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I love sci fi films.I have to say in my opinion Alien is the best sci fi film ever made.Closely followed by Space 2001 and then Predator.What are your top 3 sci fi movies of all time?

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1. Alien (I have to agree, all time classic!)

2. 2001 (2001 directors cut, i have to agree again) The special effects at that time (1968!) can absolutely concure with nowadays special effects!!! (i have the special edition DVD with an original movie piece) :D

3. Solaris (The russian 3 hour original, cause of the deeper story)

4. Solaris (The really good remake with George Clooney, which first irritated me but the film has all relevant story details compacted in 90 minutes!)

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> 1. Alien (I have to agree, all time classic!)

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> 2. 2001 (2001 directors cut, i have to agree again) The special effects at

> that time (1968!) can absolutely concure with nowadays special effects!!!

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> 3. Solaris (The russian 3 hour original, cause of the deeper story)

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> 4. Solaris (The really good remake with George Clooney, which first irritated

> me but the film has all relevant story details compacted in 90 minutes!)

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Thought Solaris with George Clooney was weird but good.Would like to watch it again.

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Here's my Top Three

War of the Worlds.

Blade Runner.

The Thing. (the one with Kurt Russell)

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> Here's my Top Three

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> War of the Worlds.

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> Blade Runner.

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> The Thing. (the one with Kurt Russell)

Own The Thing with Kurt on dvd.It's very good.

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4. Solaris (The really good remake with George Clooney, which first irritated me but the film has all relevant story details compacted in 90 minutes!)

difficult to say, found the movie "not so good".

I have readen the book from Stanislav LEM several times.

The book is long too. First edition of the book came out 1961.

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- ALIEN first and last part.

- the fifth element is not bad too, lots of Spez eff)

- if U remember, the pilot movie of Andromeda. There where they went to the other planet, passing the door found in Egypt.

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> Thought Solaris with George Clooney was weird but good.Would like to watch it

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Do it!! On the big screen or a big home projector! This movie is deeply underestimated. Although George Clooney plays the main character, this movie is a killer movie if you dive deeply into the story and let yourself shift away by the awesome pictures and ambient sounds that lead you to other side...

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> - if U remember, the pilot movie of Andromeda. There where they went to the

> other planet, passing the door found in Egypt.

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errm... could it be, you mean Stargate by Roland Emmerich?

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YES!

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> errm... could it be, you mean Stargate by Roland Emmerich?

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Own Stargate on dvd.Special Edition with Kurt Russell.A very good film too.

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Me thinks Rachel likes Kurt? mmmmmmmmmmmmm!

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I tend to favor the old ones, but..

Robinson Crusoe on mars

good film on survival on another planet

The Thing from beyond space

At least I think that's the name, it's much like an early version of Alien, a strange creature stows aboard a spaceship on mars and makes its way up every deck attacking the crew.

THEM !..

You know, the one about the giant ants, you could barely see the wires holding up the giant ants antenna

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Yea B movie mania

The day the Earth stood still.

The day of the triffids.

The body Snatchers.

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> Yea B movie mania

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> The day the Earth stood still.

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> The day of the triffids.

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> The body Snatchers.

Anyone like Mars Attacks with Jack Nicolson in?

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> Anyone like Mars Attacks with Jack Nicolson in?

That's not really a scifi, that's more like a comedy...

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Best:

The Animatrix ( Final Flight of the Osiris, Program, and Beyond)

Akira (I really hated it, but it's a good film nonetheless)

Worst:

The Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions - Waste of film. Watch this instead.

Star Wars - All the prequels suck. The sequels will blow. Shame on Lucas.

Star Trek - All of 'em. The TV shows were so much better...

War of the Worlds - Listen to the original radio broadcast. Your imagination will thank you.

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director: James Cameron

cast: John Bedford Lloyd, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, J.C. Quinn, Ed Harris

genre: Sci-Fi

studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Pretty Good. We make contact with alians, at the end. Plus there is that scene with husband and wife trapped, water rising, only one can survive. Dramatic.

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Old school here:

1. The Day The Earth Stood Still - Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe

2. Forbidden Planet - Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielson

3. The Time Machine - Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux

4. Journey To The Center Of The Earth - James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Pat Boone

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In the Animatrix the episode Beyond is a real diamond!

BTW: What's so bad on "War of the worlds"?

Just read: "Forbidden Planet", yeeessssssss!!!!! That's a real good one, especially Leslie Nielsen as the captain and "The robot" ;)

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