The MoFo Top 100 Sci-Fi Films: Countdown [Archive] - Page 10

The Gunslinger45

04-02-17, 11:21 PM

I had Star Wars: A New Hope at number 12. It was the introduction to one of the film trilogies that defined my childhood but also made me a fan of film. Though it is not my favorite Star Wars movie that is like saying it is not my favorite Indiana Jones movie. I still love it and you better believe I am going to vote for it.

That being said, I too thought this was going to be higher. I was thinking an easy top 5. Kinda shocked it was so low. Also I had no idea The Thing would be this high.

1. Top 5 easy. A possible #1
2. Stalker (1979)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
4. The Avengers (2012)
5. Terminator 2:Judgment Day (1991)
6. The most likely #1
7. The Road Warrior (1981)
8. Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Predator (1987)
10. Mad Max (1979)
11. Jurassic Park (1993)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Heavy Metal (1981)
14. The Terminator (1984)
15. Return of the Jedi (1983)
16. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
17. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
18. Gravity (2013)
19. Aliens (1986)
20. Escape from New York (1981)
21. Independence Day (1996)
22. Planet of the Apes (1968)
23. I am guessing Top 5
24. Kinda shocked it made it this high. But not sad, great flick.
25. I am guessing Bottom to Middle of the Top 10

My List: 18
Seen: 76/95

Swan

04-02-17, 11:22 PM

I like the A New Hope. I like it a lawt.

mark f

04-02-17, 11:29 PM

My #1.
Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)

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Lucas takes a little bit of Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress and a whole lot of The Wizard of Oz, blends it with Buck Rogers serials, throws in a hip sense of humor, and voila! It's a nice combination of old veterans Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing with the "newcomers" Hamill, Ford and Fisher, plus it gives you James Earl Jones' ominous voice inside the covered-up bod of David Prowse (the weightlifter/bodyguard in A Clockwork Orange). I was there in the theatre on May 25, 1977, to see the opening of Star Wars. It was already a phenomenon. In fact, even though my bro and I bought our tickets 90 minutes in advance, we went to the book store to wait instead of standing in line. That meant that when we returned, there was only one seat available, so I let my younger brother sit while I stood in the back. It didn't matter. My mind was blown, plus we just stayed for a second show afterwards anyway. :cool: Then, when we walked out to my car, I had flyers for buying 20th Century stock from a local business. Well. I tossed those, even if I lost a pretty penny right there. I seem to recall the company's stock rising 50% the first week.

http://www.lesjones.com/www/images/posts/20060503_1_bg.jpg

What else can you say about the original Star Wars? To meatwad, I want to tell you how terrific this film looked on the bigscreen. You can talk and talk about improvements in the video/DVD/changes by Lucas, etc., but trust me, over 30 years ago, Star Wars was a mind-blowing experience. People in the audience cheered, laughed and gasped, often all at the same time, and there is no way in hell, you'll convince me that moviegoers were less-sophisticated 30 years ago. Hell, back then, the audience at least required a film to have a script and some decent acting! (and yes, why would anybody wanna rag on Star Wars for the acting? If you do, you must live in some flippin' shell. Ha! Don't worry, I'm not dangerous, YET.)

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/09/06/obiwankenobi_wideweb__430x276.jpg

I don't know what else to say about Star Wars which you don't already know. Everyone, except me, realizes that The Empire Strikes Back is far superior because it digs deeper into the mythos and creates "shocks". However, I still don't buy it. The Empire Strikes Back, my #80 film on this list, is a beautiful film and highly worthy of praise, but just like Godfather II, it needs some legs to stand on, and even then, it doesn't quite reach the heights of its predecessor. I know that puts me in the minority, but look at it this way; I've been in the minority for a LONG time. :)

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My List
1. Star Wars (#6)
3. The Incredibles (#98)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#18)
7. Planet of the Apes (1968) (#17)
8. Total Recall (#19)
9. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
11. The Empire Strikes Back (#8)
12. The Iron Giant (#50)
13. Altered States (#95)
14. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (#79)
16. Return of the Jedi (#47)
17. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (#21)
18. Gravity (#41)
19. Aliens (#12)
20. RoboCop (#28)
21. Jurassic Park (#13)
22. The Fly (1986) (#15)
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (#37)
25. Children of Men (#20)

Seen: 95/95
OFCS's Top 100 Sci-Fi Films (2010 edition): 47/95

Sunomis

04-03-17, 02:09 AM

And thus, after so much debate, it was written that New Hope is better than Empire.

Chypmunk

04-03-17, 02:46 AM

I voted for the original, the only one in that franchise that I did vote for.
Quite simply this movie was a phenomenon back in the day .... of course there'd been queues at our local kino before but the one for this literally went all the way round the block and even started on a second circuit and that was unheard of! Far too iconic a fillum to ever imagine leaving it off a ballot such as this.

Swan

04-03-17, 03:36 AM

the A New Hope

I'm gonna leave it.

gbgoodies

04-03-17, 03:38 AM

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope is my favorite of the Star Wars movies. I saw it in the theater when it was originally released, and it immediately became one of my favorite movies. It was #5 on my list. (The success of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope is also responsible for bringing Star Trek back. :))

Seen: 78-1/2 out of 95
My list: 12 so far

1) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
2) WALL·E (2008)
3) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
4) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
5) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
6) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
13) The Avengers (2012)
16) Source Code (2011)
21) Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
22) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
23) Galaxy Quest (1999)
24) Jurassic Park (1993)

MovieMeditation

04-03-17, 03:46 AM

CosmicRunaway

04-03-17, 06:36 AM

Unfortunately there's nothing new I can say about A New Hope that I didn't already cover when Empire made the Countdown.

Seen: 83/95
My List: 18

Three of the films on my list have long since missed their chance to make the Countdown. Not sure if I should reveal them now, so I'm just going to leave clues.

13. I had the main character from this film as my avatar
17. Has an awesome theme song by Queen
24. This also didn't make Omni's Action Countdown so I don't know why I put it on my list for this.

Swan

04-03-17, 06:39 AM

I need to rewatch the entire original trilogy before I can properly comment on the movies. I did not grow up with the original films so I saw them late and they didn't blow me away and I didn't fall in love with them. But we'll see for sure with a revisit.

I was the same way for a long time, but like a lot of movies and music I was overexposed to as a child, I have revisited them as an adult ("adult") with a fresh perspective and have come to really appreciate them. They bored me quite a bit growing up, but now I absolutely love them.

Cobpyth

04-03-17, 06:44 AM

Forcing people to watch films as an aid to brainwashing has been around for quite a while. Like I said, aside from the eye hooks (and whatever the wires are supposed to be) brainwashing via classical conditioning & forced association is not a futuristic concept.

Not at all in the extreme way in which it's presented in the film, though. There's a scientific basis to the whole concept, but the material parts, like the hooks and wires, and the extreme way in which he responds to the therapy are pure fiction. I think this film fits the sci-fi genre pretty well.

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From the Star Wars series, I only had The Empire Strikes Back at #7, which is by far my favorite from the series.

NedStark09

04-03-17, 08:31 AM

A New Hope Is number 1 film from my list and for me the original is still the best. Yes I know the light saber battle is not the best in this but by far for me when connect the films there is so much in that scene.

TheUsualSuspect

04-03-17, 08:35 AM

Despite my love for A Clockwork Orange, it did not receive a vote from me.

Star Wars did though, even if I prefer the other two films over it. It started something that cannot be denied and changed the way not only sci/fi movies are done, but films in general. It deserves to be on the list more than any other film in the franchise.

Still sticking with my claim that ALL my films make this list!!!!

1. Dark City
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4. The Matrix
5. Inception
6. Children of Men
7. Minority Report
8. Wall-E
9. District 9
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
11. Jurassic Park
12. E.T.
13.
14.
15. The 5th Element
16. Ghostbusters
17. Avatar
18. Moon
19. Serenity
20. Interstellar
21. Donnie Darko
22.
23. 12 Monkeys
24.
25. Edge of Tomorrow

honeykid

04-03-17, 09:06 AM

Two more from me. T2 was my #22. Despite the things I have trouble with, when this film works it works very well. That makes it fun enough for me to get past the other stuff and the fact that it still looks really good helps greatly there, too.

#8 on my list was the best of the Star Wars saga. Looks better, is better and, erm... Well, that's about it really. The only Star Wars film on my list (though, on reflection, maybe I should've included Star Wars) and something from my own 100, it was always going to be high on my list for this countdown.

I think I have one more film to come.

Well, A Clockwork Orange sucks...
Finally! We agree on this. ;)

mikeython1

04-03-17, 11:35 AM

I have a feeling we will see a Kubrick film today. :yup:

Nope1172

04-03-17, 12:26 PM

Number 5 coming up right now

Chypmunk

04-03-17, 12:30 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKuvJ7zG9LI

Nope1172

04-03-17, 12:35 PM

5
Back to the Future
(1985, Robert Zemeckis)
https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/scifi/lOSFxhl.jpg
485 Points, 33 Lists

Nope1172

04-03-17, 12:35 PM

The Stats
Back to the Future
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This film actually didn't receive a whole lot of votes towards the beginning of the countdown, but around the last few days it appeared on nearly every list putting it at a respectable fifth place and is the first film to be on over 30 lists.

The Placements
1st (x2)
4th (x3)
5th
6th
7th (x4)
8th (x3)
9th (x4)
10th (x2)
12th
13th
14th
16th
17th
18th
19th (x2)
21st
22nd (x2)
23rd
24th

NedStark09

04-03-17, 12:36 PM

Wonder what number 5 could be since all but 2 big movies i can think of are gone at this point.

Nope1172

04-03-17, 12:37 PM

In case anyone was wondering, no one correctly predicted the placement of Star Wars of Back to the Future

The Rodent

04-03-17, 12:39 PM

Damn, I was hoping this would be 2001.
Hope 2001 doesn't break the top 3.

NedStark09

04-03-17, 12:39 PM

Just as i spoke i get my answer and Its more or less as I predicted and wished was wrong. Should have for seen Back To The Future ahead of T2 And All 3 Star Wars movies. Most love this movie but I dont like it at all and its ok that its on the list for i figured it would. Its just a film that does not age well for me.

cricket

04-03-17, 12:46 PM

I haven't seen Back to the Future in a while but it's such a good movie I had to vote for it. It's so enormously entertaining.

My list-

#1 A Clockwork Orange (7th)
#2 Strange Days (81st)
#3 Aliens (12th)
#4 The Fly (15th)
#5 The Terminator (10th)
#6 RoboCop (28th)
#8 28 Days Later (85th)
#9 E.T. (21st)
#10 Back to the Future (5th)
#11 Total Recall (19th)
#12 The Hidden (82nd)
#13 Planet of the Apes (17th)
#19 Children of Men (20th)
#20 Seconds (84th)
#21 Donnie Darko (83rd)
#22 Interstellar (43rd)
#23 Ex-Machina (30th)
#24 Her (25th)
#25 They Live (45th)

2 more to come for me

Harry Lime

04-03-17, 12:49 PM

Damn, I was hoping this would be 2001.
Hope 2001 doesn't break the top 3.

It will be #1.

Harry Lime

04-03-17, 12:50 PM

Also had Star Wars at #3 and Back to the Future at #10.

Cobpyth

04-03-17, 12:51 PM

4) The Thing
3) Alien
2) Blade Runner
1) 2001: A Space Odyssey

The Rodent

04-03-17, 12:52 PM

Hope not.
For me 2001 is like A Clockwork Orange. I see the attraction, but it's overrated.

Cobpyth

04-03-17, 12:55 PM

It's impossible to overrate 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Clazor

04-03-17, 12:56 PM

No it's not. :p

CosmicRunaway

04-03-17, 12:58 PM

I removed the original Back to the Future from my shortlist in favour of the second film in the series, though it too got cut from the list before it was finalized. I still need to rewatch those two to determine which one I actually like more.

Seen: 84/96
My List: 18

The Rodent

04-03-17, 01:01 PM

MovieMeditation

04-03-17, 01:02 PM

I did not have BTTF on my list. None from the trilogy appeared on my list. I really enjoy the first one though and the second can be decent fun, while the third crashed completely with a rewatch for me...

The Rodent

04-03-17, 01:05 PM

dadgumblah

04-03-17, 01:12 PM

Star Wars did though, even if I prefer the other two films over it. It started something that cannot be denied and changed the way not only sci/fi movies are done, but films in general. It deserves to be on the list more than any other film in the franchise.

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This.

Again, along with Empire, I had hoped Star Wars IV: A New Hope would be in the Top 3. Alas, twas not to be! Still, glad it's high on the list, but I can't see Back to the Future beating it out. Don't get me wrong, I love all the BthF movies, but they had nowhere near the effect that any of the original Star Wars films had on me. In fact, it took a second trip to the cinema to see BthF before I felt love for the movie. I think the first trip had too much talking in the audience and too many candy-smacking, crying babies. :)

Anyway, Star Wars IV: A New Hope made #2 on my list. This movie was a game-changer, inspiring films that were very good to films that stank, but was almost single-handed in reviving (and improving) the Sci-Fi film genre. It's effect cannot be underappreciated. Plus, I was in awe the whole running time and couldn't wait to see it again. Saw it seven times, including the re-release (still the original, without George's tampering).

My list so far:
List so far:
#1 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back .8
#2 Star Wars VI: A New Hope .6
#3 The Day the Earth Stood Still .39
#4 Forbidden Planet .38
#5 Close Encounter of the Third Kind .17
#6 Aliens .12
#8 Invasion of the Body Snatchers .46
#12 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial .21
#13 Planet of the Apes .18
#15 The Road Warrior .31
#16 Twelve Monkeys .14
#17 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .35
#18 The War of the Worlds .90
#20 The Time Machine .69
#21 The Matrix .11
#22 The Terminator .10
#23 Logan's Run .71
#24 RoboCop .28
#25 The Fifth Element .34

The Rodent

04-03-17, 01:15 PM

I think the creepiest thing is in BTTF2 though...

Doc Brown has a "sleep-inducing alpha rhythm generator" called EZ Sleep that knocks people out for 1 hour.
He used it on Marty Jr. to complete the mission... but using it on Jennifer, the battery is almost dead and it doesn't work properly.

Doc Brown has an electronic Rohypnol machine.

With a flat battery.

What's he been using that for?

dadgumblah

04-03-17, 01:22 PM

BTTF3 Kid = Trilogy Ruined :D

What's he doing? Saying "Pay me NOW!" or trying to direct the cameraman? :p

MovieMeditation

04-03-17, 01:25 PM

Sedai

04-03-17, 01:32 PM

The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars, Back to the Future, and A Clockwork Orange were all on my list, sitting at 8, 16, 9, and 7, respectively.

mikeython1

04-03-17, 01:35 PM

It's impossible to overrate 2001: A Space Odyssey.

I could not agree with you more. You can not overrate the best Sci-Fi movie ever made. 2001 might actually place 1st and 2nd. 1 spot is just not enough. ;)

Cobpyth

04-03-17, 01:53 PM

:laugh:
Just because a movie was made over 40 years ago, doesn't mean it's classic.
I think a lot regard it as "good" because it's old... War Of The Worlds reminds me of the same thoughts. People rank it as classic... tends to make a lot of lists... but it's simply the age of the movie rather than how well made it is.

I'm afraid you're reading us 2001 fans completely wrong. We regard it as "good" because it's one of the most visionary, profound and beautiful films ever made, not simply because it's old and therefore classic.

Relatively, there are almost no "old" films that I regard as highly as 2001: A Space odyssey (or that are regarded as highly in general), so your argument about its age determining its perceived quality simply makes no sense from whichever way you look at it.

I've never been able to get into 2001.
Bland and boring at the start... and nonsense for the rest of it.

I can at least understand the "boring" part, but I'll never understand how anyone can think it's "bland" or "nonsense".

I'm sure I'll never convince you of thinking of this film in a different way than you are now, but at least you could respect the opinions of the film's fans a bit more, instead of wrongly arguing that their opinions are misplaced. ;)

Which of the remaining films do you hope wins, by the way? I'm guessing The Thing?

The Rodent

04-03-17, 02:05 PM

The Thing would be awesome for #1, I'd settle for Alien or Blade Runner though.

The Rodent

04-03-17, 02:11 PM

Swan

04-03-17, 02:34 PM

Nah they are definitely good movies IMO.

Cobpyth

04-03-17, 02:36 PM

Edit/addition: Like Clockwork... it's famous for being infamous. Made a splash when it came out because of its content... but actually has little redeeming quality.

