My top 10 SciFi movies of all time by Moss

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My top 10 SciFi movies of all time

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:34 AM

Buckaroo Banzai

Big Trouble in Little China. Probably the most radical rewrite in the history of film. No, make that the Universe.

Trancers.

Battle beyond The Stars.

Bubba Ho-Tep. (Not strictly Sci-Fi, but no x-Best list of films should be without it.)

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:50 AM

LIGHTMEDARK

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Originally posted by Jonestein:
I've ranted about politicizing movies on this board before. It's not so much the substance of what's being politicized that bothers me, it's that when I recognize the politicizing(which was so blatently obvious in Ep. III), it jerks me out of my world of escapism and back into the real world.

I don't ever catch political parallels because I have no idea what real world politics are. I honestly have no idea what a democrat or a replublican is, so I've never had any problem with political intrigue in film.

I've noticed Serenity is 3rd on almost everyones lists...very odd.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:56 AM

MOSS

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Originally posted by Gixxer:
Buckaroo Banzai

Battle beyond The Stars.

Battle Beyond the Stars: OMG, I had completely forgotten that film...I bunked school to see it and was the only person in the cinema.

Complete crap, in a good way.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:02 PM

MOSS

I've noticed Serenity is 3rd on almost everyones lists...very odd.

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I think that considering we are looking at the history of Scifi (there are films going back to the 20's in this thread) number 3 is one hell of an achievement. Without sounding too sentimental, Joss & his fine team have produced a film worthy of being placed among groundbreaking films that have defined the genre and captivated the imagination.

Also, I have never joined a fan site nor really discussed my passion for scifi, watching the series & film has woken the sleeper, for that I am eternally greatful.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:55 PM

KAYNA

I love my captain

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Total Recall seems to be MIA on this thread...

I love that movie!

You know, a lot of people have been mentioning John Carpenters "They Live". I love John Carpenter (I put Escape from L.A. on my list)but I haven't seen this. How did I miss it? I've seen the Thing and that was good but I don't know what They Live is about. Anyone care to enlighten me?

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:29 PM

CHRISISALL

The less you know about They Live, the better. Just rent it!

Okay, it's sci-fi-like.

Call me Snake Chrisisall

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:16 PM

JOHNBOY

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
The less you know about They Live, the better. Just rent it!

Okay, it's sci-fi-like.

Call me Snake Chrisisall

They Live is "sci-fi-LIKE"????? What part of it disqualifies it from being hard-core sci-fi? The hideous aliens? The mind control? The teleportation system?

Mind you, rollicking good fun and - I believe - one of the longest punch-up scenes ever filmed.

As for other great sci-fi movies (although I wouldn't rate They Live as a top-ten) I am astonished that no-one has mentioned StarTrek 6. Nearly as good as Wrath of Khan, and a great recovery after Shatner fumbled the ball with ST5.

It still cracks me up when Kirk tackles the President just as the assassin fires. The prez looks up, thinking "What the f***?". He has it explained to him in just two words: "Kirk. Enterprise.", and then Kirk's up and into some more thrillin' heroics.

A classic.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:35 PM

LIGHTMEDARK

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Originally posted by Moss:
I think that considering we are looking at the history of Scifi (there are films going back to the 20's in this thread) number 3 is one hell of an achievement. Without sounding too sentimental, Joss & his fine team have produced a film worthy of being placed among groundbreaking films that have defined the genre and captivated the imagination.

No, I completely agree with you. I just think it's funny that it's the same number on everyone's list, for the most part. Not 3 on this list then 5 on this one, but almost all 3, haha.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:37 PM

JOHNBOY

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Originally posted by Moss:
I've noticed Serenity is 3rd on almost everyones lists...very odd.

Not so odd, I believe. Everyone here is going to be a very big fan of Serenity. No surprises there. But there is no way it's going to be able to beat out Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back.

That is almost guaranteed to be 1 or 2 on this sort of list - although it's a bit more of a lottery as to which other film fights it for the top spot - which pushes Serenity down to 3 or 4.

And that's about right, I think.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 3:06 PM

JOHNBOY

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Originally posted by Kayna:

You know, a lot of people have been mentioning John Carpenters "They Live". I love John Carpenter (I put Escape from L.A. on my list)but I haven't seen this. How did I miss it? I've seen the Thing and that was good but I don't know what They Live is about. Anyone care to enlighten me?
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It's a fine John Carpenter movie - if you've enjoyed his other work then you will enjoy this. Not his best work, not by a long shot, but it's a fun ride.

