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Old 06-30-12, 03:04 PM
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Undeadcow's SciFi Challenge 2012

July 1
1. Predator

July 2
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

July 3
3. Predator 2
4. Doomsday

July 5
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

July 6
6. Hellraiser: Bloodlines
6. Alien Versus Predator

July 7
7. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

July 9
8. Alien

July 11
9. Aliens

July 12
10. Star Wars: A New Hope

July 13
11. The Neverending Story

July 14
12. The Scorpion King

July 19
13. Alien 3

July 20
14. Star Wars: Attack of The Clones
15. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 1 (animated mini-serial)

July 21
16. Island of Lost Souls
17. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

July 22
18. Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back

July 23
19. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

July 24
20. The Fly (remake)

Favorites: Predator, Alien, The Neverending Story, Star Wars: Revenge of the Jedi

-="List" Finalized=-
Spoiler:
Watch one film from every decade, starting with the 1900s.
--- 1900(No time limit but must be at least complete short film) -
--- 1910(No time limit but must be at least complete short film) -
--- 1920 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
--- 1960 -
-X- 1970 - Alien (1979)
-X- 1980 - Predator 2
-X- 1990 - Hellraiser: Bloodlines
-X- 2000 - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
--- 2010 -

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
--- First language -
--- Second language -

--- Watch the MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic version of a sci-fi/fantasy film -
--- Watch a film and its remake -
--- Watch a film based on a video game -
--- Watch a film based on a novel -
-X- Watch a film which won an Academy Award -- any category - Alien
--- Watch a silent film -
-X- Watch a Criterion version film - Island of Lost Souls
--- Watch a film with commentary -
-X- Watch a film and at least two sequels - Alien/Aliens/Alien3
-X- Watch a film that takes place underneath the Earth - Alien Versus Predator
-X- Watch a film that takes place in space - Alien, Hellraiser: Bloodlines
-X- Watch a film that takes place on or under the sea - Island of Lost Souls
-X- Watch an animated film - Star Wars: The Clone Wars Vol 1
--- Watch a film with special effects by Ray Harryhausen -
-X- Watch a film that takes place in the "future" but the year has already come and gone - Predator 2
--- Written by/starring/inspired by/or related in some way to the late Ray Bradbury -
--- Watch a film directed/produced/written by Ed Wood/Steven Spielberg/Terry Gilliam -*
--- Watch a film directed/produced/written by Roger Corman/Edgar G. Ulmer/Charles Band -

Watch a film for each rating:
--- G -
--- PG -
--- PG-13 -
-X- R - Alien
-X- X/NC-17(Optional) - Predator 2
-X- Unrated -

Watch a film in each of the following subgenres:
--- Alien invasion -
-X- Horror - Hellraiser: Bloodlines
--- Cyborg/Cybernetic revolt -
-X- Post-Apocalyptic - Doomsday
--- Alternate History -
--- Robot/Android -
--- Immortality -
-X- Space Opera/Serial - Star Wars
-X- Mutants (non-critter) - Island of Lost Souls
-X- Comic Book - Alien Versus Predator
-X- Mad Scientist - Island of Lost Souls
--- Comedy -
--- Time travel -
--- Giant Critters -
--- Prehistoric -
--- Paranormal -
--- Kaiju -
--- Tech Noir -
--- Arthurian Fantasy -
--- Based on fairy tale -
--- Urban Fantasy -
--- High Fantasy -
-X- Sword and Sorcery - The Scorpion King
--- Dark Fantasy -
--- Martial Arts Fantasy -

Watch a film starring:
--- Lionel Atwill/Mara Corday/Marshall Thompson -
--- Faith Domergue/Bruce Campbell/Donald Sutherland -
-X- Jeff Goldblum/Sigorney Weaver/Stephen Chow - Alien (Sigorney Weaver), The Fly (Jeff Goldblum)
--- Joey Wang/Maggie Cheung/Gloria Talbot -
--- James Coburn/Ross Martin/Dick Miller -
--- Michelle Rodriguez/David Warner/Tilda Swinton -
-X- Natalie Portman/Peter Cushing/Bruce Willis/Kurt Russell - Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

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For most of the month, I will be watching the Battlestar Galactica series. I will be following the viewing order from Alphabetti Spaghetti.

