Topic: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever. (Read 8500 times)

Sirgod · « **on:** March 06, 2011, 01:30:34 pm »

Ok, here is the plan. We all make a master list in this thread, of sci fi movies we all rank up as must see.

Then , when we have a list, I'll take it, and we will do a poll once a week, pitting two films against each other.

every week, We will record the winner, and then move on to the next two.

Eventually, we will wind it down, and have the final two, and thereby give us our communities best sci fi movie.

So Suggestions are now open friends.

Stephen

Czar Mohab · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2011, 06:28:38 pm »

Unless otherwise stated, movies in this list that I have provided are intended to reflect the original, not remade or remastered or re-anything version of a film. Also, unless stated otherwise, this list is intended to reflect a specific movie if in a series, not the entire seires as a whole (i.e. Star Wars would be for Star Wars episode IV: A New Hope, and not a reference to The Trilogy). I would anticipate that eventually someone would name a sequal or remake, I'm just not going to be that someone today.

The Last Starfighter

Planet of the Apes

The Blob

War of the Worlds

Forbidden Planet

The Time Machine

Independance Day

The Terminator

That should get y'all started. Cheers!

Edit: How could I forget:

Total Recall

knightstorm · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:57:11 pm »

Would you consider Unbreakable a comic film or sci-fi? If its scifi, its definitely at the top of my list

Robocop

Serenity

Bicentennial Man

Sirgod · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2011, 08:33:53 pm »

Unbreakable would be fine.

I'm pretty loose with the Criteria, and everyone here knows sci fi when they see it.

Keep em coming guys.

Stephen

FPF-Tobin Dax · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2011, 11:22:21 pm »

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Day the Earth stood still

The Time Machine

War of the Worlds

Contact (based on Carl Sagan novel)

Independance Day

The Terminator

The Last Starfighter

The Arrival

2010: Odyssey 2

Galaxy Quest

ShadowDiver · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2011, 01:07:06 am »

Boy o'boy we got some old ones there don't we....

OK, my two cents, but I can't believe my first one never made anyone list...

1. Aliens (1986)......that's number 2 for those that never saw it.. also the uncut version, with the extra footage about Ripley's daughtert.

2. Enemy Mine (1985)...Dennis Quad & Louis Gossett Jr

3. StarGate (1994)...Kurt Russell

4. The Thing (1982)...Kurt Russell

5. Red Planet (2000)...Val Kilmer

6. Star Trek (2009)...Chris Pine

7. Tron (1982)...Jeff Bridges, the orignal.

8. The Matrix (1999)...Keanu Reeves

9. Armageddon (1998)...Bruce Willis

10. Blade Runner (1982)...Harrison Ford

11. The Fifth Element (1997)...Bruce Willis

12. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)...Keir Dullea

13. Sunshine (2007)...Cillian Murphy

14. Gattaca (1997)...Ethan Hawke

15. Predator (1987)...Arnold Schwarzenegger

16. Dark City (1998)...Rufus Sewell

17. Deja Vu (2006)...Denzel Washington

18. K-PAX (2001)...Kevin Spacey

19. Dune (1984)...Kyle MacLachlan

20. Pitch Black (2000)...Vin Diesel

That's my top 20, not necessarily in that order...if you need more I've got more

also I need a specification.....Sci-fi....or Sci-Fi comedy like Mars attacks, Galaxy Quest and Small Soldiers?

Sirgod · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2011, 01:26:24 am »

Sci-fi comedy is good, as there is not a person here, who doesn't love Galaxy Quest, or say Spaceballs.

Stephen

The Postman · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2011, 08:49:16 pm »

to add to the list, not my favorites though

Ice Pirates
Silent Running
Final Countdown
Blade Runner
Highlander
Logan's Run
Judge Dredd
The Abyss
Battle Beyond the Stars

Dash Jones · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2011, 05:54:01 pm »

Only a mention in passing, but no one stated...

Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith

Then there's

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek First Contact
Star Trek Wrath of Khan & Search for Spock (simply put, though wrath is better, spock really is needed for the rest of the story if you ever see any of the later ST movies...otherwise you'll be going WTF).

Tron: Legacy

Someone already mentioned Blade Runner

Avatar (in 3d).

Chronicles of Riddick (I thought it better then Pitch Black, and more deep Sci Fi as well)

Sirgod · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2011, 06:13:29 pm »

Great suggestions guys. I'll keep taking them until Frey does his renovations, and then we can start voting on the titles then.