You have a point that those films being infamous may have helped them becoming famous, but I severely disagree with your opinion that both of these films have little redeeming quality.
In my opinion, both films become even better and more interesting when you look past the things that superficially have made both films infamous at its time and actually observe the ideas that are communicated through them. I think those ideas still stand firmly today.

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I have all of the remaining four films on my list, so I would be happy with either of them getting the top spot, but two of them are placed significantly higher (they're my #1 and #2 actually) so naturally I'd like them to become number one a bit more than the other two.

Swan

04-03-17, 02:39 PM

Important to note that despite pretty much everyone around my age being completely desensitized to the violence in Clockwork Orange, a lot of us - a lot of young people, I mean - watch it and are blown away/love it. I notice this continuously, always have.

Citizen Rules

04-03-17, 02:39 PM

I think we're all waiting to hear if Captain Steel finds: Back to the Future and Star Wars IV...to be sci fi or not?

Swan

04-03-17, 02:42 PM

Back to the Future is clearly science fiction. It's about time travel. What's the debate?

Citizen Rules

04-03-17, 02:43 PM

Back to the Future is clearly science fiction. It's about time travel. What's the debate? We'll have to ask the Captain about that:p

Raven73

04-03-17, 03:22 PM

A New Hope was my #2.

I'm surprised that less than half of the lists submitted (28) listed Star Wars: A New Hope. Perhaps they consider it Fantasy as opposed to Sci-Fi? Perhaps they are not cool?:cool:

Raven73

04-03-17, 03:24 PM

BTTF3 Kid = Trilogy Ruined :D

http://i.imgur.com/FaXwK3r.gif

Is that for real? Now I'll have to go back and watch for it.

The Rodent

04-03-17, 03:26 PM

Yep, absolutely real.
He's known as the BTTF Creepy Kid.

mark f

04-03-17, 03:27 PM

Future was my #5.
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)http://applesandalligatorpears.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/back-to-the-future.jpg

Marvelous mainstream entertainment, which is so creative, scriptwise and visually, that it is difficult to conceive of improving upon it. Teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrust from 1985 back to 1955 through a series of events involving "mad scientist" Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and his time-traveling DeLorean. The only way Marty can get "back to the future" is to find the younger Doc Brown and enlist his help. However, Marty has also ended up at the time where his parents meet, and if he doesn't do something to help out, it looks like his parents will never get together. One of the funniest films ever made is also a real feel-good crowd pleaser.

Doc Brown: "Tell me, Future Boy, who's President in 1985?"
Marty: "Ronald Reagan."
Doc Brown: "Ronald Reagan? The Actor? Then who's Vice President? Jerry Lewis?"
My List
1. Star Wars (#6)
3. The Incredibles (#98)
5. Back to the Future (#5)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#18)
7. Planet of the Apes (1968) (#17)
8. Total Recall (#19)
9. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
11. The Empire Strikes Back (#8)
12. The Iron Giant (#50)
13. Altered States (#95)
14. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (#79)
16. Return of the Jedi (#47)
17. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (#21)
18. Gravity (#41)
19. Aliens (#12)
20. RoboCop (#28)
21. Jurassic Park (#13)
22. The Fly (1986) (#15)
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (#37)
25. Children of Men (#20)

Seen: 96/96
OFCS's Top 100 Sci-Fi Films (2010 edition): 48/96

Nope1172

04-03-17, 03:36 PM

Don't get me wring though, I'm not trying to disrespect fans of the film... but, I get the impression with 2001 that it's a default go-to-movie when talking about sci-fi.
Like, if someone asks someone to name an Arnie movie, the default answer of the populous is T2. Not The Terminator, or Predator, True Lies etc... it's T2 99% of the time.

For me, 2001 is famous for being famous.

Edit/addition: Like Clockwork... it's famous for being infamous. Made a splash when it came out because of its content... but actually has little redeeming quality.

But, of course, these are just my opinions :)
2001 is not famous for being famous, it's famous for being revolutionary. The film was made before anyone had even been in space, and it is still regarded by scientists as one of if not the most realistic depiction of zero gravity ever put to film. 2001 revolutionized visual effects, and made beautiful shots and landscapes 14 years before the first use of CGI in film. So even if you find the film boring or dislike it for some reason saying that it has "little redeeming qualities" is just ridiculous.

Sexy Celebrity

04-03-17, 04:22 PM

2001 is not famous for being famous, it's famous for being revolutionary. The film was made before anyone had even been in space

Before we went to the moon, yes, but not space.

Captain Steel

04-03-17, 04:41 PM

We'll have to ask the Captain about that:p

Time travel via a sci-fi technology no less!

My list so far:

3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
4. War of the Worlds (1953)
5. Forbidden Planet
7. The Time Machine (1960)
9. Planet of the Apes (1968)
11. Logan's Run
12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
16. Road Warrior
17. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
19. Back to the Future
20. Aliens
21. Robocop
22. Independence Day
23. Starship Troopers
25. District 9

NedStark09

04-03-17, 04:48 PM

I was thinking 3 and 2nd will be Blade Runner and Alien. Not sure about Fourth Place.

Kaplan

04-03-17, 04:55 PM

I didn't have either of the last two, though I love them both. And so I have the remaining four movies on my list. One of them is even my #1.

The Gunslinger45

04-03-17, 05:13 PM

I had Back to the Future at number 23. Along with Star Wars, Disney, the first five Star Trek movies, and Indiana Jones; Back to the Future was one of those film franchises that defined my childhood. I watched it repeatedly as a child. It was also the movie franchise that if one looks back, probably was most responsible for my potty mouth. Sure there was cursing in Indiana Jones, but Marty McFly used them often. I love the franchise and still consider it one of the strongest in film history.

1. Top 5 easy. A possible #1
2. Stalker (1979)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
4. The Avengers (2012)
5. Terminator 2:Judgment Day (1991)
6. The most likely #1
7. The Road Warrior (1981)
8. Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Predator (1987)
10. Mad Max (1979)
11. Jurassic Park (1993)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Heavy Metal (1981)
14. The Terminator (1984)
15. Return of the Jedi (1983)
16. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
17. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
18. Gravity (2013)
19. Aliens (1986)
20. Escape from New York (1981)
21. Independence Day (1996)
22. Planet of the Apes (1968)
23. Back to the Future (1985)
24. Kinda shocked it made it this high. But not sad, great flick.
25. Would have guess it would be lower. Great film though.

My List: 19
Seen: 77/96

Steve Freeling

04-03-17, 06:09 PM

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
2. Total Recall (1990)
3.
4.
5. Aliens (1986)
6. Altered States (1980)
7. Predator (1987)
8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Minority Report (2002)
11. Contact (1997)
12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
13. Arrival (2016)
14.
15.
16. The Terminator (1984)
17. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
18. RoboCop (1987)
19.
20.
21.
22. Back to the Future (1985)
23.
24.
25.

edarsenal

04-03-17, 08:53 PM

pretty much figured the first Star Wars would be in the top #10 for good reason and while Back to the Future is good, neither made my list.

My List: 21/25
#1 Should be in the top 3, if not the top spot
#2 very possibly top 5, maybe
#3 Serenity (#59)
#4 Gattaca (#51)
#5 Planet of the Apes (#17)
#6 Dark City (#48)
#7 Strange Days (#81)
#8 Matrix (#11)
#9 They Live (#45)
#10 Predestination (#56)
#11 Silent Running (#76)
#12 Ghost in the Machine (#64)
#13 12 Monkeys (#14)
#14 Wall-E (#16)
#15 Akira (#55)
#16 Her (#25)
#17 Brazil (#32)
#18 Time Machine (#69)
#19 A little surprised this did not make the list
#20 Minority Report (#63)
#21 Moon (#29)
#22 Ex Machina (#30)
#23 Logan's Run (#71)
#24 Not too surprised it didn't make it, a little disappointed, only a little
#25 The Fifth Element (#34)

Watched:71/96

Holden Pike

04-03-17, 09:27 PM

Back to the Future was on my list at number twelve. It's a pretty perfectly executed high-concept fun blockbuster that, ironically enough for a time travel movie, is timeless. The sequels are OK, amusing in spots, but were never, ever going to come close to the class and endless rewatchability of the original.

MY LIST
2. Solaris (#23)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#27)
6. Children of Men (#20)
7. 12 Monkeys (#14)
8. Moon (#29)
9. Her (#25)
11. Brazil (#32)
12. Back to the Future (#5)
13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956] (#46)
15. Stalker (#22)
16. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978] (#58)
17. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
18. The Hidden (#82)
20. Ghostbusters (#57)
22. The Fly (#15)
23. Guardians of the Galaxy (#77)
24. The Terminator (#10)
25. Safety Not Guaranteed (DNP)

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Captain Steel

04-03-17, 09:33 PM

I wonder when Enemy Mine (1985) will show up? ;)
Another I wished I had room for on my list because I love it! (yet, not even a mention in the top 100).

The Gunslinger45

04-03-17, 09:41 PM

Only 4 more spots to go. It is down to:

Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Alien
The Thing

Four flicks I either enjoy or love. Again I am floored The Thing made it this high. I would have expected it to be in the top 20 to top 15, and yet it will be in the top 4. Glad to see it get a lot of love.

Captain Steel

04-03-17, 09:45 PM

gbgoodies

04-04-17, 02:46 AM

Back to the Future is easily the best movie of the trilogy, and it was #8 on my list.

Seen: 79-1/2 out of 96
My list: 13 (No more movies from my list will make the countdown.)

1) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
2) WALL·E (2008)
3) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
4) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
5) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
6) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
8) Back to the Future (1985)
13) The Avengers (2012)
16) Source Code (2011)
21) Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
22) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
23) Galaxy Quest (1999)
24) Jurassic Park (1993)

Iroquois

04-04-17, 05:50 AM

spookiemoviemania

04-04-17, 07:00 AM

My top 5 sci fi are:

War of the Worlds (original)
Close Encounters
ET
Night of the Damned (Brit)
Body Snatchers (original)

Top of my worst list is 2001 A Space Osdyssey. One of only two films I have walked out on.

TheUsualSuspect

04-04-17, 08:22 AM

Back to the Future was my #22. Just too much fun to not put it on my list. It's a classic in terms of sci/fi, and comedy. My wife loves it too, it was one of our first date movies (behind The Incredibles)

She loves to quote the sequel though. Anytime someone says Fruit, she yells out Fruit...Fruit please....

1. Dark City
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4. The Matrix
5. Inception
6. Children of Men
7. Minority Report
8. Wall-E
9. District 9
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
11. Jurassic Park
12. E.T.
13.
14.
15. The 5th Element
16. Ghostbusters
17. Avatar
18. Moon
19. Serenity
20. Interstellar
21. Donnie Darko
22. Back to the Future
23. 12 Monkeys
24.
25. Edge of Tomorrow

Anyone else gonna hit 100%???

Nope1172

04-04-17, 06:59 PM

Number 4 coming right up!

Cobpyth

04-04-17, 06:59 PM

The Thing

Captain Steel

04-04-17, 07:05 PM

Chant-start: "Zar-doz! Zar-doz! Zar-doz!"

Nope1172

04-04-17, 07:29 PM

4
Alien
(1979, Ridley Scott)
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617 Points, 40 Lists

Nope1172

04-04-17, 07:30 PM

The Stats
Alien
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It is crazy how far ahead the Top 4 were from the rest of the list. Alien is 132 Points ahead of Back to the Future and is also featured on seven more lists. Another interesting thing to note its that Alien is the only film in the Top 9 not be placed first on a list.
The Placements
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77topaz

04-04-17, 07:35 PM

Alien was #13 on my list, while Back to the Future narrowly missed out on it. Two films from my list left to go, which I can only surmise will be #1 and #2. Funnily enough, this will likely be the second countdown in a row (after the 1950's one) where the film at #3 was expected to be lower, maybe not even in the top 10.

My list so far, with predictions:
1. Most likely #1
2. The Matrix (#11)
3. Contact (#49)
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#18)
5. Interstellar (#43)
6. Inception (#24)
7. Didn't make it
8. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
9. Ex Machina (#30)
10. Children of Men (#20)
11. Avatar (#80)
12. Most likely #2
13. Alien (#4)
14. Didn't make it
15. Dune (#99)
16. WALL-E (#16)
17. Didn't make it
18. Didn't make it
19. Metropolis (#36)
20. Didn't make it
21. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (#35)
22. Gattaca (#51)
23. Serenity (#59)
24. Strange Days (#81)
25. Earthbound (one-pointer)

The Rodent

04-04-17, 07:35 PM

Damn... hoping that was going to be 2001.

But... I had Alien on my list :D
My List: 16/25
Seen: 91/97

24. Interstellar - 43rd
23. Logan’s Run - 71st
22. Galaxy Quest - 88th
20. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) - 58th
16. Silent Running (1972) - 86th
14. Sunshine (2007) - 52nd
13. Event Horizon (1997) - 93rd
11. Independence Day - 40th
10. Alien - 4th
09. Aliens - 12th
07. Jurassic Park - 13th
06. Dredd (2012) - 96th
05. Moon (2009) - 29th
04. Predator (1987) - 26th
03. The Fly (1986) - 15th
02. RoboCop (1987) - 28th

CosmicRunaway

04-04-17, 07:42 PM

I had Alien at #6.

It took me awhile to decide whether I wanted to include Alien or Aliens on my list. I like the sequel from an action movie standpoint, but I think the original does the sci-fi and horror a bit better. I think I may have seen Aliens before I saw Alien, which might contribute to why I sometimes gravitate towards that one more. As a kid I definitely preferred more action sequences than atmosphere, though that's not necessarily the case now.

Seen: 85/97
My List: 19

01. Dredd (2012) - #96
02. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - #66
03. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - #35
04. The Martian (2015) - #60
05. Coming soon.
06. Alien (1979)
07. The Fly (1986) - #15
08. Metropolis (1927) - #36
09. Galaxy Quest (1999) - #88
10. Brazil (1985) - #32
11. Dark City (1998) - #48
12. Twelve Monkeys (1995)- #14
13. Didn't make it.
14. Robocop (1987) - #28
15. Coming soon.
16. Videodrome (1983) - #53
17. Didn't make it.
18. Forbidden Planet (1956) - #38
19. Arrival (2016) - #33
20. Coming soon.
21. The Road Warrior (1981) - #31
22. Strange Days (1995) - #81
23. Ex Machina (2015) - #30
24. Didn't make it.
25. Primer (2004) - #44

Harry Lime

04-04-17, 07:53 PM

I had Alien at #19. I'm surprised The Thing made it to the top 3 - very impressive.

The Gunslinger45

04-04-17, 08:06 PM

I had Alien at #25. I prefer Aliens, but I still had to vote for it. It is a great movie.

1. Top 5 easy. A possible #1
2. Stalker (1979)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
4. The Avengers (2012)
5. Terminator 2:Judgment Day (1991)
6. The most likely #1
7. The Road Warrior (1981)
8. Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Predator (1987)
10. Mad Max (1979)
11. Jurassic Park (1993)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Heavy Metal (1981)
14. The Terminator (1984)
15. Return of the Jedi (1983)
16. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
17. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
18. Gravity (2013)
19. Aliens (1986)
20. Escape from New York (1981)
21. Independence Day (1996)
22. Planet of the Apes (1968)
23. Back to the Future (1985)
24. Kinda shocked it made it this high. But not sad, great flick.
25. Alien (1979)

My List: 20
Seen: 78/97

cricket

04-04-17, 08:10 PM

Alien was my #14. Along with Dawn of the Dead, it was one of only two movies my parents wouldn't let me see right away. It wasn't until 1982 when I was 11 that I got it from the library. I do prefer Aliens by a significant margin, but I think Alien is pretty much a masterpiece in horror.

My list-

#1 A Clockwork Orange (7th)
#2 Strange Days (81st)
#3 Aliens (12th)
#4 The Fly (15th)
#5 The Terminator (10th)
#6 RoboCop (28th)
#8 28 Days Later (85th)
#9 E.T. (21st)
#10 Back to the Future (5th)
#11 Total Recall (19th)
#12 The Hidden (82nd)
#13 Planet of the Apes (17th)
#14 Alien (4th)
#19 Children of Men (20th)
#20 Seconds (84th)
#21 Donnie Darko (83rd)
#22 Interstellar (43rd)
#23 Ex-Machina (30th)
#24 Her (25th)
#25 They Live (45th)

Clazor

04-04-17, 08:10 PM

Catch up time again, then:

Her (#25) made my list at #3. A beautiful and yet somewhat disturbing movie at times. Phoenix did a great job as the lonely writer who falls for his OS/AI. Brutal ending that would (and did) make a robot cry.

