Spoiler... Somethings not right about this Asian girl. Can't speak.. Messes up. She's listening to them.. She's some sort of robot herself or some even bigger twist.
Top 10 Sci-Fi films
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Agree with most in this thread, but I'll throw out one that hasn't been mentioned... it probably wouldn't make any Top 10 lists but I like The Day After Tomorrow.
Little known fact, toto wrote the soundtrack to Dune, also a few Eno tracks.
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Big fan of Dr. Who since the early 80's. I liked the earlier episodes better than the ones they have since they brought the series back in 2005. Except for David Tennant, they have miscast the Dr. role. It now seems to ramble too much. It definately new writers.
If we are now going to include TV, here are some of my favorites.
Taken (Spielberg)
Childhood's End (aired just recently)
The Tripods (obscure Australian series)
The Martian Chronicles (the parts where they wonder what happened to the original Martians)
Day of the Triffids
If we are now going to include TV, here are some of my favorites.
Taken (Spielberg)
Childhood's End (aired just recently)
The Tripods (obscure Australian series)
The Martian Chronicles (the parts where they wonder what happened to the original Martians)
Day of the Triffids
what about A Clockwork Orange --- is that Sci-Fi?
Some might make the same distinction you see in books and draw the line at "fantasy" as opposed to true Sci-Fi
I think "Clockwork" IS Sci-Fi because the "Sci" part of it (Science) is dealing with psychology and how the mind works - manipulation and control of even the most violent reprobates,,,,,,
I think ir qualifies and now it's in my top 10
Some might make the same distinction you see in books and draw the line at "fantasy" as opposed to true Sci-Fi
I think "Clockwork" IS Sci-Fi because the "Sci" part of it (Science) is dealing with psychology and how the mind works - manipulation and control of even the most violent reprobates,,,,,,
I think ir qualifies and now it's in my top 10
Definitely Sci-Fi. Can't believe I didn't think of that one. Love the film and the book.
If you're going with Clockwork then Brazil is coming, too. Besides, IMDB considers Clockwork to be in the Sci-Fi genre so that is good enough for me.
I believe A Clockwork Orange is considered dystopian science fiction or perhaps dystopian fiction with sci-fi elements.
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Damn, Ex Machina was pretty good. Probably makes my list of top30 sci-fi, maybe top20. What's amazing is that it dives right in (literally, the premise is set-up in like 40 seconds), but I was still left wanting so much more. I also figured out most of what was going to happen, and I ALWAYS get surprised, so that says it was pretty easy to figure out. But the music and visuals were great. Has somewhat of an ambiguous ending, but not really, as compared to other Sci-fi greats. You pretty much know what happens to all characters, and what the intentions were.
I read the first one. Dan Simmons is a crazy man. Almost none of his work has a chance to ever be on screen, but the best shot is the terror. The man writes really good historical fiction
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That kid got played by a robot. What a homo.
AFI ranks it fourth on their list of top ten Sci-Fi. Of course they have 2001 as number 1. Kubrick with two in the top ten. I think Scott also has two in their top ten.
I think you look at this film as an allegory for feminism or as women are manipulative and always get what they want. There is a lot of subtext going on. It's a memorable film. I immediately added it to my collection. Checkout Under the Skin if you haven't already.
1. Alien
2. Star Wars
3. Terminator 2
4. Aliens
5. Blade Runner
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. The Thing
8. Minority Report
9. Jurassic Park
10.Robocop
2. Star Wars
3. Terminator 2
4. Aliens
5. Blade Runner
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. The Thing
8. Minority Report
9. Jurassic Park
10.Robocop
I'm with DaBoss on this one. Having a "sciencey" element in the film somewhere doesn't make it science fiction. Same reason I don't agree with whoever posted Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind earlier in the thread. It's great, but it's not science fiction.
I don't think A Clockwork Orange is scifi, but if you are going to add that one, then let's add Slaughterhouse Five.
Here are some more
Gravity
1984
Man From Earth 2007
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Mission to Mars
Virus Fukkatsu no hi aka Day of Resurrection
You may not of heard of the last one, but it was an outstanding movie about a virus created by the military that gets out and wipes out all humanity expect for the people at research stations in Antartica.
Gravity
1984
Man From Earth 2007
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Mission to Mars
Virus Fukkatsu no hi aka Day of Resurrection
You may not of heard of the last one, but it was an outstanding movie about a virus created by the military that gets out and wipes out all humanity expect for the people at research stations in Antartica.
