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Tivookz
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#81 - 2012-10-12 17:24:43 UTC
Casirio wrote:
My favorite scifi movie of all time is Event Horizon, followed by Sunshine and Prometheus.


You sir have great taste. My list is the exact same.
F'elch
Wall Street Trading
#82 - 2012-10-12 18:28:09 UTC
Myfanwy Heimdal wrote:
Sadly there have been a few great SF films, as far as I am concerned.

Of the Alien series my two favourites were the first and the extended cut of the third (the Sony released one was a mess, but the proper version was wonderfully gritty). The fourth was just so-so and the second was simply Duke Nukem in space and nothing fantastic other than lots of guns.

Blade Runner I simply adored; and I preferred the orginal version to the Director's Cut (even though it had that borrowe segment of film from The Shining) as the voice over added that nor feel to it and didn't have the give-away glowing eyes.

But perhaps my favourite SF film of all time is the Russian 'Stalker' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_%281979_film%29) which has just quality oozing from every scene. it won't appeal to the CGI brigade at all.

- Myfanwy



Stalker is a superb film. When that glass creeps across the table at the end - so weird, so wonderful.
Ares Desideratus
UNSAFE SPACE
#83 - 2012-10-13 02:29:58 UTC
F'elch wrote:
A Boy and His Dog
Cherry 2000
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

And Brazil is a boring P.O.S. only mentioned by people who want to seem more clever than they are.

No, Brazil is loved by people who appreciate true art.

There might be some idiots who "like" it for the reasons you describe, but idiots are everywhere so I don't think you have a real point here, I think you're just acting up :p
F'elch
Wall Street Trading
#84 - 2012-10-13 03:00:17 UTC
Ares Desideratus wrote:
F'elch wrote:
A Boy and His Dog
Cherry 2000
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

And Brazil is a boring P.O.S. only mentioned by people who want to seem more clever than they are.

No, Brazil is loved by people who appreciate true art.

There might be some idiots who "like" it for the reasons you describe, but idiots are everywhere so I don't think you have a real point here, I think you're just acting up :p


Well congratulations on staying awake through this mind-numbingly dull snooze-fest.

Although, to be fair, I could say the same about 2001, which is a film I love.
Ares Desideratus
UNSAFE SPACE
#85 - 2012-10-13 03:02:51 UTC
F'elch wrote:
Ares Desideratus wrote:
F'elch wrote:
A Boy and His Dog
Cherry 2000
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

And Brazil is a boring P.O.S. only mentioned by people who want to seem more clever than they are.

No, Brazil is loved by people who appreciate true art.

There might be some idiots who "like" it for the reasons you describe, but idiots are everywhere so I don't think you have a real point here, I think you're just acting up :p


Well congratulations on staying awake through this mind-numbingly dull snooze-fest.

Although, to be fair, I could say the same about 2001, which is a film I love.

my bio in-game is quoted from 2001
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#86 - 2012-10-14 03:39:48 UTC
Flash - because of the queen soundtrack

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
Borascus
#87 - 2012-10-14 11:39:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Borascus
I managed to catch hold of the end of Knowing last night, all in all I don't think it will make this list, due to the extreme over-use of dramatic music and screaming.

15 is my limit on dramatic music.
Staleward Ad'mraa
F-I-N-K PROPERTY
#88 - 2012-10-14 12:31:36 UTC
Eureka was charming and witty, one of the few great sci-fi shows I seen in a while. Sadly all good things must come to a end... Eureka had its last season and will always be remembered as one of the best Sci-Fi's I seen.
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#89 - 2012-10-14 18:52:24 UTC
since we already entered the shows category.

farscape - i started watching it with 0 expectations, finished it with the feeling that i watched one of the best shows ever made

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
Myfanwy Heimdal
Heimdal Freight and Manufacture Inc
#90 - 2012-10-17 20:19:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Myfanwy Heimdal
I woke up in the middle of the night last night and my mind went back to this thread...


