Looking for Science Fiction Recommendations/ Suggestions

[MsGudBod]

LOL. Yes, I've always had a fondness for Westworld, with the mixture of tongue-in-cheek parody, social commentary, and sometimes dark, menacing atmosphere. Yul Brynner did manage to walk that line very well, I think. (Though I feel sorry for the poor stuntman who had to do that flaming android bit... which I recall hearing, several years ago, was all done in one take.....)

EDIT: By the way, I'm only aware of two film versions of The Blob per se, though Larry Hagman(!) did a sequel of sorts to the original in 1972:

Beware! The Blob (1972)

Maybe that was wishful thinking on my part for a newer version of "the blob", as this seems to be the summer of sequels and remakes.
And...
It appears I owe you yet another debt of gratitude for yet another movie to checkout when I get the chance.(as hectic as my life seems to be, never any time for {{ME}})

 

[j d worthington]

It appears I owe you yet another debt of gratitude for yet another movie to checkout when I get the chance.(as hectic as my life seems to be, never any time for {{ME}})

Weeelllll.... I'm not sure I'd be too intent on getting around to seeing that one. As I recall (and I've not seen it in 35 years) it really wasn't particularly good....

However, if you track it down, and it turns out to be good... I'd like to hear about it (and perhaps I could watch it again myself....)

 

[The Ace]

Dark Star (apart from the C&W soundtrack) and the Forbidden Planet.

 

[CaptainCatfish]

How about "Andromeda Strain"?

 

[unclejack]

I just watched that one recently and loved it. I posted a thread on that movie in the general media section if you wanna check it out.

 

[Gav]

Hey Unclejack

What sorts of SF are you looking for?

The hard sort (quite hard to find in movies) or the space opera type (much easier)?

A couple of films that people haven't mentioned:

Dark City
The City of Lost Children.


I've just watched a rather good french motion-capture animation called Renaissance. You can pick it up cheap in Virgin at present. It's well worth a look.

 

[Briareus Delta]

I'd have to agree with those nominating Dark Star - well worth watching. I recently caught a film called The Butterfly Effect on TV, which is quite an interesting time-travel tale. I enjoyed it, even though it featured Ashton Kutcher who's not exactly my favourite actor.

The Butterfly Effect (2004)

Apart from the obvious classics, I think good sci-fi films are increasingly hard to find these days. Good luck with the search, Unclejack!

 

[unclejack]

Okay well 2 things. First of all I don't kinow what you mean by Hard sci fi and space opera sci fi so I don't know how to answer that one. I have seen Dark City and it was ok and City of Children was pretty good too. Neither one of them screamed out sci fi to me though, or at least not in the sense of the kind of sci fi I'm into. I do like the space age sci fi like Firefly and Lost in Space and I also love The Outer Limits. (The new ones, nothing against the old ones it's just that I've seen more of the new ones) I'm really not too big into the whole alien scene, I think it's been done to death and is becoming increasingly unoriginal and AI always seems to come off as a little to soft and unbelievable to me in the integration of emotions into the AI in question. I don't really buy it. But mostly I enjoy the kind of sci fi that relies heavily upon the setting to create the mood and feel of the film. I love movies set in the future like Equilibrium or Minority Report even though I do have some problems with the constant mixing of genres that Hollywood typically seems to carry out nowadays.
I liked The Butterfly Effect, it was pretty original, but I have to say that a movie that resembles it that I thought was a thousand percent better was The Eye Inside. (It may actually be spelled The I Inside, I can't remember) It's not sci fi but it definately is much more gripping and intrigueing than The Butterfly Effect.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Get the boixsets of The Twilight Zone (b/w versions) Not only do you get some great short s/f stories , you also see were more modern feature-length films got their 'inspiration' from

 

[sunnye]

good luck to you .

