Sci-Fi Movies Thread

RobertTVarga

I would love to see a second part release of Avatar this year...

RobertTVarga

brent YOU ARE the unsung hero.

brent

D9 engaged me at least. Rough in spots. I liked I am Legend but struggled thru this just like you did for District Nine. Smith and the sets were outstanding but the director and writer were both awful. Like breaking even.

Solarmass

Brucehankins yeaaahhh, definitely not an Evangelion fan.....

I am also not (really) a big Evangelion fan, I just love the giant robots fightings!

Brucehankins We could start an entire thread on anime series.

Sure, why not 😀

BTW wrong thread for the desktop screens 😛

nolan I've not finished Ghost in the shell

which one? 🙂

Solarmass

Solarmass the giant robots fightings!

speaking of giant robots...

Pacific Rim (2013)

Solarmass

brent I am Legend

Completely forgettable movie, another example is Oblivion (2013). I don't remember even one scene...

RobertTVarga

Solarmass Oblivion is the right title for it. The movie went there, straight away!

Solarmass

RobertTVarga sad but true

kyrios

Some good TV Shows that I haven't been mentioned in this thread I think:

njakes

brent I kind of lump District 9 and Elysium together. Both amazing movies.

nolan

njakes District 9 and Elysium

I enjoyed both 😄

brent

nolan @njakes
Didn't see Elysium, will look it up. But I did pop in at IMDB I and I see their similarities, and in fact can see the Elysium scenario someday!--very much an allegory like District Nine (...post-apocalyptic is definitely my favorite genre of sci-fi--probably because it has one foot on this terra.).

Solarmass

brent District 9 and Elysium were directed by Neill Blomkamp. District 9 is his best movie and also his the first one. Elysium has good special effects, but movie is average...

brent

Solarmass That's the tie-in. I knew with two huge stars something would be amiss...it always is. Wil give it a whirl though someday.
One made Contact which was awesome but not sci-fi..much.
One made The Martian which I never was interested in seeing.
In fact nobody mentioned Mars movies on this list yet.
Or Event Horizon (wanted to see it but have not)?
Astronaut's wife? never saw
Flatliners was wild when I was a kid.
Long way to go on this thread, so many fragments🙂

Brucehankins

brent Event Horizon was in my list 😁 That movie messed me up back in the day.

I don't believe anyone has listed Arrival (2016) or Source Code (2011)

Solarmass

brent Or Event Horizon (wanted to see it but have not)?

Event Horizon (1997) was pretty good, definitely recommend it! Also Contact (1997)

One made The Martian which I never was interested in seeing.

meh 😀

Brucehankins I don't believe anyone has listed Arrival (2016) or Source Code (2011)

Both very interesting, worth to rewatch.

brent

Brucehankins That movie messed me up back in the day.

What would life be without those movies? I missed it from your original list and will look for it.

Solarmass definitely recommend it! Also Contact (1997)

I liked this one a lot. McConaghey (sp.?) was still Wooderson from Dazed and Confused in this one, but the movie still worked. If you keep up with the lit (I try to) we are still receiving some remarkable radio signals/pulses now and again for which there is no agreed-upon explanation. Cool.

Solarmass

What about the Planet of Apes movies? They were pretty good I think:

Rise of the Planet of Apes (2011)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

brent

pre-cgi:

2.1 Planet of the Apes (1968)
2.2 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
2.3 Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
2.4 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
2.5 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

🙂

Solarmass

elfprince Lord of the Rings

Definitely not sci-fi!
Pure fantasy! 😛

brent pre-cgi:

Sure there are old ones 🙂

elfprince

Predator series.

brent

elfprince Arnold still my favorite Predator. Vs. Alien was pushing it🙂

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