Inception (#24) landed on #17 for me. One of my favourite Nolan movies and a movie where I notice some new small thing or come up with some new way to make my mind hurt every time I watch it. Love the music, love the actors and love the very premiss.

WALL-E (#16) was my #2, just beaten by Iron Giant. I could watch the first 20 min of this along side the opening of UP and I can't make up my mind which one I love more. It's totally a day to day decition.

The Terminator (#10) slid in on a 12th place on my list. Without a doubt my favourite Terminator and the best movie James Cameron has ever made after Aliens.

Back To The Future (#5) was for the longest time not on my list, in favour of part II, which sat at #16. But then, as I did my final rundown I just couldn't do it, so part II had to give way to the original.

And finally, Alien (#4), which I have at #10. Cameron's movie in the franchise may be my favourite of his, but in the alien universe, nothing can beat the Daddy of the series. The trailer alone is magnificent, and the movie tops even that.

Seen 75/97

My list:

1 Iron Giant (1999)
2 WALL-E (2008)
3 Her (2013) 23p
4 Will not make it
5 Will not make it
6 The Martian (2015)
7 Wreck-it Ralph (2012)
8 Serenity (2005)
9 Will not make it
10 Alien (1979)
11 Will not make it
12 The Terminator (1984)
13 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
14 Will make it
15 Will not make it
16 Back to the Future (1985)
17 Inception (2010)
18 Ghost in the Shell (1995)
19 The Fifth Element (1997)
20 Silent Running (1972)
21 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
22 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
23 Will not make it
24 Gattaca (1997)
25 They Live (1988)

Cobpyth

04-04-17, 08:20 PM

Alien was my #16. The sequel is one of the greatest action films ever made for sure, but the original's mysterious atmosphere won me over even more. Groundbreaking film.

Kaplan

04-04-17, 08:48 PM

I had Alien at #7 and I like it way more than Aliens.

My List:

2. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
3. Metropolis (#36)
4. 12 Monkeys (#14)
5. Brazil (#32)
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (#46)
7. Alien (#4)
9. World on a Wire (#73)
11. Forbidden Planet (#38)
12. The Fly (#15)
13. The Terminator (#10)
14. Planet of the Apes (#17)
15. Total Recall (#19)
17. Moon (#29)
18. Solaris (#23)
22. Logan’s Run (#71)
25. Ghost in the Shell (#64)

Citizen Rules

04-04-17, 09:13 PM

Glad to see Alien make the top 5. It's a very influential movie. I didn't have it on my list as I knew it would do good without my help. I do hold the movie in high esteem, if you don't believe me;) read my short review.

Alien (1979)
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphett Kotto
Genre: Sci Fi, Horror
Length: 117 minutes

Synopsis: The crew of the commercial tow vessel Nostrom is waken from cryogenic sleep to investigate a mysterious distress call on an unexplored planet. There they find the wreck of an alien vessel that is infested with eggs of a Xenomorphic alien species. As the crew heads back to Earth, they realize they're not alone. CR

This review is for the original 1979 theatrical release, there's also a Director's Cut which was released in 2003.

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The Sets: At the very start of the film, the first thing we see is a long tracking shot of the detailed interior of the ship...it's amazing. All the sets are stunning in this film. We're treated to many different views of the Nostromo. Each section of the ship has it's own styling.

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Cinematography: Ridley Scott knows how to give his films ambiance! His secret is dark subdued lighting and smoke. Ridley is famous for using lots of smoke and mist. This partially obscures the background, making the sets look like they go on forever. Low Key Lighting is also used and gives a shadowy dark look for a greater field of depth and realism to the sets. Ridley knows how to take his time with a scene, the camera is never rushed.

Music Score: The score is perfection. It's eerie and spellbinding. We feel the music score but never think about it, and that's the way it should be. The score sets the mood without getting in the way.

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Characters: The crew of the Nostromo are a motley crew. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the lead. She's a take charge, no nonsense woman. And she's also very human and at times afraid... which makes us afraid for her. Her concern for her cat Jones adds a nice human touch.

H. R. Giger: He was the designer of the Alien creature and his work influenced the interior of the alien ship. Many movies have been influenced either directly or indirectly by this amazing artist. Sadly he died in 2014 from a fall at the age of 74.
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Alien set the bar for other sci fi horror films...After 30 years it's still amazing.

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mark f

04-04-17, 09:20 PM

I had Alien at #15. I remember seeing it several times on the Big Newport's humongous screen and later at FILMEX's 50-hour horror marathon back-to-back with The Exorcist. Even after all these years and newer movies, it still has the strong basic foundation, combined with a sense of originality due to Giger's art direction and creature designs, to qualify as one of the scariest, most-visionary horrors and sci-fis ever made. Of course, I wasn't really aware at the time that much of Giger's work was originally prepared for Jodorowsky's Dune which couldn't get a green light from Hollywood moneymen imbeciles, although it seems to fit in seamlessly in Ridley Scott's second film.
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) 4Alien is a classic and one of those films which should be seen on as large a screen as possible. True, it borrows a lot from It! The Terror from Beyond Space and Planet of the Vampires, but its budget and technical/creative team (including H.R. Giger) allow it to be far more spectacular than those low-budget flicks. Alien is a terriifc example of a sci-fi/horror flick. The first half is mind-bending sci-fi showing things which had never really been shown before, especially within what appeared to be such spectacular and wide-open sets (even if some were matte paintings). The second half is one of the better claustrophobic monster-on-the-loose flicks aboard the spaceship. This film should really belong in the mafo's MoFo 100 List (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=14820). :cool:
My fave Alien scene is the long scene down on the planet where they find an enormous underground world, and the eggs on the surface. Then John Hurt sticks his head down a little too close...POW! For me, that scene climaxes with the chest buster.
My List
1. Star Wars (#6)
3. The Incredibles (#98)
5. Back to the Future (#5)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#18)
7. Planet of the Apes (1968) (#17)
8. Total Recall (#19)
9. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
11. The Empire Strikes Back (#8)
12. The Iron Giant (#50)
13. Altered States (#95)
14. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (#79)
15. Alien (#4)
16. Return of the Jedi (#47)
17. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (#21)
18. Gravity (#41)
19. Aliens (#12)
20. RoboCop (#28)
21. Jurassic Park (#13)
22. The Fly (1986) (#15)
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (#37)
25. Children of Men (#20)

Seen: 97/97
OFCS's Top 100 Sci-Fi Films (2010 edition): 49/97

NedStark09

04-04-17, 09:40 PM

Alien is my number 5th film from my list. Probably the first movie other then They Live or V to change aliens from being short friendly aliens with big round eyes too Aliens that totally made you affraid as a child to sleep in the dark and think about alien invasion stories where you can never see aliens the same. Alien more or less is the Jaws of the Alien movie world that makes you affraid instead to go in the water but too sleep in your bed with the window cracked open.

Citizen Rules

04-04-17, 09:54 PM

... Alien more or less is the Jaws of the Alien movie world that makes you afraid instead to go in the water but too sleep in your bed with the window cracked open.Alien makes me afraid to eat a hard boiled egg! Or spaghetti;)

The Rodent

04-04-17, 09:56 PM

Alien makes me afraid to eat a hard boiled egg! Or spaghetti;)

Boiled egg, with spaghetti... and a glass of milk?

Fabulous

04-04-17, 10:00 PM

I had Alien on my list. I sometimes go back and forth on it, but more times than not I prefer it over the sequel.

Iroquois

04-04-17, 10:49 PM

I had Alien at #7. I ran the series earlier this year and found that it definitely held up, though I'm still a little reluctant to give it the full five stars (or popcorns).

dadgumblah

04-04-17, 11:02 PM

Nice! Even though I had Alien at #7 on my list, it's still a favorite. I love the sequel more, but the first is iconic and one of the Sci-Fi classics of all time. I can remember seeing it at one of those mostly-now-defunct grand palace type theaters, the ones that had a balcony and showed only one film at at time. Here's what it looked like in the good old days:

http://www.avnetwork.com/portals/0/SCN_09_13_small-295.jpg

http://watermarkgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ridglea.jpg (this was when the balcony was walled up into two small theaters, thereby showing three movies a day).

Anyway, just a stroll down memory lane. I took my first steady girlfriend to see Alien and while I wasn't scared a bit, she dug her nails into my arm and drew some blood when the chestburster scene came along. Also when Captain Dallas was greeted by the xenomorph in the ship's tunnels. More than feeling hurt, I was jazzed, thinking that I'd be called on to comfort her after the movie was over...I was. :randy: Good times. Loved the movie, too.

My list so far:
List so far:
#1 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back .8
#2 Star Wars VI: A New Hope .6
#3 The Day the Earth Stood Still .39
#4 Forbidden Planet .38
#5 Close Encounter of the Third Kind .17
#6 Aliens .12
#7 Alien .4
#8 Invasion of the Body Snatchers .46
#9
#10
#11
#12 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial .21
#13 Planet of the Apes .18
#14
#15 The Road Warrior .31
#16 Twelve Monkeys .14
#17 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .35
#18 The War of the Worlds .90"
#19
#20 The Time Machine .69
#21 The Matrix .11
#22 The Terminator .10
#23 Logan's Run .71
#24 RoboCop .28
#25 The Fifth Element .34

TheUsualSuspect

04-04-17, 11:05 PM

I had Alien at #13. On par with the sequel and one of the most influential horror sci/fi films ever done. Disappointed I missed the opportunity to see it in theatres.

1. Dark City
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4. The Matrix
5. Inception
6. Children of Men
7. Minority Report
8. Wall-E
9. District 9
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
11. Jurassic Park
12. E.T.
13. Alien
14.
15. The 5th Element
16. Ghostbusters
17. Avatar
18. Moon
19. Serenity
20. Interstellar
21. Donnie Darko
22. Back to the Future
23. 12 Monkeys
24.
25. Edge of Tomorrow

Captain Steel

04-04-17, 11:37 PM

My list so far:

3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
4. War of the Worlds (1953)
5. Forbidden Planet
7. The Time Machine (1960)
9. Planet of the Apes (1968)
11. Logan's Run
12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
14. Alien
16. Road Warrior
17. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
19. Back to the Future
20. Aliens
21. Robocop
22. Independence Day
23. Starship Troopers
25. District 9

edarsenal

04-04-17, 11:41 PM

I am one of the 3 that had Alien at #2. The tension and suspense of this movie at the theater was nerve-racking. I remember waiting in at the velvet rope as the show before was closing up and hearing all the screaming. And then, silence. The crowd of us figured that it was just about over and the credits would be rolling and we'd all file --- holy ***** MORE SCREAMING.
Was on pins and needles BEFORE the lights went down and the d@mn thing even started!! lol

My List: 22/25
#1 Should be in the top 3, if not the top spot
#2 Alien
#3 Serenity (#59)
#4 Gattaca (#51)
#5 Planet of the Apes (#17)
#6 Dark City (#48)
#7 Strange Days (#81)
#8 Matrix (#11)
#9 They Live (#45)
#10 Predestination (#56)
#11 Silent Running (#76)
#12 Ghost in the Machine (#64)
#13 12 Monkeys (#14)
#14 Wall-E (#16)
#15 Akira (#55)
#16 Her (#25)
#17 Brazil (#32)
#18 Time Machine (#69)
#19 A little surprised this did not make the list
#20 Minority Report (#63)
#21 Moon (#29)
#22 Ex Machina (#30)
#23 Logan's Run (#71)
#24 Not too surprised it didn't make it, a little disappointed, only a little
#25 The Fifth Element (#34)

Watched:72/97

Holden Pike

04-05-17, 09:14 AM

Alien was fourteenth on my list and could have been higher, but I knew it didn't need my help to place way up on the collective list. The three remaining flicks are in my top ten.

MY LIST
2. Solaris (#23)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#27)
6. Children of Men (#20)
7. 12 Monkeys (#14)
8. Moon (#29)
9. Her (#25)
11. Brazil (#32)
12. Back to the Future (#5)
13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956] (#46)
14. Alien (#4)
15. Stalker (#22)
16. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978] (#58)
17. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
18. The Hidden (#82)
20. Ghostbusters (#57)
22. The Fly (#15)
23. Guardians of the Galaxy (#77)
24. The Terminator (#10)
25. Safety Not Guaranteed (DNP)

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Omnizoa

04-05-17, 09:21 AM

7. A Clockwork Orange (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1680074#post1680074)
Whut.

Omnizoa

04-05-17, 09:31 AM

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=29680

So making people become unable of physically doing crimes by making them watch specially designed films is not "science fiction" according to you?
No, because it's not fictional (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aversion_therapy). The movie is specifically criticizing an existing practice.

Cobpyth

04-05-17, 09:40 AM

No, because it's not fictional (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aversion_therapy). The movie is specifically criticizing an existing practice.

Read further in the thread. I specifically said that the extreme consequences of the therapy, as portrayed in the film, were fictional. That's an indisputable given. The film uses these fictional extreme results to criticize the practice even if it would perfectly work as intended.

Sedai

04-05-17, 09:53 AM

I had Ridley Scott's Alien at number 3 on my list. I watched both Alien and Aliens in the past couple of weeks, and although I enjoy both films, I prefer the slow build and palpable tension of the original. Groundbreaking in many ways, Alien is seminal stuff.

Omnizoa

04-05-17, 10:01 AM

Read further in the thread. I specifically said that the extreme consequences of the therapy, as portrayed in the film, were fictional. That's an indisputable given. The film uses these fictional extreme results to criticize the practice even if it would perfectly work as intended.
That would rather imply every instance of technological caricaturization, exaggeration, and outright plot contrivance would qualify the movie as "science fiction" wouldn't it?

If Protagonist A gets sick with Nonspecific Death Fever and Doctor Guy encourages Protagonist B to find Patient Zero so they can reverse engineer an antidote in under 24 hours before it kills him, and they do... and that obviously pushes the bounds of current medical technology... "Science Fiction"?

Sunomis

04-05-17, 10:15 AM

I think we're all waiting to hear if Captain Steel finds: Back to the Future and Star Wars IV...to be sci fi or not?

But the real question, I think, is how rated those movies are. Are they underrated for not making top 3, or overrated for being this high on the list in comparison with movies that I like better, such as, Dune or Brazil. It's the latter by the way.

By the way, the next movies to show up are going to be

The Thing
Blade Runner
2001

Cobpyth

04-05-17, 10:26 AM

That would rather imply every instance of technological caricaturization, exaggeration, and outright plot contrivance would qualify the movie as "science fiction" wouldn't it?

If that fictional and obvious exaggeration is the main plot point of the film, as is the case in A Clockwork Orange, I'd say it's reasonable to call it "sci-fi", yes.

If Protagonist A gets sick with Nonspecific Death Fever and Doctor Guy encourages Protagonist B to find Patient Zero so they can reverse engineer an antidote in under 24 hours before it kills him, and they do... and that obviously pushes the bounds of current medical technology... "Science Fiction"?

How would you say this example is analogous to A Clockwork Orange? I want to understand which parts you think are analogous first before I can compare the two. It's hard to say sometimes if something is sci-fi or not, based on one sentence. What would be the central fictional part of the story?

Captain Steel

04-05-17, 11:16 AM

My point about Clockwork was that it was light on sci-fi elements, so light in fact that it didn't need to be set in the future (except for maybe the idea that the government had adopted brainwashing as a form of rehabilitation for criminals). It could've easily been a fiction taking place in the era it was filmed.

Brings us back to one of my earlier questions: does just a future setting (dystopian or otherwise) make a movie a science fiction? We acknowledge Road Warrior as one, but not The Road (yet they both deal with survival in a dystopian future).

Omni's question reminded me of how I've called Charly (1968) a medical science fiction - it has no other sci-fi elements outside of a fictional medical discovery that repairs brains so most wouldn't even think to classify it as sci-fi.

Chypmunk

04-05-17, 11:42 AM

Alien is a film that I adore - far superior to any of the sequels in terms of atmosphere and narrative. Sadly it didn't make my list though - it really should have, and highly placed too, but my brain completely farted as I concentrated on not missing giving any of the lesser lights a chance.

MovieMeditation

04-05-17, 11:44 AM

Alien was my #11.

