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What's your favourite ever sci-fi movie? I mean, ever and i mean, real good movies like Kubrick's (and Arthur C. Clarke's) 2001: A Space Odyssey, NOT garbage like the Phantom Menace or Street Fighter.

There are a few for me, and it's a close call, but my favourite is still Blade Runner. The story, the ambience, the coldness and alienation, Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford, Vangelis love theme song, everything. Truly great and beautiful.

What's yours?

If you say The Matrix or Star Wars i'll be forced to pay someone to hunt you down and shoot you like the completely clueless geeky nerd you are, don't make me spend all that money please.
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Metropolis
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and the omega man
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Dune

The David Lynch version, long cut. I watch it everytime and I mean everytime it's on tv.
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Dune, Metropolis, Blade Runner and Hardware (with the lovely McCoy)
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Alien
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Mine are along with everyone else's, just add "The Fifth Element" too.
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Would you calss 'Village of the Damned' (Midwich Cuckoos) as Sci-Fi

If so....that's right up there
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or class even
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2001 - I can't think of a more thought provoking sf film. And it looks fantastic.

Having Rigsby in it helps as well.

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My faves change so often, at the mo' it's Event Horizon, without giving too much away, you think this is hell, then it is!
I gave too much away, didn't I? :oops:
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Red Sunsets wrote:My faves change so often, at the mo' it's Event Horizon, without giving too much away, you think this is hell, then it is!
I gave too much away, didn't I? :oops:
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That's the one with Sam Neill in it, right? He makes a very scary bad guy.
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An utterly fab film too :) :notworthy:
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The very same BP and Angel.
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Fifth Element, definetly
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Well, whilst its your thread Zig.... stuff you all the same ;)

Star Wars..... helped save cinema for a start... undoubtably astonishing effects for its time and undeniably space opera swashbucklingness at its best (ok, ok, .... imho).

Having said that i think there have been many good things since that have been far more scientifically correct, less family orientated and cerebral, (which im sure most of the people on this list would prefer to see thos films next to their names....) but my completely UNASAHAMED favourate sci-fi film is, and i suspect ever will be Star Wars.

After that.... Alien, Aliens, STMP, Forbidden Planet, The Black Hole (odd one for Disney to make that one..), Tron.

Babylon 5 roolz too before i forget.

Hope i havnt offended you types that know better than me and only watch "serious" hi fi.

Favorate Scifi film but you can have Star Wars = Oxymoron!

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Pad, what is STMP?
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Star Trek The Motion Picture..... probably a more unpopular choice that Star Wars, but the re-edited version works a treat!

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Debaser wrote:Metropolis
Oh yeah :)

By the way, could I mention "Time Bandits" in this thread? :wink:
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The Time Bandits is an excellent film and no mistake!

Love the John Cleese Robin Hood!!!!!

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Padstar wrote:The Time Bandits is an excellent film and no mistake!
no doubt 8)
Padstar wrote:Love the John Cleese Robin Hood!!!!!
me too :lol: :lol: :lol:

i meant - is it enough sci-fi?
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Nice movies, and i have to watch Metropolis, i don't think i've heard about it before to be honest.
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pikkrong wrote:
i meant - is it enough sci-fi?
Do they kill funny looking aliens in it?
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Padstar wrote:Well, whilst its your thread Zig.... stuff you all the same ;)

Star Wars..... helped save cinema for a start... undoubtably astonishing effects for its time and undeniably space opera swashbucklingness at its best (ok, ok, .... imho).
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Hope i havnt offended you types that know better than me and only watch "serious" hi fi.

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