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Firefly is my favorite TV series. I love the character development and it was an interesting concept.

Favorite Sci-Fi serious has to be Stargate SG-1 hands down.

Favorite Sci-Fi movie, hmm tough. The first one that comes to mind is An American Werewolf in Paris.

...Spaceballs.

Blade Runner, for the whole package. Music, ambiance & quote-worthy material.

2001 Space Odyssee was a great film, Antitrust, even though it was not really Scifi, Star Trek 4 because of the humour... Gattaca started well, but in the end, it was really unbelievable. I however prefer to read scifi than to watch it.

robocop/total recall/star wars/12 monkeys/starship troopers, too many to choose from!

The new Battlestar: Galactica.

Favorite Sci-Fi serious has to be Stargate SG-1 hands down.

Favorite Sci-Fi movie, hmm tough. The first one that comes to mind is An American Werewolf in Paris.

How is that even vaguely sci-fi? An American Werewolf in Paris is barely gothic horror, and not even close to sci-fi.

For me, the best sci-fi film I've ever seen is probably a toss up between the original Matrix, Alien, 2001 and Terminator 2.

The best sci-fi TV show, by approximately six thousand miles, is the revived BSG.

How is that even vaguely sci-fi?

Hey, there was science in that movie. Ergo, the "Sci" part is covered. It took place in Frace, which covers the "F" in "Fi." Also, it was very intense, lots of people biting each other. There's your "i". Hence, it was "Sci-Fi"."

it depends on my mood...


tho I found a copy of Galaxy of Terror! :D

think I'll watch it again tonight...

Tough call between the Matrix and Blade Runner. Both blew my mind.

Sci-Fi Movie - STarship Troopers (the first one) one of the few movies I can say was better than the book.

Sci-fi series, toss up between Battlestar Galactica (TNS) or Firefly

Scifi movie : toss up between serenity and Empire strikes back

My favorite tv show would be Stargate sg-1 (season 1-8)

but I have to say Star Wars is a good sci-fi

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Emperor of Armengeddon

Blade Runner, for the whole package. Music, ambiance & quote-worthy material.

I've seen things...but Blade Runner is still the best.

It's even more remarkable if you consider its age.

but I have to say Star Wars is a good sci-fi

Star Wars is slightly more fantasy themed than sci-fi themed.

Brazil. Defiantly Brazil.

Series: Doctor Who.

Film: Delicatessen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicatessen_%28movie%29) and La cité des enfants perdus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_Lost_Children), both by Jeunet.

My all-time favorite sci-fi flick is definitely Aliens. I also love movies like Starship Troopers and Independence Day.

Blade Runner, for the whole package. Music, ambiance & quote-worthy material.

Ditto.
Looking forward to "The Final Cut" due out soon.

SF TV - Babylon 5. Honorable Mentions to the Star Trek franchises and Dr Who
SF Film - Blade Runner. Honorable Mentions to Aliens (Spec Ed), They Live, The Matrix and Dune (Lynch version).

Not seen Firefly but loved Serenity

...Spaceballs.

:fluffle:

Oh, and I liked Children of Men. And at least one of the Alien movies but I never can remember which one.

Sci-Fi Movie - STarship Troopers (the first one) one of the few movies I can say was better than the book.

You must be the only person on the planet who thinks so.

You must be the only person on the planet who thinks so.

Certainly on my little planet.

Ooh, so many favorites... but I'll narrow it down to Forbidden Planet and Metropolis. Metropolis is in a class of its own. Amazing special effects for its time, social commentary, a believable sci-fi world and a SEXY ROBOT! It is the sci-fi movie that proved good sci-fi movies could be made.

Forbidden Planet is another movie way ahead of its time. Made during the 50s when most sci-fi consisted of giant bugs and horny martians and made on shoestring budgets, Forbidden Planet broke the mold with its intellegent script, top notch cast, eerie soundtrack, its use of Technicolor and *gasp* acadamey award winning special effects. Plus, how many sci-fi movies use Shakespeare as inspiration?

Both movies have influenced dozens of modern movies. In fact, you can see the direct influence of Forbidden Planet on Star Trek:TOS (also my favorite sci-fi series).

Blade Runner, for the whole package. Music, ambiance & quote-worthy material.

Blade Runner is hands down my favorite Sci-fi movie.