It will allow for us to also get a larger group to choose from.

I'd like to add,

Dune
THX1138
Silent Running
Logan's Run

Not sure if I repeated anyone, and if so, my apologies.

Stephen

knightstorm · « **Reply #10 on:** March 09, 2011, 08:47:10 pm »

Quote from: Dash Jones on March 09, 2011, 05:54:01 pm

Chronicles of Riddick (I thought it better then Pitch Black, and more deep Sci Fi as well)

I tend to agree, I hated Pitch Black, but I liked the Chronicles. I think its because I don't particularly like Riddick as a character, but the richly painted world featured in Chronicles really appealed to me.

Other movies that I liked
Highlander Endgame: Did a great job of transitioning the TV series chronology to the big screen, too bad they had to %^&% everything up with the Source.

The Road Warrior

Jurassic Park

ShadowDiver · « **Reply #11 on:** March 09, 2011, 11:18:52 pm »

I was under the impression you just wanted our favs????

there seems to be a lot of repeating and just grabbing at movies.....

if that's the case, I can list all my Sci-Fi movies that I have collected? that's around 300....

I have about 2600 VHS tapes that I was in the process of transferring to DVD's which is at (oh 600) right now, but I stopped when Blu-Ray came out. So now I have about 56 Blu-Rays also..

Sirgod · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2011, 11:23:27 pm »

Shoot Shadowdriver, if you don't mind, go for it. That would give us quite a list to work from.

I'm in the same boat, I have a walk in closet full of VHS tapes. some of them an Old Moderator gave me, when he switched his massive collection to DVD also. To this day, I'll sit back and laugh at Howard the Duck, then turn around and watch something like Howards End.

Stephen

ShadowDiver · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2011, 11:36:36 pm »

Fantastic...Thank you.....

I will start making it in word then just copy & paste it here, that way I won't tie up the board..

EschelonOfJudgemnt · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:25:55 am »

Good to see Star Trek VI mentioned. Probably my fave, although STII:TWOK is a very close second (mainly because of the phaser buzzsaw effect).

The Last Starfighter always grabs my attention whenever it's aired.

Lots of movies above already mentioned, so no need to mention them again.

My next recommend is loosely sci-fi:
Stealth

Dune (1984 version).
District 9
Babylon 5: Severed Dreams (not technically a movie, but definitely one of my favorite episodes).

And, while not necessarily must see movies, my guilty pleasures:
The newer Godzilla and Gamera movies. At this point though, I don't think we'll see how Gamera fares against the hordes of Gaos monsters alluded to at the end of Gamera III: The Revenge of Iris...

Sirgod · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:32:20 am »

Oh I am a huge fan of the 1990+ Godzilla movies myself. Don't get me wrong, I liked the old ones also (Toho? ) but shoot from Godzilla 85 or Godzilla returns , they really god good.

The whole way they progressed was awesome.

Stephen

Czar Mohab · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:07:28 am »

If we are to mention B5 then we should definately mention a B5 movie. One with battles and heros and villians and a true story...

In the Beginning

Seriously - it sums up a lot from the show, and it is, imho, stand alone enough that if all you ever watch of B5 is this, you'd still be able to follow along. You'd seriously be missing out if you did that, but you would be able to follow along.

I figured that the good Star Treks (2, 4 (yes, 4... Kirk saves the world AND gets the girl. 'nuff said) and 6) were gimmies, so that's why I didn't list them. *shrugs* I'll know better next time.

Czar "Kirk would have nailed the Female Changeling, thus ending the Dominion War," Mohab

P.S. Kirks girl in TVH wasn't the whale biologist, it was the Big E

EschelonOfJudgemnt · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:12:31 am »

Quote from: Sirgod on March 16, 2011, 01:32:20 am

Oh I am a huge fan of the 1990+ Godzilla movies myself. Don't get me wrong, I liked the old ones also (Toho? ) but shoot from Godzilla 85 or Godzilla returns , they really god good.

The whole way they progressed was awesome.

Stephen

Apparently, the big guy is on again in 2012...

Godzilla Trailer (2009-2012) The New Godzilla Movie

The end sequence of Godzilla 2000 is just so Japanese!

Sirgod · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:19:27 am »

Oh that will be sweet.

Thanks for the heads up there bro.

Stephen

ShadowDiver · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:47:50 am »

I have not forgotten to post, I've been so busy at work.....

man am I tired.....

