Sci Fi movies:)

PeterNw (Panos) · #1 23-08-2012, 06:41 PM

What are some good Sci Fi or movies involving outer space...?

supernova1965 (Warren) · #2 23-08-2012, 06:46 PM

one is on this weekend on the TV Total Recall is based on mars

omegacrux (David) · #3 23-08-2012, 07:02 PM

Hi Panos
One of my favorites is The 5th Element , Bruce Willis
Lost count how many times I have watched it the soundtrack is good also

David

supernova1965 (Warren) · #4 23-08-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by omegacrux

Hi Panos
One of my favorites is The 5th Element , Bruce Willis
Lost count how many times I have watched it the soundtrack is good also

David

That's a great movie

LAW (Murphy) · #5 23-08-2012, 07:18 PM

The TV show Firefly and the movie Serenity is the only time since becoming an adult I've wished a fictional universe could be real.

Obviously Stargate too (only SG-1, the rest are just drama in costume), it's the first sci-fi to reach a wide audience (Star Trek never really reached the general population).

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #6 23-08-2012, 07:19 PM

+1 for the Fifth Element.

Simply awesome movie......

Do yourself a favour and watch it. I bet you won't just watch it once, you'll be back for more like David says.

Cheers

Chris

Colin_Fraser · #7 23-08-2012, 07:24 PM

Looks like I am going to hire Fifth Element this weekend. Have not seen it.
My favourite is The Matrix.

Waxing_Gibbous (Peter) · #8 23-08-2012, 10:12 PM

"Forbidden Planet" - Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' with awesomely powerful dead aliens. Un-remakeable.

"Sunshine" - Better than it's reviews (IMHO).

Varangian (John) · #9 23-08-2012, 10:20 PM

Aliens goes okay

Apollo 13 is a cracker and I really enjoyed Event Horizon and Solaris (both versions). I know they're both pretty crap but I liked Pitch Black and especially The Chronicles of Riddick (so take my recommendations with a grain of salt).

+1 for the Fifth Element, Sunshine and Serenity.

04Stefan07 (Stefan) · #10 23-08-2012, 10:21 PM

Im a bit of a trekkie so I love the Star Trek films (The Next Generation ones).

Star Wars of course but Star Trek I do prefer!

Varangian (John) · #11 23-08-2012, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LAW

The TV show Firefly and the movie Serenity is the only time since becoming an adult I've wished a fictional universe could be real.

Obviously Stargate too (only SG-1, the rest are just drama in costume), it's the first sci-fi to reach a wide audience (Star Trek never really reached the general population).

Star Wars anyone?

The original Battlestar Galactica also did very well.

Varangian (John) · #12 23-08-2012, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

"Forbidden Planet" - Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' with awesomely powerful dead aliens. Un-remakeable.

"Sunshine" - Better than it's reviews (IMHO).

Have not seen the Tempest but this one is an excellent movie.

Octane (Humayun) · #13 23-08-2012, 10:41 PM

Solaris
Moon
Gattaca

Not in any order. I love them all.

H

arifmshaikh · #14 23-08-2012, 10:58 PM

I like the Impact. The moon was hit by dwarf and it becomes so much heavy that it was about to collide with earth. Its a tv series made in two part and I show on TV in 2008.

Forgey (Paula) · #15 23-08-2012, 11:02 PM

Some of my favorites:

(not in any particular order)
Independence Day
Stargate (the movie)
Men in black (all)
Armageddon
Deep Impact

RAJAH235 · #16 23-08-2012, 11:10 PM

A few oldies but classics...plus a couple of strays...
The original 1951 version of "The Day The Earth Stood Still." (Michael Rennie.)
(The new one is rubbish, so don't even bother viewing it.)

Forbidden Planet. (Leslie Nielsen.)

War of The Worlds. (Gene Barry.)

Dark Star. (by John Carpenter.)

Contact. (Jodie Foster.)

2012. (John Cusack.) ((A bit over the top with the graphics but reasonable, if you like that kind of stuff.))

Blade Runner. (Harrison Ford.)

Brain Storm. (The late & great, Natalie Wood. Her last, unfinished movie.)

Just a few that I have on my HDD.

ZeroID (Brent) · #17 24-08-2012, 09:10 AM

Blade Runner for sure
Star Trek, the movie - love the new start
Sunshine
2001 - despite all the melodramatic music it was a paradigm shift when it came out. Not so keen on 2010.
Star Wars - just for sheer escapism
5th Element .
Aliens, the Prequel - although mainly for the cool CGI effects

I'm a def SciFi fan so there are heaps of others or fantasy world movies( Avatar eg ) which I enjoy for whatever their genre may be. And the mood i feel in at the time.

graham.hobart (Graham stevens) · #18 24-08-2012, 02:17 PM

no one's mentioned Silent Running ?
Serenity and Riddick votes for me, guilty pleasures all!
Contact.
I quite liked Enemy Mine when it came out -Dennis Quaid on a lonely planet with his sworn alien enemy (a remake of an old WW2 movie I think with Lee Marvin in it) Probably dated effects now but good story all the same.
Live long and Vespa!
Graham

Aidan (Aidan) · #19 24-08-2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by LAW

The TV show Firefly and the movie Serenity is the only time since becoming an adult I've wished a fictional universe could be real.

Obviously Stargate too (only SG-1, the rest are just drama in costume), it's the first sci-fi to reach a wide audience (Star Trek never really reached the general population).

Absolutely love Firefly. Great series, great lines, ended way before its time.

Currently loving Thursday nights on Channel 11, 3 episodes of Star Trek Next Gen. Like being a teenager again.

Aidan (Aidan) · #20 24-08-2012, 02:37 PM

Not sure if it counts.

But "The Dish" - Great Australian film, space related.