* = First time viewing
July 1
  1. Battlestar Galactica The Miniseries - "Night 1"
  2. Battlestar Galactica The Miniseries - "Night 2"
  3. Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 1 "33" / Episode 2 "Water"

    July 2
  4. Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 3 "Bastille Day" / Episode 4 "Act of Contrition"
  5. Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 5 "You Can't Go Home Again" / Episode 6 "Litmus"

    July 3
  6. Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 7 "Six Degrees of Separation" / Episode 8 "Flesh and Bone"
  7. Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 9 "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down" / Episode 10 "The Hand of God"

    July 4
  8. Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 11 "Colonial Day" / Episode 12 "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I"
  9. Battlestar Galactica Season 1, Episode 13 "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II" / Season 2, Episode 1 "Scattered"
  10. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 2 "Valley of Darkness" / Episode 3 "Fragged"
  11. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 4 "Resistance" / Episode 5 "The Farm"

    July 5
  12. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 6 "Home, Part I" / Episode 7 "Home, Part II"

    July 6
  13. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 8 "Final Cut" / Episode 9 "Flight of the Phoenix"

    July 7
  14. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 10 "Pegasus" 56 minute extended version / Episode 11 "Resurrection Ship, Part I"
  15. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 12 "Resurrection Ship, Part II" / Episode 13 "Epiphanies"

    July 8
  16. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 14 "Black Market" / Episode 15 "Scar"
  17. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 16 "Sacrifice" / Episode 17 "The Captain's Hand"
  18. Battlestar Galactica: Razor *

    July 9
  19. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 18 "Downloaded" / Episode 19 "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I"
  20. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 20 "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II"

    July 10
  21. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 18 "Downloaded" Podcast commentary / Episode 19 "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I" Podcast commentary

    July 11
  22. Battlestar Galactica Season 2, Episode 20 "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" Podcast commentary / "The Resistance" Webisodes
  23. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 1 "Occupation" / Episode 2 "Precipice"
  24. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 3 "Exodus, Part I" / Episode 4 "Exodus, Part II"

    July 12
  25. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 5 "Collaborators" / Episode 6 "Torn"

    July 13
  26. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 7 "A Measure of Salvation" / Episode 8 "Hero"
  27. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 9 "Unfinished Business" 70 minute extended version
  28. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 10 "The Passage" / Episode 11 "The Eye of Jupiter"

    July 14
  29. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 12 "Rapture" / Episode 13 "Taking a Break From All Your Worries"

    July 15
  30. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island *
  31. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 14 "The Woman King" / Episode 15 "A Day in the Life"
  32. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 16 "Dirty Hands" / Episode 17 "Maelstrom"

    July 16
  33. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode 18 "The Son Also Rises" / Episode 19 "Crossroads, Part I"
  34. Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Episode Episode 20 "Crossroads, Part II" / Battlestar Galactica: Razor[/b] Commentary

    July 17
  35. Space Jam
  36. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 1 "He That Believeth In Me" / Episode 2 "Six of One"

    July 18
  37. Batman Begins

    July 19
  38. The Dark Knight
  39. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 3 "The Ties That Bind" / Episode 4 "Escape Velocity"

    July 20
  40. The Dark Knight Rises * AMC Studio 30 IMAX

    July 21
  41. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 5 "The Road Less Traveled" / Episode 6 "Faith"
  42. Minority Report
  43. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 7 "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?" / Episode 8 "Sine Qua Non"
  44. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 9 "The Hub" / Episode 10 "Revelations"
  45. Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0 DVD Special Features / Season 4, Episode 11 "Sometimes a Great Notion"

    July 22
  46. Battlestar Galactica "The Face of the Enemy" Webisodes / Season 4, Episode 12 "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" / Episode 13 "The Oath"
  47. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 14 "Blood on the Scales" / Episode 15 "No Exit"
  48. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

    July 23
  49. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 16 "Deadlock" / Episode 17 "Someone to Watch Over Me"
  50. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 18 "Islanded In a Stream of Stars" / Episode 19 "Daybreak Part I"
  51. Battlestar Galactica Season 4, Episode 19 "Daybreak Part II" / Episode 19 "Daybreak Part III" DONE!

    July 24
  52. Fringe Season 4, Episode 7 "Wallflower" / Episode 8 "Back to Where You've Never Been"

    July 27
  53. Attack the Block *

    July 28
  54. Fringe Season 4, Episode 9 "Enemy of My Enemy" / Episode 10 "Forced Perspective"

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01. 07/02 Ted (Seth MacFarlane, 2012)
02. 07/03 The Amazing Spider-Man (Marc Webb, 2012)
03. 07/05 Hercules (Luigi Cozzi, 1983)
04. 07/05 Retroactive (Louis Morneau, 1997)
05. 07/05 Death Machine (Stephen Norrington, 1995)
06. 07/07 Piranha (Scott P. Levy, 1995)
07. 07/08 Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg, 2012) *Wildcard #1
7.5 07/09 The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 1, Episode 6: "Doomsday, and Counting" (Jerry Jameson, 1974)
8.5 07/18 Meatballs Part II (Ken Wiederhorn, 1984) *Wildcard #2 (major subplot involves a telekinetic space alien named "Meathead")
9.5 07/21 The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012)
10.5 07/30 Brave (Mark Andrews-Brenda Chapman-Steve Purcell, 2012)
11.5 07/31 Marvel's The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012)

Spoiler:
Checklist
*Watching enough shorts or TV to count as one entry, you can use that one entry as a check on the checklist, as long as each of them count for whatever you're checking. You can mix and match what you've seen to make a check, they all don't have to be grouped together as a single entry on your watch list.

