Anxiety said:

Both of those are science fiction. It doesn't have to be spaceships or aliens to be scifi.

Bill and Ted
Forget Matrix, this was Keanu's best movie. I love the part when they're talking about Iron Maiden EXCELLENT!

No Weird Science?

AnckSuNamun said:

"Execute them!"

"Bogus!"

live4lust said:

I used to love Bill & Ted.....it was one of my favorite movies when I was younger.

Anxiety said:

what's wrong with that?

Um... When friggin' GALAXY QUEST outranks 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, and BLAD RUNNER is 36, the devil's work is surely at hand.

No Island of Dr. Moreau?
No City of Lost Children?
No Voyage dans la lune? (THIS IS CRIMINAL!)
No original Frankenstein with Boris Karloff?

Lammastide said:

Galaxy Quest was great and also a heartful parody of the entire fandom phenomena. It's actually quite outstanding. It probably shouldn't outrank 2001 however.

Blade Runner was pioneering/influential in style and visual poetry, but really sucks as a functional narrative in my opinion. I felt that way back when it was in the theatres. Same goes for Tron the same summer. Much better as films were, The Thing, E.T., Star Trek II, Poltergeist, and Creepshow.

1982 forever! My absolute best summer as a scifi/horror fan.

What´s wrong with The Fly being on the list?

It´s a fantastic film, much
better than the original.

Lammastide said:

Something is wrong.

lazycrockett said:

maybe if they meant the original serial. after all, without flash gordon there'd be no star wars, or any number of space opera-type films.

and whoa, wait. is "innerspace" that dogshit with martin short and dennis quaid?!? INNERSPACE makes the list and THE BLACK HOLE doesn't?!?!

Old B.O.B. is spinning in his landfill.

ufoclub said:

I think you're right about Blade Runner, actually. Frankly I've never been able to view the film in a single sitting. I chalk its flaws up to less-than-perfect adaptation and poor editing, and some of the restored footage gives sense back to the story arc and makes the overall tale a little more thought-provoking. Still, its look and its atmostphere were crazy influential for Sci-Fi and a sort of resurgent Film Noir, and I think the story -- the concept if not the execution -- was one of the most effective applications of the old Eden/Prometheus/Golem/Pygmalion/Frankenstein created-cramps-creator theme that we've seen in modern popular culture.

Tron was also pretty wack -- and all those films you compared it to are superior -- but I think it did a lot for CGI and set and costume design. I wouldn't put it in the Top 10, but maybe in the Top 50 and definitely in the TOP 100 for aesthetic alone.

I also think the original Stepford Wives and Solient Green should be on there. And while I'm less sold on it, I'd make at least a small argument for Logan's Run.

And I promise to rent Galaxy Quest again and reassess.
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Any Galaxina fans here?












...OK, it's awful. AWFUL! But I just love android femmes fatales. I think it's the Space-age gay in me.

superspaceboy said:

I thought of that, too. And where is The Time Machine?

And how in the name of all that is holy is Forbidden Planet ranked so low?

Also no Jeckyl and Hyde adaptations.

ufoclub said:

1) it not exactly sci-fi.
2) there are better sci-fi movies

Anxiety said:

No Tron nor 1984 either.

superspaceboy said:

There aren't many movies, in general, that are better than Eternal Sunshine. And it is scifi.

Lammastide said:

BIG MISS HERE!

5th Element

Saturn 3

Brainstorm
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live4lust said:

I beg to differ.

Anxiety said:

No its the 1980's movie, it was schlock. The only redeeming factor that movie had was Flash walking around in a speedo for bout 3 minutes.

lazycrockett said:

I thought you said FLESH GORDON!

Lammastide said:

This is on HD??? Damn! and Star Wars or Close Encounters isn't. Is superman the movie?