Series would be by a long mile Battlestar Galactica. New series of course.

Grew up with Star Wars and still like it, still one of the most important films in my life. Yeah, it's not The Bicycle Thief, but I would never have got there if it weren't for Star Wars. It's a time and place thing as much as it is anything else.

I also like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Fuck you, I liked it. (I know there is a great deal of hater-aide out there for that film)

flim: spaceballs has been said so does Gremlins count?

series: Space precinct (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vkW_k8FZMGY)

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was awesome. It was crazy old-school sci-fi film homage with giant robots and Angelina Jolie as Nick Fury. Win all around.

SF Movie: Blade Runner
SF TV Series: the new Battlestar Galactica, with Bab 5 in a close second.

Most definitely the first Matrix.

The Entire Matrix Trilogy! I loved it from when Neo was awoken to his death at the end! This is my favorite quote from the Trilogy.

Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more that your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?

This has got to be Hugo Weaving best moment in the entire Trilogy!

Series would be Stargate SG-1. Obviously.


For movie it would be Star Wars followed closely by The Matrix.

Series would be Stargate SG-1. Obviously.


For movie it would be Star Wars followed closely by The Matrix.

The Matrix pwns Star Wars. I mean Hell all the machines has to do is add in a few codes into the coding of The Matrix, and "the force" goes bye bye! :D

The Matrix pwns Star Wars. I mean Hell all the machines has to do is add in a few codes into the coding of The Matrix, and "the force" goes bye bye! :D

If only the plot weren't so convoluted.

If only the plot weren't so convoluted.

How was it convoluted?

People have mentioned most of the good ones. But for sheer weirdness I'd nominate Death Race 2000 as a giggle (at how shockingly bad it is).

Imitation!Frankenstein's Monster vs Imitation!Nazis and a couple of others (Stallone plays imitation!mobster) in a road race acorss America.

What's not to like.:D

Dune. Although most people hate it, I love it for some reason. The art direction was fantastic and I loved the cast. I'm also a David Lynch fan.

Dune. Although most people hate it, I love it for some reason. The art direction was fantastic and I loved the cast. I'm also a David Lynch fan.

The new Sci-fi channel Dunes were far better. The original movie tried to do too many things at once without actually letting you know what the hell was going on.

If only the plot weren't so convoluted.

Parts 2 and 3 don't count. They sucked. The first wasn't that complicated all.

Parts 2 and 3 don't count. They sucked. The first wasn't that complicated all.

They do count! They were the continuation of the story!

People have mentioned most of the good ones. But for sheer weirdness I'd nominate Death Race 2000 as a giggle (at how shockingly bad it is).

Imitation!Frankenstein's Monster vs Imitation!Nazis and a couple of others (Stallone plays imitation!mobster) in a road race acorss America.

What's not to like.:D

You know what's not to like? The guy who managed to fuck up the practical 'gimme' of Aliens Vs. Predator is doing a remake (http://imdb.com/title/tt0452608/)

They do count! They were the continuation of the story!

And that is why you fail.

You know what's not to like? The guy who managed to fuck up the practical 'gimme' of Aliens Vs. Predator is doing a remake (http://imdb.com/title/tt0452608/)

And Tom Cruise is producing. That's going to be one for the ages.

And that is why you fail.

Ok, how do I fail by including the entire trilogy and not just saying that 2 & 3 don't count because "It's teh suxx!!!1"? I do admit that 1 was the best one, followed by 3 and then by 2. But comon, you cannot have the Matrix trilogy without 2 & 3.

Ok, how do I fail by including the entire trilogy and not just saying that 2 & 3 don't count because "It's teh suxx!!!1"? I do admit that 1 was the best one, followed by 3 and then by 2. But comon, you cannot have the Matrix trilogy without 2 & 3.

If the question is the best film, then you certainly can.

Mmm, either Independence Day, Armageddon, or Transformers. I can't decide :)

And Tom Cruise is producing. That's going to be one for the ages.
Ouch. That's extra frightening.

I always hover on just writing Corman and asking if I can remake his Fast and the Furious. I don't think he'd let me, but it'd be cool.

Ok, how do I fail by including the entire trilogy and not just saying that 2 & 3 don't count because "It's teh suxx!!!1"? I do admit that 1 was the best one, followed by 3 and then by 2. But comon, you cannot have the Matrix trilogy without 2 & 3.