The trouble is that this child of the 50s (yes, some arthritic elders do play this game!) has seen and read a lot of SF. Ignoring televsion because, on the whole it has surpassed the movies, the problem is that SF is generally better written than viewed.

If anyone asks me for a great SF series I would without hesitation point them towards Stephen Donaldson's "The Gap Series" or, perhaps, The Expanse (sic) Series by James Corey..

Or go back and read some Philp K **** (who gave us the immortal line, "I have seen the future. It is made of plastic"), Asimov or Clarke and the images in mind can't match what's been shown on the big screen.

I love Clarke's work. Who can not love the ending of Rendezvous with Rama when, effectively, the alien ship shrugs its shoulders at Earth and suggests 'you're not worthy'? His Sentinal/2001 was never matched by Kubrick (whom I've never liked anyway).

The trouble is that the images in the book far surpasses what is on the screen so this is why I find it hard to find a good SF film.

Anyway, I though on and apart from THE STALKER, which I mentioned before, I remembered that I really liked CONTACT with Jodi Foster.

What I loved about that film was the plausibility of it all. Yes, she met aliens far, far away but she never left Earth and no-one believed her. The issues between Church and Science were well argued in this film.

Other than that it's hard to find a good and satisfying SF film. Star Wars was just a pantomime where young warrior frees princess from evil wizard. Trek was really a radio series put onto screen (badly).

It's hard to find a good, well made SF film that can stand up if the CGI is removed. Philip K **** wrote and left us great essays and warnings but apart form a good stab with BLADERUNNER (which I adore), film makers have tended to mangle his works.

I've talked about the ALIEN franchise before. Alien 2 is what most people point toas their favourite but it's paper thin in terms of plot and character. It was almost as if Cameron had picked up a Peckinpah script and ran with it. For me, the best of the four Alien films is the long version of ALIEN 3. The dirt and the overall feel was superb and litle wonder why the director went on to become one of Hollywood glitterati after his secong film, Fight Club. Alien 3 got panned because of the poor theatrical realease version and, sadly, because we had actors in there rather than lots of CGI, guns and gore. Low key, great actors (Charles Dance was fantastic in there) and lots of brooding atmosphere. Lots of acting and little on action; little wonder the fourteen year olds didn't like it.

I even considered Fritz Lang's classic METROPOLIS but decided that, really, though a clasic of its time it really was of its time and wasn't one of the greats.

So. this morning I decided that my top four SF filmes were:

Stalker
Alien III (extended version)
Bladerunner (original release)
Contact


But this is art and art, as we know is very, very subjective.

- Myfanwy

Pam:  I wonder what my name means in Welsh?Nessa: Why?
Ares Desideratus
UNSAFE SPACE
#91 - 2012-10-18 23:04:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Ares Desideratus
Myfanwy Heimdal wrote:
I woke up in the middle of the night last night and my mind went back to this thread...


The trouble is that this child of the 50s (yes, some arthritic elders do play this game!) has seen and read a lot of SF. Ignoring televsion because, on the whole it has surpassed the movies, the problem is that SF is generally better written than viewed.

If anyone asks me for a great SF series I would without hesitation point them towards Stephen Donaldson's "The Gap Series" or, perhaps, The Expanse (sic) Series by James Corey..

Or go back and read some Philp K **** (who gave us the immortal line, "I have seen the future. It is made of plastic"), Asimov or Clarke and the images in mind can't match what's been shown on the big screen.

I love Clarke's work. Who can not love the ending of Rendezvous with Rama when, effectively, the alien ship shrugs its shoulders at Earth and suggests 'you're not worthy'? His Sentinal/2001 was never matched by Kubrick (whom I've never liked anyway).

The trouble is that the images in the book far surpasses what is on the screen so this is why I find it hard to find a good SF film.

