Posted on 11/19/2012 7:55:53 PM PST by MNDude
Why would they want to destroy what they created? (We were `flying too close to the sun,’ like Icarus?)
Dune, Blade Runner, Enemy Mine, Children of Dune, Colossus the Forbin Poject, Predator.
Dune, Blade Runner, Enemy Mine, Children of Dune, Colossus the Forbin Poject, Predator.
Although it’s a serial and not really a movie, I liked “Radar Men from the Moon.” For many years, I thought “Star Wars I” (1977) was the greatest film ever made.
1.) Aliens (the second movie)
2.) Starship Troopers
3.) Battle Los Angeles
Some great picks here....I will add “The Fly” - the original with Vincent Price. “Help me.....”
One answer for three questions:
GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTER.
The conservative lessons and understones add to what is an already amazingly classic script and story- the best ever.
Think about it; regular citizens filling a nitch, having foresight against a coming storm, everyone telling them they are crazy, the EPA trying to shut down the business in the name of unproven science, the EPA eventually leading to a brutal terror of the civilization which would have been avoided if the EPA/Gov just stay out of the way; the narcissistic mayor who only thinks of the decision in terms of the election, rather than common sense or what is best for the city. and on and on and on.
Who ya gonna call?
The last has still not been made.
I would add the first 2 terminator movies
Another that I liked when I saw it in the theater was “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (1961).
Thanks, now I’ve got to see it.
I posted a pic of “ Morons from outer space” while it’s a goofy movie that has some funny parts, it is the genius of the concept that I loved.
The idea that Extraterrestrials have a superior intelligence is something most have accepted as fact.
I suppose when a remote homesteader saw an automobile for the first time they must have considered those occupants of some superior intelligence. And it’s likely they were, since you had to be a mechanic at that time.
But now, any moron can get in his car and drive across the country.
You are clearly a terrorist!
Forgot about that one.
It's near the top of my list, too.
Forbidden Planet still rocks.
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Creation of the Humanoids
Robot Monster
I like it for two reasons.
The quest of the replicants for what is essentialy their humanity, and Rutger Hauer. His tears in rain impromptu line was one of the finest pieces of acting I’ve ever seen in my life.
It isn’t an action heavy movie, I suppose it isn’t for everyone, but not all science fiction is.
This one is my favorite.
Star Trek fans, here is the best parody:http://archive.org/details/StarWreckInThePirkining
“The future looks bleak for Captain Pirk. Originally from the far future, he traveled back to save the world, but was shipwrecked on the 21st century. The world of the past is a dangerous place and he is finding it difficult to convince the ladies he is, in fact, an intergalactic space hero from the future. To make things right Pirk comes up with a questionable plan to save mankind’s future...”
Funny and amazingly good effects too.
“Wrath of Khan was my first date with Mrs. Henkster! LOL! She still married me!!!
Great movie for sure! What a great cast and special effects. I loved “Blade Runner,” too. Sean Connery did a quirky scifi movie, too. Named “Zardoz?” My favorite was probably “2001, Space Odessy.” I went to the premier in San Francisco way back when. Geez! I’m getting old!
“They Came From Outter Space” -
Oh laws yes!
Wow, I think all of my favorites have been hit, and I have a lot of favorites.
Was Gattaca mentioned?
Inception was interesting.
District 9 was cool in many ways.
Donnie Darko
How about Iron Man or The Avengers? :D
Hunger Games? I guess I wasn’t totally impressed with that one, but it’s sci-fi. Some classic elements in it.
I’m not a big fan of Avatar, but you’ve got to admit it has some serious sci-fi magnitude to it.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was a interesting sci-fi twist.
Watchmen, an alternate universe of Earth. I found it interesting, though seriously flawed.
A Clockwork Orange.
Robocop.
That’s all I can think of at the moment.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
I agree with Nachum’s listing of Galaxy Quest. For similarly light science fiction, the 1980 Flash Gordon movie is one of my favorites along with 1975’s Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.
Blade Runner
2001 A Space Odyssey
Then in any order
Equalibriumn
Dune (the mini series)
Children of Dune (the mini series)
Star Trek, Wrath of Khan
Alien
All other Philip K. Dick based movies
THX1138
Brazil
12 Monkeys
Forbidden Planet
Starship troopers (camp but okay with me)
BTW, I just coined “zerocare”
Hope I’m the first
use it freely
I have thought about that, tumblindice, and I can only give you my biased answer.
They want to destroy what they created because of what we have become.
I ask myself if I created mankind, what would I do with it?
The answer I came up with, considering our world today, is to start again.
Which refers me to a line in the movie,”Sometimes, in order to create, you must first destroy”, which ironically is a Joseph Stalin quote, which is kinda creepy...
Aliens, some of the best lines.
Bladerunner, Outland, Mars Attacks!
On that note, They Live with Rod Peiper and Keith David. Great movie. “I came here to chew bubble gum and Kick Ass”.
‘2001; A space Odyssey’. Not an easy movie to sit through; Turn all the lights off and let the movie get into your head. THEN it’s awesome.
“Forbidden Planet still rocks.”
I think so too. Even the special effects are still decent even after about 55 years!
Agree and you just got to love Ricardo Montablams acting. “Alive,Buried Alive”, Kirk “KAHN, KAHNNNNNNN!KAHNNNN!”
Frequency, the ORIGINAL Star Wars, and the new Star Trek.
Ahhhhh, 2001: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0
Logans Run
Idiocracy
Blade Runner
Forbidden Planet
also:
Battlrship Yamamoto (anime and live)
Sw new hope
Contact
Captain Zoom
Alien
Dune
Time After Time (1979)
Malcolm McDowell, David Warner , Mary Steenburgen.
HG Wells in McDougall’s “I’ll have a Big Mac, Fries and Tea”
Though not straight sci fi, I think the miniseries of Steven Kings “The Stand” is excellent.
You keeed! You keeed!
Resident Evil
Ultraviolet
Donnie Darko
Sounds like that creepy vampire in `Thirty Days of Night’: “That which can be broken, must be broken.”
What David the robot said seemed like a clue: “Why did you make me?”
S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Nick Fury is right, ayup ayup. We need bigger WMD weapons so we can tell whomever drops in to get the `ell off our lawn!
Haven’t seen it mentioned yet ... Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
In no particular order.
The Thing From Another World
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Original)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (The original ‘Alien’)
Destination: Moon
When Worlds Collide
Conquest of Space
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Colossus: The Forbin Project
X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes
The Andromeda Strain
Aliens
Serenity
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