recommend me some sci fi

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:40 pm

everyone must see dark star.. a movie about how boring space really is.

silent running is also a cool sci-fi movie with a hippie twist

Johnny wants to go home!

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:36 am

"last surviving human gets eviscerated in his ship by robot teddy bear."

spoiled now.

+1

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:43 am

12 Monkeys

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:12 am

Mega Mudkip wrote:The Brain From Planet Arous

(The Brain from Planet Arous is made of major fucking fail but still fun to lulz at.)

This movie is sort've cool. I actually liked the big floating transparent brains.

silvergunner · Post by **silvergunner** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:19 pm

-I,Robot
...from Director of "Dark City,The Crow"
very cool story.lots of action,impressive special effects!
I love this movie!

-Equilibrium
...a little cool independence production!

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:13 pm

Mortificator wrote;

Anyway, no one's mentioned The Planet of the Apes. Best movie ending ever, unfortunately universally spoiled now.

Yes the Planet of the Apes original is awesome. The music score is perfect, really creates the atmosphere. The film is powerful, with the message being just as relevant today as it was in the late 60s.
The Burton remake is yet another remake that should not have happened

. As much as I like Mark Wahlburg he trundled through a planet run by Apes like he was going down the local WalMart - no tension, no fear, nothing.

Not quite Sci Fi, but I've just watched I am Legend. No spoilers but its just copying a couple of UK films; 28Days/Weeks and the Descent. Nothing special I'm afraid

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Galactica's RAZOR film is just a filler for the fans for the large gap between Seasons 3&4. Again nothing special and the lame Aliens quotes "Knock it off Hudson" and "Stay Frosty" just fall flat. I was expecting a "Saddle up Apone!"

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charlie chong · Post by **charlie chong** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:16 pm

DEL wrote:Nice to see people have mentioned Rowdy Roddy Piper's
They Live & Hell Comes to Frogtown

One bit of decent cheese to add:
Space Hunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

I bought Soylent Green this year - features a Space War cab.

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he i was trying to remember that space hunter film another good cheesey post apoc desert one that...
only just noticed that space war cab the other day as i watched soylent green for the 3rd time a couple of days before this thread got created...
charlton heston +sci fi= teh masteur (even tho he's a cunt)
delicatessen's another good one not mentioned!

1up · Post by **1up** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:54 pm

seems a lot of you guys like soylent green, better get a hold of that.

watched I Am Legend yesterday and find it awesome. Found out that it is a remake of Omega Man which is a remake of Last Man On Earth, so I want to get those too.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:54 pm

Robocop hasnt been mentioned yet, neither has Alien Nation, which is pretty good in an 80's way, and generally gets forgotten about (this is completely different to the crappy 90's tv show with same name)..

never heard of soylent green before, might have to check it.

ive heard of zardoz before, but only because of the Ed Rush and Optical drum & bass track of the same name

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:40 pm

1up wrote;

watched I Am Legend yesterday and find it awesome. Found out that it is a remake of Omega Man which is a remake of Last Man On Earth, so I want to get those too.

So its a remake of a remake - Great! That really sums up the laziness and lack of creativity that is the 00's

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Rotten Tomatoes gave it 63%.
I give it less. It throws up nothing new, nothing that hasn't already been put on film. I guess there's been such a low standard in Hollywood films in the last few years that a mediocre film can receive a better rating than it deserves.

JacobXScum · Post by **JacobXScum** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:10 pm

I TRIED to watch I Am Legend yesterday. I fell asleep somewhere after Will Smith loses his dog in the dark place. However i did find Starship Troopers 2 in the 5 dollar bin at Wal Mart yesterday, which rules. Normally i don't shop at Wal Mart, but i had a 25 dollar gift card.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:50 pm

I read I Am Legend yesterday and it was fuckin' tops! Thanks for the impressions, guys.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:52 am

Anything on MST3K.

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:42 pm

DEL wrote:Galactica's RAZOR film is just a filler for the fans for the large gap between Seasons 3&4. Again nothing special and the lame Aliens quotes

Fans of original series should be banned from watching remakes. They are fundamentally unable to appreciate a successful remake. I've never seen the original series, and the remake is by far some of the best TV i've ever seen (along with Dexter).

I have no doubt there will be another BSG remake in 20 years that will make me nostalgically moan about about how bad it is compared to 2003's remake. But that's not saying anything objective for new fans.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:48 pm

unsane - I only wrote one line about Galactica's RAZOR. The full story is that I loved the BSG new series intro and series 1 & 2 (new series). Series three got bogged down in character infidelities and generally lost the plot. RAZOR stars only a few of the principle characters and seems a bit of a rush job.
I am a fan of the original series and I avidly follow the new series, I just hope they can get back on track.
The Cylons keep saying "What has happened before will happen again". I can't help but feeling that this is a reference to the fate of the new BSG - Will it lose its way like the canned Galactica 1980 series when they reached Earth and didn't know how to continue?

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Fans of original series should be banned from watching remakes. They are fundamentally unable to appreciate a successful remake. I've never seen the original series, and the remake is by far some of the best TV i've ever seen (along with Dexter).

^I have to throw that one back at you

. You have never seen the original series so you can't make a judgement.

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:23 am

DEL wrote:I only wrote one line about Galactica's RAZOR. The full story is that I loved the BSG new series intro and series 1 & 2 (new series). Series three got bogged down in character infidelities and generally lost the plot.

Ah that's cool. I was blinded by your page 1 comment, which wasn't as glowing as the above:

DEL wrote:As you can see from the avatar ->The ORIGINAL Battlestar Galactica! The new one started well and has gone steadily downhill since.

DEL wrote:
unsane wrote:Fans of original series should be banned from watching remakes. They are fundamentally unable to appreciate a successful remake. I've never seen the original series, and the remake is by far some of the best TV i've ever seen (along with Dexter).
^I have to throw that one back at you . You have never seen the original series so you can't make a judgement.

I'm not judging the original, i'm only judging the new series. And it is mind-blowingly good.

doodude · Post by **doodude** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:09 pm

Strider77 wrote:
Scanners
Screamers
and yet he rags on minority report?!?

Sometimes you just gotta take the high road...

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:56 pm

On Battlestar Galactica, unsane wrote:
DEL wrote:I'm not judging the original, i'm only judging the new series. And it is mind-blowingly horrible.

Fix'd.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:24 pm

^The new one is still good, even if Starbuck is not likeable and swallows her lines like the Chief. Maybe she should just swallow the Chief - that would be more watchable.

Oh, and I second Logan's Run. Gotta watch it again, must be twenty years since I last saw it.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:02 pm

Time has not been good to Logan's effects (granted, they were considered outdated when the movie came out), but the story is strong as ever.
Weren't they remaking it?
And why hasn't Bioware made a rpg based on it?

beam · Post by **beam** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:30 pm

Tron
Hardware (M.A.R.K.-13)
The Hidden
The Final Programme
Videodrome
Scanners
Return to Oz
Dreamscape
Death Race 2000

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:34 am

Nuke wrote;

Time has not been good to Logan's effects (granted, they were considered outdated when the movie came out), but the story is strong as ever.
Weren't they remaking it?

Yeah it looks like they were remaking it. I hate the idea of remakes of course, for the simple fact that they are lazy moneyspinners with no original thought. The visuals and script are already there to copy, tweak and fob-off onto today's younger generation. Its the same in today's mainstream music industry.

One good thing is that the originals are better 99% of the time

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With the possible exception of the new Dawn of the Dead and the new BSG.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:37 am

And The Thing.
And The Fly.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:52 am

^Aah yes, I forgot The Thing was a remake

The Thing is the Remake ever.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:38 pm

Did anyone say Doctor Who yet?

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:26 am

I scanned the thread kind of fast, but didn't see Solaris (the new one). I thought that one kicked ass. Super heavy classic sci-fi. It reminded me of ray bradbury's work a bit. Great pace, great sounds, great themes.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:32 pm

DEL wrote: One bit of decent cheese to add:
Space Hunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

I actually liked that movie.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:03 am

Hardware (M.A.R.K.-13)

that movie is kinda crappy but i like watching it for some reason. i got the uncut dvd a few months ago...

1up · Post by **1up** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:53 am

I got to watch The Omega Man yesterday and enjoyed it quite a bit. Exact same story as I Am Legend and the same character.

Things that made me LOL:
The abuse of the word 'brother'
Robert Neville likes to take his shirt off a lot
The Amish,... Erm,... Mutants...

Now the episode of the simpsons with the nuclear holocost makes sense to me

Anyone know if theres movies similar to westworld? I like the idea about robot themeparks where the robots go mad

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:48 pm

Primer
A Sound of Thunder

shmups.system11.org

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