Good Sci-Fi Movies

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-11-07 09:01pm

Recomend some. However, I already know about

-Alien
-Star Wars
-Star Trek
-Terminator
-Road Warrior
-Water World
-Mission to Mars
-Mars Attacks
-Spaced Invaders
-Apollo 13
-Galaxy Quest

So don't bother to mention those. I'm mostly looking for more 'high tech' space-opera action-stuff; in the same vein as Firefly, Wars, and Alien rather than Mission to Mars or Apollo 13. No comedys, either.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » 2002-11-07 09:38pm

You realize that Apollo 13 in no way qualifies as Sci-Fi right?

But anyways...

-Pitch Black (really little mreo than an Aliens Tribute, but a good tribute)

-Last Starfight (Old cheesy, corny, etc... but fun none-the-less)

-Transfomers the Movie (Because hey, it's the Transformers

)

-Final Fantasy (for the CG animation if nothing else, but still asolid sci-fi)

-Blade Runnner (Classic stuff)

-Ghost in the Shell (Cyberpunk, animated but with a more complicated and sophistcated plot than most live action moives)

-Titan A.E. (Animated but lotsa fun)

-Predator 1&2 (hehe, just watch 'em)

-Fifth Element (Die Hard in Space, with a cute half-naked chick sidekick)

-Dark City (Freaky as all hell)

-Matrix (Don't tell me you've never seen it?)

-Macross Plus (It's like kinda like Top Gun... but with better fighters, better dogfights, better music, a better story, and no homoeroticvolleyball scene!)

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-07 11:23pm

I agree, definitely watch The Last Starfighter. The best scenes are the ones with the clone (it's a side plot, so that's not a spoiler).

If you can find either Gundam 0081 or Gundam 0083, those are (IMHO) the best space-based anime series other than Macross Plus.

Gattaca.

If you can withstand the fact that it's nothing like the book, Starship Troopers is pretty good. If you liked the societal analysis by Heinlein in the novel, skip the movie, it's mostly a war movie.

Can't think of any others right now, but I may post more later.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2002-11-07 11:25pm

Bebop Movie. -I-

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-07 11:54pm

Babylon 5: In the Beginning. Ok, it's a tv movie, but it's still a movie and it's good.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-08 12:46am

neoolong wrote:Babylon 5: In the Beginning. Ok, it's a tv movie, but it's still a movie and it's good.

Hell, it better than a lot of big screen movies. And the speechs before "The Line", they will bring a tear to your eye.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-11-08 01:01am

-Alien - I dont believe Ive ever seen this beginning to end.
-Star Wars - Classic
-Star Trek - Never liked the first movie much.
-Terminator - Good movie but personally I dont think it ages well.
-Road Warrior - Classic dark future fun, although does not age well.
-Water World - did not like it
-Mission to Mars - I found this to be pretty enjoyable on cable.
-Mars Attacks - This was a lot of fun.
-Spaced Invaders - never saw it
-Apollo 13 - saw it on a bus to Kirkwood. Enjoyable
-Galaxy Quest - f*ing funny.

My list:

Blade Runner
5th Element
Starship Troopers
Ghost in the Shell
2010

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-08 01:09am

Space Balls, its part Sci Fi

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-08 01:19am

Some essential must sees:

-Star Wars Trilogy
-Terminator 1&2
-Total Recall
-2001 & 2010
-Galaxy Quest
-Space Balls
-The Matrix
-Alien and Aliens

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-08 01:23am

Oh yeah, most Godzilla movies, except for the American one.

I thought that Godzilla vs. The Giant Space Vagina was quite funny. Okay, that's not the true title but I don't remember what it is. And at the end it looks like he is fighting and then giving oral to a Giant Space Vagina.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-08 01:25am

neoolong wrote:Oh yeah, most Godzilla movies, except for the American one.

I thought that Godzilla vs. The Giant Space Vagina was quite funny. Okay, that's not the true title but I don't remember what it is. And at the end it looks like he is fighting and then giving oral to a Giant Space Vagina.

Wow, dude, they'd got real porn out there too, you know?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-08 01:34am

Stormbringer wrote:
neoolong wrote:Oh yeah, most Godzilla movies, except for the American one.

I thought that Godzilla vs. The Giant Space Vagina was quite funny. Okay, that's not the true title but I don't remember what it is. And at the end it looks like he is fighting and then giving oral to a Giant Space Vagina.
Wow, dude, they'd got real porn out there too, you know?

It's not supposed to be porn. It's just so frigging funny watching a guy in a rubber suit go at it with a Giant Space Vagina. If I wanted real porn I'd get it off the Internet.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-08 01:36am

neoolong wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:Wow, dude, they'd got real porn out there too, you know?
It's not supposed to be porn. It's just so frigging funny watching a guy in a rubber suit go at it with a Giant Space Vagina. If I wanted real porn I'd get it off the Internet.

That's true. It'd be funny in a pathetic sort of way.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2002-11-08 01:49am

neoolong wrote:Oh yeah, most Godzilla movies, except for the American one.

