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Favorite science fiction film?
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Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:31 pmby X Goji
Mine would have to be Blade Runner. I think it's a classic fusion of film-noir and science fiction, with some really cool visuals festering with excellent writing and acting.
Runners up are Serenity, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and Minority Report.
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Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:49 pmby Danny B
Aside from Star Wars...
Dark City
Chronicles of Riddick
David Lynch's Dune
Equilibrium
Terminator I & II
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Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:49 pmby Dr. Tongue
Does Dawn of the Dead count? If that's not sciencey enough for you, A Clockwork Orange would be my pick, followed by Alien and Return of the Jedi (my personal favorite SW movie, even though it's despised by many).
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Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:26 pmby Packmule
My favorite sci-fi film:
2001-A Space Odyssey(1968). Thought provoking, with a memorable score and outstanding visuals.
Honorable mention:
The Thing(1982)
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Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:20 pmby lhb412
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:13 amby Xenorama
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:08 amby CyHunter
First Contact is, IMO, a snapshot of the time Star Trek needs to return to if it wants to survive. That movie had it all, at least for me. The action and atmosphere was cinematic, without losing that trademark ST touch. The characters were alternately funny and serious, and Picard's plight and inner struggle after being essentially mind-raped by the Borg was dramatically meaty. You had Alice Krige as the creepiest sci-fi villainess you can think of, the character banter was good, the action setpeices were thrilling (again, without losing that Star Trek feel). The score was fantastic as well, and the story worked well in its own terms, not relying on a Level 5 Geek Clearance to appreciate, while being interwoven into the series mythology enough that it does become a lot more meaningful if you know the backstory. God, I love that movie. Only others maybe in league with that in the series were maybe
Khan,
Voyage Home, and
Undiscovered Country. Now
shat's what I call Star Trek. I'm getting all warm and fuzzy thinking about it.
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:23 amby Robert Saint John
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:32 amby CyHunter
Oops...never answered the question. Yeah, for me, the tops would either be ESB or RoboCop. RC works better as a stand-alone movie, of course (and is a brilliantly acerbic and gritty, yet touchingly human, peice of film), but in the context of the whole mythos, SW Ep V is so tense and such a well-constructed classic tragedy. Those two movies are my top picks, genre or otherwise.
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:12 pmby Gfan54
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:39 pmby X Goji
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:43 pmby CyHunter
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:08 pmby Garasharp K7
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:44 pmby akuash
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:33 pmby Danny B
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:48 pmby DannyBeane
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:12 amby CyHunter
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:10 pmby briizilla
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:11 pmby Jon Leo
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:34 pmby Tyler E. Martin
The 1954 "Godzilla" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Both of them are very gripping stories with a very similar message about human nature that is still relevant today. They may very well be my top two movies period.
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:51 pmby Gwangi
Most of the old Godzilla Showa features.
Also:
Frankenstein (1931)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The first Flash Gordon serial aka Rocketship (1936)
War of the Worlds (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Them! (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Mysterious Island (1961)
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:59 pmby XvGojira