Must Watch Movie for Hard SF Lovers

[georged]

It just showed up on Amazon, so should be around for the next month.

I saw it several years ago and was hoping it would come back around.

This is NOT a comic book-y, superhero-y, action-filled film, but a documentary(ish) one that is scientifically plausible (within reason).

It's also terrifying.

Again, if you like hard science fiction, this is a must watch:

 

[Snook]

Jake Jellyballs and the guy from Mint Mobile. Can't go wrong.

I usually can't do horror movies, but space horror I find strangely intriguing. I'll give this one a watch. Thanks for the suggestion!

Not really a horror, per-se, but we just watched Gravity the other day. Another interesting space movie.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Oh, Sci-Fi makes more sense. My first thought was San Francisco and I was afraid to open the thread.

Space horror sounds groovy. I’m in.

 

[AroEnglish]

Oh, Sci-Fi makes more sense. My first thought was San Francisco and I was afraid to open the thread.

Space horror sounds groovy. I’m in.

I also thought San Francisco first too!

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

“Hard SF” just sounds like something you said quietly to the creepy guy behind the counter back when you went to rent a VHS tape.

 

[Streeper541]

Thanks. I'll take a look.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Y’all don’t like Rice a Roni?

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

And I agree, horror isn’t my jam but space horror? Yes please. Love the Aliens franchise.

 

[Waning Embers]

Saw it in the theater several years ago. The effects were good but it adheres to too many tropes and the ending was predictable.

 

[georged]

Saw it in the theater several years ago. The effects were good but it adheres to too many tropes and the ending was predictable.

Those "flaws" depend entirely on the watcher's level of experience, don't they? Books, movies, years lived, places seen, things done.

Plus, surprise endings are overated. Example: a movie about the Titanic can be titled Titanic, and still be the most popular movie ever made.

The best films are those that "teleport" you there... cause a type of immersion.

And if you like what 's come to be known as hard science fiction, Life will do it.

 

[Zero]

I'm there! You gotta love movies, books, art, pipe forums, pipe smoking, or whatever that can transport you away from this dull mundane existence...

 

[alaskanpiper]

“Hard SF” just sounds like something you said quietly to the creepy guy behind the counter back when you went to rent a VHS tape.

Hahaha especially “Hard SF Lovers”

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Im glad it wasn't just me - LOL

 

[georged]

Hahaha especially “Hard SF Lovers”

I honestly thought it was a widely used & understood term:

Hard science fiction - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I guess that comes from being a science fiction lover & reader since I was a kid.

 

[BCF]

Nothing harder than this

 

[LotusEater]

The wife and I are going to watch it tonight. Thanks!

 

[Ahi Ka]

Nothing harder than this

@alaskanpiper and his Hard SF Lovers VHS collection agree to disagree

 

[alaskanpiper]

I honestly thought it was a widely used & understood term:

Hard science fiction - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I guess that comes from being a science fiction lover & reader since I was a kid.

It may well be. I’m a voracious reader myself, but sci-fi has never been my jam. I did read Dune though. Whether that’s “hard” or not, I have no idea.

 

[LotusEater]

Watched it last night. I’d give it a solid 3.5/5 stars. It was entertaining but not a must watch for me.

 

[woodsroad]

I didn’t watch it, because my opinions are already fully formed.