Kevin's Watch

I, Robot is a bad, bad movie.

But I still watch it every time it comes on.

What about Enemy Mine? Lou Gossett Jr and Dennis Quaid.

Good call Lorelei.

very good movie L--"gggggeeeeejhammies!"

Ack! Enema Mine? Good God, NOOOOO!

Anyway, after a lot of thought, I think I can do my top ten favs:

Serenity
Wrath of Kahn
Empire Strikes Back
Galaxie Quest
War Of The Words (new)
Alien
Matrix
Pitch Black
Terminator
Close Encounters

aTOMiC wrote:Highlander rocked. All other films and tv shouldn't have happend. "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!" Nuff said.

I love Highlander, but I don't think I'd call it a sci-fi movie. I don't know, perhaps it's more accurate to call it an Epic Historical film. *shrug* (And if anybody mentions Highlander II, I'll point out that it didn't actually happen. You imagined it.)

As for Enemy Mine, well, I haven't seen it for...probably nearly 20 years. But I loved it as a kid.

--A

dANdeLION wrote:Ack! Enema Mine? Good God, NOOOOO!

Anyway, after a lot of thought, I think I can do my top ten favs:

Serenity
Wrath of Kahn
Empire Strikes Back
Galaxie Quest
War Of The Words (new)
Alien
Matrix
Pitch Black
Terminator
Close Encounters

Great list dAN.
I can't believe I forgot about Serenity. OUTSTANDING.

Enemy Mine? Yeah I liked it in the theater but after having watched it far too many times it comes off like a 2 hour STNG episode dealing with a overblown moral lesson on bigotry and tolerance and as always humans are the worst creatures in the galaxy. I've become a bit tired of the notion that mankind's only contribution to existence is greed, war and death.
As to Highlander being anything but sci fi...hmmm.. If swordplay is the only deciding factor between fantasy and sci fi then Highlander joins Star Wars in the fantasy realm. That's just not how I view either film. My two bit opinion of course.

Now a really fantastic bunch of films that make a huge impact on my life are as follows:
Battle Beyond the Stars
Laserblast
Message From Space
Godzilla versus Megalon
Darkstar
Galaxy of Terror
Galaxina
The Last Star Fighter
and last but certainly not least............TRON!

aTOMiC wrote:
As to Highlander being anything but sci fi...hmmm.. If swordplay is the only deciding factor between fantasy and sci fi then Highlander joins Star Wars in the fantasy realm. That's just not how I view either film.

I dunno...what exactly is it about Highlander that makes you think of it as sci-fi? I still see it as Epic Historical.

--A

Amazon places most of the Highlander stuff under the genres of Action and Sci-Fi, Av. If you're still bent on arguing irrelevant stuff, go back to the Tank.

Classing Highlander as sci-fi doesnt make sense. What is it that says so? Just because Star Wars has magic and 'swords' is not enough reason to argue Highlander falls into the same genre; for there are many sci-fi elements in SW that allows it be placed as sci-fi. You might as well argue Conan is sci-fi.

Really? See, Conan was never said to be an alien from Planet Zeist, nor did he create a shied around the earth to replace a dysfuncional ozone layer in the future. And as for Av's contention that Highlander II never happened, well, neither did any of the other Highlanders, Star Wars, etc.....

Did I just read that someone liked Tron? To each their own, but lord....that was BAAADDD!

Did anyone like Event Horizon as much as I did?

A Gunslinger wrote:Did I just read that someone liked Tron? To each their own, but lord....that was BAAADDD!

Did anyone like Event Horizon as much as I did?

No. Event Horizon pretty much blew. Seemed like such potential that went no where. Just a bloody mess.

eep!

Yeah, I used to like Event Horizon, but nowadays it just looks like a cheesy horror film to me. The spaceship is essentially a haunted house, and yet the creators of the film seem to think that it's something special/more than a gimmick. Meh.

uh...Highlander is not science fiction. its Epic Historical. it doesn't belong in a Sci-Fi category in any way shape or form. a guy that lives a kajillion years has nothing whatsoever to do with science.

those of you who think this is sci-fi, tell me why. what makes it sci-fi?


PS. one of my all time favorite sci-fi movies which i just remembered,

Back To the Future.

Lucimay wrote:uh...Highlander is not science fiction. its Epic Historical. it doesn't belong in a Sci-Fi category in any way shape or form. a guy that lives a kajillion years has nothing whatsoever to do with science.

those of you who think this is sci-fi, tell me why. what makes it sci-fi?

In Highlander II, Connor is said to be an alien from Planet Zeist, and he created a shield around the earth to replace a dysfuncional ozone layer in the future.

dANdeLION wrote:

Lucimay wrote:uh...Highlander is not science fiction. its Epic Historical. it doesn't belong in a Sci-Fi category in any way shape or form. a guy that lives a kajillion years has nothing whatsoever to do with science.

those of you who think this is sci-fi, tell me why. what makes it sci-fi?

In Highlander II, Connor is said to be an alien from Planet Zeist, and he created a shield around the earth to replace a dysfuncional ozone layer in the future.

oh. *snort* only YOU watched Highlander II!!

Wrong again, idiot. - dAN

Whether you like it or not, it is part of the mythos.

Lord Foul wrote:Yeah, I used to like Event Horizon, but nowadays it just looks like a cheesy horror film to me. The spaceship is essentially a haunted house, and yet the creators of the film seem to think that it's something special/more than a gimmick. Meh.

I'll rewatch. I am a sucker for old (cold war) sci-fi. I loved the invasion of the body snatchers. If that wasn't a commie vs usa metaphor, I'll eat my hat.