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Posted by AlphaStarred on Oct-14-2006 05:02:

your favorite Sci-Fi flicks...

I'm personally quite fond of movies that boggle the mind, whether they're philosophic, thought-provoking and deal with human emotions, or just really spaced out, so to speak (� la The Quiet Earth is both), and as a rule prefer such movies to those that are generally ascribed the 'sci-fi' genre, (i.e. spaceships, big explosions, aliens, � la Aliens/Predator/Star Wars).

some of my favs:

Blade Runner
The Quiet Earth
Scanners
The Hidden
2001: A Space Odyssey

Post-apocalyptic-esque ones are a plus!

Posted by enferno on Oct-14-2006 05:24:

contact.

a lot of you say this movie blows, but if you've read anything about.by carl sagan, you'd know that when he was alive, he was theorizing things about space that were WAY ahead of his time, things that were unbelieveable then, but are common fact now. the man was truely brilliant, both as a writer, and as an astronomer.

Posted by AlphaStarred on Oct-14-2006 05:35:

quote:
Originally posted by enferno
contact.

Thanks, I've seen it though, nothing in comparison with the ones I mentioned, (IMO), frankly I found it quite shallow and nothing more than a blockbuster hit. The movie may not do the book justice, for I didn't read the book so can't argue over the matter, but after all I'm asking for movies.

Posted by Sushipunk on Oct-14-2006 05:38:

Event Horizon.

Posted by weymouth on Oct-14-2006 05:40:

Gattaca
Solyaris(Andre Tarkovsky film)
Stalker(Another Andre Tarkovsky)
Minority Report
Ghost in the Shell-anime
Akira-anime
The Thing-horror but still sci-fi and a great movie
V for Vendetta
Metropolis-really old 1927 silent film but the first thinking sci-fi movie and one of the most influencial movies of all time.

Posted by BTG on Oct-14-2006 05:42:

airplane 2

Posted by stren on Oct-14-2006 08:29:

the new Battlestar Galactica

Impostor

Posted by CleverName on Oct-14-2006 08:32:

logan's run (this classic is the shit, check it out)
planet of the apes
enemy mine
serenity

Posted by Rodrico on Oct-14-2006 09:02:

I think some of you may be forgetting the greatest Sci-Fi movie ever created...

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan

Posted by Sushipunk on Oct-14-2006 09:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Rodrico
I think some of you may be forgetting the greatest Sci-Fi movie ever created...

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan

Yes...

Edit: Search for Spock ftw

Posted by TweeK on Oct-14-2006 09:55:

THe Fifth Element.

Seriously one of the best in my book.

Posted by Moongoose on Oct-14-2006 10:49:

quote:
Originally posted by TweeK
THe Fifth Element.

Seriously one of the best in my book.

+ fucking 1

Leave it to Luc Besson to come up with a masterpiece.

Posted by AlphaStarred on Oct-14-2006 14:51:

Thanks weymouth and CleverName, I'll check some of those (which I haven't seen yet). Thanks to the rest, but once again, I'm not looking for movies like Battlestar Galactica or The Fifth Element (I've seen the latter, and good though it was, it's still a typical blockbuster hit with a typical hollywood ending - not what I'm after).

These merit mention as well:

The Fly
The Day After
Mad Max 2
Altered States

Posted by yujie__ on Oct-14-2006 15:01:

AI
Stargate
BSG
titan ae
steamboy
gits:sac2

Posted by woscar on Oct-14-2006 15:22:

Equilibrium
The Matrix (WTF has noone posted this yet???)
Underworld

Posted by Danny Ocean on Oct-14-2006 16:55:

Sphere.

Posted by CONNERMAN2000 on Oct-14-2006 16:57:

I think im the only one on this planet that thoroughly enjoyed Mission to Mars.

Posted by stren on Oct-14-2006 18:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Danny Ocean
Sphere.

great movie, even better book

Posted by Cloudburst on Oct-14-2006 18:05:

I've always liked StarGate...

Posted by jupiterone on Oct-14-2006 18:19:

quote:
Originally posted by enferno
contact.

a lot of you say this movie blows, but if you've read anything about.by carl sagan, you'd know that when he was alive, he was theorizing things about space that were WAY ahead of his time, things that were unbelieveable then, but are common fact now. the man was truely brilliant, both as a writer, and as an astronomer.

+1

Posted by Ygrene on Oct-14-2006 18:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Cloudburst
I've always liked StarGate...

One of my favorite sci-fi movies of all-time.

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Oct-14-2006 18:56:

Dune (1984 David Lynch version, of course)

The Island (Maybe a little more on the action side, but still some very compelling science fiction themes)

Aeon Flux (Both the series and the movie were fantastic visions of futuristic dystopia amidst order)

eXistenZ (MINDFUCK)

Starship Troopers (Ok, so the movie isn't *nearly* as thought-provoking as the book is, still some really great sci-fi elements to the movie)

Ghost in the Shell (Ok, so this was already mentioned, but it's worth listing twice. Mind-shattering Sci-Fi doesn't get a whole lot better than this...except for eXistenZ)

Posted by Psy-T on Oct-14-2006 19:08:

not exact fits to your specification, but try these on anyway:
Videodrome
Ersaserhead
Scanners
A Clockwork Orange

Posted by Psy-T on Oct-14-2006 19:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
eXistenZ (MINDFUCK)

while i did enjoy the movie, it's far from being up to cronenberg standards, if i hadn't known it was him i'd assume it was james cameron or someone of his 'caliber'.

Posted by Psy-T on Oct-14-2006 19:14:

oh, get Being John Malkovich too

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