1 posted on
08/27/2004 8:37:16 AM PDT by
dennisw
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To: dennisw
Total Recall, T2 and Alien have my vote
2 posted on
08/27/2004 8:38:06 AM PDT by
dennisw
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: dennisw
I thought that Harrison's character was himself a replicant when I saw the original.
It is a great flick.
3 posted on
08/27/2004 8:39:00 AM PDT by
Belisaurius
("Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Ted" - Joseph Kennedy 1958)
To: dennisw
Buckaroo Banzai! D*mn, what's wrong with these people?
;)
4 posted on
08/27/2004 8:39:34 AM PDT by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: dennisw
5 posted on
08/27/2004 8:39:43 AM PDT by
dennisw
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: dennisw
what happened to Dark Star?
8 posted on
08/27/2004 8:41:30 AM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(Kerry was in the Senate???)
To: dennisw
> ... survey of scientists has chosen Blade Runner
> as the world's best science-fiction film.
The assessment is either a benefit or a hazard.
If it's a benefit, it's not my problem.
To: dennisw
Those are all good, but I like "Forbidden Planet" as a mid-fifties trend setter.
Speaking of the fifties, how about "Robot Monster"?
11 posted on
08/27/2004 8:42:57 AM PDT by
Buck W.
(The Berger archive scandal, aka the Folies Bergere! How apropos: It's French!)
To: dennisw
Such a list without 'Forbidden Planet' is meaningless.
13 posted on
08/27/2004 8:43:35 AM PDT by
asgardshill
(The Republican's best weapon lies midway between John Kerry's nose and lower chin.)
To: dennisw
"Forbidden Planet" is so much better than "Close Encounters." And "Revenge of the Jedi" is WAY over-rated. How the heck "Solaris" came in that high is beyond me, might as well put in "Solarbabies."
To: dennisw
Fahrenheit 9/11 has my vote...Jabba was great in that
20 posted on
08/27/2004 8:50:27 AM PDT by
Stag
(Kerry, Lenin, Chirac - which one doesn't belong? Kerry. The others love their country.)
To: dennisw
I can see why Blade Runner was picked as tops by a group of scientists. The film gives a look at a future that is all too possible given our current technological abilities. The other films listed, while all excellent, are too far flung and aren't as stark or memorable.
In fact, given his body of work, I would vote for Ridley Scott as top Sci-Fi director of all time and will automatically buy a ticket to any film he puts out.
25 posted on
08/27/2004 8:58:59 AM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(If you decide to kick the tiger in the ass...you'd better be prepared to deal with the teeth.)
To: dennisw
THE greatest science fiction film of all time...and possibly the second-greatest English-language movie after Citizen Kane:
28 posted on
08/27/2004 9:01:31 AM PDT by
RightWingAtheist
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To: dennisw
What about the original THE THING? In my mind the best of the fifties sci-fi flicks.
29 posted on
08/27/2004 9:02:09 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
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30 posted on
08/27/2004 9:05:33 AM PDT by
RightWingAtheist
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To: dennisw
35 posted on
08/27/2004 9:14:22 AM PDT by
dennisw
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: dennisw
Blade Runner?? Not.... Try the first Star Wars or the Matrix. I tend to like Start Trek too.
To: dennisw
As someone who is DEEP into SF (I run
RocketShip Video), I cringe when such lists come up. Though
Blade Runner, 2001, and
Solaris I can agree with, I often shudder at the 'commercial' choices.
I thought The Matrix was boring, and merely a comic-book version of the same issues being pondered in Solaris.
Star Wars is really more fantasy, IMHO, and Terminator film are really just action, despite the scientific trappings. Even Blade Runner, technically, is Frankenstein with a noir detective thrown in.
Other films that are more obscure but you should still make an effort to check out are Robinson Crusoe on Mars, a really great film, Planet of the Vampires, terrific Mario Bava Italian horror/SF, It, the Terror From Beyond Space!, the original Alien, The First Men in the Moon, the best Welles adaptation ever, and The Andromeda Strain, one of the few 'hard' SF movies.
40 posted on
08/27/2004 9:25:49 AM PDT by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
To: dennisw; BibChr
Has no one yet mentioned Fritz Lang's classic
Metropolis?
To: dennisw
Blade Runner would probably get my vote, but I'll put in a good word for Until the End of the World, The Empire Strikes Back and Silent Running.
To: TomServo
60 posted on
08/27/2004 1:02:54 PM PDT by
stainlessbanner
(I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.)
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