Best SciFi movies

[raistlin65]

For pure entertainment value, and the most realistic depiction of how a bunch a' Oil Patch Trash save the world, it has to be Armageddon

Maybe even more entertaining is the review by Roger Ebert. (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/armageddon-1998)

I think it's neck and neck with Independence Day for pure entertainment value, big blockbuster special effects and action driven movie, with an all star cast, which is weak sci-fi story if you look too closely at the plot.

 

[Berwhale]

I used to have a little Jack Russell that I named Leeloo

Multi-bark?

 

[raistlin65]

• 2001: A Space Odyssey - I know this was revolutionary when released - it is just a bit hard for a younger audience to fully appreciate Kubrick's cinematography. It's also very weird for the sake of being weird.
• Blade Runner - Again, I know this was revolutionary when released - it is just a bit hard for a younger audience to fully appreciate it.

When I think about the movies I enjoyed the most in first release, the list is Alien (without an S), The Matrix, Star Wars IV and Empire Strikes Back, and Avatar (I was a little too young for 2001 and Close Encounters). There was nothing like any of them when they came out in terms of the story and how the special effects submerged one in the narrative. Newer sci-fi fans seeing them 10 or 20 years later wouldn't have the same experience. For example, the Trinity opening scene of The Matrix was a moment like nothing I had ever seen. Same with the opening scene in Episode IV.

 

[raistlin65]

Multi-bark?

When I got her as a puppy, she was clearly going to be the supreme being

 

[North_Sky]

I used to have a little Jack Russell that I named Leeloo

Multipass ...

 

[tankas]

CineFix channel makes good quality lists, great research behing every video they release.

Picks:
10: Snowpiercer
9: Children of Men
8: Contact
7: Planet of the Apes
6: Her
5: The Prestige
4: Metropolis
3: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2: Stalker
1: 2001: A Space Odyssey

 

[astr0b0y]

Multipass ...

It’s a good bit, but my fav comes from the opening act.
I think I’ll call my next dog, Aziz, light!

 

[LTig]

Maybe I missed it, anyway: Galaxy Quest. Scifi making fun of itself

 

[JeffS7444]

The science fiction world really needs a good movie version of Arthur Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama.

 

[Blumlein 88]

The science fiction world really needs a good movie version of Arthur Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama.

Plus One!

While I'm at it I'll throw in Asimov's Foundation series made into a few movies.

I'd like to see Heinlein's Friday made into a movie. It is just the kind of story that would fit current styles of movie making.

 

[North_Sky]

Lol this is fun revisiting some of the old trailers ...

 

[JStewart]

While I'm at it I'll throw in Asimov's Foundation series made into a few movies.

Wish grated. Almost. AppleTV network.

Babylon 5 was a great sci-fi series with a lot of firsts, good story and characters.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Wish grated. Almost. AppleTV network.

Babylon 5 was a great sci-fi series with a lot of firsts, good story and characters.

I hadn't heard that. Great news.

Yes on Babylon 5 too. Harlon Ellison was a consultant. They had 5 seasons planned. Did those five and stopped.

Okay so I like who they cast as Hari Seldon.

 

[DChenery]

I think it's neck and neck with Independence Day for pure entertainment value, big blockbuster special effects and action driven movie, with an all star cast, which is weak sci-fi story if you look too closely at the plot.

Respectfully have to disagree. Any movie that blows up Bruce Willis, plus has the added bonus of a sex scene involving "The Spawn of Steven Tyler" and an Animal Cracker is leaps and bounds ahead of a movie that has illegal aliens blowing up the white house.

 

[North_Sky]

 

[RayDunzl]

Though not exactly sci-fi, the Truman Show just came to mind...

Next up is a replay of Men Who Stare at Goats..,

Watched Super 8 tonight, didn't hold my attention. I found the endless narration to be annoying. Besides, that's already been done, as in The Creeping Terror:

 

[JustAnandaDourEyedDude]

Time <=> Money <=> Life

No Time <=> No Life

 

[North_Sky]

Though not exactly sci-fi, the Truman Show just came to mind...

Next up is a replay of Men Who Stare at Goats..,

Watched Super 8 tonight, didn't hold my attention. I found the endless narration to be annoying. Besides, that's already been done, as in The Creeping Terror:

Ray, what the . . . The Creeping Terror?

 

[Hiten]

Hope Funny/Satirical Sci Fi Movies are allowed.

Best regards

 

[Snarfie]

All Star Trek Mirror Univers episodes. Can't wait for a Quentin Tarantino Star Trek Mirror Univers movie. The only Univers he can go too