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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2011, 11:51:31 am »
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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2011, 11:56:11 am »
3 of them...which one?  anime, cartoon (puppets), movie..

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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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
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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2011, 04:16:43 pm »
Ooh, adding to master list 762.

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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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.
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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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.
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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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.

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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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.
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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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.

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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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




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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2011, 04:16:46 am »
Awesome Shadow, thanks man.

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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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.

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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« Reply #32 on: June 20, 2011, 09:29:36 pm »
Is Dark City on the list?  I think it should be.
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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« 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.

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Re: Fun Idea. Best sci fi movie ever.
« Reply #34 on: June 21, 2011, 01:48:21 pm »
I can do knightstorm. thanks.

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