Posted on 11/16/2010 9:57:34 AM PST by EveningStar
The science-fiction genre has been around almost as long as movies themselves have.
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Did you ever see the Sayles movie Matewan? It is one of my all-time favorites.
I did mean the 1984 movie Repo Man, and I believe the whole aliens in the trunk thing qualifies it as a science fiction movie.
Thank you for this fascinating gem of information. Everything about that film just clicked into place.
What’s wrong with Close Encounters?
My favorite part of Contact was when the guy reveals the entire 2nd version built with overpayments from the 1st one.
I loved the South Park Spoof of “the core”, especially the part where they parody the black guy having to sacrifice himself for the ship, by pushing Chef out the door while he protests.
I really liked “I, Robot”. I do happen to like most every movie that Will Smith is in, but I also thought they did a good job of story-telling, and it wasn’t too predictable.
I would definitely say it’s worth a DVD rental at least.
Yes. I kind of liked the book, although it was in places a bit over the top. It's a bit shallow, but fun, a good throwback to Hubbard's pulp sci-fi days of the 40s (Scientology is in effect a sci-fi story turned into a religion). I especially liked the discussion of "what happens after we defeat our invaders?" It's quite realistic on that front, nobody would just let a planet rich in resources be on its own.
The movie was a complete waste of precious minutes of the viewer's life, poorly scripted, acted, costumed, shot and edited, and full of glaring plot holes and technical errors (a Harrier jet, with fuel, being good to use after sitting for a thousand years?).
Avatar was more fantasy than science fiction.
The Abyss was a good movie. That reminds me of “The Sphere”, which was a pretty good book and an OK movie adaptation, which I think needed some nudity. :-)
I have the same thoughts when I watch Starship Troopers on cable. They forget about the concept of Combined Arms in the future???
Agree-Close Encounters was a silly, dumb movie. I felt cheated out of the money I paid to see it.
No, it’s a great movie... separate comment from the lame-ass movies; should be top ten.
I don’t think I’d include Barb Wire, Road Warrior, or Mad Max. They were “science fiction” in the sense that they were in a different world, but they were dramatic shows moreso than shows about science in a fictional setting.
I don’t know if that’s a good distinction or not. I just mean that the science wasn’t driving the plots. Kind of like Waterworld, which I also didn’t think of as science fiction (or a good movie), or the movie “The Postman”, which I think actually WAS a pretty good movie, but not really about the futuristic aspects implied by being in the future.
I guess the distinction I make is that FreeJack was about a science fiction topic — stealing bodies so people could live forever. Barb Wire and Mad Max were adventure shows.
Speaking of stealing bodies, another movie not mentioned that didn’t suck is “The Sixth Day”, the Arnold Schwarzenegger cloning movie.
It wouldnt make a lot of peoples lol, but I thought it was opretty cool (chezzey as all hell)
I can't believe I'm seeing that misspelled again. What a bunch of wienies!
And now that I think of it, another movie that deserves honorable mention would be “Existenz”, with the “good” Baldwin brother, about transfering minds into other people’s bodies to save travel costs.
Good thinking on Pitch Black. They did quite a bit with a $20 million budget and fairly unknown actors.
OK, I’ll revise my comment:
Disagree-Close Encounters was a silly, dumb movie. I felt cheated out of the money I paid to see it.
What, no “Time Machine” (1960)? Blasphemy!
Dittos.
Frankly, I don't like any movies with muppets in them. Except movies whose titles start with "The Muppets..."
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