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Old 06-30-04, 03:23 AM
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Favorite "space" movies, no Star Wars or Star Trek please.
ET
Close Encounters
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MIB
MIB 2
The Black Hole- the old one, I think
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Alien
Aliens
Pitch Black
Chronicles of Riddick
Dark City (technically it counts)
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Re: Favorite "space" movies, no Star Wars or Star Trek please.
Originally posted by Canadian Bacon
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Close Encounters
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The Black Hole- the old one, I think
Starman
Only one of your movies (The Black Hole) actually takes place in Space!

I vote for Apollo 13.
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2001 - it's the only movie where you don't think "if they could only have sound in space!"
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Seconding 2001 of course....
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Let's not forget all those wonderfully naive early 50's movies such as:

Destination Moon
Rocketship X-M
First Spaceship on Venus
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Spaceballs
Pluto Nash
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Star Wars would be #1, but here are my other favorites:

1. Fifth Element
2. Alien
3. Transformers: The Movie
4. Pitch Black
5. Independence Day
6. Armageddon
7. Event Horizon
8. Stargate
9. Starship Troopers
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Fifth Element
Solaris
Alien
Aliens

Not a movie but I'll throw Firefly in too .
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Err... Favorite movies set in space? Or favorite movies with a space theme? Or just favorite sci-fi films? Shannon Nutt hit the nail on the head, your list of "space" movies is very much Earth bound. So, I guess sci-fi films is the criteria... ??? I own the following that have space themes...

2001: ASO
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Andromeda Strain
Contact
Day The Earth Stood Still
Gattaca
Right Stuff
Solaris (72)
Solaris (02)
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