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17-03-2009, 05:29 PM
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Love everything mentioned so far ...
... the classics like Forbidden Planet (they had little cubes that, when inserted into the viewer, played movies! 1957! Now I have compact flash and memory sticks!)
... Contact. Huge fan of Carl Sagan (and Jodie Foster)
... but number 1 would have to be the original Star Wars! The Empire Strikes Back may be a better movie but Star Wars was revolutionary (more so than 2001), a classic "western" style good versus evil and a great sound track.
Colin.
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17-03-2009, 05:58 PM
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for me it has to be star wars episode 3 1977 i was 10 years old sitting down in front of the car a coffs drive in beside my brother who was 8 and being amazed at this movie flying through space in star ships fighting battles unbelivable to this day me and my brother still talk about it
mozzie
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17-03-2009, 07:08 PM
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2001: A Space Odyssey
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17-03-2009, 07:28 PM
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Just gotta be Bladerunner, Darryl Hannah YUM! Would give an honourable mention to most of the reply's so far though. Specially the Alien Movies
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17-03-2009, 07:28 PM
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Where is the dark?
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As I have already nominated my choices, so this dosen't count but I absolutley loved the film "Tron"
Made in 1982, it was one of the first films using computer animation inconjunction with live action sequences.
Loved the concept of the "MCP- Master Control Program" sucking Flynn into its system only for him to team up with the program TRON to bring down the MCP's control of the network.
Rumour has it that there is a new Tron film being made and set for release in 2011 - potentially called "TRON 2.0"
Have also heard that the band "Daft Punk" will compose the score to the film.
I cant wait 
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17-03-2009, 09:53 PM
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Geez that's a tough one, with so many to choose from...however there must be one:
1. Sci-Fi movie: Aliens
2. Disaster movie: Krakatoa: East of Java
Cheers, Norm
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17-03-2009, 10:39 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beetlejuice
Just gotta be Bladerunner, Darryl Hannah YUM! Would give an honourable mention to most of the reply's so far though. Specially the Alien Movies
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Was Darryl Hannah also in Saturn 5 ?......cheers Kev.
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17-03-2009, 10:40 PM
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I'd say my favourite sci-fi, the original Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston.
Favourite disaster flick The Devil at 4 O'Clock.
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17-03-2009, 11:21 PM
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Another one for Blade Runner
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17-03-2009, 11:42 PM
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Just thought of another good'un... the ORIGINAL Lawnmower Man.
The sequel was ... well .... crap.
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17-03-2009, 11:55 PM
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It's about time
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Quote:
Originally Posted by norm
2. Disaster movie: Krakatoa: East of Java
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I've heard of this one but not seen it - the title is a disaster all of its own!
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18-03-2009, 12:39 AM
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The matrix (first one). A mind bending concept.
The terminator (1)
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18-03-2009, 07:27 AM
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Lost in Space
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From a senior citizen, toss-up between the original release of The Thing and Alien. Guess Alien has to win on the basis of special effects and the cute alien.
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18-03-2009, 07:33 AM
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I'm bloody serious
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Originally Posted by Kevnool
Was Darryl Hannah also in Saturn 5 ?......cheers Kev.
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G'day Kev,
Sadly, not Darryl Hannah. Not 100% certain, but I think it was Farrah Fawcett. Not a bad movie either way, with one of the coolest most menacing robots ever!
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18-03-2009, 07:50 AM
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My favourite sci-fi movie is one you may, or may not have seen...'Starman' with Jeff Bridges. Must try and get it on DVD
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18-03-2009, 09:40 AM
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Hi Gang,
For me I guess it has to be the classic "Fiend Without A face" for sci-fi, some of those special effects are pretty amazing and pretty scary for an old film! Followed by This Island Earth, When Worlds Collide, Forbidden Planet, War Of The Worlds (Gene Berry) and the classic Thing From Another World. I like older films and there are just so many classics to choose from.
As for disaster movies, it has to be a toss up between the drama of The Towering Inferno and the special effects of Meteor. I think I'll plump for Meteor. I also am a big fan of natural disaster movies such as Twister (Helen Hunt, need I say more!!!) Volanoe and Dantes Peak.
John.
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18-03-2009, 11:43 AM
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My favourites would probably be The Dish (if that counts as science-fiction) and Sunshine. And Apollo 13, if that counts too. =P
I've also got a bit of a zombie movie collection started, if they're counted as global disaster films. =P Dawn and Day of the Dead are pretty neato!
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18-03-2009, 12:20 PM
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Plays well with others!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dog Star
G'day Kev,
Sadly, not Darryl Hannah. Not 100% certain, but I think it was Farrah Fawcett. Not a bad movie either way, with one of the coolest most menacing robots ever!
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It was Farrah Fawcett... 
I had "her poster" in my room as a boy, enough said!
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18-03-2009, 12:32 PM
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Newtonian power! Love it!
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Well my fave would have to be Contact with Jodie Foster, it mixes the human thought that we are not alone, coupled with science, and a great form of astronomy. No mater how many times i watch it im always enthralled.
As for disaster movies. ARMAGEDDON. yeeehar even though it isnt a disaster for earth, it illustrates just how close we come every day to utter doom... I for shawwww don't want to go out like the dinosaurs...
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18-03-2009, 01:33 PM
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My pre-teen years were dotted with sci-fi movies like Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston and The Time Machine with Rod Taylor. I saw the first Star Wars movie at the cinema when I was 11 and it was just amazing. I still love it to this day, it has to be my Sci-Fi pick.
Not much of a disaster movie fan, unless Flying High counts? First real disaster movie I saw, and therefore the benchmark for me, was The Poseidon Adventure, at the drive-ins. It was my brother's pick for his 11th birthday, I was 9. It was truly frightening, what were my parents thinking? I can still remember the theme song "...there's got to be a morning after, if we can hold on through the night...".
HilB... 
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