The *ALL NEW* Ten Best SF movies of all-time Thread! by chrisisall

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I would ask which planet of the apes?

Te original, of course!

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010 3:16 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:

12 Monkeys

A beautiful film, well acted, exquisitely directed, but I submit that it's idea of causal effect is and was old.
IMO, anyway.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:21 AM

MUTT999

Not in order, well, maybe the first one:

Serenity
Alien
Aliens
2001
Blade Runner
Star Wars-Ep IV
The Matrix
Pitch Black
The Thing ('82)
Rollerball ('75)

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:26 AM

LWAVES

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by ecgordon:

12 Monkeys
A beautiful film, well acted, exquisitely directed, but I submit that it's idea of causal effect is and was old.
IMO, anyway.

The laughing Chrisisall

So it gets knocked down because it's idea is old?
Because, you know, Superman was a new creation for the movie. And space westerns had never been done before. Or good vs bad, knights resuing the princess type stories had never been seen either.
Just having a 'friendly go at you' is all for knocking my fave time travel film.

As for my ten in no order (subject to change whenever I feel like it):

Superman The Movie
Star Wars
Serenity
12 Monkeys
Alien
Close Encounters
Moon
Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
Inception

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:41 AM

These are favourites and in order of preference.

SERENITY
Tron
Empire Strikes Back
Alien
War of the Worlds (1953)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Thing (1981)
The Thing (1951)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1951)
The Quiet Earth

I'll wait for the top ten 'Time Travel Films' thread before I include Back to the Future

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:27 AM

DICKCHENEY

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:42 AM

JONGSSTRAW

1. Star Wars
2. Forbidden Planet
3. Alien
4. Blade Runner
5. Terminator
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. The Time Machine
8. Metropolis
9. When Worlds Collide
10. The Thing

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:46 AM

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Originally posted by lwaves:

Moon

Yeah, that was excellent, and I own it. I thought about including it in place of Superman, but I decided the first one qualifies as SF, not just superhero.

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Inception

If I can't make it to the theatre, I'll blind-buy it!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:48 AM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

Tron

You must hang with Sonisall.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:51 AM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

2. Forbidden Planet

7. The Time Machine
8. Metropolis

Nice picks. I also considered The Incredible Shrinking Man...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:00 AM

JONGSSTRAW

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

2. Forbidden Planet

7. The Time Machine
8. Metropolis

Nice picks. I also considered The Incredible Shrinking Man...

The laughing Chrisisall

Thanks, and I also considered Incredible Shrinking Man, Invaders From Mars (original), War Of The Worlds (original), The Day The Earth Stood Still (original), Planet of the Apes (original), etc., etc.....see the pattern, see the problem....because of all the shitty remakes, it's hard to even remember how great the originals were.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:14 AM

Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
12 Monkeys
Dark City
The Thing (80's variety)
Planet of the Apes (original)
Blade Runner
The Terminator
Aliens
The Matrix

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:15 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

Tron
You must hang with Sonisall.

ya boy has taste

I love TRON. I enjoy the story (small as it is) and I love the sounds and the concepts, but I adore the design... It's such a visually unique film.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:55 AM

I love TRON. I enjoy the story (small as it is) and I love the sounds and the concepts, but I adore the design... It's such a visually unique film.

3 words

your so right

have you heard 'bout tron legacy? i doubt I'll like it because they changed the designs so drastically.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:14 AM

Nice light Cycles :D

Yeah I heard about Legacy. I have my concerns but I'll give it a whirl. So far I'm trying to avoid any imagery from it - but it's so difficult these days to avoid hype.

Still on the plus side it has Jeff Bridges in it :D

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:27 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

In case anyone wants to keep score, here's the top ten vote getters so far:

At five votes each:
Serenity
Blade Runner
Star Wars
Alien

Four votes:
2001
Aliens
The Thing

Three votes:
Terminator
12 Monkeys
The Empire Strikes Back

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

have you heard 'bout tron legacy? i doubt I'll like it because they changed the designs so drastically.

Really? I think the designs are remarkably faithful - just a natural progression reflecting the changes in technology over 30 years.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Nice light Cycles :D

Yeah I heard about Legacy. I have my concerns but I'll give it a whirl. So far I'm trying to avoid any imagery from it - but it's so difficult these days to avoid hype.

