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50 Must-See Science Fiction Movies (how many have you seen?)
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Posted on 11/22/2013 5:50:21 PM PST by EveningStar

There are so many amazing science fiction movies that it's hard to include all the greats in a list of 50. It may not be the same 50 you'd pick, but I hope you enjoy this list of must-sees.

How many have you seen? Click items to mark as completed.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; movies; sciencefiction; scifi
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To: mylife; DManA

Saw Brazil at the theater. Asked for my money back when it was over — and the sobs refused.

Just how early into a lousy movie do you have to leave to keep from getting ripped off?


201 posted on 11/22/2013 8:02:54 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: MarkL

The books were far better.


202 posted on 11/22/2013 8:03:09 PM PST by EEGator
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To: verga

Jules Verne’s books are very readable. I guess they were written in French so I maybe the credit should go to the translator.

Whatever they are really good.


203 posted on 11/22/2013 8:03:50 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: null and void; EveningStar
So that’s a ‘no’ on joining the
Sharknado ping list, then?...
Not just no..HELL NO! :-)...

204 posted on 11/22/2013 8:04:45 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi 8-)
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To: BenLurkin

No accounting for taste.


205 posted on 11/22/2013 8:05:23 PM PST by DManA (rs)
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To: DManA
It’s one of the few Sci-Fi movies that isn’t Cowboys in Space.

HEY!!! Firefly was a "Sci-Fi Western!" And it was the best TV series in the history of EVERYTHING!!!!

Mark

206 posted on 11/22/2013 8:05:52 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Viennacon

Totally agree on Event Horizon... still... it has cues (as many sci-fi horror films do) from the original Alien. I believe Alien is easily a top 3 science fiction movie... right behind An Inconvenient Truth.


207 posted on 11/22/2013 8:06:01 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: MarkL

Bang bang - I mean zap zap.


208 posted on 11/22/2013 8:07:09 PM PST by DManA (rs)
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To: skinkinthegrass

can’t wait for the sequel! The scene of the shark with the guy who had a chainsaw ROCKED!

Hopefully the casting director will never work again... The “parents” and the “children” were all about the same age!

Mark


209 posted on 11/22/2013 8:08:48 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: USNBandit
Concur. A bit slow, but still a good statement about where the world might end up.

It is slow paced, but there is a lot going on in that film. It is a film about ideas, where most sci fi today is about special effects. I think this is one of the most emotional scenes I have ever seen. The film takes a long time getting here, but when it does, all the emotion is earned.

Gattaca - Final Scene

210 posted on 11/22/2013 8:10:27 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: EveningStar

Seen 38 of them. Crosschecking to see how many of the 12 I missed are on Netflix.


211 posted on 11/22/2013 8:11:28 PM PST by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: EveningStar

I’m at 44.


212 posted on 11/22/2013 8:12:19 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: GeronL

I thought Cloverfield was pretty good.

But then after watching many a Japanese giant monster movie as a kids I always wondered what it was like for the people in the cities that got smashed.

the original Godzilla is about the only one that ever bothered to address the subject on a human level.

And then along came Cloverfield.

This fan video captures the atmosphere very well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5okyVSvYeu8

But Top 50? Probably not.


213 posted on 11/22/2013 8:12:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ifinnegan
You couldn't tell what was going on half the time and I never could connect nor care about any of the characters. In fact they were so bad I wonder if by killing them the monster wasn't doing us all a favor.

Lastly the complete and utter stupidity of the fact that no modern weapons could stop the monster. What did the law of physics suddenly change? What creature could shake off multiple hits with weapons that can do this to steel and concrete?




214 posted on 11/22/2013 8:13:26 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: BenLurkin

215 posted on 11/22/2013 8:14:37 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: EveningStar
Should be on list:


216 posted on 11/22/2013 8:14:50 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: ifinnegan

Yup, Wall-E was one of the best sci-fi stories as far as movies go in many a year, at least in my opinion.

This looks like a mix of classics and drek. Probably a shorter but more interesting thread would be a list of 50 sci-fi books.

Freegards


217 posted on 11/22/2013 8:15:04 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: BenLurkin
Saw Brazil at the theater. Asked for my money back when it was over

It's amazing how people see things like this differently. I was am so thrilled that I saw "Brazil" in a big theater, with a big screen and great sound. It was the most visually stunning movie I had ever seen. I still enjoy it, but it loses so much on the small screen. And I thought it was brilliant.

Mark

218 posted on 11/22/2013 8:15:16 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: twyn1; cripplecreek
Brown Coats do it SHINEY!!
219 posted on 11/22/2013 8:16:01 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

I too did not care for the characters... superficial millenial types as I recall.


220 posted on 11/22/2013 8:17:29 PM PST by Rodamala
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