Something noone in here has mentioned yet are any of the Babylon 5 movies! It was a brilliant series and had even better movies!
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Lt Marcus Kavart
Late USS Vengence
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Something noone in here has mentioned yet are any of the Babylon 5 movies! It was a brilliant series and had even better movies!
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Lt Marcus Kavart
Late USS Vengence
The reason why I hadn't included any of the made-for-TV movies is because they didn't show up on the silver screen. I do agree with you though.... My fave of the TV movies is Babylon 5:In The Beginning. I also liked the mini-series: V, V:The Final Battle also.Quote:
Originally posted by Marcus Kavart:
Something noone in here has mentioned yet are any of the Babylon 5 movies! It was a brilliant series and had even better movies!
More of my favorite films (Of the big screen), in no particular order:
Aliens
Armageddon
Blade Runner (Director's Cut)
Star Trek 2:TWOK
Dune (1984 release)
Independence Day (I REALLY liked the speech that Bill Pullman made near the end)
The Matrix (Definitely one of my all-time faves)
Men In Black
The Fifth Element
Starship Troopers
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"Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war..."
-Chang (ST VI)
[This message has been edited by Treefrog (edited 06-12-2001).]
Enemy Mine - vastly under rated!
Terminator
Terminator II
Alien
Aliens
Pitch Black - Watched it for Claudia Black, Liked it for Vin Deisel!
ST:TWOK
The Day the Earth stood Still
Star Wars
Predator
Space Cowboys
Probably more but these are off the top of my head.
Pretty much have to agree with all the above mentioned movies. Except T2. Neat effects, but it was the first movie all over again. Right down to the tank truck at the end. Except it was carrying liquid nitrogen instead of fuel. The only thing fresh in it was Robert Patrick character, the T2000 was it? Cool idea!
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In the Praetors Name!
Mmmmmmm, Claudia Black.
I am SOOOO looking forward to 'Queen of the Damned' ...Quote:
Originally posted by lone wolf:
Mmmmmmm, Claudia Black.
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Slartibart-Jon
I myself am partial to Forbidden Planet.
I also think that 2001: A Space Odyssey was probably the best piece of speculative fiction I've ever seen or read.
For all it's campiness, I also liked Soylent Green.
"It's people! They're eating people!"
Also in that list would be Star Wars and Alien.
If I were to round that list out, I'd have to add Predator.
mactavish out.
What's "Queen of the Damned"?. Some new film with Claudia (HELLO NURSE!) Black.
Well, I suppose she's not working as much since they killed of Aeryn Sun in Farscape.
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"My idiot manservaant has trapped us 200 years behind our time and my infuriating cousin has gotten herself lost. WONDERFUL"
Philleous Fogg summing up the last 40 minutes of episode three of The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.
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Originally posted by lone wolf:
What's "Queen of the Damned"?. Some new film with Claudia (HELLO NURSE!) Black.
Well, I suppose she's not working as much since they killed of Aeryn Sun in Farscape.
OK, Lone Wolf, Im in the UK too... What did I miss? Last I saw she was cryogenically frozen, and to all intents and purposes... Dead.
But then John Cryton had also gone ga-ga, so unless they planned on finishing the series there, I never assumed either condition to be permanent...
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Dan.
"A couple of thoughts from a random mind!"
http://www.theventure.freeserve.co.uk
WHAT?! Nobody's mentioned 'Planet of the Apes' yet?
Okay, I never liked the sequels, but the original idea is nice. Even RPG-sustainable.
First of all I have to say that I do not count Star Trek and Star Wars as Sci-fi, so they will not appear here. ( ST is more and Utopia and Sw is actually Fantasy ).
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Its absolutely the best SF-movie I ever saw. that's real science fiction with all its elements and as I liked to read it years ago. http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/smile.gif
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How can it be that "Enemy Mine" didn't make the lists anywhere. Sure, it wasn't uber cool with special effects..but..well, heck.. I think it would be on *My* top ten anyway.
Peace.
Actually I thought that Enemy Mine was an excellent film, just not in my top 20. It is in my top 50 though.Quote:
Originally posted by Fortunae:
How can it be that "Enemy Mine" didn't make the lists anywhere. Sure, it wasn't uber cool with special effects..but..well, heck.. I think it would be on *My* top ten anyway.
Peace.
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"Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war..."
-Chang (ST VI)
Anyone remember 'Interview with the Vampire' ? 'Queen of the Damned' is the sequel (based on the third of Anne Rice's novels - I understand they skipped the second as it's the same story as the first from a different POV). Assuming it gets completed, ClaudiaQuote:
Originally posted by lone wolf:
What's "Queen of the Damned"?. Some new film with Claudia (HELLO NURSE!) Black.
is playing the eponymous Queen (Isis if I remember the novel correctly).
Please, people - no spoilers!!! We've only got another couple of months to series 3 here in the UK, and I can just about manage it - sure I can...Quote:
Originally posted by Dan Gurden:
OK, Lone Wolf, Im in the UK too... What did I miss? Last I saw she was cryogenically frozen, and to all intents and purposes... Dead.
But then John Cryton had also gone ga-ga, so unless they planned on finishing the series there, I never assumed either condition to be permanent...
However, my impression is that you're correct Dan. She dies on a planet noted for its cryogenic suspension facilities by drowning in an ice-cold lake - hmmm, suspicious or what?
I just love that show - but it just wouldn't be the same without Aeryn...
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Slartibart-Jon
After giving this a little more thought I hereby present:
The 10 Best Science-Fiction Films of all time:
Star Trek: First Contact (the absolute best bit of Star Trek ever).
Laputa: the Flying Island.
Starchaser: the Legend of Orin.
Empire Strikes Back.
Godzilla.
The Planet of the Apes and Escape From the Planet of the Apes (How I managed to forget these two I don't know. Yes, all the other films in the series sucked big time but the original film has quite literally the most jaw dropping, "Where the f*****g hell did that come from?" ending for a 12 year old who watched the original and didn't get all the little clues in the film. As it happens the films were shown then in order, once a week so, after watching the second film and trying to figure out how the hell, after blowing the planet up in the second film, there was a third film I sat down and with a growing sense of dread to watch Escape. OH MY GOD!! what an ending. Possibly a better ending than the first film, anyway, MONKEYS RULE!)
Black Magic - M66 (Another fine anime, and yes, it does rip off the first Terminator movie to an extent but it still has some of the best battle scenes in Anime).
Pitch Black (I know certain friends of mine who would hang me high for even suggesting this but I preferred Pitch Black over any of the Aliens movies).
King Kong (1933) (Borderline Science Fiction but still a top giant monkey flick)
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"I hate all monkeys, Me.
From Chimpan-a to Chimpan-zee"
Troy McClure, The Simpsons.