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Good Sci Fi?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:55 pm
by Rigel
One of the problems with the "Red Box" system, where you basically get the movie out of a vending machine located in grocery stores, fast food places, and such, is that you have very little information beyond the title of the movie and a movie poster.
That's the only reason we rented The Planet, and we will never rent it again.
In fact, it now holds the record for least amount of time we've actually watched, at 11 minutes total!
All of which is a long-winded way of asking, what are some good Sci Fi films that have come out recently?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:01 pm
by Cail
I don't think there have been any recently.
Check
www.imdb.com to make sure (or for better descriptions), but I can't recall seeing any decent sci-fi for a while.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:30 pm
by Cagliostro
I hear that movie about the sun is especially good, but it seems to split people. Those that love it REALLY seem to love it, and those that don't....well....don't. I don't remember the name now, so my apologies. All I know is it has Cillian Murphy in it, which makes me curious about it.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:31 pm
by Cagliostro
Thanks to my power of observation, there is a whole topic on the movie mentioned above on this very forum page of listings. It is called Sunshine. So there.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:14 pm
by danlo
Sunshine was good as was Equilibrium-I've heard that I Am Legend is pretty good too--not many serious Sci-Fis appear to be on the horizon...
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:34 pm
by wayfriend
Journey to the Center of the Earth ... if you're nine.
Star Wars: Clone Wars will be out any day.
Wall-E I hear was good.
X-Files has a movie out. Some like it.
Two Words. Space. Chimps.
10,000 BC?
Jumper?
Cloverfield?
Stargate: Continuum ...
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:25 am
by Cail
Sunshine was pretty good. I am Legend was sort of sci-fi I guess. Didn't see Jumper, and Cloverfield was more of a monster movie.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:53 pm
by Plissken
Really good SciFi is hard to get on the big screen - the best stuff requires the story to deal with larger issues and strong character development, and when the budget for the effects are factored in, the almost inevitable accompanying committee will start pissing all over the original script.
Witness I, Robot.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:09 pm
by Harbinger
At least you only wasted a buck. Probably sucked to have to take it back tho.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:06 pm
by Zarathustra
I'll probably have my Asimov fan membership revoked for this . . . but I kind of liked I Robot.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:06 pm
by Avatar
Shoot the blasphemer!
--A
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:10 pm
by Cail
Malik23 wrote:I'll probably have my Asimov fan membership revoked for this . . . but I kind of liked I Robot.
I enjoyed the Hell out of it. Sure, it's got nothing to do with Asimov's story, but it's a great yarn.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:13 pm
by Avatar
I'm too much of a purist. Maybe if I'd never read any Asimov.
--A
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:46 pm
by Menolly
I enjoyed Robin Williams Bicentennial Man. But I have never read the Asimov story.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:42 pm
by Rigel
Jumper and Cloverfield were good. But the one was more teen melodrama, and the other let the monster take a back seat to the story.
X-Files is more about conspiracies and coverups.
Come on, guys, I want good, old fashioned space aliens getting blown up! Something like Independance Day, or Men in Black, or The Last Starfighter!
Lately, the only movies like this have been comic book adaptations. I might have to wait for The Hulk on DVD to get my fix.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:02 pm
by wayfriend
Outlander should be out soon...
As an age old battle rages amongst the stars, Kainan's ship burns brightly as it crashes into the Nordic coast. As his space craft comes to rest in the fjords of ancient Norway, it's with dismay that Kainan realizes that he wasn't the only survivor. A second passenger, a Moorwen also emerges from the wreckage. A Fierce and animal-like creature, the Moorwen is intent on causing harm to those it perceives have wronged it. As the Moorwen kills everything in its path, Kainan must work together with the Vikings to destroy the beast before it destroys them all.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:32 pm
by Zarathustra
God, will someone please just make the Gap series into a movie franchise, already?!?
The next Terminator movie looks interesting.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:43 pm
by Cail
I am cautiously optimistic about both Terminator: Salvation and Avatar.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:33 pm
by Avatar
Menolly wrote:I enjoyed Robin Williams Bicentennial Man. But I have never read the Asimov story.
Couldn't sit through the movie...have read the story several times.
Cail wrote:...Avatar.
Really?
--A
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:39 pm
by Cail
No you lug nut....
Avatar.