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10 Underrated Science Fiction Movies You Must See
YouTube ^ | January 27, 2019 | WhatCulture

Posted on 01/27/2019 1:27:00 PM PST by EveningStar

It's not all about replicants, Terminators, and galaxies far, far away.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; movies; sciencefiction; scifi; underrated
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To: newfreep

There are many reasons I chose to work in the mechanical trades, and people are on that list.


141 posted on 01/27/2019 3:42:04 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: RandallFlagg

Yep.


142 posted on 01/27/2019 3:42:12 PM PST by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: EveningStar
I haven't seen "Colossus: The Forbin Project" for a long time. Could it be on the list?

Along those lines I would love to see "The Adolescence of P-1" updated to make a great film.

BYTE criticized The Adolescence of P-1 for what it stated were unrealistic expectations for an artificial intelligence running on 1970s IBM mainframes. It suggested that the author could have set the novel in the 1990s and use fictional future IBM computers to make the plot more plausible.[2]

143 posted on 01/27/2019 3:42:27 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Don W

Thanks for confirming my thesis, eh?


144 posted on 01/27/2019 3:43:37 PM PST by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: Don W

Alicia Vikander has some real acting chops. She’s not a “Hollywood beauty” but she is better than most.

Her IMBD biopage is interesting. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2539953/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm


145 posted on 01/27/2019 3:45:25 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: higgmeister

Colussus was a good movie.

I bought the soundtrack last year.

Some good tunes.


146 posted on 01/27/2019 3:46:16 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: higgmeister

Colussus was a good movie.

I bought the soundtrack last year.

Some good tunes.


147 posted on 01/27/2019 3:46:38 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: EveningStar

The Monolith Monsters


148 posted on 01/27/2019 3:48:03 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: OKSooner

Hilarious.


149 posted on 01/27/2019 3:48:27 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: OKSooner

Hilarious.


150 posted on 01/27/2019 3:48:28 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: dfwgator

OK, that’s pretty good. The Hans Conried like voice narration, giving that Rocky and Bullwinkle feel, was the best.


151 posted on 01/27/2019 3:49:02 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Leep

Westworld.

The sequel and short lived series, not so much.


152 posted on 01/27/2019 3:51:12 PM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: EveningStar

Monsters; the ‘Dark Continent’ sequel isn’t worth watching, but the original is one of my all times faves.


153 posted on 01/27/2019 3:52:42 PM PST by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: Harold Shea

Another Star Wars clone.
As is Starcrash. With Caroline Munro and a VERY young David Hasslehoff.


154 posted on 01/27/2019 3:53:02 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: ssaftler

” ‘Idiocracy’? That wasn’t Sci-Fi. That was a future documentary!”

Which brings up the interesting question: what is the difference between Science Fiction (SF) and Sci-Fi? Most movies are sci-fi. According to Robert Heinlein, science fiction SHOULD be something like a future documentary, or docu-drama. Select a scientific, technological or social development; extrapolate into the future, and develop the kind of society which would result; insert a believable, personable, identifiable POV character, and explore/expose the world through your character’s story.

“Idiocracy” sounded and looked like a re-write/version of “The Marching Morons,” which had a much darker ending.


155 posted on 01/27/2019 3:53:34 PM PST by VietVet
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To: EveningStar

Enemy Mine


156 posted on 01/27/2019 3:53:59 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: All

I’m a horror movie junkie and there are some films I watched on Shudder and Prime that are More sci fi. Check these out. The Faculty (high school teachers are body snatched) and Timecrimes (Spanish movie about the problems with very brief “back in time” traveling).


157 posted on 01/27/2019 3:54:17 PM PST by guido911 (all)
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To: dfwgator

Hollywood Shuffle! Funny as hell movie!


158 posted on 01/27/2019 4:04:08 PM PST by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: EveningStar
I've seen "Hardware." It's stylized, very weird but generally pretty cool. It's worth a watch.

I saw "Robot Jox" a LONG time ago, and I remember liking it. The guys at Red Letter Media did a good review of it on Best of the Worst. My primary memory of it was the novelty of a battle in space that was completely silent. Physically accurate AND much cheaper to create!

I saw part of Strange Days a few years back. It's OK.

159 posted on 01/27/2019 4:11:56 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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To: EveningStar

My contribution:

1964 First Men in the Moon starring Lionel Jeffries and the lovely Martha Hyer

Excellent ending.


160 posted on 01/27/2019 4:14:45 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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