Anyway, I though on and apart from THE STALKER, which I mentioned before, I remembered that I really liked CONTACT with Jodi Foster.

What I loved about that film was the plausibility of it all. Yes, she met aliens far, far away but she never left Earth and no-one believed her. The issues between Church and Science were well argued in this film.

Other than that it's hard to find a good and satisfying SF film. Star Wars was just a pantomime where young warrior frees princess from evil wizard. Trek was really a radio series put onto screen (badly).

It's hard to find a good, well made SF film that can stand up if the CGI is removed. Philip K **** wrote and left us great essays and warnings but apart form a good stab with BLADERUNNER (which I adore), film makers have tended to mangle his works.

I've talked about the ALIEN franchise before. Alien 2 is what most people point toas their favourite but it's paper thin in terms of plot and character. It was almost as if Cameron had picked up a Peckinpah script and ran with it. For me, the best of the four Alien films is the long version of ALIEN 3. The dirt and the overall feel was superb and litle wonder why the director went on to become one of Hollywood glitterati after his secong film, Fight Club. Alien 3 got panned because of the poor theatrical realease version and, sadly, because we had actors in there rather than lots of CGI, guns and gore. Low key, great actors (Charles Dance was fantastic in there) and lots of brooding atmosphere. Lots of acting and little on action; little wonder the fourteen year olds didn't like it.

I even considered Fritz Lang's classic METROPOLIS but decided that, really, though a clasic of its time it really was of its time and wasn't one of the greats.

So. this morning I decided that my top four SF filmes were:

Stalker
Alien III (extended version)
Bladerunner (original release)
Contact


But this is art and art, as we know is very, very subjective.

- Myfanwy


Nothing CAN surpass what is on the screen when viewing 2001!

You put Contact above 2001... What?

It's your opinion though Straight ...

Edited: I wrote "nothing cannot surpass 2001", but I meant "nothing CAN surpass 2001". **** my life
MinefieldS
1 Sick Duck Standss on something
#92 - 2012-10-19 05:27:57 UTC
Bienator II wrote:
since we already entered the shows category.

farscape - i started watching it with 0 expectations, finished it with the feeling that i watched one of the best shows ever made


When I started watching Farscape, I watched 3 episodes full of epicness. Then I found out the 3rd episode was the series finale lol.
JC Anderson
RED ROSE THORN
#93 - 2012-10-20 00:19:17 UTC
I rate sunshine pretty high up on the list.

Which for me is unusual since most of my favs are the older ones that I grew up with, such as blade runner, dune, or even the (original) Star Wars trilogy. I still remember seeing them in theaters when released.
JC Anderson
RED ROSE THORN
#94 - 2012-10-20 00:19:58 UTC
Oh oh!!! And quiet earth!
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#95 - 2012-10-20 10:26:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Kitty Bear
Just about every sc-fi film i think is watchabyl good is already on someones list here.


The acting may have been bad (and sometimes it was incredibad), the props may have extra rubbery but ....
50's B movies are wierdly watchable.

"It Came From Mars" however gets premier spot from that era as it's the film that inspired a modern sci-horror classic.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Godzilla (1954)
Them (again 1954, not the later French film of the same name)
The Blob


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Ares Desideratus wrote:

Also to all the people throwing out miscellaneous B-movies, where the **** is Spacehunter???


how about Barbwire instead
Arec Bardwin
#96 - 2012-10-20 17:20:05 UTC
I watched Cargo on Blu-ray the other day. Decent low budget european space sci-fi. Spoken language is german, but reading subtitles doesn't bother me at all. I think the imdb rating is a bit on the low side. Recommended.

Dark City is another sci-fi movie I can recommend. Underrated and forgotten.
Borascus
#97 - 2012-10-20 21:24:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Borascus
Arec Bardwin wrote:

Dark City is another sci-fi movie I can recommend. Underrated and forgotten.