3 Wildcards allowed

Watch one film from every decade, starting with the 1900s.
--- 1900(No time limit but must be at least complete short film) -
--- 1910(No time limit but must be at least complete short film) -
--- 1920 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
--- 1960 -
--- 1970 -
--- 1980 - Hercules
--- 1990 - Retroactive; Death Machine; Piranha
--- 2000 -
--- 2010 - Ted; The Amazing Spider-Man; Cosmopolis; Brave; The Avengers

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
--- First language -
--- Second language -

--- Watch the MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic version of a sci-fi/fantasy film -
--- Watch a film and its remake -
--- Watch a film based on a video game -
--- Watch a film based on a novel - Cosmopolis
--- Watch a film which won an Academy Award -- any category -
--- Watch a silent film -
--- Watch a Criterion version film -
--- Watch a film with commentary -
--- Watch a film and at least two sequels -
--- Watch a film that takes place underneath the Earth -
--- Watch a film that takes place in space -
--- Watch a film that takes place on or under the sea -
--- Watch an animated film -
--- Watch a film with special effects by Ray Harryhausen -
--- Watch a film that takes place in the "future" but the year has already come and gone -
--- Written by/starring/inspired by/or related in some way to the late Ray Bradbury -
--- Watch a film directed/produced/written by Ed Wood/Steven Spielberg/Terry Gilliam -*
--- Watch a film directed/produced/written by Roger Corman/Edgar G. Ulmer/Charles Band - Piranha

Watch a film for each rating:
--- G - Brave
--- PG - Hercules
--- PG-13 - The Amazing Spider-Man; The Avengers
--- R - Ted; Retroactive; Death Machine
--- X/NC-17(Optional) -
--- Unrated -

Watch a film in each of the following subgenres:
--- Alien invasion - The Avengers
--- Horror - Piranha
--- Cyborg/Cybernetic revolt -
--- Post-Apocalyptic -
--- Alternate History - Ted; Cosmopolis; The Dark Knight Rises; The Avengers
--- Robot/Android - Death Machine
--- Immortality -
--- Space Opera/Serial -
--- Mutants (non-critter) - The Amazing Spider-Man
--- Comic Book - The Amazing Spider-Man; The Dark Knight Rises; The Avengers
--- Mad Scientist - The Amazing Spider-Man; Death Machine
--- Comedy -
--- Time travel - Retroactive
--- Giant Critters - Piranha
--- Prehistoric -
--- Paranormal -
--- Kaiju -
--- Tech Noir - Death Machine; Cosmopolis

--- Arthurian Fantasy - Hercules
--- Based on fairy tale - Brave
--- Urban Fantasy -
--- High Fantasy -
--- Sword and Sorcery - Hercules
--- Dark Fantasy -
--- Martial Arts Fantasy -

Watch a film starring:
--- Lionel Atwill/Mara Corday/Marshall Thompson -
--- Faith Domergue/Bruce Campbell/Donald Sutherland -
--- Jeff Goldblum/Sigourney Weaver/Stephen Chow -
--- Joey Wang/Maggie Cheung/Gloria Talbot -
--- James Coburn/Ross Martin/Dick Miller -
--- Michelle Rodriguez/David Warner/Tilda Swinton -
--- Natalie Portman/Peter Cushing/Bruce Willis/Kurt Russell -

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gp1086's July 2012 Sci-Fi / Fantasy Challenge

Ground Rules
Movies only
Must be first-time watches
Labeled as Sci-Fi and/or Fantasy on IMDB

July 11
(1) Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Blu Ray

July 12
(2) Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982) - Blu Ray

July 13
(3) Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982) - Netflix Streaming ***Wildcard***
(4) The Amazing Spider-Man 3D (2012) - Theatre

July 15
(5) Ted (2012) - Theatre

July 18
(6) Total Recall (1990) - Blu Ray

July 20
(7) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - Theatre

July 24
(8) Terminator Salvation (2009) - Blu Ray

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