It's heavily allegorical, intending to draw a parallel between the aliens in the movie and the "rape-pillage-don't think about tomorrow" attitude of big business, and the way that governs their actions.

Which is a serious message if you have concerns for the environment, or have doubts about the real long term cost of economic rationalism. But if you consider that to be so much tree-huggin' leftie pinko stuff then maybe it's not the movie for you.

As to the plot? Have a look here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/plotsummary

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Monday, March 20, 2006 4:32 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Johnboy:
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Originally posted by Moss:
I've noticed Serenity is 3rd on almost everyones lists...very odd.

Not so odd, I believe. Everyone here is going to be a very big fan of Serenity. No surprises there. But there is no way it's going to be able to beat out Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Well, Serenity is at the TOP of my particular list, with Blade Runner number two and Star Trek the Motion Picture (Director's cut) at three. Empire comes right after.

What was that? Chrisisall

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Monday, March 20, 2006 3:16 PM

CARTOON

I don't have a top just "sci-fi" list, but I do have a top list of my favorite 100 films -- so I just browsed through it and pulled the sci-fi films from it, and pasted them below...

(first number is just "sci-fi" listing, second number is over-all listing)

#1 (#5) The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
#2 (#16) Aliens (1986)
#3 (#17) Star Wars (1977)
#4 (#18) Serenity (2005)
#5 (#82) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
#6 (#86) The Thing (1951)

Those are the only sci-fi films in my top 100.
Others which would get honorable mention are...

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1992)
Galaxy Quest (1999)[can't see this film enough -- it should probably be somewhere in my overall top 100]
Planet of the Apes (1968)(actually saw this first run in a threatre, along with all of the "Star Wars" films, & of course "Serenity")
Alien (1979)(saw this first run, too)
Return of the Jedi (1983)(this might've ranked even higher than Empire if not for the stinking Ewoks -- they killed it on me)

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Monday, March 20, 2006 3:59 PM

CHRISISALL

Where's the original War of the Worlds- I don't see it on your list....

It was better than The Thing...Chrisisall

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:44 AM

CARTOON

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Where's the original War of the Worlds- I don't see it on your list....

Yeah, I liked it, but not enough to make my list.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
It was better than The Thing

I don't know. I liked the whole atmosphere of "The Thing" better. While I enjoyed it, the film just seemed campy to me. Maybe that 1950's color was what did it. The coloring in many of those 1950's movies wasn't realistic -- more like a comic strip (the original "Blob" was like that, too).

And as a postscript to my inclusion of "Star Wars" where I did in my whole top 100 listing (as I've said previously), one has to credit "Star Wars" as (if for no other reason) nothing which came after it would've been the same (or even likely made in the first place) without it -- including the resurgence of "Star Trek", as well as the Alien stuff, and practically all sci-fi and even superhero films (like "Superman" -- which probably never would've been made if not for "Star Wars"). (After a decent go in the 50's and early 60's, the whole sci-fi genre died in the late 1960's, and "Star Wars" brought it back with a vengeance.)

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:53 PM

LEGOLAD

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Originally posted by cartoon:
one has to credit "Star Wars" as (if for no other reason) nothing which came after it would've been the same (or even likely made in the first place) without it -- including the resurgence of "Star Trek", as well as the Alien stuff, and practically all sci-fi and even superhero films (like "Superman" -- which probably never would've been made if not for "Star Wars").

"Superman" came out in '78, just one year after Star Wars. Considering the undoubtedly involved process of bringing Superman to the big screen, and the fact that they were filming the sequel concurrently, I'm thinking production would have been well underway before Star Wars hit theaters. If you want to talk about movies launching genres... well, look at the plethora of comic book films we have today.

"We need a hood ornament."

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:17 AM

CARTOON

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Originally posted by Legolad:
"Superman" came out in '78, just one year after Star Wars. Considering the undoubtedly involved process of bringing Superman to the big screen, and the fact that they were filming the sequel concurrently, I'm thinking production would have been well underway before Star Wars hit theaters.

Likely, yes. But, don't forget, production on "Star Wars" started two years prior to that.

I also remember the biggest question circulating at the time as to whether "Superman" would succeed or bomb -- "Can they realistically make him fly?" No one had very much faith in special effects prior to "Star Wars".

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:36 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Forgetting Firefly & Serenity

2001 space odyssey, Blade runner and perhaps some classics like Day the Earth stood still

Fritz Lang's Metropolis was also way ahead of its time

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