Well I don't think the trilogy would make it the best in sci-fi. I liked the story but it just had filler that was incredibly irritating. The hell was up with that french guy? Awful. The 1st movie though was perfect. I don't need the triology though to make my belief that the 1st film is second best among sci-fi. :)


I will give honorable mention to Independence Day and Minority Report though. Also good films.

Mmm, either Independence Day, Armageddon, or Transformers. I can't decide :)

0_o

Mmm, either Independence Day, Armageddon, or Transformers. I can't decide :)

I don't want to be cruel to you or anything, but if you're serious you might be the leading contestent for 'worst taste in movies.'

Well I don't think the trilogy would make it the best in sci-fi. I liked the story but it just had filler that was incredibly irritating. The hell was up with that french guy? Awful. The 1st movie though was perfect. I don't need the triology though to make my belief that the 1st film is second best among sci-fi. :)


I will give honorable mention to Independence Day and Minority Report though. Also good films.

Ok, here's what up with the "French guy". He is called The Merovingian, an exiled program that used to be the trafficker of information, and still is. If any program within the Matrix want to escape deletion then they go to him, and he hides them in the Matrix as an exile. The Oracle explains "exiles" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH-Qh133MKw)

Ok, here's what up with the "French guy". He is called The Merovingian, an exiled program that used to be the trafficker of information, and still is. If any program within the Matrix want to escape deletion then they go to him, and he hides them in the Matrix as an exile. The Oracle explains "exiles" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH-Qh133MKw)

I got that part but I didn't see how it made any difference in the overall plot. Unless my memory of the series completely fails me, the exiles had no part in the resolution in the film, Neo and the others from Zion did that.

I got that part but I didn't see how it made any difference in the overall plot. Unless my memory of the series completely fails me, the exiles had no part in the resolution in the film, Neo and the others from Zion did that.

Oh, but they were such a cool idea! Why not throw them into a movie for no reason?!?

I got that part but I didn't see how it made any difference in the overall plot. Unless my memory of the series completely fails me, the exiles had no part in the resolution in the film, Neo and the others from Zion did that.

Its true that the movie producer could've developed Merv. character some more, but comon in the second movie, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus was looking for The Keymaker, an exiled program. Who do you go to get an exile program, The Merovingian. In the third movie he was there because Neo transported his RSI to The Trainman station, (an exile under Merovingian employee) and Trinity and Morpheus needed to see The Merv. because he's the only one that can get Neo out of the train station.

Its true that the movie producer could've developed Merv. character some more, but comon in the second movie, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus was looking for The Keymaker, an exiled program. Who do you go to get an exile program, The Merovingian. In the third movie he was there because Neo transported his RSI to The Trainman station, (an exile under Merovingian employee) and Trinity and Morpheus needed to see The Merv. because he's the only one that can get Neo out of the train station.

I just felt it was a way to fill up time, I'm sure they could have come up with some way to make the exiles a larger part of the overall plot and be part of the solution instead of using them as a way for Neo and the others to pass challenges to get to their goal. I didn't think the films were as bad as others make them out to be but I do believe that the Matrix would have been better off if it remained as a single movie instead of a trilogy.

I just felt it was a way to fill up time, I'm sure they could have come up with some way to make the exiles a larger part of the overall plot and be part of the solution instead of using them as a way for Neo and the others to pass challenges to get to their goal. I didn't think the films were as bad as others make them out to be but I do believe that the Matrix would have been better off if it remained as a single movie instead of a trilogy.

Merv. is not part of the solution, he never was. The Merovingian and his exiles are all about power within the Matrix (and now in the real since in Matrix Online Merv. has his own army of Sentials in the real) the only reason he would even help Neo if he saw that he would benefit from it.

Yes the movies should've developed The Merv. and exiles some more, but they didn't but the comic books, and the Matrix Online did.

Oh God I just sound like a Star Trek/Star Wars geek, I need to sit down lol.

Merv. is not part of the solution, he never was. The Merovingian and his exiles are all about power within the Matrix (and now in the real since in Matrix Online Merv. has his own army of Sentials in the real) the only reason he would even help Neo if he saw that he would benefit from it.