That one actually had one of the darkest atmospheres I've seen
Ares Desideratus
UNSAFE SPACE
#98 - 2012-10-20 22:19:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Ares Desideratus
Kitty Bear wrote:
how about Barbwire instead

Looks weird but sounds awesome Shocked
Dautrin Maize
Peirmont Industries
#99 - 2012-10-22 10:55:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Dautrin Maize
Brazil is a tough film to sit through, but it really is brilliant. If I'm looking for a Gilliam fix, I lean toward 12 Monkeys or Time Bandits. But that earlier poster was correct - a lot of folks invoke the film's name in their lists just to sound like they're truly sohpisticated. I could go forever without seeing it again and not be upset. I liken its effects to that of Apocalypse Now or The Road...movies you see, you think they're great, but you probably won't repeatedly view them very often.

On to my contribution... I can't believe you slackers left out John Carpenter's "The Thing"...

The Abyss is Cameron's masterpiece (Avatar is damn pretty...but seriously...I prefer my epic sci-fi sans preaching and politically correct dancing).

And if we're talking about TV series too...

Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica, particularly the first half of its run, is some of the finest sci-fi in existence. Anyone who claims the original series was better is a deluded, nostalgia hugging homo. I grew up in the 70's/80's and watched the original too. It was not particularly good then, and it certainly didn't age well.

Firefly/Serenity - because Whedon is a genius; as people will now be able to see thanks to massive industry clout garnered from The Avengers.

As for "popcorn" sci-fi, I'll give mention to ID4, Battle: Los Angeles (which was essentially ID4 + Saving Private Ryan), and recently I watched and enjoyed Battleship (gorgeous on Blu-Ray) despite an insipid script.

edit: I forgot to mention an underdog --> the 2004 series "Invasion" that was cancelled. Awesome creepy take on the whole Invasion of the Body Snatchers theme.

Also, Stephen King's "The Mist" - which technically would be horror/sci-fi, I guess. But it dwarfs all other King adaptations (even better than The Shining, imo).
Ares Desideratus
UNSAFE SPACE
#100 - 2012-10-24 19:11:23 UTC
Dautrin Maize wrote:
Brazil is a tough film to sit through, but it really is brilliant. If I'm looking for a Gilliam fix, I lean toward 12 Monkeys or Time Bandits. But that earlier poster was correct - a lot of folks invoke the film's name in their lists just to sound like they're truly sohpisticated. I could go forever without seeing it again and not be upset. I liken its effects to that of Apocalypse Now or The Road...movies you see, you think they're great, but you probably won't repeatedly view them very often.

On to my contribution... I can't believe you slackers left out John Carpenter's "The Thing"...

The Abyss is Cameron's masterpiece (Avatar is damn pretty...but seriously...I prefer my epic sci-fi sans preaching and politically correct dancing).

And if we're talking about TV series too...

Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica, particularly the first half of its run, is some of the finest sci-fi in existence. Anyone who claims the original series was better is a deluded, nostalgia hugging homo. I grew up in the 70's/80's and watched the original too. It was not particularly good then, and it certainly didn't age well.

Firefly/Serenity - because Whedon is a genius; as people will now be able to see thanks to massive industry clout garnered from The Avengers.

As for "popcorn" sci-fi, I'll give mention to ID4, Battle: Los Angeles (which was essentially ID4 + Saving Private Ryan), and recently I watched and enjoyed Battleship (gorgeous on Blu-Ray) despite an insipid script.

edit: I forgot to mention an underdog --> the 2004 series "Invasion" that was cancelled. Awesome creepy take on the whole Invasion of the Body Snatchers theme.

Also, Stephen King's "The Mist" - which technically would be horror/sci-fi, I guess. But it dwarfs all other King adaptations (even better than The Shining, imo).


Idunno, I watched Brazil when I was like fourteen every day for like a week or two there, cause I just thought it was good, didn't even comprehend how good it actually was at the time but yeah also yeah I agree the Mist was pretty awesome