Favorite Science Fiction Movies

inspired by sleeper-has-awakened | Sunday, August 14, 2005 | all interested FReepers

[SunkenCiv]

There's an old topic by this name, and it seems like it would be of some interest in casual moments.

[SunkenCiv]

• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Blade Runner (1979?)
• Return of the Jedi
• Twelve Monkeys
• Fifth Element
• Slaughterhouse Five
• Sleeper (spoof)

There may be others, I'm just drawing a blank right now. I regard "The Matrix" as a kung fu movie without the plot; I like "Sixth Sense" and "The Others" but regard those as thrillers rather than sci-fi, even though they fit within that broad rubric; the movie "Conan the Barbarian" was just awful, and not at all faithful to the original character; "Blade Runner" is on the list, and I've seen it a lot of times, but it's a joke compared with the PK Dick novel on which it's supposed to have been based.

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[Cruising Speed]

Blade Runner!

[SunkenCiv]

The Black Knight from Space
The Excluded Middle Magazine | 2000 | John Carter
Posted on 09/08/2004 10:22:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1210200/posts

What classic science fiction and fantasy books would you like made into movies or miniseries'?
Posted on 05/16/2005 10:06:17 AM PDT by EveningStar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1404186/posts
142 posted on 05/24/2005 11:49:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1404186/posts?page=142#14

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Terminator 2
Alien & Aliens
The Matrix Trilogy
Predator
Independence Day
Men in Black
RoboCop
Total Recall
Back to the Future
The Running Man
Demolition Man
I, Robot

Howard the Duck - LOLOLOLOL Just kidding

[Professional Engineer]

2001

[Mr. Mojo]

2001: A Space Odyssey

Blade Runner

[ValenB4]

Spaceballs.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Another good SciFi flix: Starship Troopers

[Cruising Speed]

Yes, it is completely different from the book but Blade Runner is one heck of a movie!! Best thing Daryl Hannah ever appeared in (with her clothes on, that is)--and the character parts were awesome, M.Emmet Walsh, Joanna Cassidy, that Chinese guy, and whoever played Sebastien were all just super.

[BipolarBob]

War of the Worlds?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Paul Verhoeven is the best sci-fi director in film history.

[BipolarBob]

Mystery Science Theater for the REAL science fiction goodies.

[Mr. Mojo]

[RightWingAtheist]

In chronological order

Metropolis
Things To Come
The Thing From Another World
The Man In the White Suit
War of the Worlds (the George Pal one)
Forbidden Planet
2001: A Space Odyssey
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The Andromeda Strain
Solaris (Tarkovsky)

Honorable mentions go to all three Quatermass films, The Monster that Challenged the World, and any film by Jack Arnold.

[Horatio Gates]

Dune and this one...

[Cruising Speed]

I think "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" deserves a mention as does "Dark Star"--two low-budget classics worth watching.

[SunkenCiv]

"Deckard. B-263-54."

Blade Runner Special Edition DVD
(still no narration)
http://www.brmovie.com/BR_Special_Edition.htm

http://www.moviemistakes.com/film180

[decal]

Metropolis.

[RightWingAtheist]

The actor you're thinking of is James Hong (I think he's actually from either St.Paul or St.Louis), and he's been great in a lot of other films. He was also in The Forbin Project, played a bad guy in one of my favorite Outer Limits episodes, "The Hundred Days of the Dragon", was Tia Carrere's dad in Wayne's World 2, and had a memorable guest role as a posh maitre'd in a Seinfeld episode.

[Clemenza]

Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI

Logan's Run

The Omega Man

Soylent Green (does it count as Science Fiction?)

2001

The Man Who Fell to Earth