I love both this and its sequel pretty much equally. Sometimes they switch around a bit. Anyways, a masterful film full of tension and great build-up. Great set design and cinematography too. Always a great watch.

Sunomis

04-05-17, 11:46 AM

I think it's not just the science that makes Clockwork science-fiction, but the universe in which the movie is set.

The overwhelming power of the government, which is not only capable of modifying behaviours, but also present at every level of a person's life. I'm thinking about Alex's probation agent, Mr Deltoid. Although such people actually exist in the real world, his slighly abusing power over Alex give the movie a 1984 vibe.

There's also the dystopian feel of it, in a world where it is hype to speak a form of russian slang. Back in the days, it would certainly add to the science-fiction horror of it all.

Omnizoa

04-05-17, 12:39 PM

If that fictional and obvious exaggeration is the main plot point of the film, as is the case in A Clockwork Orange, I'd say it's reasonable to call it "sci-fi", yes.
I disagree, because it isn't fictional. It's merely as contrived a reality as any given action movie in which the protagonist never reloads his gun. Just because it centers around the protagonist shooting a lot of bullets doesn't mean society has developed some groundbreaking new firearm with a bottomless clip.

how is it that a fragmentation grenade will explode outward with a wall of fire?I mean, Danny in Unleashed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unleashed_%28film%29) is similarly conditioned offscreen, is it just because there's weird-lookin' paraphernalia on their head that makes it science fiction?

It's hard to say sometimes if something is sci-fi or not, based on one sentence. What would be the central fictional part of the story?
I've already elaborated on what conditions I think a movie should or should not be considered science fiction when Mad Max was discussed months ago.

sci·ence fic·tion
noun
fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.((Mandatory Part A))fiction
based on imagined
future
advances { scientific OR technological }
AND ((Mandatory Part B))
major changes { social OR environmental }
((Example Demonstration))
frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.

I think it's not just the science that makes Clockwork science-fiction, but the universe in which the movie is set.

The overwhelming power of the government, which is not only capable of modifying behaviours, but also present at every level of a person's life. I'm thinking about Alex's probation agent, Mr Deltoid. Although such people actually exist in the real world, his slighly abusing power over Alex give the movie a 1984 vibe.
That's extraordinarily flimsy.

Citizen Rules

04-05-17, 12:49 PM

...Brings us back to one of my earlier questions: does just a future setting (dystopian or otherwise) make a movie a science fiction?... It does if IMDB says it does. Seriously, that was the criteria for the countdown: if IMDB had a movie tagged as sci fi, it counted as sci fi and qualified for the countdown.

As far as the general terms of genre goes, it's subjective so there's no black or white answers...like life labels serve a purpose but are never absolute. If you feel a movie is not sci fi, you are correct, from your own viewpoint. You may or may not be correct for another persons viewpoint.

I'd venture a guess, that the majority of people consider most movies that are set in the future, especially dystopian futures to be sci fi like.

Cobpyth

04-05-17, 01:01 PM

I disagree, because it isn't fictional. It's merely as contrived a reality as any given action movie in which the protagonist never reloads his gun. Just because it centers around the protagonist shooting a lot of bullets doesn't mean society has developed some groundbreaking new firearm with a bottomless clip.

This must be one of the most terrible analogies I've ever read. Not needing to reload guns does not have any thematic implications. Being completely unable to do anything that society has decided is immoral as a result of a therapy does have serious thematic implications and is therefore extremely vital and essential to the story. It's pure fiction.

Let's break this down:

((Mandatory Part A))
fiction
based on imagined
future
advances { scientific OR technological }

Clearly, there's an imagined advancement in A Clockwork Orange in the scientific psychological area of aversion therapy. There's no question.

AND ((Mandatory Part B))
major changes { social OR environmental }

There obviously are major social and environmental changes.

frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.

The key here is "frequently". It's not a necessary characteristic.

Swan

04-05-17, 01:02 PM

Alien is great, was my all-time favorite film for a long time. Too low! :p

Sunomis

04-05-17, 01:19 PM

That's extraordinarily flimsy.

Thank you for this feed-back, I'll try to do better next time. As for "major social changes", I still do think these are valid intuitions though (even if too flimsy to make a point).

Omnizoa

04-05-17, 01:36 PM

This must be one of the most terrible analogies I've ever read. Not needing to reload guns does not have any thematic implications. Being completely unable to do anything that society has decided is immoral as a result of a therapy does have serious thematic implications and is therefore extremely vital and essential to the story. It's pure fiction.
It's a plausible consequence of aversion therapy.

Clearly, there's an imagined advancement in A Clockwork Orange in the scientific psychological area of aversion therapy. There's no question.
If there were no question, I wouldn't dispute it.

There obviously are major social and environmental changes.
Even if you call the normalization of robots in a human population a like "major social change", this still hinges upon there actually being a scientific/technological advancement. The movie refers to an existing practice and merely appends a fictional name to it. This is totally unlike Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind wherein a NEW technology is introduced and it has an observable effect on peoples' relationships.

Aversion therapy already exists, and what's demonstrated in the movie is the approximate intended consequences of said therapy, dramatized for effect.

Cobpyth

04-05-17, 02:04 PM

It's a plausible consequence of aversion therapy.

Noone ever said that Science Fiction can't be plausible. The fact is that the extreme consequences are fictional, which is the only thing that counts in this discussion.

Anyway, at least you didn't deny that your analogy was terrible. That's something.

If there were no question, I wouldn't dispute it.

So you dispute that there is an imagined advancement? Then I urge you to read up on the effectiveness of aversion therapy in present day, because it surely isn't as advanced as in A Clockwork Orange.

Even if you call the normalization of robots in a human population a like "major social change", this still hinges upon there actually being a scientific/technological advancement. The movie refers to an existing practice and merely appends a fictional name to it. This is totally unlike Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind wherein a NEW technology is introduced and it has an observable effect on peoples' relationships.

It's not because the technology or medical practices that are being used during A Clockwork Orange's aversion therapy are never truly explained, that they can't be new. It only seems logical that extreme fictional results would require technological or scientific advancements when compared to our current real world.

Aversion therapy already exists, and what's demonstrated in the movie is the approximate intended consequences of said therapy, dramatized for effect.

Fictional advancement in already existing areas of science is also science-fiction.

I'm saying all this, keeping in mind my former statements about how the scientific advancements need to be vital to the story and can't just be very minor details. They need to contribute to the film's ideas and themes, which is clearly the case in A Clockwork Orange.

Omnizoa

04-05-17, 03:29 PM

Noone ever said that Science Fiction can't be plausible. The fact is that the extreme consequences are fictional,
They're not extreme consequences, that's what I keep saying.

Anyway, at least you didn't deny that your analogy was terrible. That's something.
http://i42.tinypic.com/33f6vja.jpg

So you dispute that there is an imagined advancement? Then I urge you to read up on the effectiveness of aversion therapy in present day, because it surely isn't as advanced as in A Clockwork Orange.
How about the effectiveness of defibrillators or the police's ability to trace a call (https://brightside.me/creativity-art/12-myths-that-movies-made-us-believe-189505/)? What about hacking computers, is every movie whose plot turns on an unrealistic portrayals of these things a sci-fi movie?

I don't need to Google why aversion therapy is unreliable, that was the purpose of the movie, but it is plot convenient that it manifests in such a way as to show that. Conditioning does exist and you can prove it with any given person who seeks a bathroom when they need to pee. You can also prove it by showing your average movie goer video of a dark room silent enough to hear a pindrop. They tense in anticipation of a jumpscare.

There are sounds that give me headaches and smells that make me nauseous, it's really not that big of a leap in logic that someone could be conditioned to feel ill in response to something specific. That such a thing is not only possible, but incapacitating, is simply convenient to the story.

To say otherwise is simply convenient to this thread. And inconvenient to people who think Kubrick can do no wrong.

They need to contribute to the film's ideas and themes, which is clearly the case in A Clockwork Orange.
They do, regardless of whether or not it is purported in-universe to be an advanced technology, or it is merely a creative liberty.

Captain Steel

04-05-17, 03:53 PM

I'm loving this argument! But I have to ask Omnizoa, do you consider Clockwork a science fiction movie?

Raven73

04-05-17, 07:18 PM

Alien was my #25.

mark f

04-05-17, 07:32 PM

Tonight ON TCM, they're having a Zsa Zsa Gabor festival, but specifically for this countdown - at 12:15AM EST/9:15PM PST
https://cdn3.volusion.com/bxqxk.xvupj/v/vspfiles/photos/SIXSHEET111-2.jpg?1327064021

NedStark09

04-05-17, 08:11 PM

Predictions For Next 2 Picks

3 Blade Runner

2 2001 A Space Odessey.

edarsenal

04-05-17, 08:44 PM

Raven73

04-05-17, 08:55 PM

Yep, absolutely real.
He's known as the BTTF Creepy Kid.

Confirmed! I've watched the movie 15+ times and never noticed that! LMAO.
:laugh:

Apparently Verne was pointing to his Jules.

I wonder if the editor caught that in the editing room and just let it go.

Nope1172

04-05-17, 09:42 PM

COMING SOON: Number 3... Any predictions?

Nope1172

04-05-17, 09:50 PM

3
The Thing
(1982, John Carpenter)
https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/scifi/FhzFWmt.jpg
633 Points, 39 Lists

Nope1172

04-05-17, 09:51 PM

The Stats
The Thing
https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/scifi/tumblr_oe4rs0JWYd1rrf5jlo1_500.gif
The underdog of the Top 10. This film was on a ton of lists, and it was placed pretty high on most of them. Because of this, The Thing not only made it to the top ten, but got all the way to 3rd place.

The Placements
1st (x3)
3rd (x3)
4th (x4)
5th (x2)
6th (x5)
7th
8th (x2)
9th
10th (x3)
11th
12th (x2)
13th
14th (x2)
15th (x2)
17th (x2)
19th
20th
24th (x3)

Holden Pike

04-05-17, 09:51 PM

Any predictions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPNQ82Sq4E

The Rodent

04-05-17, 09:55 PM

Toot toooot!

Top 3 is great... but 3rd is still way too low for The Thing.
Was my #1.

24. Interstellar - 43rd
23. Logan’s Run - 71st
22. Galaxy Quest - 88th
20. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) - 58th
16. Silent Running (1972) - 86th
14. Sunshine (2007) - 52nd
13. Event Horizon (1997) - 93rd
11. Independence Day - 40th
10. Alien - 4th
09. Aliens - 12th
07. Jurassic Park - 13th
06. Dredd (2012) - 96th
05. Moon (2009) - 29th
04. Predator (1987) - 26th
03. The Fly (1986) - 15th
02. RoboCop (1987) - 28th
My 01 Movie. The Thing (1982) - 3rd

The Gunslinger45

04-05-17, 09:55 PM

The Thing was my #24. GREAT sci-fi horror flick. Not sad at all that it made it this high.

Anyway here is my list. I have seen the last two movies bringing my total to 81 out of 100 flicks for the list. I look forward to tomorrow.

1. Top 5 easy. A possible #1
2. Stalker (1979)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
4. The Avengers (2012)
5. Terminator 2:Judgment Day (1991)
6. The most likely #1
7. The Road Warrior (1981)
8. Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Predator (1987)
10. Mad Max (1979)
11. Jurassic Park (1993)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Heavy Metal (1981)
14. The Terminator (1984)
15. Return of the Jedi (1983)
16. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
17. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
18. Gravity (2013)
19. Aliens (1986)
20. Escape from New York (1981)
21. Independence Day (1996)
22. Planet of the Apes (1968)
23. Back to the Future (1985)
24. The Thing (1984)
25. Alien (1979)

My List: 23
Seen: 81/100

Kaplan

04-05-17, 09:57 PM

Damn, good for The Thing. I would have guessed it placing somewhere in the teens, but it's officially one of the big dogs of the science fiction world. And I had it at #10.

My List:

2. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
3. Metropolis (#36)
4. 12 Monkeys (#14)
5. Brazil (#32)
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (#46)
7. Alien (#4)
9. World on a Wire (#73)
10. The Thing (#3)
11. Forbidden Planet (#38)
12. The Fly (#15)
13. The Terminator (#10)
14. Planet of the Apes (#17)
15. Total Recall (#19)
17. Moon (#29)
18. Solaris (#23)
22. Logan’s Run (#71)
25. Ghost in the Shell (#64)

Nope1172

04-05-17, 09:57 PM

PREDICTION GAME UPDATE
No one correctly predicted The Thing as #3, however two people did correctly predict Alien as #4. They were Rodent and Cricket:

4. Alien

4. Alien

That puts both of them in the lead with 7 Points each.

1. (tie) Cricket - 7 Points
1. (tie) - Rodent - 7 Points
3. Raven73 - 5 Points
4. Sexy Celebrity - 3 Points
5. (tie) Holden Pike - 1 Point
5. (tie) TUS - 1 Point
5. (tie) Siddon - 1 Point

Citizen Rules

04-05-17, 09:57 PM

Yes!...I'm soooo happy The Thing is #3, because now the two greatest sci fis ever made! are going to be #1 and #2...

I don't even care which is which. I'm just glad one of them isn't #3

The Rodent

04-05-17, 09:59 PM

Yes!...I'm soooo happy the Thing is #3, because now the two greatest sci fis ever made are going to be #1 and #2...I don't even care which is which. I'm just glad one of them isn't #3

2. Alien 3
1. Blade Runner

Citizen Rules

04-05-17, 10:00 PM

2. Alien 3
1. Blade Runner You wish:p

Holden Pike

04-05-17, 10:01 PM

John Carpenter’s iconic, creepy, tension-filled The Thing was number ten on my own list. While I am teeny bit surprised it climbed so high on the group list, I’m not shocked. It is certainly very worthy. The body snatching “imposter” angle was not part of the previous film adaptation of the story, the Howard Hawks produced Thing from Another World (1951), but it is key to the terror in The Thing. As inventive and ghastly as some of Rob Bottin’s creature designs and effects are - and they are magnificently gory - the paranoia of not knowing which of your friends and co-workers may be the masquerading monster is what makes it different from the terror of Ridley Scott’s Alien. The Antarctic setting may as well be space or a moon it is so isolated and punishing, Morricone’s sparse electronic score is amazeballs, and the cast of great character actors bring it all together. Terrific effing movie.

29742

Tomorrow I am going to Key West for a long weekend. So long, Suckers! As such I will most definitely NOT be online anytime in the next few days, so since the final two titles are no surprise, only the order in which they fall, here is my full list…

HOLDEN’S BALLOT
1. Blade Runner (#1/#2)
2. Solaris (#23)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#27)
4. A Boy and His Dog (DNP)
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (#1/#2)
6. Children of Men (#20)
7. 12 Monkeys (#14)
8. Moon (#29)
9. Her (#25)
10. The Thing [1982] (#3)
11. Brazil (#32)
12. Back to the Future (#5)
13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956] (#46)
14. Alien (#4)
15. Stalker (#22)
16. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978] (#58)
17. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
18. The Hidden (#82)
19. Midnight Special (DNP)
20. Ghostbusters (#57)
21. Bride of Frankenstein (DNP)
22. The Fly (#15)
23. Guardians of the Galaxy (#77)
24. The Terminator (#10)
25. Safety Not Guaranteed (DNP)

There should be less than no surprise that Blade Runner is my top choice. It is one of my favorite movies of all time, Sci-Fi or otherwise. Especially in its Final Cut form, I think it is a masterpiece and I can watch it endlessly. I have lost track long ago, but just talking theatrical viewings I have seen Blade Runner it is various cuts over twenty times. Between VHS, Criterion LaserDisc, the Diectors Cut on LD and DVD, and then the glorious Briefcase Special Edition of the Final Cut, I have no earthly idea how many times I have watched Blade Runner on television? To say it is at least a hundred is not hyperbole. I have gone through obsessive phases where I watched it nearly continuously for days. So, yeah, it was my top choice. Uuuuhh doi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbW3QDOR3Vo

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Kubrick’s 2001 was fifth on my ballot. As far as influence and what it did to elevate and liberate the Sci-Fi genre in cinema, its impact cannot be overstated. That Kubrick and company managed to make this visual and philosophical spectacle in 1967 is STILL astounding. HAL’s “death” notwithstanding, I have never had an emotional connection to 2001 the way I do with the four films I ranked above it, including Tarkovsky’s Solaris which is so often linked to Kubrick’s film. But as a cinematic achievement…woah. To borrow one of the film’s somewhat cheeky advertising taglines, it is the ultimate trip.

