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Title: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 12:17:32 AM
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100. Escape From New York (1981)
A cheery blend of anti-government paranoia, haywire sociology, and good old-fashioned grindhouse sleaze, Escape From New York takes the famous New York Daily News headline, "[President ] Ford to City: Drop Dead," and goes crazy with it.

The year is 1997 and crime is so rampant that the island of Manhattan has been declared a federal prison. Recidivism rates are low considering the philosophy is taken straight from the Roach Motel: Prisoners go in but they don't come out. When a band of terrorists hijack the president's plane and the president winds up trapped in the walled-off 212 area code, only Kurt Russell's eye-patched Snake Plissken can save him.

Past the initial premise and some cool-for-its-day opening computer graphics, Escape From New York is a film that's actually better in your memory than in reality—though nothing can take away from the chandeliers fixed to the hood of Isaac Hayes's car.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 12:18:31 AM
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99. Splice (2009)
Does scientific research have boundaries? When is it moral to play God? And under what circumstances is it okay to have six with your adoptive killer cross-species mutant child? (I can't answer the first two, but I think I have a pretty good answer for number three.)

If only all bioethics debates were this gruesome and perverse.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 12:19:27 AM
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98. Attack the Block (2011)
Joe Cornish's funny, poignant, and slick film about killer blue things from outer space dropping in on the wrong British housing project goes to some unexpected places. It is secure enough in its own storytelling to introduce its heroes in an unflattering light, knowing that you will come to grow and love them by the movie's climax. And just when Attack the Block is in danger of getting too poignant for its own good, Cornish introduces slow-motion shots of dudes blasting away at sharp-toothed creatures.

If you happen to be from somewhere other than the U.K., Attack the Block has the added benefit of introducing you to an entirely new form of verbal communication. Trust, bruv.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 12:20:26 AM
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97. City of Lost Children (1995)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's second feature collaboration with Marc Caro was, in many ways, what brought the steampunk aesthetic into the mainstream—as much as any film in which Ron Perlman battles a kidnapping mad scientist, mechanical Cyclopes, and a brain in a vat can be considered mainstream.

The villain can achieve immortality, but has lost his ability to dream, which is essential for staying young. He must therefore steal the dreams of children but since they are all scared, they provide him only with nightmares. Despite the clear good-versus-evil nature of the story, this movie is extremely French, so the kids are a little more sinister than the usual movie moppets, and the baddies are a tad seductive.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 12:21:15 AM

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96. Westworld (1973)
If you thought that the episode of The Simpsons in which the robots of Itchy and Scratchy Land go on a killing spree was ripped from the TV movie Kiss Meets the Phantom, I'm afraid you were incorrect. It was ripped from the surprisingly good Richard Benjamin vehicle Westworld.

Written and directed by Michael Crichton, Westworld recognizes that its own premise is a little goofy, but it still has some legitimately frightening moments. At the "adult" Disneyland, vacationers can live out their Roman, Medieval, or Old West fantasies with none of the risk—until a malfunction sends a cyber Yul Brenner on a relentless path of destruction.

Westworld offers up a mixture of early ‘70s pop psychology and a jaundiced view of unchecked technology. Between this film and The Stepford Wives, it's surprising that the animatronics industry didn't go under.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 12:21:59 AM

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95. Serenity (2005)
Joss Whedon's wonderful coda to the cult show Firefly probably wouldn't exist if that show hadn't been prematurely canceled—a layer of irony that seems to fit the always jocular but never sarcastic tone of the film. The movie works for those new to the franchise, though, succinctly introducing all the major characters and themes in a tour-de-force opening.

Whedon's futuristic wild West of space pirates and psychic ingénues shows how an ostensibly benevolent government can transform into an evil empire. Despite the will of the entire Internet, there will never, ever be a sequel, even though Orson Scott Card has called this the best science-fiction film ever.


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Post by: Ozone on July 07, 2013, 11:08:10 AM
i'm gonna put these movies in my netflix rental list. for obvious reason, i haven't seen some of them.
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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:18:17 AM
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94. The Black Hole (1979)
A difficult film that still rides waves of backlash and reverse-backlash, The Black Hole was Disney's costly attempt to make its own Star Wars. But back then Disney had no idea how to make live-action movies, and the result is a strange hodge-podge of kid-friendly robots, awesome special effects, 2001-esque psychedelic freak-out (see video above) and Ernest Borgnine in zero gravity.

