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movienut (Darwin H.)



Subject: Top 10 - Sci Fi
Date Posted: 1/13/2008 5:45 PM ET
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OK folks. Let's hear your top 10 Science Fiction movies. Feel free to come back and update your list if you need to. It will help us see what other members like and maybe even give us ideas of what to check out next! Here we go:

Alien series (1-3 only...and try the director's cut of Alien 3 it is much better)

Event Horizon

Forbidden Planet

I Am Legend

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

The Myst

Pitch Black

Serenity

Terminator 2

The Thing (both are very good but I prefer the 1982 version)

V for Vendetta



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silversky (Naomi H.)


Date Posted: 1/14/2008 8:38 AM ET
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Only 10?  This is tough.  My choices, in no particular order:

Star Wars - Episodes IV through VI (I will always think of episode IV as Star Wars)

Forbidden Planet

Alien - Alien & Aliens

Terminator - 1, 2, & 3

Thing From Another World

Transformers, the Movie

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Jurassic Park

Mars Attacks!

Predator

VeganFreak (Leah W.)


Date Posted: 1/15/2008 9:15 PM ET
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Children of Men

Serenity

Code 46

I,Robot

V is For Vendetta

Happy Accidents

Twelve Monkeys

The Island

Solaris

A Scanner Darkly

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

 



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heytiffy (Tiffany S.)


Date Posted: 2/15/2008 6:44 PM ET
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Starship Troopers  (I absolutely adore this movie.  The acting is atrocious but this is one of my faves.)

Back to the Future

The Fly

Running Man

Total Recall

The Abyss

Predator (I know I seem to have an Arnold theme going on here but he's made some great ones,)

Cube

The Cell

Jurassic Park

Syrena (Jozlyn H.)


Date Posted: 3/16/2008 1:13 AM ET
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Children of Men

Running Man

A Scanner Darkly

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Dark City

Event Horizon

The Fifth Element

Fortress

They Live

The Matrix (only the first one)

Strange Days

Steven M.


Date Posted: 4/2/2008 11:40 AM ET
Member Since: 3/28/2008
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Star Wars (all of them, it's one long movie IMO)

Superman Trilogy (Superman the Movie, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, and Superman Returns)

Star Trek : First Contact

Of course therer are more, but this is my top ten

spidey39 (Russell M.)



Subject: top 10sci-fi movies
Date Posted: 1/1/2009 7:08 PM ET
Member Since: 12/14/2008
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this island earth

andromeda strain

blade runner

cloverfield

independence day

logan's run

men in black

metropolis

the black hole

the time machine 1960

the fly

 

Barbara .


Date Posted: 9/5/2009 1:29 AM ET
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (sterotypical I know but I love this movie)

Brazil

Blade Runner

I,Robot

Children of Men

12 Monkeys

The Fifth Element

Dark City

Planet of the Apes (1968 version)

Soylaris

MississippimovieDoc (Dan E.)


Date Posted: 7/29/2010 2:55 PM ET
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I prefer the Last Man on Eart starring Vincent Price to I Am Legend. Much truer to the book I Am Legend although the latest remake was fun in and of itself.
wdavidw (William W.)



Subject: Top 10 Sci-fi films
Date Posted: 9/4/2010 1:09 AM ET
Member Since: 6/10/2010
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Soylent Green

Star Wars

Planet of the Apes

The Time Machine--original one

Logan's Run

King Kong--original one

Blade Runner

A.I.

The Thing--both versions

The Blob--both versions

Throw in some Star Trek and Dr. Who, and I'm a happy camper

Noodle (Cynthia S.)


Date Posted: 9/20/2010 4:32 PM ET
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Gattacca

Blade Runner

Serenity

Star Wars IV-VI

Equilibrium

Logan's Run

The Matrix

Brazil

AI

Total Recall

 

 

 

 



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TravisBickle (Bob K.)


Date Posted: 10/20/2010 9:40 PM ET
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Top 10 Sci-Fi:

1. The Matrix

2. Star Wars IV

3. T2

4. Inception

5. Alien

6. 2001 : A Space Odyssey

7. Watchmen

8. 12 Monkeys

9. Close Encounters of 3rd kind

10. Star Trek (2009)

(BTTF,X2,Mad Max,ET,Total Recall,28 Days,night of the comet)

Rene J.


Date Posted: 1/27/2011 3:49 PM ET
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The Time Machine (60's version)

Sinbad (all 3 Harryhousen's)

Forbidden Planet

Jason and the Argonauts (60's version)

Clash of the Titans (80's version)

Island at the Top of the World

Land that time Forgot

First Men in the Moon

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Mysterioius Island

Flash Gordon (80's)

I know thats 11 movies..but I couldnt decide on which one to leave out..so I didnt leave any out...

movienut (Darwin H.)


Date Posted: 5/16/2012 9:34 AM ET
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Sci-Fi fans,

If you are as phsyched for the upcoming prequel "Prometheus" as I am you may want to take advantage of this offer.

Best Buy has several $9.99 Blu-rays on sale each of which includes a coupon for $10 off a ticket for Prometheus. If you are going to the movie anyway, why not take advantage of this offer that essentially gets you a "free" Blu-ray as well? Titles involved in this promotion are:

  • Alien
  • Aliens
  • Alien 3
  • Alien Resurrection
  • A Team
  • Fight Club
  • I, Robot
  • Knight and Day
  • Last of the Mohicans
  • Taken
  • X-Men
  • X-Men 2
  • X-Men: The Last Stand
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Get yours before they are gone!

(ETA: looks like certain theater chains are involved in this promotion and others not. I will try to post updated information after I get my coupon(s)).

yeswink



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