In addition to my already revealed one-pointer (Safety Not Guaranteed), here are my three other choices that did NOT make the top hundred…

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Despite my pimping it here on MoFo since I arrived all those many years ago, I didn’t really expect A Boy and His Dog to make the top twenty or anything like that, but I am definitely disappointed that it didn’t make the list at all, even with my twenty-two point head start. What the fu*k, y’all? Character actor L.Q. Jones’ adaptation of Harlan Ellison’s story of a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland is a bigtime favorite of mine. The titular couple, one of whom is a telepathic bearded collie, the dark sense of humor including a classic final line, and the freaky new underground society led by a dolled up Jason Robards are a few of the elements that I love. You can read many, many more of my thoughts about this apparently still underrated and underseen flick HERE (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1049261#post1049261). Maybe by the 22nd Century you guys will catch on?

I figured Arrival had enough juice to make the list, and it did, despite having been released just this past fall. It is the only 2016 movie that made the countdown. I love Arrival, but the only 2016 movie I had on my list was Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special. I knew it was a huge longshot to make it the cut, but it made my list all the same. Jeff Nichols is one of my favorite filmmakers (Take Shelter, Mud, Loving), and for my money his sensibility was a fantastic fit for the Sci-Fi genre. Starring Nichols stalwart Michael Shannon (who has appeared in all of his films, thus far) as well as Jaeden Lieberher, Joel Edgerton, and Adam Driver, if you saw Disney’s Tomorrowland starring George Clooney (a movie I enjoyed), Midnight Special is a sort of un-Spielbergized version of that crossed with a road movie about escaping from a religious cult. I like it!

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James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein (1935) is undoubtedly a bonafide, grade-A classic that surpasses even the original Frankenstein and stands tall in the pantheon of both the Horror and SciFi genres. So of course it isn’t on the list. If you’ve never watched these movies and only know them as iconic if dated Halloween costumes and "Simpsons" references, do yourself a favor and check them out, sometime. And if you love Young Frankenstein, you absolutely have to see Bride of Frankenstein.

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So long, and thanks for all the fish!

cricket

04-05-17, 10:12 PM

That's it for me, with 21 from my list making the countdown. I had The Thing at #7, and it's one of my favorite movies in regards to atmosphere, setting, and special effects. One unusual thing for me is that I have no recollection of when I first saw it, and I mean I couldn't even pick a 5 year span with confidence.

#1 A Clockwork Orange (7th)
#2 Strange Days (81st)
#3 Aliens (12th)
#4 The Fly (15th)
#5 The Terminator (10th)
#6 RoboCop (28th)
#7 The Thing (3rd)
#8 28 Days Later (85th)
#9 E.T. (21st)
#10 Back to the Future (5th)
#11 Total Recall (19th)
#12 The Hidden (82nd)
#13 Planet of the Apes (17th)
#14 Alien (4th)
#15 The Mist
http://blog.jarofjuice.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/the-mist-9374.jpg
#16 King Kong
http://thefilmspectrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Picture-6.png
#17 Mad Max
http://s.tf1.fr/mmdia/i/25/8/3620258osowm.jpg?v=1
#18 A Boy and His Dog
http://thenerdstash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/a-boy-and-his-dog-1975.jpg
#19 Children of Men (20th)
#20 Seconds (84th)
#21 Donnie Darko (83rd)
#22 Interstellar (43rd)
#23 Ex-Machina (30th)
#24 Her (25th)
#25 They Live (45th)

The Rodent

04-05-17, 10:16 PM

The Thing review from my thread :)

John Carpenter's The Thing

The movie is based in the Antarctic, a group of scientists find themselves completely snowed in and cut off from the outside world during a heavy storm.
Norwegian scientists from another nearby science base and a husky sled dog all appear at their camp in less than comfortable circumstances, the group are then forced to defend themselves from the two unstable, trigger-happy Norwegians.
Upon checking out the Norwegian base to find out what happened, they find a scene of horror and torture and decide to bring back a terribly mutilated and inhuman corpse to their own camp for analysis...

... then the nightmare that overtook the Norwegian base becomes increasingly realised to the American scientists, as they are plunged into a world of pain, paranoia, sheer horror and a fight for survival against an enemy that can hide in plain sight.

Said by many to be a remake of the 1951 movie "The Thing From Another World", Carpenter's movie is simply based on the same novel "Who Goes There?" by John W Campbell.
The Thing is a closer take on the novel than the 1951 movie, which featured a 'man in suit' monster that resembled more of a giant vegetable crossed with Frankenstein’s monster.

Carpenter's masterpiece is a joy to behold. The tension of the cramped base corridors makes the feeling of being watched all the more potent and the paranoia between the characters can be felt by the viewer, right down to the toes.
There's also fantastic exposition, especially with the use of flashbacks seen on video recordings made by the Nords. It adds an element of untold mystery to the proceedings and gives the events much more depth and realism.

The movie's special effects are absolutely top notch, the collaboration between Rob Bottin and Stan Winston is very, very special.
Utilising animatronics, hand puppets and the very occasional ‘man in suit’ costume, the movie excels at putting the audience on the backfoot.
Only one, partially fake special effect is used in the entire movie in the form of a matt painting combined with Bottin's awesome mechanical effects, the rest is practical, real, juicy and extremely well modelled by the two effects geniuses.

The other thing with the effects and action is that they're used when needed.

The acting is also spot on. Kurt Russell, who is mediocre at the best of times, is wonderfully 'take charge' and tough when needed, his brooding take on the strange sequence of events works brilliantly.

Star turns from Wilford A Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur and Donald Moffet make the characters work even better, these guys really hit their roles with perfection.
Keith David in particular plays with the audience's paranoia too with his more highly wound temperament.

Mix all that with Carpenter’s spooky, low tone soundtrack (a soundtrack that beats all of his others hands down) makes this another must see movie from me, especially before the ‘prequel’ (based at the Norwegian camp) is released this year.

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All in all, one of the finest creature features ever made and one the finest horror stories put to screen. It plays not only with script devices but also with the audience expectations and gives frights, thrills, spills and sheer paranoia in bucket loads.

My rating: 95%
rating_5

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mark f

04-05-17, 10:21 PM

I didn't vote for The Thing and one other of the final three on our MoFo List. I did vote for crazy films like my #2, 4 and 24. I've got long reviews of the first two, but who really wants to read them? Here's something about The Thing:
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) 3.5

The Thing is a wild reimaging of the Hawks/Nyby 1951 flick and closer in tone to the original John W. Campbell Jr story which is apparently one of the first sci-fi stories about shape-shifters from outer space. At the time of its release, The Thing wasn't really greeted with good reviews, but I've always loved it, and I find it to be Carpenter's masterpiece. It's a lean, mean, fighting machine with almost nothing in the way of wasted scenes and a strong sense of its own capability of holding your interest while taking it's sweet time in building things up. Now, Carpenter has always tried to build his films in a similar fashion, but to me, this is the one where he's far more successful than ever before or since. Maybe it's the exotic location of Antarctica. Who can name more than five films, not including documentaries and cartoons, which take place on that continent? Maybe it's the mind-boggling special and makeup effects which to this day are some of the most-disgusting-yet-witty displays of violent destruction of life ever depicted on film. Maybe it's the combo of the men's camraderie and their contempt of each other because once it becomes clear what the hell this thing is and what it wants to do, it makes the all-male cast want to keep to themselves even though they all would probably like to have someone cover their back if they could only trust them. Both Twelve O'Clock High [reviewed earlier in this tab] and The Thing are about men facing impossible odds in an attempt to survive and theoretically help save humankind. In The Thing, there's a computer calculation which states that if the ONE Thing were left to its own devices, it would take over every single living thing on earth in about three years. So yeah, that showdown at the end of The Thing, which reminds me more of John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Dobbs and Curtin betting on who's going to fall asleep first) than it does anything in Hawks' Red River or the original The Thing (Hawks being Carpenter's fave director), is basically about the survival of the human race. Cool.
My List
1. Star Wars (#6)
2. Dr. Strangelove (DNP)
3. The Incredibles (#98)
4. King Kong (2005) (DNP)
5. Back to the Future (#5)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#18)
7. Planet of the Apes (1968) (#17)
8. Total Recall (#19)
9. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
11. The Empire Strikes Back (#8)
12. The Iron Giant (#50)
13. Altered States (#95)
14. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (#79)
15. Alien (#4)
16. Return of the Jedi (#47)
17. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (#21)
18. Gravity (#41)
19. Aliens (#12)
20. RoboCop (#28)
21. Jurassic Park (#13)
22. The Fly (1986) (#15)
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (#37)
24. Iron Man (DNP)
25. Children of Men (#20)

Seen: 98/98
OFCS's Top 100 Sci-Fi Films (2010 edition): 50/98

Cobpyth

04-05-17, 10:23 PM

The Thing was my #19. Incredibly effective film.

It seems like my top 2 films will also be the top 2 films on this list. ;)

I'll reveal my whole list after the two remaining spots are revealed.

Fabulous

04-05-17, 10:25 PM

Another from my list. I'm a little surprised that The Thing ended up this high on the countdown, but glad to see how well liked it is around here. Easily one of my favourite John Carpenter films. Love the location and set; their only safe haven turns in to the absolute last place they want to be.

Citizen Rules

04-05-17, 10:27 PM

Steve Freeling

04-05-17, 10:36 PM

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
2. Total Recall (1990)
3. The Thing (1982)
4.
5. Aliens (1986)
6. Altered States (1980)
7. Predator (1987)
8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Minority Report (2002)
11. Contact (1997)
12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
13. Arrival (2016)
14.
15.
16. The Terminator (1984)
17. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
18. RoboCop (1987)
19.
20.
21.
22. Back to the Future (1985)
23.
24.
25.

Citizen Rules

04-05-17, 10:44 PM

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Good to see some love for Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan.:up:

Steve Freeling

04-05-17, 11:19 PM

I'm pretty sure my entire top ten's gonna make it.

Citizen Rules

04-05-17, 11:28 PM

I'm pretty sure my entire top ten's gonna make it. I bet I can guess what your #4 is:p

dadgumblah

04-05-17, 11:30 PM

Good to see some love for Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan.:up:

"Of course! We're all one happy Federation" (from Wrath of Khan :) )

Love The Thing but I'm really surprised to see it in the Top 3. Nice surprise. I had it at #9 and like CR, saw it at the cinema upon its first release, and at first I didn't know what to think. I liked the suspense but didn't know what to think about the effects at first. But that soon passed and I was totally into it. Has come to be one of my favorite all-time movies...of any kind.

My list so far:
List so far:
#1 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back .8
#2 Star Wars VI: A New Hope .6
#3 The Day the Earth Stood Still .39
#4 Forbidden Planet .38
#5 Close Encounter of the Third Kind .17
#6 Aliens .12
#7 Alien .4
#8 Invasion of the Body Snatchers .46
#9 The Thing .3
#10
#11
#12 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial .21
#13 Planet of the Apes .18
#14
#15 The Road Warrior .31
#16 Twelve Monkeys .14
#17 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .35
#18 The War of the Worlds .90"
#19
#20 The Time Machine .69
#21 The Matrix .11
#22 The Terminator .10
#23 Logan's Run .71
#24 RoboCop .28
#25 The Fifth Element .34

Steve Freeling

04-05-17, 11:45 PM

I'm pretty sure my entire top ten's gonna make it. I bet I can guess what your #4 is:p
What do you think it is?

Upton

04-05-17, 11:48 PM

I'm pretty surprised by some of these DNPs on others' lists and mine. There are a lot of good science fiction movies. My DNPs were Bride of Frankenstein, Under the Skin, AI: Artificial Intelligence, Little Shop of Horrors, Mauvais Sang, Star Trek 4 & Until the End of the World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RjFvcw6ToQ

Don't feed the plants

edarsenal

04-05-17, 11:50 PM

Glad to see The Thing rank SO HIGH. Didn't make my list for the simple technicality of it always being a horror movie in my eyes. Being based off a H P Lovecraft story and while it IS a VERY thin line between its standing as sci-fi or horror, since it IS aliens that come and cause the horror but in the end for me I had to go with how I feel when watching it.
Still, a very worthy #3 all the same.

My List: 22/25
#1 Should be in the top 3, if not the top spot
#2 Alien
#3 Serenity (#59)
#4 Gattaca (#51)
#5 Planet of the Apes (#17)
#6 Dark City (#48)
#7 Strange Days (#81)
#8 Matrix (#11)
#9 They Live (#45)
#10 Predestination (#56)
#11 Silent Running (#76)
#12 Ghost in the Machine (#64)
#13 12 Monkeys (#14)
#14 Wall-E (#16)
#15 Akira (#55)
#16 Her (#25)
#17 Brazil (#32)
#18 Time Machine (#69)
#19 A little surprised this did not make the list
#20 Minority Report (#63)
#21 Moon (#29)
#22 Ex Machina (#30)
#23 Logan's Run (#71)
#24 Not too surprised it didn't make it, a little disappointed, only a little
#25 The Fifth Element (#34)

Watched:73/98

Steve Freeling

04-05-17, 11:56 PM

Wasn't The Thing based on Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell?

The Rodent

04-06-17, 12:03 AM

Wasn't The Thing based on Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell?

Yep...

Citizen Rules

04-06-17, 12:20 AM

What do you think it is?Something with lots of smoke and rain;)

The Rodent

04-06-17, 12:21 AM

Something with lots of smoke and rain;)

Se7en isn't a sci-fi :p

Steve Freeling

04-06-17, 12:34 AM

Something with lots of smoke and rain;)
Yeah, that's about right...

Nope1172

04-06-17, 12:40 AM

In case anyone's wondering about my list here it is:

1. The Road Warrior (#31)
2. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
3. La Jetée (#75)
4. (One of the Top 2)
5. The Thing (#3)
6. Ghostbusters (#57)
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#27)
8. Back to the Future II (#42)
9. Back to the Future (#5)
10. The Invisible Man (DNP)
11. Jurassic Park (#13)
12. Donnie Darko (#83)
13. The Truman Show (#94)
14. Arrival (#33)
15. The Day the Earth Stood Still (#39)
16. Forbidden Planet (#38)
17. The Terminator (#10)
18. Repo Man (DNP)
19. Her (#25)
20. Mad Max: Fury Road (#37)
21. The Worlds End (DNP)
22. Wall-E (#16)
23. Star Wars (#6)
24. Ex-Machina (#30)
25. Space Cope (One Pointer)

Chypmunk

04-06-17, 02:45 AM

The Thing is another I adore and this time it was on my list, interestingly had I not brain-farted over Alien and included it on my ballot those two would have swopped positions.

gbgoodies

04-06-17, 03:18 AM

None of the last four movies made my list. I consider both Alien and The Thing to be horror movies, so neither had a chance to make my list, and while it's not unexpected, I'm kind of disappointed that they both placed so high on a Sci-Fi Countdown.

Of the top two movies, I like both of them, but while I considered Blade Runner for my list, but it just didn't make the cut, 2001 isn't a favorite movie for me, so it didn't have much of a chance to make my list. But at least the top two movies are both sci-fi movies. :)

Seen: 83-1/2 out of 100
My list: 13 out of 25 made the countdown.
(The movies listed in RED didn't make the countdown.)

1) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
2) WALL·E (2008)
3) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
4) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
5) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

6) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
7) The Last Starfighter (1984)
8) Back to the Future (1985)
9) Superman (1978)
10) Real Steel (2011)

11) Frequency (2000)
12) The Final Countdown (1980)
13) The Avengers (2012)
14) Lilo & Stitch (2002)
15) WarGames (1983)

16) Source Code (2011)
17) The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
18) The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
19) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
20) Time After Time (1979)

21) Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
22) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
23) Galaxy Quest (1999)
24) Jurassic Park (1993)
25) Starman (1984)

gandalf26

04-06-17, 05:44 AM

This is an excerpt from my review on The Thing

Review: I first watched The Thing in 1982 when it was released at the theater. On the big screen, The Thing blew me away. The story was creepy and suspenseful and the setting in a remote Antarctic research station made the movie forbiddingly desperate. Kurt Russel is really cool in this one. Without him I'm not sure if the movie would have worked as well as it did. I always considered this one of the greatest sci fi films made.