Those of us who are old enough to have seen this in the theater may recall an afternoon of equal parts joy, boredom, and terror—and an annoying feeling when later reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and realizing that it's missing a giant red robot named Maximilian.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:19:10 AM
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93. Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
You'd think that blowing up the entire planet at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes would mark the conclusion of the series—but never underestimate the power of a money-making franchise.

Without question the most droll of the Apes cycle (perhaps the most droll in this entire list), Escape yanks two of our favorite ape characters (Kim Hunter's Dr. Zira and Roddy McDowell's Dr. Cornelius) and a new one played by Sal Mineo and shoots them back to our time. Here they take the concept of the original Planet of the Apes and spin it on its head, and inadvertently set the whole series in motion.

In between all the time paradoxes and social commentary, there's also plenty of room for fun, like a montage including a very ‘70s shopping spree and Zira's introduction to "grape juice plus."


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:20:10 AM
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92. Silent Running (1972)
A cri de coeur for environmentalists, this take on interstellar preservation manages to be both whiz-bang fun and an early appearance of what would become sci-fi tropes. While protecting the last surviving plant life, Bruce Dern scoots around a giant spacecraft and plays cards with fun helper robots. Silent Running's adorable bots came years before Star Wars, and the massive "last chance for humanity" ships predate Battlestar Galactica.

The film was co-written by Michael Cimino, who would later make The Deer Hunter, and Steven Bochco, who'd later make, among other things, Hill Street Blues. The director, Douglas Trumbull, is one of the most respected special-effects wizards out there, getting his start with short films for the 1964 World's Fair and still working on projects such as Tree of Life. I mention all this so you'll keep your mind off the dreadful Joan Baez song that nearly ruins the entire film.


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Post by: fayt on July 07, 2013, 11:20:52 AM
Nice thread sir... Maganda yun splice.. grabe, breakthrough sa genetic engineering and its cause to humanity..

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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:21:26 AM
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91. They Live (1988)
John Carpenter's They Live may seem like science fiction, but many of us know it to be documentary truth: Advertising is actually the work of belligerent space aliens intent on subduing and exploiting the populace. Oops! I've said too much.

If we were ranking the top sunglasses-related, never-ending fight scenes, we'd list this film much, much higher.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:21:59 AM
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90. War of the Worlds (1953)
H.G. Wells's 1898 novel is perfect source material for a paranoid 1950s technicolor adventure. Yes, the filmmakers bleached most of the social commentary from the novel in favor of simple thrills. For sequences of pure earth annihilation, though, few films from the era can compare. The organic-looking ships and laser sound effects set the aesthetic tone for many films to come.

There are many different iterations of this Wells text, from Orson Welles's radio play to the esoteric 1978 rock opera featuring members of the Moody Blues to Spielberg's 9/11-informed film version. But this one is still the best.


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Post by: LionHart on July 07, 2013, 11:23:00 AM
nice share. daming kong idadagdag sa watch list. he he.
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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:31:44 AM
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89. Galaxy Quest (1999)
Although Galaxy Quest received the forceful endorsement of none other than George Takei, who called it "a powerful piece of documentary filmmaking," I was at first resistant to see the film because I was afraid it would be another "get a life" pop-culture wedgie for sci-fi fans. In truth, Galaxy Quest proved to be a loving, if lovingly tongue-in-cheek, ode to Star Trek and its fandom.

Yet even with Tim Allen's Shatner bravado and Alan Rickman's Patrick Stewart/Leonard Nimoy superciliousness, it is hard not to get caught up in the actual space adventure behind the satire. That's this film's true magic: Behind all the geek-culture sarcasm, it's still a ripping good yarn.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:32:49 AM
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88. eXistenZ (1999)
The last truly whacked-out film from the master of body horror (please, please come back to us and leave the Jung biopics to someone else!), David Cronenberg's eXistenZ was a prescient look at the way role-playing video games will take over our culture. Okay, so the immoral side-missions in Grand Theft Auto aren't quite of this life-altering nature, but I do think there are gamers out there who would manipulate their nervous systems if it meant a more immersive environment.

eXistenZ is icky and gooey in just the right places, featuring a lot of gross stuff going into and coming out of Jude Law's mouth. It is certainly of a piece with Cronenberg's earlier Videodrome even if I'm not completely sure what happens at the end of either.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:33:27 AM
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87. The Fountain (2006)
From one angle The Fountain is historical fiction. From another, it is a medical drama. A third of it, however, is some far-out heavy sci-fi as a bald Hugh Jackman floats through nebulae in a translucent sphere on his way to chat with God. Or something.