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Alien
3. Star Wars
4. Star Trek II: The Wraith of Kahn
5. The Thing (1982)
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Aliens
9. Big Trouble in Little China
10.Guardians of the Galaxy
Time will tell if The Force Awakens and the new Star Trek films stand the test of time. My guess is, yes.
2. Alien
3. Star Wars
4. Star Trek II: The Wraith of Kahn
5. The Thing (1982)
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Aliens
9. Big Trouble in Little China
10.Guardians of the Galaxy
Time will tell if The Force Awakens and the new Star Trek films stand the test of time. My guess is, yes.
Has Predestination been mentioned?
No, but it should be. I though the idea for this movie was so effed up that it makes Old Boy look like a Disney movie.
I loved this flick. It's almost as if the writers of this movie sat around and said "How do we make the most insane storyline ever?"
[laughing] Yeah-- and that takes some effort!
I thought it was outstanding. Any movie that makes me want to go back-to-back with another viewing-- and not because I'm confused-- because I want to absorb even more of it and look for subtle things I may've missed on the first go-round...
that's just about as good as it gets, for me.
(OT -not sci-fi)
Hey Willy-- you might want to check out Incendies. Something tells me you'd like it.
I'm guessing it is. Made in 2010. I grabbed it from the foreign film section at the library.
The director, Denis Villeneuve, is handling the new Blade Runner project.
If A Clockwork Orange is in the mix I need to rethink my top 10.
The subject of Predestination was fascinating but I couldn't go all in based solely on the bad wig/make up.
The subject of Predestination was fascinating but I couldn't go all in based solely on the bad wig/make up.
Why'd WE have'ta change e'rything to accommodate THEM?!?
They want to use the girls room now but if they get their way they'll want to use the boys room 6 years ago!
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Just use the unisex toilet and quit bitching.
I did pee on the seat of one a few weeks ago at a hipster craft beer bar. It felt liberating..
Also, for as amazing of a movie as it is, The Thing isn't Sci-Fi as it's main genre. Although, definitely has sci-fi elements to it, it's really a horror movie, and a top5 one at that. Not to mention The Thing has, in my opinion, some of the best one-sheets and fan posters of all time.
I've had this argument for years. I'm the biggest fan of John Carpenters "The Thing" that you could possibly know. I've watched every documentary and read every piece of print on the film. There is nothing about the production of the film that I haven't heard about. I've even written a college paper on the film.
The argument on whether or not "The Thing" is Sci-Fi or Horror is very subjective. On one had, yes it has all the traits of a horror film. It has suspense, it has an antagonist (a monster) and it has a protagonist (R.J. MaCready), it has a sense of foreboding dread and it has loads of blood and gore. On paper, it looks and sounds like a horror movie, but on the other hand you have Science Fiction elements in the form of aliens and alien organisms, a flying saucer-like spaceship falling to Earth and being dug out of Antarctic ice and a fight of science vs. nature. The most likely genre that the film can be accurately classified into is Sci-Horror (much like 'Alien' and 'Aliens'), but calling it a straight horror film undersells it.
Even John Carpenter himself considers 'The Thing' a Science-Fiction film. He considers it to be in the same genre as some of his other Sci-Fi pictures like 'Escape From New York', 'Starman', and 'They Live'. The source material is John W. Campbell's sci-fi novella "Who Goes There?" which was first published in a 1938 magazine called 'Astounding Science-Fiction'. Carpenter's inspiration, of course, was Howard Hawks 1951 Sci-Fi classic 'The Thing From Another World' (which Carpenter put into his seminal horror classic 'Halloween' as the movie the children are watching on television during the climax of the film) which is also classified as a science-fiction film in the national archives. So, all of the films roots are in science-fiction. Most people categorize Carpenter's version as a horror film because of three things - 1.) Carpenter's pre-existing affiliation with the horror genre, 2.) the time frame of the films release (1982) was at the heart of the horror film boom of the 1980's, and 3.) Rob Bottin's special effects work, which was as spectacularly gory and gross as it was brilliant and inventive. 'The Thing' was universally panned by critics at it's release for being overly gory and was categorized as a splatter film almost immediately, although the films original press release from MCA/Universal even referred to the film as "A soon to be science-fiction classic from the master of horror John Carpenter". The film was also a box office failure which tarnished Carpenter's image with exec's at MCA/Universal Studios. All that being said, Carpenter has stated several times that this is his favorite of his own films (although he blames extensive day filming in the sunny skies and snow on this film for his on again/off again bouts with skin cancer).
In the end, it's all a matter of the viewers point of view. I, personally, will always consider 'The Thing' a sci-horror film that teeters on the edge of both genres and is a top ten film in both.