Yes the movies should've developed The Merv. and exiles some more, but they didn't but the comic books, and the Matrix Online did.

Oh God I just sound like a Star Trek/Star Wars geek, I need to sit down lol.

Well I would have prefered if they WERE part of the solution somehow instead of just being tools to acquire whatever was needed. They were distractions from fighting Smith and the Matrix. If they weren't going to be used in a larger sense I really don't think they were needed at all.

And there is nothing wrong with knowing something real well, even if it is a fictitious story. I'm sure you have your priorities straight. ;)

Greatest film: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Greatest series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

I don't want to be cruel to you or anything, but if you're serious you might be the leading contestent for 'worst taste in movies.'

Oh yes heaven forbid someone actually likes Michale Bay! Oh I'm an embarassment to all movie buffs everywhere! Oh no! Heaven forbid I like a movie besides Star Trek and the Matix!!!!!!!

I could count Voices of a Distant Star but I doubt many of you even know it.

Wizard of Oz

Wizard of Oz

Isn't that more Fantasy than Sci-Fi?

Bladerunner's always great - it's got elements of basically every kind of plot, from mystery to suspense to old-time Westerns, even. Great story.

I also get a kick out of some of the old ones, such as Logan's Run or that one in outerspace with Bruce Dern - you know the one. :p There's a bunch of others, but I like these.

2001 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/) is awesome.
As is Bladerunner (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/),
Alien (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/) (and Aliens (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/)),
Terminator (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/),
Solyaris (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/),
Memorizu (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113799/),
Back to the Future (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/),
Planet of the Apes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063442/),
The Quiet Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/),
the Day the Earth stood still (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/).

and of course the classic Metropolis (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/)

2001 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/) is awesome.
As is Bladerunner (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/),
Alien (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/) (and Aliens (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/)),
Terminator (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/),
and of course the classic Metropolis (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/)

Totally agree about these. :) Metropolis and 2001 kinda freak me out - not in the same way, but I'd categorize them both as a bit out-there. :p My memory didn't come up with them right away, but they're great.

I also kinda liked the one with Sean Connery, where he's the cop on the outerspace mining colony. Not exactly a classic, but entertaining just the same. :)

Wizard of Oz

That's science fiction?

That's science fiction?

I think he was kidding. :p

That one's firmly in the 'fantasy' category, I think.

I also kinda liked the one with Sean Connery, where he's the cop on the outerspace mining colony. Not exactly a classic, but entertaining just the same. :)
Whoah - showing your age there! Outland I think it's called. I haven't seen that for years. It was just a complete rip off of High Noon, but set in a mining colony on a Jovian or Saturnian sattelite iirc. Wasn't a bad flick.


edit: just checked, it is called Outland (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082869/) and it is on one of Jupiter's moons.

Stalker.

Oh! I forgot Back to the Future! I'll make that a close third behind Star Wars and the 1st Matrix. :)

I don't want to be cruel to you or anything, but if you're serious you might be the leading contestent for 'worst taste in movies.'
I second your nomination.

Whoah - showing your age there! Outland I think it's called. I haven't seen that for years. It was just a complete rip off of High Noon, but set in a mining colony on a Jovian or Saturnian sattelite iirc. Wasn't a bad flick.


edit: just checked, it is called Outland (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082869/) and it is on one of Jupiter's moons.

Great movie! :p I didn't even remember Peter Boyle was in it - I'll have to give it another look someday. :)

I also remembered the title of another favorite I mentioned before:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/

Silent Running, w/ Bruce Dern. Dated, I'm sure, but it's got Bruce Dern, who rarely disappoints. :p

The Entire Matrix Trilogy! I loved it from when Neo was awoken to his death at the end! This is my favorite quote from the Trilogy.
This has got to be Hugo Weaving best moment in the entire Trilogy!

If you want good quotes, you can't beat:
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.



Time...to die.


and of course: Wake up....Time to die!

The new Sci-fi channel Dunes were far better. The original movie tried to do too many things at once without actually letting you know what the hell was going on.

The original kinda captured the spirit, and David Lynch is a genius, no question - but I agree about the more recent Scifi Channel production. The acting was a bit better and understated, the graphics were modern, and the politics of the book were better presented.

The original kinda captured the spirit, and David Lynch is a genius, no question - but I agree about the more recent Scifi Channel production. The acting was a bit better and understated, the graphics were modern, and the politics of the book were better presented.