 

[Barbarella]

I need help peoples. I've run out of science fiction movies to watch that I haven't already seen. I just watched Soylent Green last night for the first time and that was really good but I can't think of much else. I've basically seen just about every modern science fiction movie ever made and most of the old ones. I prefer some classic science fiction but when I do a searchy online for like the time science fiction movies of all time, I've already seen all of them. I don't care how populare they are as long as their good. Lemme know if you think of anything. Thanks. (P.S. here's a little help via the process of elimination..I've seen both war of the worlds, both body snatcher movies, the blob, Soylent Green, The first season of Lost in Space, 2001 A space odessy....can't really think of anything else, those are the big titles of the classics I've seen. )

Island of doctor monroe 1996 film version.

 

[Quokka]

I had a quick read through but will probably still repeat some

Note: not all of these are great Sci-Fi but there's usually something that made me think they were watchable. Cube is a good example, it's a bit of a missed opportunity but still at least it was a bit different.

Cube
Mad Max
Brazil
Forbidden Plant
When Worlds Collide
Gattaca
Blade Runner
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Them
Invaders from Mars (the 50's version)
Alien/s
Enemy Mine
Day of the Triffids
The Silent Earth
[SIZE=-1]The Outer Limits: Sandkings[/SIZE]

and although its more horor than sci fi, The Night of the Living Dead.

 

[murphy]

Didn't see mentioned of the Russian films Nightwatch and Daywatch

 

[Joe Meils]

Well, it seems you might want to check out some more obscure titles....

The Wizard of Speed and Time

Solaris (2003) with George Clooney (virtually no one went to see this when it was out in the theatres)

The Trouble With Jack (a Walter Mitty-style story about a SF author with brain damage, who keeps slipping into his own stories.)

Twice Upon a Time (animated) You really have to see this one to appreciate it.

Lost Skeleton of Cadavera (a spoof of the 1950's ultra cheap sci fi exploitation films)

Oblivion

 

[Happy Joe]

Looking for recommendations...

I have purchased an "all the movies you want to see in a month" package at the local DVD rental outlet (I do this about 3 times per year) and find that I have now seen all of the recent releases (its a cheap way to sort out those I might wish to purchase).

How about some recommendations...
On the list right now are;
Casablanca
Serenity
Life of Brian
Kill Bill
Drunken Master 2

...any others that I ought to see?

Thanx...
Enjoy!

 

[Dagny]

Re: Looking for recommendations...

well, what do you like?

you can always do the SF/F fun list -
Dune (the fun/bizarre Lynch version, or the recenter Scifi channel version)
Bladerunner
Alien
2001
2010
Spirited Away
Donnie Darko
The Island
28 days later
stargate
the 5th element
X-men series


or just darn fun movies
The Professional
Shawshank Redeption
The usual suspects
Back to the Future
Little Miss Sunshine
Shaun of the Dead
raiders of the lost ark

 

[Foxbat]

Re: Looking for recommendations...

For something different, you could try some foreign movies.
Some of my favourites are (in no particular order)

Delicatessen
City Of Lost Children
The Lives Of Others
Stalker
Life Is Beautiful
Johnny Stecchino
Motorcycle Diaries

 

[dustinzgirl]

Re: Looking for recommendations...

I have purchased an "all the movies you want to see in a month" package at the local DVD rental outlet (I do this about 3 times per year) and find that I have now seen all of the recent releases (its a cheap way to sort out those I might wish to purchase).

How about some recommendations...
On the list right now are;
Casablanca
Serenity
Life of Brian
Kill Bill
Drunken Master 2

...any others that I ought to see?

Thanx...
Enjoy!

I don't know, but you should definitely youtube Serenity bloopers!

 

[clovis-man]

Re: Looking for recommendations...

you can always do the SF/F fun list -

Don't neglect the "classics":

The Day the Earth Stood Still (original)
War of the Worlds (original)
The Thing (original, although Carpenter's remake is more faithful to the original story)
This Island Earth
When Worlds Collide
Forbidden Planet
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)

and for a complete (I can't believe I'm watching this) hoot: Robot Monster

 

[dustinzgirl]

Re: Looking for recommendations...

Ice Pirates, Big Trouble in Little China, um...