Favourite Sci-fi movie??

[Vince W]

There are some really good films:

Blade Runner
Inception
Alien/Aliens
The Road Warrior/Mad Max
Stargate
...

I could go on and on.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Flash Gorden is my all time favourite sci-fi movie. It did not take itself too seriously and it also had one of the all time great soundtracks.

If you love Flash Gordon, then you have to watch Ted. It's a bit rude, but a must-see for fans of Sam J.Jones' Flash. Death to Ming!!!

 

[paranoid marvin]

If Star Wars never existed...

Then for tv series it's a toss-up between Red Dwarf and HHGTTG. The boys from the Dwarf (only series 1-5 mind) with the boys from the Dwarf just about winning

For film, again it;s a toss-up between Ghostbusters and Spaceballs. Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters wins it for the line "So, she's a dog..."

 

[GlasgowSpacer]

Blade Runner, Brazil, The Empire Strikes Back, Robocop, Total Recall, Forbidden Planet, Wrath of Khan, Dark City, Wall-E and The Thing.

 

[Mirannan]

Regarding Flash Gordon - I remember hearing a funny story about a school that had a special showing of the film as an end-of-term school trip. Except that someone messed up the order, and the film that actually got shown (at least, about the first 30 seconds of it) was a film with a slightly different name. Substitute "e" for "a" in the title...

I thought that Battle Beyond the Stars was one of those movies that's so bad, it's good. Possibly intentionally - some wonderful innuendo. Example: "You've never seen a Valkyrie going down!"

 

[Ice fyre]

David Lynch's DUNE

A wonderful mess. Can watch it over and over again.

I retain a soft spot for Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, I have always loved Jim Hensons work, the design in both films is fantastic.

The portrayal of The Goblin king by David Bowie is wonderful, you find yourself feeling a little sorry for him.

Flash Gordon was wonderful, as a child I loved the Sci-Fi themes action monsters, aliens, big bearded flying guy......now I just laugh at the wonderful campness of the film. Loved the cameo in TED.

But Lynch's Dune will always be one of my favourites.

 

[BAYLOR]

Quatermass and the Pit 1967 .

 

[Rodders]

David Lynch's Dune was, and remains, a very underrated movie in my opinion.

 

[BAYLOR]

David Lynch's Dune was, and remains, a very underrated movie in my opinion.

I wish this one had been an 8 or a 10 hour Miniseries. Lynch got the look, feel and atmosphere of Dune right, but the problem is there was just no way to do justice to Dune in single feature film. The film was valiant attempt.

 

[Extollager]

2001 and Tarkovsky's Solaris are the only sf movies that I've bought for myself, and Solaris I bought not having seen it, so that I could see it. 2001 could be my favorite sf movie, though I don't endorse its spirituality.

Chris Mark's La Jetée was intended to be haunting, and is.

 

[BAYLOR]

Planet of the Vampires 1965 a Mario Brava film . It is one of the films that inspired the 1979 film Alien.

 

[Ravenna]

I started to watch Serenity the other day.. was so bored that I had to leave it unfinished. I hate when that happens, lmao.

But, on topic of good sci-fi movies, Donnie Darko was a great one. I admit it can be confusing, but reading the fictional novel about time-travel on the website plus some other interpretations of the movie was enlightening, gave more to the experience. There was some "science" in the science fiction, imo, it wasn't just an action-movie or a horror-movie, or a very boring movie. Many sci-fi movies that I've seen have falled into few of these categories.

Like for instance, Alien works as a movie, yes, but I see it more as a horror-film than a sci-fi film. Not that there's anything wrong with that though!

Terminator 2 on the other hand is very entertaining action-movie. Sci-fi is in the idea but I see the emphasis being more on the action-side.

Rise of the Planet of The Apes was also a great one.

I see many good elements in different films, but the whole movie leaves something to hope for or doesn't quite reach the potential it has on paper. I'm fascinated with the genre though, obviously, since I'm here.

 

[Ravenna]

"The Man From Earth" is a great one. Compelling story, couldn't stop watching.

"Moon" was pretty good one aswell.

"The Thing" is very good one aswell, scary. I see it more as a horror film.

I liked parts of "2001: a space odyssey" and it's visually stunning, however, there were some boring parts especially in the end where there's no dialogue. I would describe it as an "art-film" which means for me that I have to be in the right mood to thoroughly enjoy it.

 

[wam]

I wish this one had been an 8 or a 10 hour Miniseries. Lynch got the look, feel and atmosphere of Dune right, but the problem is there was just no way to do justice to Dune in single feature film. The film was valiant attempt.

I'd heard that there was a lot more of it at some point. Not 8-10 hours but maybe 5-6. Of course, that would never work in the cinema at the time. So it was cut. Then again, it's David Lynch so maybe there was something in there that wouldn't have worked with that audience.

 

[redbrick]

"The Man From Earth" is a great one. Compelling story, couldn't stop watching.

"Moon" was pretty good one aswell.

"The Thing" is very good one aswell, scary. I see it more as a horror film.

I liked parts of "2001: a space odyssey" and it's visually stunning, however, there were some boring parts especially in the end where there's no dialogue. I would describe it as an "art-film" which means for me that I have to be in the right mood to thoroughly enjoy it.

Hi, I'm new here....I loved 'The Man from Earth' too... This is perhaps the most under rated movie of all time. Love big concept scifi...

 

[kythe]

I also love "The Man From Earth". Its such a unique take on history, with interesting philosophies and thought provoking concepts. I've given it as a gift to 3 different people over time.

 

[Ravenna]

Hi, I'm new here....I loved 'The Man from Earth' too... This is perhaps the most under rated movie of all time. Love big concept scifi...

I also love "The Man From Earth". Its such a unique take on history, with interesting philosophies and thought provoking concepts. I've given it as a gift to 3 different people over time.

Ah, there's no notifications from quotes on this forum, I see. Noticed these only now.^^

Nice that someone else knows that movie too! Yeah, I really liked the way history was told in a new way through the protagonist's eyes.

Welcome, redbrick, btw!

 

[Michael Colton]

If we are going just for favorites and not some sort of critique-based approach: Blade Runner, Brazil, the Alien series (yes, I actually enjoyed three and four - no, I do not know why) and several of the Star Trek films. I do not watch many films anymore and even less science fiction films - I end up easily disappointed by them. I have severely disliked the Abrams Star Trek films, I never enjoyed any of the Star Wars, nor did I enjoy Firefly/Serenity.

 

[AdmiralGeezer]

Moon comes into mind first. Poor fella all alone up there.

 

[Blunder-Red]

I will always have a soft spot for The Empire Strikes Back. While I'm no longer enamored with Star Wars in the way I was as a kid I will always admire the original trilogy for kick-starting my love for cinema, and Empire just happens to have the most memorable scenes from those movies. I've heard some good things from the set of Episode 7 so, who knows, maybe I will fall back in love with these movies in future. We'll wait and see.

Ridley Scott's grungy, dirty sci-fi films are also favourites of mine, especially Alien. That said, I was never fond of any of the sequels personally, as none of them carried the weight of the original. The Alien in the first movie is a huge, unstoppable monster that could be around any corner, hiding anywhere in this confined environment. In the sequels they were just cannon fodder that relied heavily on sheer numbers. Bleh.

Oh, and I can't overlook the dystopian charms of Terry Guilliam's Brazil! It's not a special effects powerhouse like Blade Runner, but it still manages to feel similarly grim and oppressive, and has some incredibly memorable visuals.