And the winners are...
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Right. Have your judges watch Gravity and Edge of Tomorrow, and then tell me that they aren't on the list because they aren't very good movies.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Tremors didn't make the cut? What kind of malarkey is this? :-D
Anything with Kevin Bacon is automatically included on any list, by default.
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Right. Have your judges watch Gravity and Edge of Tomorrow, and then tell me that they aren't on the list because they aren't very good movies.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
No, I like them both but not enough to put them on the list. Feel free to add them to your own list of greats. :thumbsup:
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Tremors didn't make the cut? What kind of malarkey is this? :-D
The series that still doesn't know when to give up! :laugh: Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell | official trailer (2018) - YouTube[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Ok, so I sent the revised list back to the judges and they came back with this list, sorted alphabetically, of the best sci-fi films ever made. If your fav movie is not on here, it's probably because it isn't really that good. :-) 2001 28 Days Later 5th Element A Clockwork Orange Alien Back to the Future Blade Runner Capricorn One Dawn of the Dead District 9 Escape from New York Ex Machina Forbidden Planet Galaxy Quest Idiocracy Metropolis Moon Oblivion Pitch Black Planet of the Apes (original) Predator RoboCop (1987) Serenity Silent Running Soylent Green SpaceBalls Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Star Wars - A New Hope Stargate Terminator I and II The Andromeda Strain The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Man from Earth The Matrix The Omega Man The Thing (with Kurt Russel) They Live Total Recall (1990)
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I don't see Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Does that mean that it is not so good ? :( ... or probably it's more fantasy than SF.
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Your point was to be rude. It's my list, if you don't like it, as I said, feel free to fuck off and come up with your own list and then you can have any film on it that you like and stop being a dick.
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With that list, you, sir, have proven loudly and beyond any shadow of a doubt:
There's No Accounting For Taste
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Ok, so I sent the revised list back to the judges and they came back with this list, sorted alphabetically, of the best sci-fi films ever made. If your fav movie is not on here, it's probably because it isn't really that good. :-) 2001 28 Days Later 5th Element A Clockwork Orange Alien Back to the Future Blade Runner Capricorn One Dawn of the Dead District 9 Escape from New York Ex Machina Forbidden Planet Galaxy Quest Idiocracy Metropolis Moon Oblivion Pitch Black Planet of the Apes (original) Predator RoboCop (1987) Serenity Silent Running Soylent Green SpaceBalls Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Star Wars - A New Hope Stargate Terminator I and II The Andromeda Strain The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Man from Earth The Matrix The Omega Man The Thing (with Kurt Russel) They Live Total Recall (1990)
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
Most of those aren't anything I'd ever watch.
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I don't see Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Does that mean that it is not so good ? :( ... or probably it's more fantasy than SF.
It's rubbish. And Star Wars is fantasy/adventure. There is only one Star Wars and it was released in 1977.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
In your ever so humble opinion
And that's my point too, this list is your opinion, it's not "the best."
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Oh thank God for clearing that up. I thought this list was the definitive, overriding, final say, no one can argue with it, if you disagree you're a moron, don't even bother to watch it if it isn't on this list, be all and end all list. Good thing we dodged that. :doh: It certainly is a sign of good taste and exceptional upbringing to attack someone else personally for revealing their 'Best of' list. (And yes - in case anyone is wondering - I am in a bit of a bad mood today! :laugh: )
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like. Dave
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Your point was to be rude. It's my list, if you don't like it, as I said, feel free to fuck off and come up with your own list and then you can have any film on it that you like and stop being a dick.
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so you are the only one whose opinion counts dare anyone suggest your opinion is crap we can go f* ourselves? Oh, but it was "just a bit of fun" so poking fun at your choices is not allowed? Think carefully: WHO IS BEING RUDE? Now I will be rude: GROW UP!
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Ok, so I sent the revised list back to the judges and they came back with this list, sorted alphabetically, of the best sci-fi films ever made. If your fav movie is not on here, it's probably because it isn't really that good. :-) 2001 28 Days Later 5th Element A Clockwork Orange Alien Back to the Future Blade Runner Capricorn One Dawn of the Dead District 9 Escape from New York Ex Machina Forbidden Planet Galaxy Quest Idiocracy Metropolis Moon Oblivion Pitch Black Planet of the Apes (original) Predator RoboCop (1987) Serenity Silent Running Soylent Green SpaceBalls Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Star Wars - A New Hope Stargate Terminator I and II The Andromeda Strain The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Man from Earth The Matrix The Omega Man The Thing (with Kurt Russel) They Live Total Recall (1990)
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
Any list of sci-fi movies missing Buckaroo Banzai is worthless.
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so you are the only one whose opinion counts dare anyone suggest your opinion is crap we can go f* ourselves? Oh, but it was "just a bit of fun" so poking fun at your choices is not allowed? Think carefully: WHO IS BEING RUDE? Now I will be rude: GROW UP!