Except that they virtually reduced Dune Messiah to a footnote. That book is so important to the rest of the series, but receives no recognition.

Best TV Series: Babylon 5

Best Movie: Silent Running.

Except that they virtually reduced Dune Messiah to a footnote. That book is so important to the rest of the series, but receives no recognition.

Best TV Series: Babylon 5

Best Movie: Silent Running.

I haven't had Scifi Channel since about the year 2002, so I only saw their version of Dune, first book only. So I can't speak for the rest of the series. But I liked the first.

Also, another Silent Running fan! :fluffle: Nice. :p

Tamala 2010
Invasion of The Body Snatchers - Pick the 1979 ed.
Strange Days
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Futureworld
Sky Blue Aka. Wonderful Days.
Predator 2
Dark City
The Sphere
The Fifth Element
Donnie Darko
S1mone
K-PAX
THX 1138
A Clockwork Orange
Immortel - Great if you, like me, read the comics. Not so great otherwise, according to a couple of disappointed mates.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Alphaville - The title's longer than that, but you can't expect me to remember shit in French.
Delicatessen
The Falls
Space Truckers
Thrill Seekers
Wedlock
The Trial
Titan A.E.
The Ipcress File
Primer
Pandora Machine - You'll probably wish Max Barry had written this one.
Event Horizon
Enemy Mine
Dead Leaves
Acción mutante
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Kaena: La Propheti


... I could go on forever, but I'm off to work. The above is a mixed bag of really serious and brilliant stuff, really pretty and pointless stuff, really funny shit, and.. Monsters!! The Forbin Project is my personal fav.
Enjoy.

Sci-Fi Movie - STarship Troopers (the first one) one of the few movies I can say was better than the book.

*VOMITS*

Sorry about that...I'm a fan of the movie as well, but it can't hold a candle to the book.

If they made a movie that was actually based on the book...*dreams*


- Fav series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Fav movie: I'll go out on a limb and say The Fifth Element. It was a fun movie.

*VOMITS*

Sorry about that...I'm a fan of the movie as well, but it can't hold a candle to the book.

If they made a movie that was actually based on the book...*dreams*


- Fav series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Fav movie: I'll go out on a limb and say The Fifth Element. It was a fun movie.

Fifth Element was great. :) I'm not usually big on Bruce Willis, but he did well there. The supporting cast was good, too.

Before I forget - The Thing was great, too. I've only seen the newer one, but John Carpenter's no dummy. :p

Films I liked, now in remastered, digitized, high-definition, 5.1 stereo surround alphabetical order:


2001: A Space Odyssey
The Abyss
A.I: Artificial Intelligence
The Bicentennial Man
Fantastic Voyage
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jurassic Park
The Matrix/Reloaded/Revolutions
A Scanner Darkly
Soylent Green
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: The Voyage Home
The Thirteenth Floor
V For Vendetta
("V For Vendetta" is science fiction in the same vein as [i]1984, Brave New World or Soylent Green. Being a student of the social sciences, I must also insist that political/social commentary counts in its own right as well ;) Really, science fiction without political/social commentary is just "Independence Day," "Transformers," "The Terminator," the infuriating blasphemy Verhoeven claims is "Starship Troopers," or some other similar junk.)

If they made a movie that was actually based on the book...*dreams*


The Moon is a Harsh Mistress would be better.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress would be better.

Indeed it would...although you really shouldn't get me started on Heinlein books that should be made into movies, we'll be here all night. :p

I honestly cannot limit myself to just one movie. It really depends on the mood and how long it has been since I've last seen one or the other.

Doctor Who just has to beat all other TV series (but not by much - Firefly and Babylon 5 are v. close second, does Red Dwarf count as sci-fi?)

As for movies, Serenity is ace! Blade Runner and Silent running are excellent examples of Golden Sci-Fi. Fifth Element is a good chill-out film, and Event Horizon - I think the only thing I can say on that is when I got my uni flatmate to watch it (his first time) it gave him nightmares for days :D. Brilliant sci-fi/horror mix

I'm going to put Futurama and Red Dwarf up as favourite series. Dr Who's been mentioned enough times already.

Because it's been awhile I think...

