Best sci-fi movie
 

Here are my top 10 sci-fi movies. Which is #1?
What are the honorable mentions?

Hard to choose sone real good ones listed, but Aliens has my vote

Out of the list I'd say The Matrix. But T2 and Aliens runs a really close second.

You didn't however list Total Recall, Blade Runner and Gattaca.

Excellent choices all around but, I have to go with Alien as my absolute favorite. No matter how many times I watch it it never seems to get old. Cant' wait for my Quadrilogy set in June!:drool::drool::drool:

You did however forget to include Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 original) and Forbidden Planet.

There are so many sub-genres represented that it’s difficult to choose. I tend to see <b>Alien</b> as more horror than sci-fi and <b>Aliens</b>, Star Wars</b>, and <b>T2</b> as action/adventure. Movies like 2001 and Star Wars couldn’t be more different in terms of intent, approach, or theme. Given the choices, I suppose it comes down to what types of sci-fi one enjoys. My vote: 2001.

I voted for Alien, but if it was on the list I'd vote for Forbidden Planet.

Sorry. My vote goes to "Blade Runner" - which is not on your list.

WHY ?

Empire

Blade Runner and Gattaca are my favorites.

From your list. I picked 12 Monkeys.

I think the list is cleaver's top 10 and not a general top ten sci-fi movie list.

DARK CITY.

<B>2001: a space odyssey</B>

das

Count me in for 2001

Alien - It's been my favorite sci-fi movie since I seen it as a kid.

Honorable Mention: Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator.

best scifi
 

I have to say that Empire has been a favorite of mine, since I was a kid. I do have to mention that Alien ranks high on the list

Hands down..
 

Braveheart.

'nuff said.

[Though I voted for 2001]

Blade Runner

Where is the original Dune?

Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back

are not sci-fi

(A little off-topic) Stupid question [puts on flame retardant suit]: But why is Star Wars et al not considered science fiction?

Of the movies listed above I voted for Alien.

-BT

Re: Hands down..
 

<BLOCKQUOTE> • Quoth Rogue588 •<HR SIZE=1>Braveheart.

'nuff said.

[Though I voted for 2001] <HR SIZE=1></BLOCKQUOTE>

:lol:rotfl:lol:

:up:

das

<BLOCKQUOTE> • Quoth BT •<HR SIZE=1>(A little off-topic) Stupid question [puts on flame retardant suit]: But why is Star Wars et al not considered science fiction?<HR SIZE=1></BLOCKQUOTE>

... runs for cover ...

das

The Matrix for me.

I voted for 2001.

Alien and Dune (if it were on the list) would be my second and third choices.



Well, this is a deabte that will be forever ongoing. Many people feel, myself included, that Star Wars is not science fiction. Without getting into a long tiresome discussion, I have always considered Star Wars to be more of the Fantasy genre set in space. I don't feel that just having space as a setting for a film makes it scifi. Where is the science? There is none (or very very little) other than space travel.

Along similar lines, one could argue whether or not Alien is scifi or horror or both. I see it as both, where I see Aliens as neither. Aliens is more of an action film. I have never seen The Terminator films as scifi either, but I suppose one could make a fair argument there (in regards to the advanced technology). And although it's been a while since I have seen The Road Warrior....scifi? not really in my book. To sum up the whole Star Wars thing, and any of these movies really...different people define the genre differently and consider different movie to be different things. I am not saying that decent arguments cannot be made for either side.

My The American Heritage Dictionary, Second Collegiate Edition defines science fiction simply as "Fiction in which actual or potential scientific discoveries and developments form part of the plot".

So regarding Star Wars....space travel is enough for some people to see it as scifi. I see it more as a result of the setting than an integral part to the story being told.

Empire of course. Though if there were no Star Wars film there, I'd have gone with Alien.

The Empire Strikes Back is the best scifi

Battlefield Earth :D

ESB, has everything a Sci fi needs, great story, great characters and great special effects.

Sans the science. :-)

ESB has laser guns and spaceships.

Boom, sci-fi.


Just like horses, old dusty towns and sixshooters make a Western.




The nature of the two genres is in the settings. To say that's it's a theme decision (sci fi teaches us about human nature), then The Shawshank Redemption is a science fiction movie too. Similarly, Westerns would cease to exist if setting doesn't determine genre... instead they would fall under crime stories, romance, etc based on each's plot.

Wot ?? No Fifth Element ??

Without reservation, argument, or doubt, the Star Wars films are 100%, Grade-A SCI-FI. Anyone who argues otherwise is just fooling themselves.

They ain't Science Fiction, however... and my vote went to 2001: A Space Odyssey. :)

Blade Runner
The Terminator
and another vote for The Fifth Element

Aliens gets my vote

wow, no love for the classics. off the list...Alien.

fav's..The Day the Earth Stood Still, Them!, THX1138 and Silent Running.

My vote would be for Dark City, but out of the list, Aliens is my favorite.

tasha

The best film is 2001: A Space Odyssey

The best drama/thriller is 12 Monkeys

The best post-apocalyptic film is The Road Warrior

The best horror film is Alien

The best action film is Aliens

The best science fiction film is The Terminator

The best sci-fi flick is Star Wars


:)

There are some huuuuggggeee gaps in that list (as Gort, Robby, and Roy Batty would surely attest to). However, my all-time favorite is represented.

Daisy, Dai-i-i-i-sy...

The top 5 in my book:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Forbidden Planet
Quatermass & the Pit
Bladerunner
Alien

what? so "sci-fi" and "science fiction" are now 2 different things?

Don't forget <B>SF</B>.

das

Here's some info on science fiction, sciffy, sci-fi, and sf from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America site. I tend to just call it sf because that makes it so easy--it's a lot simpler to know whether something is speculative or not, than it is to try to pinpoint what subgenre it is.

http://www.sfwa.org/misc/skiffy.htm

http://www.sfwa.org/misc/skiffy2.htm (this is just a direct link to the link on page above.)

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