicated starting with simple math and developing their own undecipherable language. And at the end it appears that its only goal is to prevent war, but we don't see where the line between war and any violence is. What happens next, assuming the computer is unbeatable, would make an interesting SF novel. Or maybe it leads to ST:tOS?
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This is CodeProject, and no one mentions Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? I think you all should get a down-vote of 42!!
Though the original BBC radio play is even better.
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Ok, I know this has been done to death but I need to chill today and this was in my head. In no particular order: Serenity (ok, this and Forbidden Planet are my joint number one) Stargate 5th Element Silent Running The Man from Earth Idiocracy The Andromeda Strain Oblivion Dawn of the Dead (best Zombie film - EVER!) Terminator I and II Metropolis Planet of the Apes (original) Forbidden Planet 2001 The Matrix Star Wars - A New Hope Blade Runner The Thing (with Kurt Russel) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) RoboCop (1987) Alien Total Recall (1990) Predator They Live Escape from New York Galaxy Quest Star Trek: First Contact A Clockwork Orange District 9 Ex Machina Back to the Future SpaceBalls 28 Days Later Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Capricorn One Soylent Green The Omega Man Moon Pitch Black Phew! That feels better. Any to add to the list?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
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Though the original BBC radio play is even better.
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The reason Arthur and Ford were cast into space by the Vogons: Adams thought the radio series was being cancelled, so he killed the characters off in what he thought was the last episode. He was wrong, and needed to bring the characters back. The result: Infinite Improbability Drive.
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Ok, I know this has been done to death but I need to chill today and this was in my head. In no particular order: Serenity (ok, this and Forbidden Planet are my joint number one) Stargate 5th Element Silent Running The Man from Earth Idiocracy The Andromeda Strain Oblivion Dawn of the Dead (best Zombie film - EVER!) Terminator I and II Metropolis Planet of the Apes (original) Forbidden Planet 2001 The Matrix Star Wars - A New Hope Blade Runner The Thing (with Kurt Russel) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) RoboCop (1987) Alien Total Recall (1990) Predator They Live Escape from New York Galaxy Quest Star Trek: First Contact A Clockwork Orange District 9 Ex Machina Back to the Future SpaceBalls 28 Days Later Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Capricorn One Soylent Green The Omega Man Moon Pitch Black Phew! That feels better. Any to add to the list?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
You forgot [Idiocracy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/) It was originally released as a Sci-Fi/Comedy, but seems to have become a documentary in recent years. :sigh:
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Akira was hugely influential, but I found it to be a snoozefest. Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987), while not popular in Japan, is worth a watch. It's about the first space launch on an alternate Earth- pretty much "The Wrong Stuff" because the effort has no prestige and the government expects it to fail.
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Ok, I know this has been done to death but I need to chill today and this was in my head. In no particular order: Serenity (ok, this and Forbidden Planet are my joint number one) Stargate 5th Element Silent Running The Man from Earth Idiocracy The Andromeda Strain Oblivion Dawn of the Dead (best Zombie film - EVER!) Terminator I and II Metropolis Planet of the Apes (original) Forbidden Planet 2001 The Matrix Star Wars - A New Hope Blade Runner The Thing (with Kurt Russel) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) RoboCop (1987) Alien Total Recall (1990) Predator They Live Escape from New York Galaxy Quest Star Trek: First Contact A Clockwork Orange District 9 Ex Machina Back to the Future SpaceBalls 28 Days Later Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Capricorn One Soylent Green The Omega Man Moon Pitch Black Phew! That feels better. Any to add to the list?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
Solaris Stalker Metropolis and for the lighter moments The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
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Definitely should be on the list. I know a lot of folks didn't enjoy it but what about Event Horizon?
Didn't like Event Horizon.
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Independence Day (I) And my favourite recent sci-fi: The Edge of Tomorrow
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Mark TwainNot bad but not classics - ID4 would have been a better film if it hadn't been so cheesy.
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Existenz - ok it's Cronenberg so it's bound to be a bit yucky in parts, however I thought the ideas and story line were done well and it's layers within layers are interesting. TimeCrimes - perhaps the best time travelling movie I have seen where everything actually hangs together and makes sense. The Man From Earth - like Gattaca its more like a play than a movie. The movie is a long conversation between a group of friends, one of whom has an interesting secret they reveal within the movie. The interesting part is seeing how people respond to what he reveals. Avalon - a Polish Japanese collaborative film about a distopian future and a VR game. Stalker - ok it's long and boring, actually no it's not! It's a brilliant film!
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Ah yes, The Man from Earth - an excellent movie based on a great story. Will add it. TimeCrimes also pretty good.
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Soylent Green (wonder what that is?)
Of course and Omega Man.
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You seem to be missing: Aliens Blade Runner 2049 Dredd Flash Gordon Gravity Guardians of the Galaxy Inception Looper Moon Pitch Black Starship Troopers Sunshine Twelve Monkeys
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Perhaps Moon and Pitch Black.
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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (both the 50s and the 70s versions) Might be more horror than SF. Silent Running Maybe someone's already suggested them (i'm catching up with the thread)
Silent Running - great film. The other 2 - meh - not so much.
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This is CodeProject, and no one mentions Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? I think you all should get a down-vote of 42!!
The books were great - the movie - not so much.
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Solaris Stalker Metropolis and for the lighter moments The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Again, Solaris == :zzz: Metropolis - mmm - ok, it's in. :)
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You forgot [Idiocracy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/) It was originally released as a Sci-Fi/Comedy, but seems to have become a documentary in recent years. :sigh:
Indeed! This is a worth entrant as sci-fi as social commentary.
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Ok, I know this has been done to death but I need to chill today and this was in my head. In no particular order: Serenity (ok, this and Forbidden Planet are my joint number one) Stargate 5th Element Silent Running The Man from Earth Idiocracy The Andromeda Strain Oblivion Dawn of the Dead (best Zombie film - EVER!) Terminator I and II Metropolis Planet of the Apes (original) Forbidden Planet 2001 The Matrix Star Wars - A New Hope Blade Runner The Thing (with Kurt Russel) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) RoboCop (1987) Alien Total Recall (1990) Predator They Live Escape from New York Galaxy Quest Star Trek: First Contact A Clockwork Orange District 9 Ex Machina Back to the Future SpaceBalls 28 Days Later Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Capricorn One Soylent Green The Omega Man Moon Pitch Black Phew! That feels better. Any to add to the list?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
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Ok, I know this has been done to death but I need to chill today and this was in my head. In no particular order: Serenity (ok, this and Forbidden Planet are my joint number one) Stargate 5th Element Silent Running The Man from Earth Idiocracy The Andromeda Strain Oblivion Dawn of the Dead (best Zombie film - EVER!) Terminator I and II Metropolis Planet of the Apes (original) Forbidden Planet 2001 The Matrix Star Wars - A New Hope Blade Runner The Thing (with Kurt Russel) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) RoboCop (1987) Alien Total Recall (1990) Predator They Live Escape from New York Galaxy Quest Star Trek: First Contact A Clockwork Orange District 9 Ex Machina Back to the Future SpaceBalls 28 Days Later Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Capricorn One Soylent Green The Omega Man Moon Pitch Black Phew! That feels better. Any to add to the list?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
Of the more science than fantasy kind: Aliens Guided bullets: tested in Afghanistan Man-portable RADAR to find enemies behind cover: tested in Afghanistan VTOL dropship: V-22 Osprey Wheeled APC for the US: M1126 Stryker