|
|
| Author |
Message |
bru
|
|
Wired's wierd world
| 
May 21 04:26 UTC 2002 |
If you were to pick the top 20 Science Fiction movies of all time, what would
you pick? Wired picked a very strange group as far as I am concerned. They
rated them based on "determined our rankings by three calibrating factors:
a film's power to enthrall and excite (Adrenaline), how well it presents a
scenario for the future (Vision), and whether the science behind the fiction
holds up (Precision). "
20. Barbarella
19. Akira
18. The day the Earth Stood Still
17. Planet of the Apes (original version)
16. Robocop
15. Soylent Green
14. Sleeper
13. The Terminator
12. Tron
11. The Road Warrior
10. Star Wars
9. Jurassic Park
8. The Boys from Brazil
7. Alien
6. A clockwork Orange
5. Brazil
4. 2001
3. The Matrix
2. Gattaca
1. Blade Runner
Where is "When Worlds Collide". Where is "Forbidden Planet?" Where is "War
of the Worlds?"
I could probably name 1 dozen other mSF movies that are not listed here.
Barbarella? Akira? SLEEPER? Who would nominate these?
|
| 58 responses total. |
jp2
|
|
response 1 of 58:
|
May 21 04:36 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
|
remmers
|
|
response 2 of 58:
|
May 21 11:12 UTC 2002 |
Gotta admit, it's eclectic. Not much like the list I would've
picked, but to each his or her own.
My list would include more 30s/40s/50s stuff -- "Things to Come",
"The Incredible Shrinking Man", "Forbidden Planet", e.g. Probably
Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T."
|
jaklumen
|
|
response 3 of 58:
|
May 21 12:07 UTC 2002 |
Glad to see Tron is on there.
check out www.tronkillerapp.com for a promo on Tron 2.0.
|
ric
|
|
response 4 of 58:
|
May 21 12:31 UTC 2002 |
What about Logan's Run, or the Andromeda Strain?
|
scott
|
|
response 5 of 58:
|
May 21 12:39 UTC 2002 |
Or Rollerball (again, the original)
|
gull
|
|
response 6 of 58:
|
May 21 12:54 UTC 2002 |
Personally, I think _Brazil_ should be on the list. But everyone's list is
goign to be different -- I bet we couldn't even all agree on the criteria,
much less the actual rankings. ;)
|
scott
|
|
response 7 of 58:
|
May 21 13:52 UTC 2002 |
"Brazil" is #5 on the above list. :P
|
orinoco
|
|
response 8 of 58:
|
May 21 14:18 UTC 2002 |
Well, we can't all be disgruntled and unsatisfied.
|
jp2
|
|
response 9 of 58:
|
May 21 15:39 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
|
mrmat
|
|
response 10 of 58:
|
May 21 16:10 UTC 2002 |
How 'bout "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper?
|
remmers
|
|
response 11 of 58:
|
May 21 16:50 UTC 2002 |
Hm. I'm actually a fan of "They Live", although I wouldn't
go so far as to put it on the top twenty list.
|
michaela
|
|
response 12 of 58:
|
May 21 20:26 UTC 2002 |
I loved "Tron". I'd have put it higher. I enjoyed the graphics, even though
they're "old". They still look cool.
|
jaklumen
|
|
response 13 of 58:
|
May 21 21:18 UTC 2002 |
agreed, especially considering very little was actual computer
graphics-- the sequel should be intriguing now that CGI tech could do
the whole movie now.
|
bru
|
|
response 14 of 58:
|
May 22 03:24 UTC 2002 |
My favorite Rowdy Roddy Piper Movie is "Hell comes to Frog Town." But it is
not one of the 20 best SF movies of all time.
|
bru
|
|
response 15 of 58:
|
May 22 04:20 UTC 2002 |
Here is my list
20. Godzilla
19. Terminator
18. Total Recall
17. 2001
16. The Time machine
15. ST:The wrath of Khan
14. Robinson Caruso on Mars
13. Star Wars
12. War of the Worlds
11. When Worlds Collide
10. This Island Earth
9. Them
8. Predator
7. Alien/Aliens
6. Stargate
5. Jurassic Park
4. Andromeda Strain
3. The Thing
2. Forbidden Planet
1. Day the earth stood still
Runners up: Robocop, Things to Come, Daark Star, Daark City, Silent running,
Mad Max, Blade runner, Logans Run, Close encounters of the Third kind.
|
gelinas
|
|
response 16 of 58:
|
May 22 04:55 UTC 2002 |
Which "Time Machine"?
I've not seen all of those. But Rocky Horror should get an honourable
mention.
|
anderyn
|
|
response 17 of 58:
|
May 22 14:09 UTC 2002 |
Robinson Crusoe not Caruso (oh, my, that would make a cool movie, though --
stranded opera singer on Mars!).
I think Bruce means the Rod Steiger one.
|
orinoco
|
|
response 18 of 58:
|
May 22 15:57 UTC 2002 |
Bru: I'm curious why Stargate ends up so high on your list.
|
slynne
|
|
response 19 of 58:
|
May 22 16:44 UTC 2002 |
Stargate would be high on my list because James Spader is hunky!
I'll bet thats not bruce's reason though.
|
bru
|
|
response 20 of 58:
|
May 22 17:56 UTC 2002 |
originality of the script, how well done it was visually, Acting was good.
The aliens were well done, boththose on the planet and those in the ship.
The technology was fun.
Rocketeer should also have gotten a mention as it is technically a Science
Fiction film. There are a lot of other good films that others might want to
put on the list as SF, such as Superman, Spiderman, adn a host of others, but
to me those are more Fantasy than SF.
And now I have to go write a story about a stranded opera singer on mars...
|
gull
|
|
response 21 of 58:
|
May 22 18:30 UTC 2002 |
I'd be a bad person to make a list like this because I tend to like comic
book-ish sci fi movies that don't take themselves too seriously. ;)
|
bhelliom
|
|
response 22 of 58:
|
May 22 19:01 UTC 2002 |
Okay, just *how many* movies has Rowdy Roddy Piper been in anyway?
|
senna
|
|
response 23 of 58:
|
May 22 22:42 UTC 2002 |
It's too pop. We've had the Matrix debate before, but... #3? All time?
Jurassic Park? The Alien and Terminator series, while listed, deserved
better, in my opinion.
|
krj
|
|
response 24 of 58:
|
May 23 19:43 UTC 2002 |
I haven't seen DARK STAR on any of these lists.
Harrumph.
|