12 Monkeys was based on La Jetée—one of the best sci fi/post apocalyptic films ever made in my opinion. It’s a short, and well worth seeking out.
Favourite Sci-Fi Movies?
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Since the blockbusters are already well-known, here are some lesser-known titles.
They Live - I saw it on VHS in the 80s; it's very different watching it now.
Dark Star - Another Carpenter movie, with Dan O'Bannon, who was working on his own project at the time, "Star Beast". That was a lame title, so it was shortened to "Alien". Interesting to see the similarities between Dark Star and Alien.
The Thing is better every time I watch it.
Scanners is sort of SF, sort of horror, but pretty good.
Death Race 2000 for some interesting 1970s commentary on media-run society
The Arrival came out around the same time as Independence Day, different take on alien invasion
The Andromeda Strain (1971) was a great adaptation of the Crichton book.
(TV) I've always been partial to Gerry Anderson's UFO series. Greatest opening theme in TV history, and an interesting view of the year 1985. Space 1999 was the one I watched every week in the 70s, but UFO was more fun to watch.
They Live - I saw it on VHS in the 80s; it's very different watching it now.
Dark Star - Another Carpenter movie, with Dan O'Bannon, who was working on his own project at the time, "Star Beast". That was a lame title, so it was shortened to "Alien". Interesting to see the similarities between Dark Star and Alien.
The Thing is better every time I watch it.
Scanners is sort of SF, sort of horror, but pretty good.
Death Race 2000 for some interesting 1970s commentary on media-run society
The Arrival came out around the same time as Independence Day, different take on alien invasion
The Andromeda Strain (1971) was a great adaptation of the Crichton book.
(TV) I've always been partial to Gerry Anderson's UFO series. Greatest opening theme in TV history, and an interesting view of the year 1985. Space 1999 was the one I watched every week in the 70s, but UFO was more fun to watch.
If anyone is into SciFi books, pretty much anything by Michael Crichton & Philip K. Dick is excellent. Many of their novels and short stories have been adapted to film and tv.
Huge Philip K. Dick fan. Valis is probably my favourite novel of all time
I've read sci-fi my entire life, but haven't found many movies that move the needle for me, especially if said movie is based on a book.
That said, I have been fully enjoying going through the original run of Doctor Who. I started at the beginning and I'm currently towards the end of the Jon Pertwee years. I tried watching the modern Doctor Who but found it dull, with an annoying cadence to a lot of the script and a lack of story arcs that made the original series so watchable.
That said, I have been fully enjoying going through the original run of Doctor Who. I started at the beginning and I'm currently towards the end of the Jon Pertwee years. I tried watching the modern Doctor Who but found it dull, with an annoying cadence to a lot of the script and a lack of story arcs that made the original series so watchable.
Top Movie - Blade Runner
Top TV show - The Expanse
Top TV show - The Expanse
It was only OK, Harrison Fords ability to act has greatly diminished, so that was kind of hoky to me. Decent movie, but from the original (as most are)
The Mist.
Another vote for the Expanse. Probably the most realistic series regarding what the future might be like in space. The attention to the minute details is amazing. After the first season it really takes off.
love Mars Attacks as a spoof on the genre of the fifties.
also really like Babylon 5. It really was ahead of its time
love Mars Attacks as a spoof on the genre of the fifties.
also really like Babylon 5. It really was ahead of its time
This is a good one, but the original, by John Carpenter, is my favorite. It has Adrienne Barbeau and her bodacious "ta - ta's."The Mist.
Lots of good ones listed...2001, Inception, They Live, Blade Runner, Alien series, Matrix series, Moon.
I would have liked to have seen more of PKD's novels adapted rather than just short stories. The only one done so far is A Scanner Darkly and I think they did a great job with that one.
I can't say I've ever really been a huge sci-fi fan, but still enjoyed a lot of the genre in the past. In more recent years I don't have much of an appetite for it...probably because in the "real world" we are constantly subjected to so much bad science fiction masquerading as science fact.
I would have liked to have seen more of PKD's novels adapted rather than just short stories. The only one done so far is A Scanner Darkly and I think they did a great job with that one.
I can't say I've ever really been a huge sci-fi fan, but still enjoyed a lot of the genre in the past. In more recent years I don't have much of an appetite for it...probably because in the "real world" we are constantly subjected to so much bad science fiction masquerading as science fact.
A Boy and His Dog
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Saturn 3
Ice Pirates
Sleeper
Scanners
Barbarella (yes, I know)
Flash!
Dreamscape
First Men in the Moon
The Omega Man (Charleton Heston)
When Worlds Collide
Pitch Black (The "Riddick" series is pretty decent)
The Road Warrior
Damnation Alley
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
This Island Earth
Earth Versus the Flying Saucers
Mysterious Island
Them
Destination Moon
Television:
The Twilight Zone
The Outer Limits
The Invaders
The Prisoner
UFO
V
The X Files
Babylon 5
The Love War (made for TV movie)
Space: 1999
Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Saturn 3
Ice Pirates
Sleeper
Scanners
Barbarella (yes, I know)
Flash!
Dreamscape
First Men in the Moon
The Omega Man (Charleton Heston)
When Worlds Collide
Pitch Black (The "Riddick" series is pretty decent)
The Road Warrior
Damnation Alley
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
This Island Earth
Earth Versus the Flying Saucers
Mysterious Island
Them
Destination Moon
Television:
The Twilight Zone
The Outer Limits
The Invaders
The Prisoner
UFO
V
The X Files
Babylon 5
The Love War (made for TV movie)
Space: 1999
Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out
Cowboy Bebop.......not the live action
I think it's time we blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together. Okay, three, two, one, let's jam.
