"Knowing" Giveaway - Your Favourite Sci-Fi or Disaster Film (Entries now open)

[Rattler (John)]

I forgot to mention one of my favourite disaster movies....

Poseidon Adventure is brilliant, Towering Inferno and Surround Sound EarthQuake!! HA!...was such a good LFE it made my cousin throw up!

Other disaster flicks include the Day After and On the Beach were spooky but with a thermonuclear theme, "Fail-Safe" is the winner. For those that cannot recall, a mistake sends USAF bombers into Russian airspace to attack Moscow. One makes it and to prove it was an error, New York is nuked by the USAF. Very spooky since it was based on the actually fail-safe proceedures of the day.

Have fun!

John.

PS - Can anyone recall the British made documentary on what a post nuclear war Brittain would be like? THAT was scary. J

[Jay-qu]

My favourite sci-fi would have to be Star wars - and if I must pick one I will say Return of the Jedi

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Hi All,

My absolute all time favourite SCI FI movie is : The Fifth Element - Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich - absolutely awesome!

As for disaster movies...... Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz was a DISASTER! Absolutely the WORST movie of all time!

Cheers

Chris

[Kevnool (Kev)]

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!

Opps yep your so right I suppose next time i will google it to save the humiliation. Cheers its all fun Kev.

[gmbfilter (Geoff)]

A for Andromeda
Still trying to build my own "Andromeda"

[norm]

I've heard of this one but not seen it - the title is a disaster all of its own!

Yeah, not sure why I even chose that movie
With sci-fi movies at least you can say there are a few classics that will indelibly remain in the pyshe of many people and worth talking about (Stars Wars, Blade Runner, Aliens....).

As for disaster movies most end up in a heap and fall short of being remembered as masterpieces. Even the likes of Independance Day, Twister with there big budgets, end up with cheesy, corny endings, bordering of nausea. (imo).

I guess they are disaster movie in a literal sense

[Mikasaurus]

Nice selections there folks - a great scifi filmography already...
I almost peed myself in fright at Alien (as a 12 yr old) AND at Event Horizon (at 29yrs!) ... yep - too much info eh.
I tip my hat to Serenity (big FireFly fan here). I was happy the scifi-western was recognised & accoladed with cinema-release.
Loved Contact (the book was better - Carl Sagan was my boyhood hero).
I plead your forgiveness for really enjoying the pseudo-science scifi/disaster The Core.
My top pick is a tie - BladeRunner (both cinematic releases for narrative & mood reasons) AND Babylon5 (I persisted and was swept up by the grand, intricate story arcs).
- Self-indulgent moment over now -

[ipink01]

I would have to say that my favourite sci-fi movies have to be Star Wars, as i just love all of the films. My favourite disaster movies are Armageddon and Independance Day- I can't choose between the two as they are both equally good!

[RB (Andrew)]

Very hard to pick but as my all-time favourites, they would have to be "The Time Machine" for Sci-Fi and "A Night to Remember" (the b/w version of the Titanic disaster).

I would just be glued to the TV when these were on when I was young.

[Robh (Rob)]

For its time (1956), Forbidden Planet was a milestone for special effects and sound. I'd love to see an intelligent remake of this great SciFi movie. Leslie Nielsen, who played the commander of the United Planets Cruiser in that movie, is still active in the industry, recently playing parts in the Scary Movies series and the spoof Superhero Movie (2008)!!!!!
For an intelligent disaster movie, I don't think you could go past Deep Impact. After the recent real-life asteroid miss, the movie is particularly relevant.

[Pegasus]

Such an easy question...not.
I'm gonna have to go with my most watched sci-fi, "Fifth Element" truly has a bit of everything in it.
However closely followed by "Blade Runner". If I'm not mistaken the director also directed one or more of the 'Alien' films, can really see the similarity, the man does love gloom and the sound of dripping water!

[Maverick]

Hi
How about SF "Gattaca" with Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law.And for disaster how about "Armageddon" with Bruce Willis.
Cheers

[gts055 (Mark)]

"Starman" was a very enjoyable one to me. Mark

[multiweb (Marc)]

The Fifth Element.

[fashionista78 (Joy)]

Fave sci film would be Star Wars

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

I'm afraid I'm another vote for Contact

[Jen]

The Cube (think its classed as sci-fi/thriller)
And disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow

And by the look of this thread i think its time for me to watch The Contact

[anthony2302749]

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!

It was Farrah Fawett and Kirk Dougles being chase by a psycho robot, very lame movie, much like a movieAngie Dickinson was in call the “Inseminator”.

Did enjoy the space cowboy movie “Outlander” with Sean Connery about a mining company working on Jupiter’s moon Io

[beren]

Geez so many, a lot of my favourites have been mentioned already except for maybe The Abyss/The Island

I'm a fan of Michael Crichton {shocked when I heard about his passing last year} .....
The Andromeda Strain
Westworld
Jurassic Park

Growing up the original Star Wars trilogy was huge but I remember these ones, I wonder how some would stack up watching them now

The black hole
Tron
The Philadelphia Experiment
Mad Max
Logans run
The last starfighter
Enemy Mine
War games
The Day after {remember reading Z for Zachariah for school at the time}
The Thing
Capricorn One
The Star Trek movies {First Contact was my favorite}

[fragchamp]

Terminators 1 and 2 and the original Star Wars for me.