I can't sit you down and explain to you what The Fountain is about, I only know that between the music, gorgeous photography and deeply heartfelt performances I end up a blubbering mess by the time the movie is over. If Rachel Weisz were my lost wife I'd sit under a tree and mediate for a thousand years, too, if it meant I'd get her back.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:34:20 AM
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86. Starman (1984)
Infamously chosen over Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial by Columbia Pictures, Starman may've been an unwise business move, but it was hardly a creative disaster. This touching love story between Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen is like E.T. for grown-ups, but mixed with notes that later show up in Contact, Ghost, and maybe Rain Man.

Starman is a prime example of sci-fi that even people who don't like sci-fi will love. Once past the premise (dude from space looks like dead husband) it's hard not to cheer along as our heroes embark on a road trip to safety with the big bad government in hot pursuit. The follow-up TV series with Robert Hays may not have been the best idea, however.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:34:53 AM
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85. Sleep Dealer (2008)
The difficult issue of migrant labor gets a dystopian spin in this not-that-unbelievable tale of capitalist power.

A young man from rural Mexico goes to Tijuana to find work and get vengeance against those who destroyed his family. In the city, if he can find a "coyotek," he can have his nervous system hacked to gain the ability to plug into a grid that will use him as a suspended virtual-reality drone. In the cyber sweatshops, young Mexicans dangle and make robotic motions as actual machines build things in El Norte.

Despite a microbudget and some special effects that, to put it politely, cut corners, Sleep Dealer is an effective piece of agitprop that also has a number of well-developed ideas about future tech.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:35:43 AM
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84. Men in Black (1997)
Few movies have captured the fun, zany spirit of 1950s pulp while also managing to be so, well, good. The groundbreaking effects, sharp script, and solid performances from Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith made Men in Black an instant classic.

This movie is also great for anyone who has ever driven into Manhattan from Long Island. It's hard to look at those dilapidated structures from the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, Queens, and not laugh, knowing what squiggly, slobby aliens are lurking among them.


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83. Stalker (1979)
Back in the '90s when life coaches like Tony Robbins started telling people to get "in the zone," I had to laugh. Surely they must have known that it isn't that easy to get in the Zone.

In Andrei Tarkovsky's trippy film Stalker, the Zone is a forbidden wasteland where the usual rules of perception and physics are not sacrosanct. In the heart of the Zone is "the Room," and inside the Room is where, so it is said, one's deepest wish becomes a reality.

To get there, a person must hire a guide (called a Stalker), and the road is fraught with endless long takes of slowly moving rivers laden with symbolic iconography. Tarkovsky's deliberate camerawork and evocative tone creates some weird, moody cinema.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:37:24 AM
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82. Dreamscape (1984)
In Dreamscape, Dennis Quaid has the ability to enter other people's dreams, and at first it seems like he'll be able to help them combat their psychological issues in a series of cool color-saturated fantasy sequences. Then he uncovers a plot to start World War III and must stop the evil powers the only way he knows how: by taking a nap!

Here's one thing I know: All movies could use a dash of David Patrick Kelly as a lizard monster.


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Post by: bohica on July 07, 2013, 11:38:23 AM
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81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
One the newest entrants on our list, Rise is a remarkable essay on the elasticity of consciousness, evolutionary thresholds, medical ethics and oh-my-god-did-you-see-what-that-monkey-did moments.

In all seriousness, though, Andy Serkis's performance may well be remembered as the tipping point at which motion-captured performance was elevated to the level of true dramatic art. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to watch the scenes on the Golden Gate Bridge—the part where Buck sacrifices himself makes me cry every time.


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Post by: bohica on August 11, 2013, 10:09:20 AM
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80. Cube (1997)
This film about life-threatening puzzles and traps takes something like Saw and improves it to the third power.