I thought that Godzilla vs. The Giant Space Vagina was quite funny. Okay, that's not the true title but I don't remember what it is. And at the end it looks like he is fighting and then giving oral to a Giant Space Vagina.

I believe you are thinking about Godzilla vs Biollante.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-08 01:52am

Stormbringer wrote: -Total Recall

If that's the one I'm thinking about with the guy with amnesia, I've been trying to remember the title of that movie for about six months now!

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-08 01:53am

The Dark wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: -Total Recall
If that's the one I'm thinking about with the guy with amnesia, I've been trying to remember the title of that movie for about six months now!

It's the one with Arnie, amnesia and mutants on Mars. I got it on DVD, not bad.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-08 01:57am

Yeah, that's the one. Now to see if the friendly local library has a copy...

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-08 01:58am

The Dark wrote:Yeah, that's the one. Now to see if the friendly local library has a copy...

Should, it's something of a cult classic.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2002-11-08 02:12am

Just my two cents worth:

Logan's Run.

Independence Day.

Men in Black.

Ok, it was three cents worth!

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2002-11-08 02:13am

Oh, and the Time Machine via 1960's or so not the recent one.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-08 02:20am

Stormbringer wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:Wow, dude, they'd got real porn out there too, you know?
It's not supposed to be porn. It's just so frigging funny watching a guy in a rubber suit go at it with a Giant Space Vagina. If I wanted real porn I'd get it off the Internet.
That's true. It'd be funny in a pathetic sort of way.

Exactly. I'm not a sick twisted freak who gets off on watching a guy in a rubber suit go at it with a Giant Space Vagina. Well I am a sick twisted freak, but that's another story.

Thanks Raxmei, I think that's it.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-08 02:39am

Oh yeah, I thought of some more:

Avalon - The Polish/Japanese joint, not the American movie that has the same name.

The Abyss - Cool watery stuff

Cube - Well it's only kind of sci-fi

Robocop - Which I think is kind of sci-fi

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2002-11-08 03:15am

Here's a list of really good SF movies:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Solaris (the original Russian film directed by Andre Tartkovsky and one of the most beautiful SF films ever made)
Blade Runner (director's cut, of course)
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet (even after all these years, that movie still holds up well)
Gattaca
Metropolis
Nineteen Eighty-Four (the 1984 version, naturally, with John Hurt and Richard Burton in his last role; very faithful to the book)
War Of The Worlds
Earth v. The Flying Saucers
Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
Alien
Aliens
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
2010
Repo Man
The Matrix
Planet Of The Apes (the 1968 original —not that abomination starring Mark Wahlberg)
Star Wars ANH
Galaxy Quest
Dark Star
Five Million Years To Earth
The Monolith Monsters
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones
Dune
The Thing
The Time Machine
Farenheit 451

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-11-08 05:49am

1984 - Not strictly sci-fi. But still good.

2001 - Classic.

2010 - Classic.

A Clockwork Orange - Not strictly sci-fi, but to leave it out would be a crime.

Abyss (spec ed only) - Brilliance, but ONLY EVER watch the spec ed. The original is like ET underwater.

Akira - Unbelieveable. I love it.

Alien - Classic.

Aliens (spec ed only) - Spec ed recommended for further plot insights.

Barbarella - Awww cmon! You know you love it! I mean, shagpile carpet on a ship... And thats not the only shag...

Cool World - If you haven't seen it. Find it. And then take drugs. THEN watch this movie.

Cowboy Bebop - It has movies... It qualifies!

Cube - Human nature is great.

The Day the Earth Stood Still - One word: GORT.

Fareinheight 451 - America two years into Bush's second term.

Final Fantasy - Not a great movie, but some great moments and DAMN is it shiny.

The Forbidden Planet - Another classic movie, with another classic robot.

Galaxy Quest - A great parody.

The Last Starfighter - Classic. Sheer cheese.

Logans Run - Yes. Admit it. It was good.

Mad Max 1&2 - Before the Tina Turner debacle.

The Matrix - Overblown gunfights and baddies wearing suits? HELL YEAH!

Metropolis - Amazing work of cinema.

Moon 44 - Cmon, you know you love it.

Predator 1&2 - A guilty pleasure.

Robotech/Macross - A childhood watching this in the morning... Ah. So what if it isn't a movie... THERE WERE MOVIES INVOLVED! SHUT UP YOU DAMN NAZIS!

Soylent Green - Soylent green IS people.

Space Balls - Its Mel Brooks. Do I need another reason?

Star Wars (all of them) - Need I say more.

Terminator 1&2 - Great post-apocalyptic time-travelling fun.

Total Recall - Ah-Nuhld in brilliant form.

V - Hahhahahaha! Yes! V motherfucker! Damn reptilian alien scum! Resist!

War of the Worlds - Either the radioplay or the musical. The movies sucked.

Wings of Honneanimaise (sp?) - The most spectacular anime I've ever
seen. Second only to "Grave of the Fireflies" in terms of emotion too.

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Thats about all I can think of for the moment...

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-11-08 05:52am

HOLY SHIT! I forgot:

BLADE RUNNER (spec ed only) - CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC! WORSHIP THIS MOVIE!

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