I'm still working on it..

The Postman · « **Reply #20 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:51:31 am »

Thunderbirds

ShadowDiver · « **Reply #21 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:56:11 am »

3 of them...which one? anime, cartoon (puppets), movie..

762_XC · « **Reply #22 on:** April 14, 2011, 03:56:26 pm »

A few no one's mentioned yet:

The Andromeda Strain
Minority Report
The Black Hole (hey, it has Maximillian Schell!)
Alien
Event Horizon
The Abyss
Cocoon
Starship Troopers
Outland

Sirgod · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2011, 04:16:43 pm »

Ooh, adding to master list 762.

Stephen

Andromeda · « **Reply #24 on:** June 01, 2011, 07:18:48 am »

I think you should have seeded them like a tournament (maybe by ticket sales?) so we could have only the best (or at least most popular) movies in the later rounds. As it is, several turkeys are going to be there at least through round 2.

Tulwar · « **Reply #25 on:** June 01, 2011, 04:04:00 pm »

My top 20, in no particular order:

1.) ST TMP: I just like the models of the Enterprise and the Klingon Battle Cruisers, otherwise, the movie is a complete waste.

2.) Star Wars, A New Hope (original edit) We'll never see that one or anything like it again. Without execption, it was the best SF film ever made. Unfortunately, the version available today is not even watchable. Star Wars, the Empire Strikes Back is the only remaining film in the series that could replace it on this list.

3.) 2001, A Space Odyssesy, the special effects in this film have yet to be duplicated.

4.) Terminator.

5.) Aliens, The second movie, not Alien.

6.) Forbidden Planet.

7.) The Chronicles of Riddick.

8.) Battle Beyond the Stars, I just like the model of the Corsair.

9.) The Planet of the Apes.

10.) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Hey, if I'll use any excuse to list Abbot and Costello.

11.) The Day the Earth Stood Still, Why they made such a horrible remake of this classic, I will never know.

12.) Godzilla, King of the Monsters! You have to see at least one Godzilla film.

13.) The Andromeda Strain.

14.) Silent Running.

15.) Westworld. This was a movie about a computer virus. The concept was completely alien to people, back them.

16.) Logan's Run.

17.) Spaceballs. The funnyist film ever made.

18.) The Fifth Element.

19.) Avatar.

20.) Robocop.

Sirgod · « **Reply #26 on:** June 01, 2011, 07:59:44 pm »

Thanks Tulwar, I'll add them to the list man. Some of them, I believe I may have added already, but it will be easy enough to go through and Amend.

Stephen

Tulwar · « **Reply #27 on:** June 02, 2011, 12:19:22 am »

No problem. This is just a fun topic. It forced me to look at Wikipedia to find a list of films. It's quite surprizing that there is so little good sci-fi on film. Now that cgi has come so far, the expense of completely artificial sets and spaceship models is really coming down. I expect that in the future, Hollywood is going to make films of classic sci-fi novels simply because it's cheaper than making something realistic.

btw Dune and Starship Troopers are examples of how not to turn classic novels into movies.

Sirgod · « **Reply #28 on:** June 02, 2011, 12:39:05 am »

Oh man, I so agree with Dune and Starship Troopers.

I am excited and scared silly bro, at the idea of an Enders game film also.

Stephen

Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 02, 2011, 02:49:37 am »

Metropolis (1927)
Logan’s Run
Event Horizon
Serenity
I Am Legend
Planet of the Apes
Mad Max
Sphere
Fantastic Voyage
War of the Worlds
Day of the Triffids (so bad its good)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
When Worlds Collide
The Andromeda Strain
Brainstorm

Sirgod · « **Reply #30 on:** June 02, 2011, 04:16:46 am »

Awesome Shadow, thanks man.

Stephen

Sirgod · « **Reply #31 on:** June 02, 2011, 05:05:47 am »

Grabbed Tulwar's and Shadows suggestions and copied to master list at home. I'll go through and organize it later today.

Stephen

Andromeda · « **Reply #32 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:29:36 pm »

Is Dark City on the list? I think it should be.

knightstorm · « **Reply #33 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:53:17 pm »

If you're still adding nominations, you should include Pulgasari. Admittedly, what makes it great is the whole backstory behind its production.

Sirgod · « **Reply #34 on:** June 21, 2011, 01:48:21 pm »

I can do knightstorm. thanks.

Stephen

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