Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: Ricardo Klement: In other news, I also revisited the Black Hole - a Gawdawful movie from an execution standpoint, but THERE is a candidate for a remake that could actually be good.

The only thing I remember about that was Maximilian Schell.

And the pop-up book.

Hey, I had the pop-up book too.

And it was actually a pretty farked up movie, especially for an official Disney film. farked up zombie drones, a killer robot that chops people up and an ending when they finally go through the black hole that made me fee like I was on an acid trip and I was three years old.

Majick Thise: No love for 'Starship Troopers' ??? WTH?

Exactly zero love for that piece of cinematic filth.

crypticsatellite: The only ones on the list that I haven't seen are 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and "The Hunger Games.'

Oddly enough, those were the two I was going to complain about.

In what universe in is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Sci-Fi? What in that movie can't/doesn't happen in real life?

To me calling The Hunger Games Sci-Fi is like calling Mad Max Sci-Fi. Just because something takes place int the future doesn't make it Sci-Fi.

/Definately see both movies, Eternal Sunshine was free on Hulu last I checked

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: Ricardo Klement: In other news, I also revisited the Black Hole - a Gawdawful movie from an execution standpoint, but THERE is a candidate for a remake that could actually be good.

The only thing I remember about that was Maximilian Schell.

And the pop-up book.

Outside of that, everything else is kind of a blur.

The plot is a good one: an insane scientist may have come across how to transit a black hole and survive the event. His ship - the long-lost USS Cygnus - is equipped with an anti-grav device not seen before, and his crew is missing. In the meantime, a deep-space exploration ship, Palomino, on its way back is diverted to check out the black hole when they find the ship, keeping station near the point of no return. It turns out the insane scientist is more insane than they would like, and they need to get the fark out of there.

You can do a LOT with that.

But... but... Bladerun... oh.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: Ricardo Klement: The plot is a good one: an insane scientist may have come across how to transit a black hole and survive the event. His ship - the long-lost USS Cygnus - is equipped with an anti-grav device not seen before, and his crew is missing. In the meantime, a deep-space exploration ship, Palomino, on its way back is diverted to check out the black hole when they find the ship, keeping station near the point of no return. It turns out the insane scientist is more insane than they would like, and they need to get the fark out of there.

You can do a LOT with that.

It sounds infinitely better than Event Horizon, so I'll give it points for that.

There is also an abused robot.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: The only one on the list that I have real issue with Avatar..

I was thinking the same thing. But in 3D, as a special effects masterpiece, it earns it's place. Not a very good movie. but pure sci-fi eye candy.

andrewabc: Umm, they had Inception, but not Paprika? Which was Satoshi Kon magnum opus, and released before Inception.

I assume this list is limited to 'American" films only?

I havn't read Hunger Games or seen the movie, although I didn't think it was categorized as scifi.

It technically takes place in a future dystopia, with the people in charge having fantastic weapons and vehicles that is beyond the current science. So there is a potential argument in favour of it being called Sci-Fi. That does no, however, support it being on a list of 50 Sci-Fi movies for geeks to watch.

There are definitely more movies that could be on the list, but 49 out of the 50 I can't complain about. Avatar, as I said above, is my only niggle (that's not a racist word).

2wolves: Techhell: /Read my mind now, moran.

Irked, sarcastic, wants a vodka martini.

How did I do?

... dammit. Well, a beer instead of a martini, but I was looking at my empty vodka bottle while I was reading the list.

What's with all the Star Wars movies?

They weren't sci-fi. They were more fantasy, or space opera.

Sci-fi requires a minimum of looking into new technologies and their implications.

The Star Wars movies existed in a setting of Sufficiently Advanced Technology that seems to have come to its asymptote and become ubiquitous long ago, with societal changes having been long since done, thereby having effect whatsoever on the plot other than being part of the background.

Dark City is one of my all time top movies. It and Saving Ryan's Privates are the only 2 DVDs I own, not big on re-watching movies.

Glad I'm not the only one who wondered why Avatar was so popular. Musta been the 3D, I saw it in 2D and it was just ok.

I gotta nominate Invaders From Mars. Came out 19'53'ish, saw it on TV as a kid, then saw it again a few years later. So many scenes I thought were from childhood dreams actually came from that movie.

RogermcAllen: crypticsatellite: The only ones on the list that I haven't seen are 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and "The Hunger Games.'

Oddly enough, those were the two I was going to complain about.

In what universe in is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Sci-Fi? What in that movie can't/doesn't happen in real life?

To me calling The Hunger Games Sci-Fi is like calling Mad Max Sci-Fi. Just because something takes place int the future doesn't make it Sci-Fi.

/Definately see both movies, Eternal Sunshine was free on Hulu last I checked

This is the never ending debate over the definition of "science fiction". (hint, there is none.) Toss in Clarke's Law and we need to include all fantasy. Speculative Fiction is probably the best we can ever hope for.

and now it's time to rewatch StarMan and cry a lot.

Thanks, Fark.

Techhell: andrewabc: Umm, they had Inception, but not Paprika? Which was Satoshi Kon magnum opus, and released before Inception.

I assume this list is limited to 'American" films only?

I havn't read Hunger Games or seen the movie, although I didn't think it was categorized as scifi.

It technically takes place in a future dystopia, with the people in charge having fantastic weapons and vehicles that is beyond the current science. So there is a potential argument in favour of it being called Sci-Fi. That does no, however, support it being on a list of 50 Sci-Fi movies for geeks to watch.

The Hunger Games is totally science fiction. The games take place in an artificial arena, where everything, including the weather, animals and plants can be synthetically created, changed, and controlled.

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Silent Running is a personal favorite. Huey, Duey and Louie...

chewielouie: Will you people just stop with the Blade Runner love already? Cool story, good performances, it looked great, and yes, we love Harrison Ford, but holy crap that movie is a farking snoozefest.

Sorry, Blade Runner was awesome. Maybe not #1, that belongs to Metropolis but it was a great film.

improvius: zedster: wait, why is Minority Report on that list?

Agreed, it should be replaced by just about anything else. Silent Running, eXistenZ, Primer...

Wait inception is on the list too? eXistenZ should be in its place