It had been 15 years since I last seen it. Last night I revisited The Thing and I seen a different movie. Perhaps the 32 year old special horror effects just didn't stand up. Yes, I know it's not fair to judge an old movie by today's CG standards. But the close up horror/creature scenes were a distraction to me and got in the way of the real story, which is one of suspect, paranoia and suspense. The scenes in the Norwegian camp and in the dog kennel were effective and added to the suspense, but some of the other scenes were over the top. As the camera zoomed in for a close up of the creature, I couldn't help but see the props as fake. There's an adage in film making 'show horror elements in brief, dark scenes'. I wish that had been done here.

John Carpenter has style and a knack for flair, but he doesn't pay close attention to details. Had he been more detailed orientated, he could have made a tighter film. It's the small details that could have been changed that would have made this into a 5 star film. With scenes like the crawling crab head or the chest that opens up biting off the doctors hands, the film took on a cheesy-fun feel during those few scenes. I wanted the film to be more serious. But over all the film is solid.

Some of the dialogue needed fine tuning. Especially after they find a space ship, and then find a dead mutant alien...they see a dog transform into a hellish looking creature...then we get the scene where Childs is playing the antagonist by calling BS on the idea that the Thing is from another world. Hell! he just seen a dog mutate into a monster, how much more convincing does he need?

Is it a master piece? no...A fun flick? yes!

rating_4

I think you are COMPLETELY wrong in the bolded assessment! All you have to do is watched the recent "the Thing" prequel where they actually used CGI to see how terrible it is. I think a big part of the success of the 1982 Thing is the fantastic effects. So saying that the 32 year old effects don't stand up is completely backward, they are far superior to the pathetic CGI seen in the recent film, just how I genuinely think that the 1983 space battle of Endor is still the best space battle in over 30 years. This is not a CGI hating rant because sometimes CGI is fantastic and necessary, the example the recent rise and dawn of the planet of the Apes or Gollum in LOTR, but the slimey scary props of the Thing 1982 are magnificent.

The Thing was my number 1, and a film I only discovered maybe 6-7 years ago and since then it is probably a film I have watched more than any other, filled with fantastic scenes and great moments of tension, who is the Thing?? You cant help but imagine yourself in such a situation, must be similar to being a spy :), who around me is "the mole".

Chypmunk

04-06-17, 06:17 AM

Off topic I know but I spent several years thinking Wind In The Willows was a spy movie until I finally got round to seeing it :(

honeykid

04-06-17, 08:11 AM

The Thing was the last from my list to make the list (unless there's the mother of all surprises in the top two) and I had it at #6. Arguably the best example of combining atmosphere, paranoia, horror and thrills on celluloid, it's a film which appears on quite a few 100's around here and was always going to be top 5 at worst on this list.

I won't post my list now just in case you guys are even cooler than I think you are. ;)

CosmicRunaway

04-06-17, 08:13 AM

The Thing was on my list at #5. I'm a little surprised that it made it this high on the Countdown, but I am not complaining at all. A number of people have already said a lot about The Thing, so instead of repeating what has already been said, I'm just going to quickly run through the films on my list that obviously didn't make the Countdown.

Seen: 86/98
My List: 20

01. Dredd (2012) - #96
02. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - #66
03. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - #35
04. The Martian (2015) - #60
05. The Thing (1982) - #3
06. Alien (1979)
07. The Fly (1986) - #15
08. Metropolis (1927) - #36
09. Galaxy Quest (1999) - #88
10. Brazil (1985) - #32
11. Dark City (1998) - #48
12. Twelve Monkeys (1995)- #14
13. Re-Animator (1985) (DNP)
14. Robocop (1987) - #28
15. I think this will be #1
16. Videodrome (1983) - #53
17. Flash Gordon (1980) (DNP)
18. Forbidden Planet (1956) - #38
19. Arrival (2016) - #33
20. I think this will be #2
21. The Road Warrior (1981) - #31
22. Strange Days (1995) - #81
23. Ex Machina (2015) - #30
24. Equilibrium (2002) (DNP)
25. Primer (2004) - #44

http://cdn5.ihorror.com/app/uploads/ttt_11-24-15_1.gif

I love Re-Animator, and the first sequel. I thought it might have a chance of making the bottom of the Countdown, but it didn't. I'll pretend I'm not disappointed, but it's hard to contain.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/c208ba2e5def24844bd99c7d3683c849/tumblr_o5zcbahU041s2wio8o1_500.gif

I'm a little surprised that Flash Gordon didn't make the list. This Countdown needed more campy 80s fun. Love that theme song. Every now and then my room mate with hum it, or randomly just sing "FLASH! Oh-ooh-oh!" Always puts a smile on my face.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/0e5d7756b92eebf47ef10ef63b957a35/tumblr_ntci3oFmvb1u26zs0o1_500.gif

Honestly, I keep asking myself why I bothered to put Equilibrium on this list. I haven't watched the film in years, so I might not even like it as much now, but I like the fight scenes, and the premise of the story. It's also one of the few Christian Bale performances I recall liking (the other being The Machinist).

TheUsualSuspect

04-06-17, 08:18 AM

I had The Thing placed just behind Alien at #14. Both of very similar, but Carpenter's classic has something a little extra. The classic who is who scenario. I placed it behind due to legacy being important, but The Thing is so damn fun to watch.

Unfortunately my wife wasn't having it and made me turn it off half way through one night.

The prequel/remake whatever you want to call it doesn't hold up in regards to effects. There is something generic and 'seen it all before' with CGI. The use of practical effects with Carpenter, give it a tangible feeling. Seeing the legs grow out of a decapitated head....unnerving.

Classic Sci/Fi - Horror.

As for the top 2. I find BOTH to be extremely overrated. Yet I found myself voting for one of them. The one that I found to be more influential from a more consistent director. I'll need to revisit both at some point, but if I had to choose one over the other, I choose the one with a longer lasting legacy.

1. Dark City
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4. The Matrix
5. Inception
6. Children of Men
7. Minority Report
8. Wall-E
9. District 9
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
11. Jurassic Park
12. E.T.
13. Alien
14. The Thing
15. The 5th Element
16. Ghostbusters
17. Avatar
18. Moon
19. Serenity
20. Interstellar
21. Donnie Darko
22. Back to the Future
23. 12 Monkeys
24.
25. Edge of Tomorrow

TheUsualSuspect

04-06-17, 08:20 AM

CosmicRunaway, I consider myself one of the few people who really like Equilibrium but did not find myself putting it on my list. Had I been able to stretch it to 30, maybe it would have slid into that final spot?

CosmicRunaway

04-06-17, 08:26 AM

I consider myself one of the few people who really like Equilibrium but did not find myself putting it on my list. Had I been able to stretch it to 30, maybe it would have slid into that final spot?
I think it was just you and I who had Equilibrium on our lists for Omni's Action Movie Countdown, so I knew if it wasn't at the very bottom of this Countdown, it wouldn't be here at all. If we were able to include an extra 10 films on our lists, I think we'd see a few other films make the Countdown well ahead of Equilibrium, since we seem to be in the minority haha.

Iroquois

04-06-17, 08:27 AM

The Thing was my #4. I'll agree with the assessment that it's Carpenter's true masterpiece, but screw it, I still put EFNY at #1 for the hell of it.

I guess if we're doing full ballots now then...

1. Escape From New York
2. Akira
3. Blade Runner
4. The Thing
5. The Terminator
6. 2001
7. Alien
8. Videodrome
9. Stalker
10. Children of Men
11. Mad Max: Fury Road
12. Total Recall
13. RoboCop
14. The Matrix
15. Aliens
16. Predator
17. The Empire Strikes Back
18. They Live
19. A Clockwork Orange
20. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
21. The World's End
22. Battle Royale
23. Star Wars
24. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
25. Mad Max 2

MovieMeditation

04-06-17, 09:20 AM

Sci-Fi is not a genre I'm as strong on as I want to be. I love a lot of sci-fi films, but I need to watch plenty more...

Anyways, seeing The Thing rank at #3 is the biggest surprise yet. How it got so high is crazy, but obviously I'm only glad for that. I had it at #13 but it could even have been higher.

1. Her #25
2. Children of Men #20
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day #9
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind #27
5. A Clockwork Orange #7
6. You already know which one...
7. The Fly #15
8. Minority Report #63
9. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial #21
10. The Iron Giant #50
11. Alien #4
12. Aliens #12
13. The Thing #3
14. Robocop #28
15. WALL•E #16
16. Planet of the Apes #17
17. Jurassic Park #13
18. Prometheus
19. The World's End
20. Ex Machina #30
21. Face/Off
22. Inception #24
23. The Martian #60
24. Westworld
25. Coherence

I'm glad to see more people had The World's End on their list. A very underrated movie. I should have bumped Coherence up instead of counting on a one-pointer placement, though I doubt it would have made the final list even so. Prometheus is a movie that has grown on me and I've really begun to appreciate it lately. Westworld was one of the only sci-fi films I watched in preperation for the countdown, but I thought it was really good and thought that it deserved a place somewhere towards the bottom. Face/Off was probably more action than sci-fi in the minds of most mofos, but since it counted I had to include it because it's awesome.

Harry Lime

04-06-17, 12:14 PM

I had the Thing at #24. Fun times.

I'm surprised of some of the films people included on their lists, didn't even think of adding them myself, and then there's those on my list that others might not have thought of adding as well, even though they liked the film a lot but didn't consider it for a sci-fi list. That's what makes this countdown a keeper. We have a very interesting and unique list here.

Now bring on 2001 at #1!!!

Citizen Rules

04-06-17, 02:50 PM

Here's my list up to date. I can't believe so many of my choices didn't make it, bummer.

1. Will be on the countdown!
2. Will be on the countdown!
3. Never Let Me Go (2010)
4. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
5. Logan's Run (1976)
6. Planet of the Apes (1968)
7. Solaris (1972)
8. Dune (1984)
9. Forbidden Planet (1956)
10. Soylent Green (1973)
11. Starship Troopers (1997)
12. Another Earth (2011)
13. Gattaca (1997)
14. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
15. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
16. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
17. The Abyss (1989)
18. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
19. Five Million Years to Earth (1967) AKA: Quatermass and the Pit
20. Donnie Darko (2001)
21. Predestination (2014)
22. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
23. Mad Max The Road Warrior (1981)
24. Death Race 2000 (1975)
25. Cherry 2000 (1987)......1 Pointer

TheUsualSuspect

04-06-17, 04:08 PM

Anyone else get perfect?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

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Yoda

04-06-17, 04:27 PM

I had The Thing placed just behind Alien at #14. Both of very similar, but Carpenter's classic has something a little extra. The classic who is who scenario. I placed it behind due to legacy being important, but The Thing is so damn fun to watch.
Yeah, I had it fourth, and it's for the same kind of reason you're describing: the Agatha Christie-esque mystery makes for a good movie in its own right, without any of the horror or sci-fi elements, whereas I think most sci-fi films turn on their concepts or on the speculative nature of the story a lot more. I really appreciate it when any kind of genre film manages to succeed at things most other films in its milieu aren't even attempting.

dadgumblah

04-06-17, 04:51 PM

I'm liking seeing some of the movies that didn't make the list proper, but others had on their list:

gbgoodies, you had quite a few movies that I love but didn't make my list. It was nice to see them on somebody's list:
The Last Starfighter, The Final Countdown, WarGames, The Time Traveler's Wife, Time After Time, Starman (the last two being particular favorities). With the revelation of other's complete lists, I'm seeing more and more movies that I cut. Starman was one I had on the first draft, then let go reluctantly.

CosmicRunaway, Re-Animator is a movie I really like but somehow I considered it more horror than Sci-Fi, although there are definite science fiction elements to it. Flash Gordon, that's a movie I truly love and another I sadly chose to cut.

Movie Meditation, you had several I really enjoy, including Prometheus, The World's End, and Westworld, which was yet another I cut from my list in the beginning.

CR, you had a handful that didn't make the cut that I love, those being Soylent Green, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and Five Million Years to Earth. I strongly considered the last two, even had the last one on my list but there were just two many to consider. A Sci-Fi list is like a candy store for a grown-up kid like me, so there was quite a lot of pain with each cut. Sci-Fi is a vast field and it's nice to see different tastes and choices and some movies I haven't seen to consider for future (heh-heh) viewing.

Clazor

04-06-17, 06:49 PM

The Thing made my list at #14 and thus ends my noms that will be on the list. Best use of a body horror monster ever in my opinion (yes, even better than the Xenomorphs). The way it transforms from a "natural" state into the wierd piles of goop/spider head/stomach mouth etc where both inventive and freaky as all hell. A perfect blend of horror and sci-fi.

In the end, I think my number will be 78/100 seen.

And here's my complete list:

1 Iron Giant (1999)
2 WALL-E (2008)
3 Her (2013)
4 The City of Lost Children (1995)
5 Paprika (2006)
6 The Martian (2015)
7 Wreck-it Ralph (2012)
8 Serenity (2005)
9 The Quiet Earth (1985)
10 Alien (1979)
11 The Invisible Man (1933)
12 The Terminator (1984)
13 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
14 The Thing (1982)
15 Pacific Rim (2013)
16 Back to the Future (1985)
17 Inception (2010)
18 Ghost in the Shell (1995)
19 The Fifth Element (1997)
20 Silent Running (1972)
21 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
22 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
23 Paul (2011)
24 Gattaca (1997)
25 They Live (1988)

Kinda surprised that neither The invisible man nor Pacific Rim made it onto the list. The others are just personal favourites, though I've heard good things about The city of lost children here on the forum. If any of the movies you haven't seen seems even the slightest bit interesting, I urge you to give them a shot.

77topaz

04-06-17, 07:01 PM

edarsenal

04-06-17, 07:43 PM

Wasn't The Thing based on Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell?

Yep...

Yeah, Holden was cool enough to drop me a line to let me know my mistake. I had always thought, since my teenage years, that this and the original were loosely based on Lovecraft's Mountains of Madness --- my bad!

edarsenal

04-06-17, 07:53 PM

CosmicRunaway, add me to the few that had Equilibrium on their list. My only other that didn't make it was 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea from Walt Disney.

My List: 22/25
#1 Should be in the top 3, if not the top spot
#2 Alien
#3 Serenity (#59)
#4 Gattaca (#51)
#5 Planet of the Apes (#17)
#6 Dark City (#48)
#7 Strange Days (#81)
#8 Matrix (#11)
#9 They Live (#45)
#10 Predestination (#56)
#11 Silent Running (#76)
#12 Ghost in the Machine (#64)
#13 12 Monkeys (#14)
#14 Wall-E (#16)
#15 Akira (#55)
#16 Her (#25)
#17 Brazil (#32)
#18 Time Machine (#69)
#19 Equilibrium (DNP)
#20 Minority Report (#63)
#21 Moon (#29)
#22 Ex Machina (#30)
#23 Logan's Run (#71)
#24 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea (DNP)
#25 The Fifth Element (#34)

Watched:73/98

The Rodent

04-06-17, 07:54 PM

I think the fact that I got 3 reps for post the word "Yep" is funnier tbh :D

Nope1172

04-06-17, 09:52 PM

Final two coming up......

The Gunslinger45

04-06-17, 10:03 PM

I say 2001 will be #1 with Blade Runner #2

The Rodent

04-06-17, 10:03 PM

BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!
BLADE RUNNER!

Nope1172

04-06-17, 10:11 PM

2
Blade Runner
(1982, Ridley Scott)
https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/scifi/QEkiJrA.jpg
662 Points, 35 Lists

Nope1172

04-06-17, 10:11 PM

1
2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968, Stanley Kubrick)
https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/scifi/KvfE1qt.jpg
769 Points, 41 Lists

Nope1172

04-06-17, 10:11 PM

The Stats
Blade Runner
https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/scifi/giphy.gif
Blade Runner dominated for the first few months of the list, and it held the top spot a lot longer than 2001 did, but in the end it didn't stand a chance against Stanley Kubrick's sic-fi epic.

The Placements
1st (x8)
2nd (x4)
3rd (x3)
4th (x4)
5th
6th
7th
8th
10th
11th (x2)
12th (x2)
13th
15th (x2)
16th
18th
23rd
25th

Nope1172

04-06-17, 10:12 PM

The Stats
2001: A Space Odyssey
https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/scifi/tumblr_m6i8gcyLgb1qcwoano1_500.gif
Not even close... Like I said, for the first few months of the countdown Blade Runner dominated the list, but out of nowhere 2001 started getting first placements from everywhere, and eventually beat out Blade Runner and every other Sci-Fi film by over 100 points.

The Placements
1st (x12)
2nd (x6)
3rd (x2)
4th
5th
6th (x5)
8th
9th
10th (x2)
14th (x2)
15th
19th (x3)
20th
23rd
24th (x2)

Sexy Celebrity

04-06-17, 10:14 PM

OK, that's done. Goodbye.