Firefly is my favorite TV series. I love the character development and it was an interesting concept.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension will always have a special place in my heart.

"You can check your anatomy all you want, and even though there may be normal variation, when it comes right down to it, this far inside the head it all looks the same. No, no, no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to."

Because it's been awhile I think...

Firefly is my favorite TV series. I love the character development and it was an interesting concept.

Bladerunner hands down ,best movie ever

Sci-Fi Movie - STarship Troopers (the first one) one of the few movies I can say was better than the book.
I'm sorry, but now I'm going to have to kill you.

Akira.

My favourite sci-fi movie, even after all these years, remains Contact (w/ Jodie Foster). It goes to the questions that first got me into sci-fi, which is "are we alone/who else is out there," and "what would aliens say to us" and I love how it responds. Plus, I'm not a religious person but I like how it proposes that religious or not, we're all searching for something in common. A couple of my favourite quotes ever are from that movie. After Contact, my favourites are V for Vendetta, Serenity, the new Battlestar Galactica mini-series, Farscape: the Peacekeeper Wars, Star Trek Wrath of Khan, Star Trek First Contact, and Aliens in roughly that order. As to TV series, new Battlestar Galactica hands down (despite some heinousness in the second season), Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Firefly, ST Deep Space Nine and ST Voyager in that order.

Stalker.

YES!
Hands down this was one of my personal favorite movies, plus the tragic history and hardships the cast and crew faced while making it it has adds to my interest.

I liked Stargate. I liked Aliens.

But I especially liked The Fifth Element.

A superb vision, spectacular scenes. And it also showcased Tom Lister. An actor normally typecast as bruiser and thug types, Luc Besson gave him a chance to really shine as President of Earth. Just awesome.

My favourite sci-fi movie, even after all these years, remains Contact (w/ Jodie Foster). It goes to the questions that first got me into sci-fi, which is "are we alone/who else is out there," and "what would aliens say to us" and I love how it responds. Plus, I'm not a religious person but I like how it proposes that religious or not, we're all searching for something in common.The book is far better than the film. It's called Contact as well, and was written by Carl Sagan (who didn't believe in gods either, by the way).

Brazil. Defiantly Brazil.

To make that movie they just plugged a USB cable into Terry Gilliam's head and downloaded the contents. I describe Brazil to my friends as the comedy version of 1984.

Also, I nominate Space Mutiny! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096149/). The MST3k version, anyway.

Star Wars definitly, also Alien, Predator, Fifth Element, and Serenity.

Plan 9 from outerspace.:D

Best Film The Quatermass Xperiment
Best Series Blake Seven

*VOMITS*

Sorry about that...I'm a fan of the movie as well, but it can't hold a candle to the book.

If they made a movie that was actually based on the book...*dreams*

I so need to read the book...


Before I forget - The Thing was great, too. I've only seen the newer one, but John Carpenter's no dummy. :p

*Runs to get 'The Thing' DVD* Yay!

The other 'the thing' was a bit likea replicating plant person afaik.

Doctor Who just has to beat all other TV series (but not by much - Firefly and Babylon 5 are v. close second, does Red Dwarf count as sci-fi?)

*Grabs a Red Dwarf DVD* Super yay!

Because it's been awhile I think...

Firefly is my favorite TV series. I love the character development and it was an interesting concept.

Aliens. It's awesome.

*Runs to get 'The Thing' DVD* Yay!

The other 'the thing' was a bit likea replicating plant person afaik.


Yeah, that's what I thought. The newer Thing is so much more devious. :p

Brazil.

Gattaca.

The only really good new sci-fi movie I´ve seen in the last few years is Serenity. Too bad the series didnt had more than one season, it was awesome.

Fifth element was a movie I heavily disliked when I was young. But now that Im a bit older, I do think its a fantastic movie. Some very creative directing skills.

And Back to the Future is amazing too, even through I feel reluctant in classifying it as sci-fi. Anyway, the movie has an amazing story, characters, and action. It has a top notch plot.

The book is far better than the film. It's called Contact as well, and was written by Carl Sagan (who didn't believe in gods either, by the way).

Yeah, I read the book-- albeit after I saw the movie. I liked the book, but I enjoyed the movie more because I adore Jodie Foster and the visual effects were awesome. The movie Machine was a lot more impressive than I imagined the book Machine being. :)