In Cubea group of people wake up inside a strange room. There are portals on all four walls, the ceiling, and the floor. Each of these take them to... a similar room. On the surface, this sounds like a play, and an obnoxious one at that. Yet somehow it stays cinematic. Maybe it has something to do with all the gross ways in which people get killed.

Cube gets bonus sci-fi points for having Ezri Dax in its cast. The movie spawned two sequels, both of which are decent but not essential.


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Post by: bohica on August 11, 2013, 10:10:13 AM
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79. Fantastic Planet (1973)
A mix of disturbing Czech animation and French despair, Fantastic Planet portrays a world where human beings are kept as the pets of gigantic blue aliens. We follow the life of a baby born in captivity as he tries to find his place either in domestic safety or with his own kind in the wild. The massive blue Draags have their own bizarre culture, based on meditation and shared thought. In time, our hero grows to become a revolutionary in an interspecies war. The film features hideous beasts, massacres, and loads of nudity.

A very cool flick—but perhaps it was misfiled in the children's section. My mother certainly wasn't impressed.
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Post by: bohica on August 11, 2013, 10:11:03 AM
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78. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
One of the French new-wave master's few work-for-hire films (and his only one in English), Francois Truffaut's very mid-'60s take on Ray Bradbury's fascist parable is far better than it seems on the surface.

The premise, that firemen are tools of the state used to destroy books, works well enough to show the dangers of an illiterate populace. Anything printed—even signs—are outlawed, keeping the citizenry completely reliant on ephemeral images and sounds. Under Truffaut's influence, Bradbury's metaphor for social control packs a real visual punch; to actually see the post-literate society function so close to normally is really quite jarring.

Truffaut upped the ante, too, by keeping the credits audio-only.

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Post by: bohica on August 11, 2013, 10:11:43 AM
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77. Scanners (1981)
"All right. We're gonna do this the Scanner way. I'm gonna suck your brain dry."

Those who go into this film thinking it's going to be nonstop exploding heads can sometimes be a little disappointed. (And there I go perpetuating the problem with the clip above.) But if you are looking for a creepy tale about the military industrial complex using psychic powers to breed a new race of... wait... what is Scanners actually about, again?

The script doesn't actually survive too much scrutiny, admittedly. But considering that this movie was made with last-minute tax-shelter money and literally written on the spot in some cases, one shouldn't be too critical. From a distance, it is one of the more evocative paranoid sci-fi horror flicks of the early digital age.

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76. Outland (1981)
You can imagine the lunchtime pitch session. "I want to make High Noon in space starring Sean Connery." I imagine Peter Hyams had a green light before the salad got there.

Outland adds some great sci-fi grit to the classic good-versus-evil showdown, and it's one of the best movies ever to show what an average working man can expect should we ever find ourselves mining on distant satellites. (The same hardships as on Earth but with less air.)

Outland was in the vanguard for its use of layered front-screen projection. Plus, it has one of the first gruesome images in mainstream film of a man popping like a tomato in space.

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75. Dark Star (1974)
Sharing a title with the Grateful Dead's most legendary jam is no coincidence, I'm sure. John Carpenter's Dark Star is the closest thing we'll get to a "Cheech and Chong in Space," telling the story of longhair dopes punching the clock as they destroy planets.

The clip above shows a much-loved moment in which a crew member, seeking to diffuse a bomb, drops a philosophical bomb upon the computer system that controls it. Another sequence features a creature that resembles a beach ball causing trouble in the air vents. If that seems familiar, there's a reason: The film's co-author and star, Dan O'Bannon, took that side plot and ran with it, later creating the Alien franchise.

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74. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Star Trek movie for people who think they hate Star Trek (though, admittedly, not the favorite of my people who love the franchise).

Captain Kirk and a reborn (kinda) Mr. Spock have their trip back to Earth blocked by a planet-destroying probe. The only solution is to go back in time and rescue humpback whales. (Just go with it.) Their journey to 1980s San Francisco afforded audiences the chance to see their own culture through the eyes of Trek's heroes from the utopian future.

It's a masterpiece of fish-out-of-water storytelling, as well as a good time-travel mind scrambler. Plus, DeForest Kelley gets to show off his remarkable comic timing.

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73. Ikarie XB-1 (1963)
After attending a rare public screening of the complete Czech version of Ikarie XB-1 at the Museum of Modern Art, I overheard this conversation in the lobby and it stuck in my memory: Who ripped off more from this movie, Stanley Kubrick or Gene Roddenberry?

