Okay, having read the prior posts, this has been a fun thread.
I remember being weened on Sci Fi as a kid, watching Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone. Lost In Space was a favorite, but the movie remake was horrible. The first Sci Fi movie to make an impact on me was The Andromeda Strain. I don’t know if it holds up as well, but I recall it was Critchon’s first movie?!!!
I hear they are making Speed Racer into a movie. A movie I would love to see would be Jonny Quest. It is a spy movie with a lot of sci fi technology. The remake in the 90’s was blah.
As for books yet to make it into movies would include Foundation Trilogy, Ringworld, Ender’s Game. I remember with great anticipation when the Dune the movie was being made and how disappointed I was. Then Sci Fi network did their own in a series of movies covering the first 3 books. It was much better. I think this was so because of the advances in CGI and film making. For this reason, I think most Sci Fi movies can now make the transition to film.
I really enjoyed the War of the Worlds remake and though it was Sci Fi, it was Tom Cruise as the dad that made the movie compelling. The ‘50’s version still holds up well and I was totally into the Blob the first go around. Very scary as a kid and gum chewing was never the same afterwards.
As others have commented, The Incredibles is a great flick, capturing Bond and FF in great reverence and parody. It even had some great lines paraphrased from Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron short story.
That picture of Ricardo Mountalban (sp?) as Khan is scary on many levels. I really can’t believe he was the inspiration for the business up front, party in the back hair style. I will never look at him, the movie, or mullets in the same way. Further, he obviously “borrowed” his pecs from Ahnold, perfection at a price.
Lastly, Terminator, the Sarah Connor Chronicles has held up very well. I especially like the ode to James C in naming the female terminator Cameron. Nice touch.