What is Primer? I must see it!!!
in no order:
Bladerunner
The Empire Strikes Back
Dark City
The Thirteenth Floor
Pitch Black
A Clockwork Orange
Event Horizon
The Thing
Alien
Contact
The Fifth Element
Screamers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Logan's Run
The Abyss
Favorite Sci-fi Flicks
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I'm genuinely surprised that so many of you are listing Pitch Black. I thought it was a second-rate Alien ripoff with a few interesting visuals.
Screamers did indeed kick butt.
Screamers did indeed kick butt.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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I had to go back and edit in The Abyss! Great stuff. I don't know Pitch Black was just so damm cool--maybe you're right I should have replaced it with something like Outland. Silent Running is very good too...
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Bicentennial Man was cool.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Absolutely love the movie, but I consider it more of a comedy.Lorelei wrote:What about...
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai?
But what the heck, Go Team Banzai!
Way to go Danlo, I'll second The Abyss, Outland and Silent Running.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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The thing that makes Pitch Black memorable for me is Riddick. There are few films, certainly very few science fiction films, in which the "hero" starts off a self-interested, amoral sociopath and remains so for the full duration of the film. Sadly, the sequel discarded this character in favour of Super-Riddick.Cail wrote:I'm genuinely surprised that so many of you are listing Pitch Black. I thought it was a second-rate Alien ripoff with a few interesting visuals.
Screamers did indeed kick butt.
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The release date of eXistenZ was unfortunate, because it got overshadowed by The Matrix. It's a shame, because it's more of a mind-trip, it's far more adult (lots of sexual imagery), and it blurs the lines between reality and simulation completely. The only thing that bugs me about it, is why there's so much emphasis on the spelling of various things - it seems unneccesary to me.
I liked the The Matrix as a stand-alone film, but I can't enjoy it anymore because the sequels were so bad. It could have been brilliant, but Reloaded and Revolutions swayed between gratuitous philosophising (if that's a word - ?) and gratuitous fight scenes. They just seemed like excuses to show off bullet-time.
Cube was also a very slick low-fi science fiction flick. There's not very much to it, and it asks a million questions without any of them being answered, but it's cool in a "huh?" kind of way.
I liked the The Matrix as a stand-alone film, but I can't enjoy it anymore because the sequels were so bad. It could have been brilliant, but Reloaded and Revolutions swayed between gratuitous philosophising (if that's a word - ?) and gratuitous fight scenes. They just seemed like excuses to show off bullet-time.
Cube was also a very slick low-fi science fiction flick. There's not very much to it, and it asks a million questions without any of them being answered, but it's cool in a "huh?" kind of way.
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
Endut!
Hoch Hech!
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
Endut!
Hoch Hech!
I'll grant you that, but he still seemed a bit too cartoonish.CovenantJr wrote:The thing that makes Pitch Black memorable for me is Riddick. There are few films, certainly very few science fiction films, in which the "hero" starts off a self-interested, amoral sociopath and remains so for the full duration of the film. Sadly, the sequel discarded this character in favour of Super-Riddick.
The original Matrix was OK, but I thought The 13th Floor tackled the subject better. Reloaded and Revolutions just plain sucked.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Considering I liked Primer and thought Donnie Darko was an utter waste of film, I have to say.....No.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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For me, Darko was one of those films you watch once or twice and then the thrill's gone. Thought it was generally well done--liked the dark feel, the giant rabbit, execution of plot, etc., but it just didn't reward me after repeated viewings. The film can initially convince you that it's highly cerebral and philosophical, but I found it to be a paper-thin veneer more than anything. Hides its absence of intelligence behind confusing paradoxes.
Hear hear!Lord Foul wrote:For me, Darko was one of those films you watch once or twice and then the thrill's gone. Thought it was generally well done--liked the dark feel, the giant rabbit, execution of plot, etc., but it just didn't reward me after repeated viewings. The film can initially convince you that it's highly cerebral and philosophical, but I found it to be a paper-thin veneer more than anything. Hides its absence of intelligence behind confusing paradoxes.
And when you mention that to a fan, you hear, "Well you obviously didn't get it".
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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