I'll stay out of that quarrel, but I encourage everyone to check this Eastern-bloc tale of deep space travel, even if it means seeing the cut-up American version known as Voyage to the End of the Universe. It is a gorgeous film that offers some trailblazing imagery of interstellar life that may look familiar to fans of some other, better-known sci-fi properties.

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72. Day of the Triffids (1962)
"All plants move—they don't usually pull themselves out of the ground and chase you!"

The great American mid-century paranoid sci-fi thrillers involve saucer men coming to blow up the Capitol. But in Great Britain, plants were the menacing villains.

And The Day of the Triffids adds a second element of horror beyond killer vegetation: A meteor shower leaves a large part of the population blind. The film works best in detailing the breakdown of society following a widespread calamity.

Bonus: If you want to watch this one legally, for free, right now, you can.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on August 11, 2013, 10:18:40 AM
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71. Rollerball (1975)
Yes, midnight-movie maniacs love Rollerball because it has James Caan killing people with a spiked glove in a psychotic roller derby. But beyond the popcorn spectacle, the movie is actually a well-thought-out (and wonderfully shot) dystopian film with great performances and fantastic interior spaces.

The future is owned by corporations (naturally), and to keep the populace amused, the cities have their champions fight one another to the death. The true centerpiece to Rollerball is a decadent party where the proletarian gladiators are allowed a night to mingle with the ruling class. It's like a '70s sci-fi Rules of the Game.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on August 11, 2013, 10:19:35 AM
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70. Alphaville (1965)

Only a provocateur like Jean-Luc Godard could get away with simply shooting the modern buildings of Paris and calling it the future or another galaxy and get away with it.

This tribute to cheap pulp may seem like all style on the surface, but once the rugged secret agent Lemmy Caution goes up against Dr. von Braun and the Alpha 60 computer, it segues into a poetic struggle about man against oppression. While certainly not to everyone's taste, Alphaville is essential to those looking to see what a jazz-inspired riff on a classic science-fiction film looks like.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: HAL 9000 on September 10, 2013, 04:14:49 PM
where are numbers 1 through 69? this is a good thread, ts.
Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:29:41 PM
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69. Inception (2010)
When you wake from a dream, further analysis always shows that everything that seemed to make perfect sense is actually hogwash. After watching and comtemplating Inception, however, all the perplexing narrative actually starts to come together.

Inception's reliance on high concept gets a little tedious after repeat viewings, but this splendidly shot and original tale of corporate espionage is a crafty gem of a picture. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt's zero-g fight was the coolest sequence of 2010.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:30:49 PM
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68. Sleeper (1973)
Hey, who says we can't have a few laughs on this list?

Woody Allen's early funny ones took the nebbish persona and dropped it into some unexpected places, but other than Love and Death's Tsarist Russia, none worked so perfectly as Sleeper's future.

Most of Sleeper is just a setup for gags, but between the cracks some genuine sci-fi concepts sneak in, such as domestic robots, cloning, and the state-run "telescreen." And then there are the giant, mutated fruits and vegetables, leading to the cinema's greatest slip-on-a-banana-peel gag.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:43:20 PM
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67. THX-1138 (1971)
One of the greatest visual leaps forward made by a first-time filmmaker since Citizen Kane (yeah, that's right, I said it), George Lucas's dystopian nightmare with the bizarre name is still something to celebrate. Even though '70s fetishists are about the only ones who would still appreciate the tech on display, there's a relentlessness that pummels the senses: white on white, cold lighting, negative space and screens within screens within screens. The story is completely secondary to the aesthetic, but as an individualist manifesto it is hardly a slouch.

There are those, of course, who'll argue that this is George Lucas's only science-fiction film. More on that later.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:43:48 PM
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66. Repo Man (1984)
Harry Dean Stanton should have been named Emperor of Los Angeles for life after this film.

Alex Cox's tale of L.A. punks and low-lifes would have been good enough if it were just about the cutthroat world of automobile repossession. But when a missing Chevy Malibu with corpses of space aliens in the trunk enters the picture, it really starts to sing.

Repo Man has nothing to do with Repo Men or Repo! The Genetic Opera (both crappy) but it did spawn Cox's 2008 sequel, Repo Chick (shot on green screen), which no one has actually seen.

Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:44:39 PM
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65. Them! (1954)
Giant radioactive ants.

I don't think I really need to say much more.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:45:23 PM
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64. Destination Moon (1950)
Produced at the dawn of the '50s era of great pulp sci-fi, George Pal's Destination Moon was among the first to give interplanetary travel a somewhat serious cinematic rendering.

Destination Moon was forward-thinking in its depiction of a U.S.-USSR space race and the involvement of private industry in technological advancement. It's also the only collaboration between Robert Heinlein and Woody Woodpecker.


Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:46:14 PM
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63. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Hear me out here: I'm going to go with the 1978 version over the 1956 Don Siegel one, though I know the '56 is the quintessential anti-communist paranoia flick, for a few reasons.

(1) Leonard Nimoy as a touchy-feely new-age author/psychologist/celebrity.
(2) The Transamerica Tower is really ominous from certain angles.
(3) Tons of nudity and gore for a PG rating. What's up, 1978?
(4) Jeff Goldblum runs a holistic mud-bath parlor.
(5) Donald Sutherland's freaky shriek, for your viewing pleasure embedded above.

Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:47:05 PM
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62. Altered States (1980)
What happens when you drop Latin American insanity herbs into a sensory deprivation tank and mix it all with William Hurt and every bearded character actor you can find? Apparently, you take a trip into the untapped sections of the brain that store our imprinted memory of primordial existence.

It's all very heavy but if nothing else, it will give you flashbacks to your college years, when every discovery of the flesh was imbued with great existential meaning. Also: Great to know what really goes on in the basement of Columbia University's labs. I always knew it was something that involved interdimensional portals.

Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:47:52 PM
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61. 12 Monkeys (1995)
Based on oddball artist and documentarian Chris Marker's landmark short film of still photographs La Jetée, 12 Monkeys has all the mind-blowing fun of Philip K. Dick with maximum visual impact from director Terry Gilliam.

Bruce Willis is sent from a post-human future not to correct the past but to understand it. Grandfather paradoxes abound, as they usually do in such scenarios. 12 Monkeys was also our first intimation that maybe, in time, pretty-boy Brad Pitt would actually become a genuine actor.

Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: bohica on September 30, 2013, 08:48:32 PM
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60. Frankenstein (1931)
The classic Frankenstein may be a horror movie if you want to get technical about it, but if this story of a man who uses laboratory gizmos to cheat death isn't sci-fi, I don't know what is.

Those who think Frankenstein is just a cheese-fest may come away surprised. A little girl gets tossed to her death in a lake, Colin Clive's manic mad scientist has a crisp energy, and Boris Karloff's poor reanimated sop will break your heart.

Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: iceprince on October 01, 2013, 10:02:53 AM
hahaha...can't wait for the top 1-59...hahaha

madami dami din yung hindi ko pa napapanood dito...will try to check them at friendly torrent sites...
 :P :P :P
Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: cloe on October 15, 2013, 01:02:32 PM
pwede na ba kasama dito sa list ang "gravity"? sci-fi thriller naman ito, right? :)
Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: iceprince on October 15, 2013, 01:21:23 PM
Quote from: cloe on October 15, 2013, 01:02:32 PM
pwede na ba kasama dito sa list ang "gravity"? sci-fi thriller naman ito, right? :)

pwede naman isama pero mukhang madami pang puedeng isama like Star Trek movies ngayong 2010-2013...

yun nga lang, malamang nasa book ito or nasa isang compilation na...
 :P :P :P
Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: verve on November 03, 2013, 03:34:35 PM
Quote from: cloe on October 15, 2013, 01:02:32 PM
pwede na ba kasama dito sa list ang "gravity"? sci-fi thriller naman ito, right? :)

you're right, cloe. gravity should be right there on the list.
Title: Re: The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Post by: iceprince on November 04, 2013, 12:34:59 PM
Quote from: " iceprince " on October 01, 2013, 10:02:53 AM
hahaha...can't wait for the top 1-59...hahaha

madami dami din yung hindi ko pa napapanood dito...will try to check them at friendly torrent sites...
 :P :P :P

sir bohica...asan na po yung TOP 1-59...hahaha

paposts na lang po kapag may free time na...

inaabangan din ng ibang kaPT...hahaha

eto karma mo sir...
 ;D ;D ;D
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