Cobpyth

04-06-17, 10:14 PM

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2) Blade Runner (1982)
3) Solaris (1972)
4) Brazil (1985)
5) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
6) 2046 (2004)
7) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8) Gravity (2013)
9) La Jetée (1962)
10) Seconds (1966)
11) Alphaville (1965)
12) Pi (1998)
13) Solaris (2002)
14) Dark City (1998)
15) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
16) Alien (1979)
17) Forbidden Planet (1956)
18) Fantastic Planet (1973)
19) The Thing (1982)
20) Twelve Monkeys (1995)
21) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
22) Planet of the Apes (1968)
23) Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
24) Sleeper (1973)
25) Logan's Run (1976)

The Rodent

04-06-17, 10:14 PM

List = Ruined :p

Blade Runner was my #15, shoulda put it higher.

25. Starman (1984) - Simply can’t believe this never made it
24. Interstellar - 43rd
23. Logan’s Run - 71st
22. Galaxy Quest - 88th
21. Saturn 3 (1980) - Damn you guys!
20. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) - 58th
19. Invaders From Mars (1953) - I guess I knew this wouldn’t make it
18. Repo Man (1984) - Damn you guys!
17. The Blob (1988) - Damn you guys!
16. Silent Running (1972) - 86th
15. Blade Runner - 2nd
14. Sunshine (2007) - 52nd
13. Event Horizon (1997) - 93rd
12. The Abyss - Seriously shocked this never made it
11. Independence Day - 40th
10. Alien - 4th
09. Aliens - 12th
08. Alien 3 - I guess I knew this wouldn’t make it, I still love it though
07. Jurassic Park - 13th
06. Dredd (2012) - 96th
05. Moon (2009) - 29th
04. Predator (1987) - 26th
03. The Fly (1986) - 15th
02. RoboCop (1987) - 28th
My 01 Movie. The Thing (1982) - 3rd

I've ranked the other 90 already...

10. The Terminator 5
09. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 5
08. The Empire Strikes Back 5
07. A Clockwork Orange 2.5
06. A New Hope 5
05. Back To The Future 5
04. Alien - My #10 5
03. The Thing - My #03 5
02. Blade Runner - My #15 5
01. 2001 2

Nope1172

04-06-17, 10:20 PM

PREDICTION GAME UPDATE
Six people correctly predicted that 2001 would crown the countdown they were: Harry Lime, Holden Pike, TheGunslinger45, Kaplan, TUS, and gandalf26 (I really don't feel like going back and getting quotes for all of them so just take my word for it.) All of them get ten points!

Only two people predicted Blade Runner as the Runner up and they were kaplan and Holden Pike. (9 points to both of them)

So the final results are:

1. Holden Pike - 20 Points
2. Kaplan - 19 Points
3. TUS - 11 Points
4. (tie) gandalf26 - 10 Points
4. (tie) TheGunslinger45 - 10 Points
4. (tie) Harry Lime - 10 Points
5. (tie) Rodent - 7 Points
5. (tie) Cricket - 7 Points
6. Raven73 - 5 Points
7. SC - 3 Points
8. Siddon - 1 Point

Congratulations Holden Pike you have won the official Sci-Fi Countdown Prediction game! Your prize is eternal bragging rights for the rest of your time on this forum!

Citizen Rules

04-06-17, 10:20 PM

I'm very happy with those two movies at 1 and 2:) and even though there were some questionable:p movies on the list, I have my faith in my fellow MoFo's restored! with these last 2 great Sci Fis.

I had at #1 Blade Runner (1982)

and my #2 was 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

rauldc14

04-06-17, 10:26 PM

I just didn't get the buzz over Blade Runner when I first saw it last year. Maybe nostalgia is needed for it.

I really appreciate 2001, so much that I can't argue with it's placement really. Technically a masterpiece.

Steve Freeling

04-06-17, 10:28 PM

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
2. Total Recall (1990)
3. The Thing (1982)
4. Blade Runner (1982)
5. Aliens (1986)
6. Altered States (1980)
7. Predator (1987)
8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Minority Report (2002)
11. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
12. Contact (1997)
13. Arrival (2016)
14. 2010 (1984)
15. War of the Worlds (2005)
16. The Terminator (1984)
17. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
18. RoboCop (1987)
19. Waterworld (1995)
20. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
21. The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
22. Back to the Future (1985)
23. The Final Countdown (1980)
24. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
25. The Invasion (2007)

Captain Steel

04-06-17, 10:33 PM

My list (some may recall I listed my choices chronologically - a mistake, but left it as it was to make things more interesting.)
Some of the movies I chose were based on significance to sci-fi history. For instance, Frankenstein is a great movie and far more horror than sci-fi, but I wouldn't rate it as a top favorite sci-fi movie. However, I put it on the list as the literary work upon which it is based is the first recognized "official" piece of science fiction literature.

1. Frankenstein (1931)
2. Destination Moon (1950)
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
4. War of the Worlds (1953)
5. Forbidden Planet (1956)
6. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
7. The Time Machine (1960)
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
9. Planet of the Apes (1968)
10. Marooned (1969)
11. Logan's Run (1976)
12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
13. Superman I & II (1978)
14. Alien (1979)
15. Star Trek the Motion Picture (1979)
16. Road Warrior (1981)
17. Star Trek the Wrath of Kahn (1982)
18. Blade Runner (1982)
19. Back to the Future (1985)
20. Aliens (1986)
21. Robocop (1987)
22. Independence Day (1996)
23. Starship Troopers (1997)
24. Spider-Man I & II (2002)
25. District 9 (2009)

Sad to see Destination Moon didn't get a mention - I chose it as one of the early "realistic" sci-fi movies, in a similar vein was Marooned (which just slightly predated the real life Apollo 13 mission, yet bore a coincidental number of almost prophetic similarities)

Camo

04-06-17, 10:33 PM

2001 was my #10. I always thought it was a really well made film but i didn't particularly like it until my third viewing then it clicked. Blade Runner again i think is extremely well made but i don't really enjoy it, hope it turns around for me one of these days like 2001 did.

My List:

01.Eraserhead (damn was hoping a few of the Lynch fans would help this on the list)
02.A Clockwork Orange
03.Solaris (1972)
04.Back To The Future
05.WALL-E
06.The Thing
07.Her
08.The Fly
09.Empire Strikes Back
10.2001: A Space Oddysey
11.12 Monkeys
12.Monsters Inc
13.Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
14.Videodrome
15.Ex Machina
16..Wreck-It Ralph
17.Close Encounters Of The Third King
18,The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
19.Being John Malkovich
20.Melancholia
21.Mad Max: Fury Road
22.Moon
23.2046
24.La Jetee
25.Stalker

Good job Nope thanks for hosting :up:

Captain Steel

04-06-17, 10:36 PM

https://media.giphy.com/media/wAHVQSN85H9Ys/giphy.gif

And then there's... Sexy Celebrity!
That old compromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizin',
right on Sexy!

Captain Steel

04-06-17, 10:36 PM

Welcome back, Camo!

(Eraserhead, a science fiction?)

Camo

04-06-17, 10:37 PM

My list (some may recall I listed my choices
24. Spider-Man I & II (2002)

Did Nope allow this?

rauldc14

04-06-17, 10:39 PM

Did Nope allow this?

Was just going to say that. Seems..... Awkward

rauldc14

04-06-17, 10:40 PM

If I considered Eraserheadd Sci Fi, it might have made my list. But I don't.

Camo

04-06-17, 10:40 PM

There's also Superman 1 & II, missed that somehow.

Nope1172

04-06-17, 10:40 PM

Did Nope allow this?
I didn't even notice that I guess... I just counted it for Spiderman 1. Neither of them would have made the list anyways though.

Camo

04-06-17, 10:41 PM

If I considered Eraserheadd Sci Fi, it might have made my list. But I don't.

Yeah i get that. I didn't even think of it until Miss Vicky mentioned that it was classed as Sci-Fi on IMDB when we were going through those lists.

Camo

04-06-17, 10:42 PM

I didn't even notice that I guess... I just counted it for Spiderman 1. Neither of them would have made the list anyways though.

Superman did though. Guess you just counted first for that as well?

Captain Steel

04-06-17, 10:43 PM

Did Nope allow this?

Neither of my superhero picks came up, so it doesn't matter.
I consider Superman I & II the same movie in two parts (and it was made that way: all filmed together, except for the Salkinds canning Donner and bringing Lester in midway - but that's a whole other discussion). I kind of feel the same about Spider-Man I & II.
I can't separate them (and then III kind of sealed the first two as a pair with it's awfulness.) ;)

The Gunslinger45

04-06-17, 10:43 PM

Blade Runner was my number 1 and 2001: A Space Odyssey was my number 6. I love Blade Runner and count it very highly as one of my all time favorite films. Though I had a rocky start with it, eventually the film won me over after I decided to watch something other then the Theatrical Cut. It has amazing visuals, powerful themes, has fantastic characters and is just the right amount of sleazy. An easy top 5 all time favorite film.

2001: A Space Odyssey I also count among my favorite films, but not as highly as Blade Runner. However it is a fantastic piece of visually immersive cinema that is best to enjoy on as big a screen as possible with all the lights out and with total focus on the film. It truly is a brilliant work of art and an incredible experience.

1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Stalker (1979)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
4. The Avengers (2012)
5. Terminator 2:Judgment Day (1991)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. The Road Warrior (1981)
8. Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Predator (1987)
10. Mad Max (1979)
11. Jurassic Park (1993)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Heavy Metal (1981)
14. The Terminator (1984)
15. Return of the Jedi (1983)
16. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
17. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
18. Gravity (2013)
19. Aliens (1986)
20. Escape from New York (1981)
21. Independence Day (1996)
22. Planet of the Apes (1968)
23. Back to the Future (1985)
24. The Thing (1984)
25. Alien (1979)

My List: 23
Seen: 81/100

Sexy Celebrity

04-06-17, 10:45 PM

So what is the next Countdown going to be? Oh God, I think I know... the 40's. Who is the host?

rauldc14

04-06-17, 10:45 PM

1. Independence Day
2. Deja Vu
3. Gravity
4. V for Vendetta
5. Signs
6. Inception
7. Back to the Future
8. Fantastic Planet
9. Arrival
10. Wall E
11. E.T.
12. Terminator 2
13. Star Wars: A New Hope
14. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
15. Her
16. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
17. Night of the Living Dead
18. Robocop
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey
20. The Thing
21. Jurassic Park
22. I Robot
23. Interstellar
24. Invasion of the Saucer Men
25. Jumper

Looks like 18/25 made it for me. I'm just going to assume I'm the only Deja Vu voter.

rauldc14

04-06-17, 10:45 PM

So what is the next Countdown going to be? Oh God, I think I know... the 40's. Who is the host?

Rightfully should be. Now someone needs to step up!

Tugg

04-06-17, 10:46 PM

My list:

1. 34. The Fifth Element (1997, Luc Besson) [164]
2. 14. Twelve Monkeys (1995, Terry Gilliam) [305]
3. 70. Snowpiercer (2013, Bong Joon Ho) [74]
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
5. 67. Battle Royale (2000, Kinji Fukasaku) [77]
6. The Island (2005)
7. The Lobster (2015)
8. Back to the Future (1985)
9. 56. Predestination (2014, The Spierig Brothers) [99]
10. 31. The Road Warrior (1981, George Miller) [190]
11. Blade Runner (1982)
12. 66. Edge of Tomorrow (2014, Doug Liman) [77]
13. 100. Looper (2012, Rian Johnson) [49]
14. 63. Minority Report (2002, Steven Spielberg) [87]
15. 24. Inception (2010, Christopher Nolan) [221]
16. Lucy (2014)
17. 45. They Live (1988, John Carpenter) [119]
18. V for Vendetta (2005)
19. Divergent (2014)
20. 11. The Matrix (1999, The Wachowski Brothers) [364]
21. The Hunger Games (2012)
22. 68. Demolition Man (1993, Marco Brambilla) [75]
23. 60. The Martian (2015, Ridley Scott) [94]
24. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2015)
25. 48. Dark City (1998, Alex Proyas) [112]

Honorable mention:
33. Arrival (2016, Denis Villeneuve) [170][/

Miss Vicky

04-06-17, 10:46 PM

My List:

1. Her
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Wreck-It Ralph
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Wall-e
6. Lilo & Stitch
7. The Cell
8. Demolition Man
9. The Fifth Element
10. Paprika
11. *Batteries Not Included
12. Signs
13. The Road Warrior
14. The Incredibles
15. Meet the Robinsons
16. The Postman
17. Waterworld
18. Jurassic Park
19. Face/Off
20. 12 Monkeys
21. Dark City
22. Total Recall (1990)
23. Fire in the Sky
24. Planet of the Apes (1968)
25. Caveman

Sexy Celebrity

04-06-17, 10:47 PM

Citizen Rules, the 1940's are calling you.

Captain Steel

04-06-17, 10:49 PM

I didn't even notice that I guess... I just counted it for Spiderman 1. Neither of them would have made the list anyways though.

Yes. This was my intention.
To Camo's question, note the years I included next to those picks... only the year for the first movie in each case.

Camo

04-06-17, 10:54 PM

Yes. This was my intention.
To Camo's question, note the years I included next to those picks... only the year for the first movie in each case.

Right, i wasn't complaining or anything was just curious if he accepted them.

Captain Steel

04-06-17, 10:55 PM

Right, i wasn't complaining or anything was just curious if he accepted them.

Yeah, right! First day back and you're starting trouble already! ;) :D :p

Citizen Rules

04-06-17, 10:57 PM

A few thumbs up to the movies on your guys list that didn't make it.

13) Solaris (2002)
That movie takes a lot of knocking because of the greatness of the 1972 original. But if there had been only the one 2002 Solaris made, I bet it would be more respect. :up: for having it on your list.

21. Saturn 3 (1980)
19. Invaders From Mars (1953) - I guess I knew this wouldn’t make it
12. The Abyss - Seriously shocked this never made it
Saturn 3 I had a blast watching it,not a great movie, still :up: for including it.
The Abyss is a seriously good sci fi, it was my #17.
Invaders From Mars...you have some good ones Rodent :up:

10. Minority Report (2002)
19. Waterworld (1995)
:up: both of those are strong sci fis, I'm not sure why there's so much negativity against, Tom Cruise and Kevin Costner. Good choices, I considered them both.

19.Being John Malkovich
20.Melancholia
I thought both of those might make it. They're certainly worthy:up:

Citizen Rules

04-06-17, 10:59 PM

So what is the next Countdown going to be? Oh God, I think I know... the 40's. Who is the host?Silent Vamp said she was really thinking about hosting the 1940s Countdown.

I think she'd be great at and she loves 1940s movies too and has done Hofs so knows how to run these things.

@SilentVamp (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=87364) are you online

Camo

04-06-17, 11:00 PM

BJM didn't make it? What the hell, that's a surprise. I'm less surprised about Melancholia but i thought it might make the bottom 20 or so.

Camo

04-06-17, 11:02 PM

Miss Vicky Why did you not have BJM? Did you forget about it or what?

Captain Steel

04-06-17, 11:05 PM

Miss Vicky Why did you not have BJM? Did you forget about it or what?

It was probably came down to a choice between that and Caveman. ;)

Miss Vicky

04-06-17, 11:08 PM

Miss Vicky Why did you not have BJM? Did you forget about it or what?

I consider it fantasy rather than Sci Fi.

Steve Freeling

04-06-17, 11:13 PM

25. Starman (1984) - Simply can’t believe this never made it

Damned good movie there. Maybe my copy will come in the mail before May.
10. The Terminator rating_5
09. Terminator 2: Judgment Day rating_5
08. The Empire Strikes Back rating_5
07. A Clockwork Orange rating_2_5
06. A New Hope rating_5
05. Back To The Future rating_5
04. Alien - My #10 rating_5
03. The Thing - My #03 rating_5
02. Blade Runner - My #15 rating_5
01. 2001 rating_2****in' A. That's the exact rating I'd give 2001.

edarsenal

04-06-17, 11:19 PM

that was another GREAT List!!
THANKS NOPE for Hosting and doing a superb job! BRAVO!!!!!

this is definitely THE MOST I've had that made a list so far.

