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Posted January 23, 2009
hey ya'll
much like the scifi t.v. show thread, I figured we could talk about scifi movies.
underdog ones, preferably, not some of this triple a title carp that every one knows about.
Here's one for size, Gattaca, it's a fantastic movie..
it is a commentary on genetic engineering, and that no matter your predisposition it's what you do in life, not how you're born, that makes you great.
Post edited February 01, 2009 by Weclock
Posted January 23, 2009
I'm usually surprised by the amount of people I know who have not watched "12 Monkeys" by Terry Gilliam. And while we are on Mr. Gilliam, I also recommend "[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(movie)]Brazil[/url]". Both films have a different take on the dystopia theme.
Not sci-fi in the stereotyped publics eyes, but if you are after something a little different, they are recommended.
Post edited January 23, 2009 by Ois
Posted January 23, 2009
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Weclock: I figured we could talk about scifi movies.
underdog ones, preferably, not some of this triple a title carp that every one knows about.

Yeah nothing worse than AAA fish...
I've got a major love for 1950s-60s sci-fi B Movies, they're just some of the best films ever. Often hilarious, rarely intentional but if you let yourself go you usually get a good story out of them.
Good examples of underrated classics
The Day The Earth Stood Still (the REAL one, with actors rather than keanu reeves)
The War Of The Worlds (the REAL one, with actors rather than tom cruise)
THEM!
Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers (classic communist paranoia)
Fiend Without A Face
Destination Moon
Oh and of course Duck & Cover, anything that implies that ducking beneath a wooden school desk or lying down in a gutter will protect you from an exchange of nuclear weapons has got to be either science fiction or fantasy
Posted January 23, 2009
The Thirteenth Floor
Pitch Black
K-Pax (it's sort of sci-fi, I guess)
The Returner
Mind you, I liked the latest War of the Worlds more than the original movie, perhaps because I grew up with Jeff Wayne's musical version and prefer tripod based walking machines to ones that fly.
Posted January 23, 2009
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Weclock: Here's one for size, Gattica, it's a fantastic movie..
it is a commentary on genetic engineering, and that no matter your predisposition it's what you do in life, not how you're born, that makes you great.

Beware! Nerd-Talk ahead:
The movie's name is "Gattaca". The name is composed only of the abbreviations for the four nucleobases found in DNA (Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine).
I really LOVE "Contact" and "Blade Runner". The former for it's hard-scifi storyline, the latter for its atmosphere, visuals and music.
Post edited January 23, 2009 by rmaertin
Posted January 23, 2009
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rmaertin: The movie's name is "Gattaca". The name is composed only of the abbreviations for the four nucleobases found in DNA (Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine).

Yup, nerdy to admit but I knew that myself. I must get around to getting that movie one day, I've aways thought that any movie with a reference like that in the title can't be all bad.
Logan's Run is another damned fine sci-fi movie
Posted January 23, 2009
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Aliasalpha: The Day The Earth Stood Still (the REAL one, with actors rather than keanu reeves)
The War Of The Worlds (the REAL one, with actors rather than tom cruise)

Old-schooler, eh? :D But to be fair, Keanu Reeves wasn't that bad in The Day The Earth Stood Still (I've seen it just yesterday in cinema).
Anyway, favourite scifi?
La Jetée . Seriously, I love that movie.
And Equilibrium. Don't know WHY I like so much this B-production... Guess it's just cool
Ghost in the shell, not sure if it's sci-fi though
Posted January 23, 2009
In fairness I've not seen the remake of day the earth stood still but I have seen keanu reeves in other things and haven't liked him once. I can't imagine he'd compare favourably to micheal rennie.
Posted January 23, 2009
Well, in that case, do NOT go and see it, it's seriously not worth it, unless you have nothing better to do or are a cinema freak like me :D
Posted January 23, 2009
You make a persuasive argument, bugger that then, I'll buy somthing else from GOG
Post edited January 23, 2009 by Aliasalpha
Posted January 23, 2009
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Fenixp: La Jetée . Seriously, I love that movie.

Isn't that a movie composed of still images or something? Only heard of it in the context of "12 monkeys".
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Fenixp: Ghost in the shell, not sure if it's sci-fi though

I'd say Cyberpunk is Sci-Fi. Great Movie.
Post edited January 23, 2009 by rmaertin
Posted January 23, 2009
Anyone remember that old Japanese flick by the name of "Gargantua"? I used to love that film back in the day....
The old "1984" movie was quite true to the original, I think. I loved seeing how well the 2 Minutes Hate was rendered with the technology of the time.
Post edited January 23, 2009 by JudasIscariot
Posted January 23, 2009
I get annoyed by most triple A scifi romps because 9O% of the budget goes to sfx and the other 10% to the actors.
The scripts are usually severely dumbed down, pretty faces are preferred over decent actors and a whole lot of standard-hollywood cliches must at all cost be included even if they would not make sense in the setting.
I also get annoyed by B sci-fi romps when they rely to much on sfx, yet do not have the budget to render them properly. Many Sci-Fi Channel productions suffer from this.
I rather have abandoned industrial complexes with somewhat believable characters or if they really want to go over the top I prefer camp over dreadfully rendered computer images
Posted January 23, 2009
Oh, I forgot to mention, Eraserhead is another fantastic movie.
Posted January 23, 2009
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Aliasalpha: Logan's Run is another damned fine sci-fi movie

Logan's Run... +1 to you for that. It is one of my all-time favorite movies (hmmm, must add to NetFlix queue).
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Fenixp: And Equilibrium. Don't know WHY I like so much this B-production... Guess it's just cool

Best.... fight scenes... ever. The last 20 minutes of the movie is one continuous fight scene that just gets better and better as it continues. Definitely a movie I put on my top ten list.
In the "old school" category, I gotta mention Forbidden Planet; the sci-fi take on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" that set the gold standard for sci-fi films of the 50's .
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