Still on the plus side it has Jeff Bridges in it :D

I'll see it, and Sonisall will too, I think.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:58 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
In case anyone wants to keep score, here's the top ten vote getters so far:

At five votes each:
Serenity
Blade Runner
Star Wars
Alien

Funny, I'd characterize Alien as a horror movie more than SF. The characters do that *DON'T DO THAT, STUPID!!!* thing a little too much for me.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
I think the designs are remarkably faithful - just a natural progression reflecting the changes in technology over 30 years.

That's my initial take, but we'll see...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:04 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

Thanks, and I also considered Incredible Shrinking Man,

Sonisall & I *JUST* watched it. He liked it. I have it on old-style VHS to avoid the obviousness of the severe matte lines.
It was the very first movie I watched on TV at age 6. It scared the bejeezus outta me!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:10 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

Thanks, and I also considered Incredible Shrinking Man,
Sonisall & I *JUST* watched it. He liked it. I have it on old-style VHS to avoid the obviousness of the severe matte lines.
It was the very first movie I watched on TV at age 6. It scared the bejeezus outta me!

The laughing Chrisisall

It's a classic and has perhaps one of the best dialogue finalés out there... Well that and the original The Thing. Also that curious trumpet score is so unusual for it's time yet it fits the sentiment perfectly. Very impressed Sonisall likes it!

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:34 PM

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Very impressed Sonisall likes it!

i like many si-fi movies and also movies that teach a lesson.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:37 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

Funny, I'd characterize Alien as a horror movie more than SF. The characters do that *DON'T DO THAT, STUPID!!!* thing a little too much for me.

I think if you're going to count Superman as SciFi.... Alien is too.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:48 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

Inception

If I can't make it to the theatre, I'll blind-buy it!
_____________________________________________________

Chris, seriously, get thee to a theatre. You will not regret, trust me on this one.

SGG

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:31 PM

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

Chris, seriously, get thee to a theatre. You will not regret, trust me on this one.

I will seriously try!!

Back in a week...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:32 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:

I think if you're going to count Superman as SciFi.... Alien is too.

Fair enough to say.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:03 PM

KWICKO

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My top 10 for now, in order:

2001
Blade Runner
Serenity
Star Wars
Brazil
District 9
Close Encounters
Alien
Silent Running
Moon

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:00 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Galaxy Quest
Mad Max.
Terminator 2.
12 Monkeys.
Aliens.
Total Recall.
Star Wars.
The Matrix.
Star Trek 4.
The Last Mimzy.

Runners up:
Terminator.
Serenity.
Demolition Man.
Soldier.
Waterworld.
Reign of Fire
Blade Runner.
Titanic.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:59 AM

Waterworld?
Titanic???

Shirley you jest.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:10 AM

Waterworld I can get behind. It's unfairly maligned.

I don't get how Titanic is Sci Fi though...

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:14 AM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Waterworld I can get behind. It's unfairly maligned.

That's how I feel about The Postman.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:12 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

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Originally posted by Storymark:
I don't get how Titanic is Sci Fi though...

Titanic used fictional science (because it was cheaper), much like if a film today showed how the sun revolves around the Earth, and how the entire Universe revolves around the Earth as well. We consider this fiction because this "Science" was disproven centuries ago (although the Vatican only admitted it a year or so ago).
Titanic was the first film about that ship and event which could have accurately portrayed how the unsinkable ship sank, because the wreck had been dove on and the cause verified. But Cameron decided he had already chosen a different ersion, and the special effects had been done for it, so it was cheaper to use the fictional science for the film.
The most notable, and first, person to accurately describe how it sank was in testimony at the Maritime Inquest following the sinking, the Chief Engineer of the shipyard that built her (I think at Glasgow). Nobody believed him, and the accurate explanation was discounted and ignored until the ship was investigated during the time of the filming.
I count it as Sci Fi.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:31 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

That's a very round-about rationalization. Yes, it was a fictitious account of how the boat sank, but fiction does not equate to science fiction.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010 10:24 AM

Yeah, that's about the most tortured nonsensical reasoning I've seen in a while.

By that measure, any film ever that wasn't a documentary is science fiction - because they ALL take liberties with something.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:42 PM