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Lopatir wrote:
dare anyone suggest your opinion is crap
You're not supposed to tell someone that their opinion is "crap" because that's rude, just as he said. There are any number of more positive ways you could have approached your point. As he said, you can post your own list and likely no one would have called it crap.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Ok, so I sent the revised list back to the judges and they came back with this list, sorted alphabetically, of the best sci-fi films ever made. If your fav movie is not on here, it's probably because it isn't really that good. :-) 2001 28 Days Later 5th Element A Clockwork Orange Alien Back to the Future Blade Runner Capricorn One Dawn of the Dead District 9 Escape from New York Ex Machina Forbidden Planet Galaxy Quest Idiocracy Metropolis Moon Oblivion Pitch Black Planet of the Apes (original) Predator RoboCop (1987) Serenity Silent Running Soylent Green SpaceBalls Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Star Wars - A New Hope Stargate Terminator I and II The Andromeda Strain The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Man from Earth The Matrix The Omega Man The Thing (with Kurt Russel) They Live Total Recall (1990)
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
Have you watched: Mad Max (1979) The man who fell to earth (1976) Solaris (1972) Westworld (1973) And perhaps a few more from this list: [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/50-best-sci-fi-movies-of-the-1970s-20150114/the-man-who-fell-to-earth-1976-20150113) The Thing and Capricorn One are of course epic must-have-seens, but are they really that good?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Ok, so I sent the revised list back to the judges and they came back with this list, sorted alphabetically, of the best sci-fi films ever made. If your fav movie is not on here, it's probably because it isn't really that good. :-) 2001 28 Days Later 5th Element A Clockwork Orange Alien Back to the Future Blade Runner Capricorn One Dawn of the Dead District 9 Escape from New York Ex Machina Forbidden Planet Galaxy Quest Idiocracy Metropolis Moon Oblivion Pitch Black Planet of the Apes (original) Predator RoboCop (1987) Serenity Silent Running Soylent Green SpaceBalls Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Star Wars - A New Hope Stargate Terminator I and II The Andromeda Strain The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Man from Earth The Matrix The Omega Man The Thing (with Kurt Russel) They Live Total Recall (1990)
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
I'm not a sci-fi buff but had a quick look at the list. 2001 on top. Hard to argue with that. I wonder how many other lists Kubrick would top. [edit] Ah alphabetical - well poetic justice.
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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so you are the only one whose opinion counts dare anyone suggest your opinion is crap we can go f* ourselves? Oh, but it was "just a bit of fun" so poking fun at your choices is not allowed? Think carefully: WHO IS BEING RUDE? Now I will be rude: GROW UP!
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No but if you don;t like my list, create your own and don't get personal, which you did. You offer some advice which you'd be good to take for yourself.
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Ok, so I sent the revised list back to the judges and they came back with this list, sorted alphabetically, of the best sci-fi films ever made. If your fav movie is not on here, it's probably because it isn't really that good. :-) 2001 28 Days Later 5th Element A Clockwork Orange Alien Back to the Future Blade Runner Capricorn One Dawn of the Dead District 9 Escape from New York Ex Machina Forbidden Planet Galaxy Quest Idiocracy Metropolis Moon Oblivion Pitch Black Planet of the Apes (original) Predator RoboCop (1987) Serenity Silent Running Soylent Green SpaceBalls Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Star Wars - A New Hope Stargate Terminator I and II The Andromeda Strain The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Man from Earth The Matrix The Omega Man The Thing (with Kurt Russel) They Live Total Recall (1990)
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
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Have you watched: Mad Max (1979) The man who fell to earth (1976) Solaris (1972) Westworld (1973) And perhaps a few more from this list: [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/50-best-sci-fi-movies-of-the-1970s-20150114/the-man-who-fell-to-earth-1976-20150113) The Thing and Capricorn One are of course epic must-have-seens, but are they really that good?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
Yup. All good (except Solaris which I did not like).
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I'm not a sci-fi buff but had a quick look at the list. 2001 on top. Hard to argue with that. I wonder how many other lists Kubrick would top. [edit] Ah alphabetical - well poetic justice.
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
pwasser wrote:
2001 on top. Hard to argue with that.
I have never understood why that incredibly over-long boring movie was ever considered a great movie. But I am glad you enjoyed it!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like. Dave
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pwasser wrote:
2001 on top. Hard to argue with that.
I have never understood why that incredibly over-long boring movie was ever considered a great movie. But I am glad you enjoyed it!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like. Dave
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Like all significant creative acts it broke new ground. You had to be there.
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
Hey - I was 4 when it came out - I was there - I just wasn't - there there. You see? :laugh:
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like. Dave