My List: 23/25
#1 Blade Runner (#2)
#2 Alien (#4)
#3 Serenity (#59)
#4 Gattaca (#51)
#5 Planet of the Apes (#17)
#6 Dark City (#48)
#7 Strange Days (#81)
#8 Matrix (#11)
#9 They Live (#45)
#10 Predestination (#56)
#11 Silent Running (#76)
#12 Ghost in the Machine (#64)
#13 12 Monkeys (#14)
#14 Wall-E (#16)
#15 Akira (#55)
#16 Her (#25)
#17 Brazil (#32)
#18 Time Machine (#69)
#19 Equilibrium (DNP)
#20 Minority Report (#63)
#21 Moon (#29)
#22 Ex Machina (#30)
#23 Logan's Run (#71)
#24 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea (DNP)
#25 The Fifth Element (#34)

Watched:74/100

Camo

04-06-17, 11:22 PM

Silent Vamp said she was really thinking about hosting the 1940s Countdown.

I think she'd be great at and she loves 1940s movies too and has done Hofs so knows how to run these things.

@SilentVamp (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=87364) are you online

I agree. Vamp is very knowledgeable about that era of film and has done a great job in the Hall of Fames she has hosted. She'd be a great host.

mark f

04-06-17, 11:28 PM

I had 2001 at #10. I'm a little surprised this countdown only had a little more than half the other Sci-Fi List has. Good job with all your work, Nope!

My List
1. Star Wars (#6)
2. Dr. Strangelove (DNP)
3. The Incredibles (#98)
4. King Kong (2005) (DNP)
5. Back to the Future (#5)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#18)
7. Planet of the Apes (1968) (#17)
8. Total Recall (#19)
9. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (#1)
11. The Empire Strikes Back (#8)
12. The Iron Giant (#50)
13. Altered States (#95)
14. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (#79)
15. Alien (#4)
16. Return of the Jedi (#47)
17. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (#21)
18. Gravity (#41)
19. Aliens (#12)
20. RoboCop (#28)
21. Jurassic Park (#13)
22. The Fly (1986) (#15)
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (#37)
24. Iron Man (DNP)
25. Children of Men (#20)

Seen: 100/100
OFCS's Top 100 Sci-Fi Films (2010 edition): 51/100

edarsenal

04-06-17, 11:42 PM

Vamp would be an EXCELLENT host for the 40's List. I could definitely see her doing a crack up job at it

Citizen Rules

04-06-17, 11:53 PM

I forgot to say Thank You to Nope for doing the countdown for us!

Excellent job Nope, I enjoyed it😊 and more importantly the countdowns are the glue that hold our MoFo family together, and make MoFo the best movie board on the internet!

Vamp would be an EXCELLENT host for the 40's List. I could definitely see her doing a crack up job at it#VampToHost40sCountdown

dadgumblah

04-07-17, 12:05 AM

I had Blade Runner at #11 and 2001: A Space Odyssey at #14. Love Ridley's movie but I think I'm one of the few that preferred the theatrical version and actually liked Harrison Ford's voice-over. It made it more of a Sci-Fi Film Noir to me. But different strokes. :) I knew 2001 would probably be #1 as it's very well-regarded on these boards. I don't dispute that. I really like this film and I find something new to pick up on every time I watch it. I wish I'd saved an interview that Kubrick had with a magazine wherein he explained a lot of the "mysteries" of the film that some people don't know. It really made the film click in some spots for me, although I didn't have to have it all explained. In fact, I still kind of have my own theory about some spots in the movie. For me, that kind of keeps some movies still alive for me after so many years---the fact that there are certain mysteries to it. But it's not particularly necessary to have them solved to enjoy the movie. And the visuals are stunning and I think we maybe wouldn't have had Star Wars without 2001 as a visual template. It is a very influential movie.

All kinds of good picks from some MoFos that didn't make the countdown. I'd mentioned some earlier but many more were revealed later that are indeed great Sci-Fi flicks. Sci-Fi is such a vast field and the ones that didn't make it are very impressive, as well as the ones that did make it. I've had a great time with this list. Like edarsenal, I think this is the most movies I've had on a countdown that any other I've taken part in. So, here's my final list, including the ones that didn't make it:

My final lineup on the list, with only two movies not making the Top 100:
List so far:
#1 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back .8
#2 Star Wars VI: A New Hope .6
#3 The Day the Earth Stood Still .39
#4 Forbidden Planet .38
#5 Close Encounter of the Third Kind .17
#6 Aliens .12
#7 Alien .4
#8 Invasion of the Body Snatchers .46
#9 The Thing .3
#10 The Thing From Another World
#11 Blade Runner .2
#12 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial .21
#13 Planet of the Apes .18
#14 2001: A Space Odyssey .1
#15 The Road Warrior .31
#16 Twelve Monkeys .14
#17 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .35
#18 The War of the Worlds .90"
#19 The Andromeda Strain
#20 The Time Machine .69
#21 The Matrix .11
#22 The Terminator .10
#23 Logan's Run .71
#24 RoboCop .28
#25 The Fifth Element .34

Mingusings

04-07-17, 12:18 AM

Here was my list. Only had two not place.

1. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. The Thing (1982)
4. Alien (1979)
5. The Fly (1986)
6. Star Wars (1977)
7. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
8. The Matrix (1999)
9. Ex Machina (2015)
10. Arrival (2016)
11. Interstellar (2014)
12. Her (2013)
13. The Terminator (1984)
14. Battle Royale (2000)
15. District 9 (2009)
16. Children of Men (2006)
17. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
18. Re-Animator (1985)
19. Aliens (1986)
20. Minority Report (2002)
21. Brazil (1985)
22. Jurassic Park (1993)
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
24. The World’s End (2013)
25. Moon (2009)

The Gunslinger45

04-07-17, 12:26 AM

Nope thanks for all you did on this list. You did an excellent job.

77topaz

04-07-17, 12:57 AM

2001: A Space Odyssey was my #1, and Blade Runner my #12! :) Another MoFo award in the bag for Stanley Kubrick...

Here's my list, including the films that didn't make it:
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (#1)
2. The Matrix (#11)
3. Contact (#49)
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#18)
5. Interstellar (#43)
6. Inception (#24)
7. Soylent Green (D.N.P.)
8. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
9. Ex Machina (#30)
10. Children of Men (#20)
11. Avatar (#80)
12. Blade Runner (#2)
13. Alien (#4)
14. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (D.N.P.)
15. Dune (#99)
16. WALL-E (#16)
17. Ender's Game (D.N.P.)
18. The Matrix Reloaded (D.N.P.)
19. Metropolis (#36)
20. Starman (D.N.P.)
21. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (#35)
22. Gattaca (#51)
23. Serenity (#59)
24. Strange Days (#81)
25. Earthbound (one-pointer)

Of those that didn't make it, I'm most surprised about the absence of Soylent Green, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Starman. Considering each of those was on at least one other user's list posted in this thread, I'm guessing they only just missed out on the 49-point threshold. :(

Tugg

04-07-17, 02:07 AM

I had 2001 at #10. I'm a little surprised this countdown only had a little more than half the other Sci-Fi List has.
Why are you surprised and what surprised you the most about the change?

Tugg

04-07-17, 02:11 AM

I'm surprised nobody voted for "The Lobster" (2015). I wonder how well remembered it will be because I thought it was one of the very best movies of it's year.

Chypmunk

04-07-17, 02:28 AM

Both placed highly on my list, which looked as follows:

1. Blade Runner (1982) #2
2. Ex Machina (2015) #30
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) #1
4. The Thing (1982) #3
5. Forbidden Planet (1956) #38
6. The War Of The Worlds (1953) #90
7. The Martian (2015) #60
8. WALL-E (2008) #16
9. Gravity (2013) #41
10. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) #39
11. Silent Running (1972) #86
12. Metropolis (1927) #36
13. Interstellar (2014) #43
14. Her (2013) #25
15. Moon (2009) #29
16. The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)
17. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) #6
18. The Fly (1986) #15
19. Voyage To The End Of The Universe [Ikarie XB 1] (1963)
20. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
21. Planet Of The Apes (1968) #17
22. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) #18
23. The Machine (2013)
24. Solaris [Solyaris] (1972) #23
25. Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)

Thanks to Nope for curating the list - you did a great job!!

Clazor

04-07-17, 02:38 AM

An excellent job hosting, nope! Many thanks for a very well run list! :up::up:

Kaplan

04-07-17, 02:49 AM

My List:

1. Blade Runner (#2)
2. A Clockwork Orange (#7)
3. Metropolis (#36)
4. 12 Monkeys (#14)
5. Brazil (#32)
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (#46)
7. Alien (#4)
8. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (DNP)
9. World on a Wire (#73)
10. The Thing (#3)
11. Forbidden Planet (#38)
12. The Fly (#15)
13. The Terminator (#10)
14. Planet of the Apes (#17)
15. Total Recall (#19)
16. Godzilla (AKA Gojira) (DNP)
17. Moon (#29)
18. Solaris (#23)
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey (#1)
20. Sleeper (DNP)
21. THX 1138 (DNP)
22. Logan’s Run (#71)
23. A Scanner Darkly (DNP)
24. Westworld (DNP)
25. Ghost in the Shell (#64)

2001 was my #19. It’s not a movie I love, necessarily, but I find myself strangely drawn to and fascinated by it. I’ve seen it all the way through five times, read the book, and have a hard time turning away when I catch chunks of it on TV. I feel a relation to the tone, the visuals, the sounds, the pacing . . . so, yeah, it’s definitely grown on me from the first time I watched it when I didn’t like it at all.

Blade Runner was my #1. In its Final Cut version it’s the greatest science fiction movie ever, I think. From a purely cinematic point of view, it’s one of the best looking movies ever and I’m a sucker for its sci-fi neo-noir look and feel. Plus its sound design is amazing. Tonally and thematically I click with it on every level.

What missed out:

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

I’ve mentioned everywhere I can how much I love this movie, which starrs Ray Milland as a scientist who invents eye drops that allow the user to see beyond our normal range, even penetrating the very fabric of reality. Not satisfied with the animal trials, which has already resulted in the death of one of the primates, he experiments on himself, and thus begins his odyssey into madness.

Godzilla

The ultimate monster movie and a sincere warning about not just nuclear weapons but all weapons of mass destruction, as the only thing that can kill Godzilla is an experimental weapon called the oxygen destroyer, the inventor of which chooses to destroy forever after this one time use against Godzilla rather than risk it being used as a weapon of war. Of course as certainly as there will continue to be Godzilla movies, there will continue to be ever more insidious weapons of warfare. This really should have made the list. Really.

Sleeper

Early, funny, goofy Woody Allen, starring with Diane Keaton. Endlessly rewatchable. It feels like THX 1138 is one of the sources it’s parodying, and speaking of which ....

THX 1138

My only George Lucas-created film to make my list. It’s right at home among the many satirical dystopian science fiction works of literature of the 20th century, stuff like 1984, Brave New World, Anthem, WE, etc. And maybe it feels a little more clumsy than those works, but in the film world, it stands out as an interesting work whose reputation has grown considerably since its release. Essentially, in this underground world, sex is prohibited and everyone is forced to medicate themselves. And then one day . . .

I should note that I’m voting for the original version, not the murdered version released on DVD. I’d seen this a couple times in the 90s and then I watched the DVD and was aghast at the fact CGI had been used to “enhance” it. And trust me, the CGI stands out like a sore thumb. It looks awful, and even at its best, it undermines the tone of the original movie, and looks rather generic. Thankfully, there’s a pre-DVD version available online, and I don’t care if the “quality” isn’t as great, it beats the hell out of the George Lucas butchered version.

A Scanner Darkly

The themes and obsessions of Philip K. Dick resonate with me, and thus this was the third adaptation of his to make my list (along with Total Recall and Blade Runner), plus World on a Wire, which very much has a Philip K. Dick feel to it. I knew this one had pretty much no chance, and it’s certainly not hardcore science fiction, but I really like it and wanted to include it. The novel was quite autobiographical, as Philip K. Dick himself dealt with drug abuse while living with a bunch of drug addicts he couldn’t always trust, but the interesting aspect of the story is how one’s identity can become splintered, even to the point of not recognizing yourself on video. The rotoscoped animation is great.

Westworld

I thought this was a lock, but then I only gave it 2 points, so maybe it just never made it very high on anybody’s list. It really anticipated the appeal of immersive video games, and Yul Brynner creates an unforgettable, iconic science fiction villain.

Fabulous

04-07-17, 02:55 AM

My List:

Sunshine
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Time Machine
Moon
Arrival
The Thing
Snowpiercer
Mad Max: Fury Road
10 Cloverfield Lane
Coherence
Source Code
Predestination
Event Horizon
Ex Machina
28 Days Later...
The Martian
Vanilla Sky
Europa Report
Donnie Darko
Twelve Monkeys
A Clockwork Orange
Contact
Alien
Dark City
The Fifth Element

Kaplan

04-07-17, 02:57 AM

Only two people predicted Blade Runner as the Runner up and they were kaplan and Holden Pike. (9 points to both of them)

Only two of us got that? I figured the only predictable part of the top 10 was #1 and #2.

And also, great job, Nope! You ran a pretty smooth countdown!

gbgoodies

04-07-17, 03:05 AM

Thank You Nope for doing a great job running this countdown! :up:

Nope1172, Are you going to post the complete list of all the movies that got votes?

Swan

04-07-17, 06:18 AM

Nice work, Nope. :up:

dadgumblah

04-07-17, 06:30 AM

Nope, excellent job on the countdown. You handled it like a pro, and it was one of the more enjoyable "Top 100s" I've had the pleasure to participate in. :cool:

CosmicRunaway

04-07-17, 06:56 AM

I really wanted to rewatch Blade Runner for the Countdown, but didn't quite get around to it. I had it at #15, and doubt it would've moved too much upon a rewatch, so I was happy leaving it there. 2001 was obviously an impressive achievement not only in science fiction but in filmmaking in general, but I just don't love it as much as a lot of people seem to. I do still really like it though and it was on my list at #20.

Thanks for hosting this, Nope! And great job with the presentation, it looks fantastic! :up:

Seen: 88/100
My List: 22

01. Dredd (2012) - #96
02. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - #66
03. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - #35
04. The Martian (2015) - #60
05. The Thing (1982) - #3
06. Alien (1979)
07. The Fly (1986) - #15
08. Metropolis (1927) - #36
09. Galaxy Quest (1999) - #88
10. Brazil (1985) - #32
11. Dark City (1998) - #48
12. Twelve Monkeys (1995)- #14
13. Re-Animator (1985) (DNP)
14. Robocop (1987) - #28
15. Blade Runner (1982) - #2
16. Videodrome (1983) - #53
17. Flash Gordon (1980) (DNP)
18. Forbidden Planet (1956) - #38
19. Arrival (2016) - #33
20. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - #1
21. The Road Warrior (1981) - #31
22. Strange Days (1995) - #81
23. Ex Machina (2015) - #30
24. Equilibrium (2002) (DNP)
25. Primer (2004) - #44

The Rodent

04-07-17, 07:04 AM

I ended up making 4 lists for this countdown. Took me ages, for once I wasn't the first person to submit a list :D
I think initially I had about 150 movies shortlisted.

25. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
24. Cloverfield
23. Westworld (1973)
22. Scanners
21. TRON Legacy
20. Metropolis (1927)
19. The Mist
18. La Jetée
17. Starman (1984)
16. The Andromeda Strain
15. TRON
14. Interstellar
13. Logan’s Run
12. Galaxy Quest
11. Saturn 3 (1980)
10. The Fifth Element
09. Deep Rising
08. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
07. The War Of The Worlds (1953)
06. Invaders From Mars (1953)
05. Repo Man (1984)
04. The Blob (1988)
03. Silent Running (1972)
02. Blade Runner
01. Sunshine (2007)
---
25. Alien Nation
24. Invasion Of The Saucer-Men
23. Enemy Mine
22. Paul
21. Explorers
20. The Chronicles Of Riddick (Pitch Black 2)
19. District 9
18. Freejack
17. I Am Legend
16. Super 8
15. Pitch Black (2000)
14. World War Z
13. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
12. Deep Blue Sea
11. Event Horizon
10. Riddick (Pitch Black 3)
09. Signs
08. Flight Of The Navigator
07. Predator 2
06. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
05. Innerspace
04. The Abyss
03. Waterworld
02. Independence Day
01 Timecop
---
25. Total Recall (1990)
24. Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
23. The Terminator
22. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
21. Starship Troopers (1997)
20. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
19. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
18. Alien
17. Aliens
16. