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Poll Question: Which movie do you prefer?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2010 at 15:24
Deafening silence from over here.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2010 at 15:40
Originally posted by yanch yanch wrote:

Originally posted by UndercoverBoy UndercoverBoy wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

By the way, are there any fans of the Dune books out there who actually like Lynch's Dune?  I am expecting a deafening silence of course. 
I personally really like David Lynch's Dune, and the Dune books are some of my all-time favorites.  Yes, as an adaptation it's pretty poor, but on it's own I think it's excellent.  Great scenery (Giedi Prime is classic Lynch), great soundtrack, and beautifully told.  My admiration might just come from the fact that I love David Lynch, but I do think some people rate it unfairly.
 
Now some Dune fans are going to call me a heathen..

Your not a heathen. We each have our own perspective and taste and it's fine that you liked it. 

I will say that visually, Lynch's Dune looks good, though his Ornithopter's don't look like what they should, but overall I think he did capture what things might have looked like. I did like the use of actual dialogue from the book in quite a few scenes. For me their were just too many variations from the book that he really didn't even need to make. But director's all have their vision and it is a tough novel to work with-huge scope and detail.

The fact that Lynch had never read the books probably didn't help him write a screenplay that followed the plot/descriptions/etc. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2010 at 16:17
Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I wouldn't really consider Star Wars films SF even though I enjoy them.


Confused Whut? In what way is Star Wars NOT sci-fi?




That is a stance widely agreed upon, yes. 

Star Wars is clearly an ode to fantasy fiction such as Tolkein and Campbell. The only thing that makes it even remotely Science Fiction is that it takes place in space. The technology and science behind the civilizations isn't explained or even presented. The focus is on allegory almost exclusively. So yes, Star Wars is considered by many to be strictly Fantasy, not Sci-Fi.

Anywho . . . 

I picked The Matrix. I was going to go with Blade Runner, but since nobody had picked Matrix yet, I decided to show it some love. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2010 at 17:52
2001: A Space Odyssey is one of my favorite films of all time, so that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 10 2010 at 18:19
Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:


The fact that Lynch had never read the books probably didn't help him write a screenplay that followed the plot/descriptions/etc. LOL

I had not heard that.  Probably a good thing as that likely helped it to be a totally Lynch film. Tongue

I should mention that the doomsday machine in the first Star Trek series was more convincing than the Guild ship.  William Windom's acting as Commodore Decker was kind of on par with some of the acting in Dune.  I like that episode, but where the hell did they stash Uhura?


Edited by Slartibartfast - September 10 2010 at 18:22
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2010 at 22:48
Voted for Alien, a clear winner for me. Ridley Scott's direction and perfect casting made this such a good film.
 
Close runners up would be Aliens and Terminator, plus (not listed) 12 Monkeys and District 9.
 
I wouldn't really classify Star Wars as Sci-fi either (though Empire was the best of the 3).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 15 2010 at 05:06
Blade Runner

Among the best films ever made in my opinion. Generally I'm not a big sci-fi film fan, althogun Aliens was also pretty gripping.

I used to read a lot of sci-fi as a teenager, and always felt that the stroies rarely translated well to screen.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2010 at 06:45
Alien is a good film and I love Ridley Scott's work. That said, I find Alien more of a horror/monster movie set in the future. Still a good film with great acting and a terrific hero.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2010 at 07:36

I have chosen "Blade Runner" - It is a sci-fi film that made a huge impression on me and still does - Ridley Scott is a brilliant director. "2001- A Space Odyssey" is equal best - still looks great today and like all great sci-fi movies, leaves much to ponder and debate. Though "District 9" is not on the list, I add this thoughtful film directed by Peter Jackson (The Lord of The Rings Trilogy) to my top 5 all time great Sci-fi movies.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2010 at 17:31
The Matrix, this movie is a piece of genius.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2010 at 07:46
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Good SF-movies I would recommend are :""Phase IV" by Saul Bass about two scientists studying ants that sho suddenly show intelligent behaviour; it soon becomes unclear who is actually studying whom. I'd like to see a director's cut of this because the last 10 minutes or so were cut out against the director'#s will.
 
My vote is for Aliens, a great story, tension, action and humour too.  I'd still watch it every week.
 
However Freide has mentioned a real classic here.  Phase IV is a brilliant film, extremely tense, utterly compelling and very disturbing.  I've not seen the Directors Cut either and would love to do so.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2010 at 17:02
I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't seen any of the Alien movies in their entirety.  That changes today as I just picked up Alien and plan on watching it tonight. Smile

Does 12 Monkeys count as sci-fi?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2010 at 17:26
Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

I have chosen "Blade Runner" - It is a sci-fi film that made a huge impression on me and still does - Ridley Scott is a brilliant director. "2001- A Space Odyssey" is equal best - still looks great today and like all great sci-fi movies, leaves much to ponder and debate. Though "District 9" is not on the list, I add this thoughtful film directed by Peter Jackson (The Lord of The Rings Trilogy) to my top 5 all time great Sci-fi movies.


Peter Jackson did not direct District 9. Neill Blomkamp did. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2010 at 19:02
THE MAN FROM EARTH (if you didn't already see it go now)
Matrix
The Day the Earth Stood Still
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 17:06
Originally posted by GY!BE GY!BE wrote:


The Day the Earth Stood Still


you do mean the original and not that barely watchable remake, right?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2010 at 04:56
2001: A Space Odyssey is one of my favourite films ever. Its the ultimate test of someone's patience the first time they watch it, but after its over it strangely affective. Definitely voting for that one.
On a side note, I never really thought of A Clockwork Orange as a sci fi but I guess it sort of is. Man I feel like watching that now (I'm a bit of  Kubrick fan Embarrassed)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2010 at 09:13
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2010 at 09:36
Ah Spaceballs! May the Schwartz be with you Lonestar.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2010 at 11:03
A Clockwork Orange
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2010 at 13:04
K-Pax, Demoliton Man, Minority Report, Matrix, the New Star Trek movie is awesome, I like Avatar (not great but nether terrible), I also like Planet of the Apes (silly me),
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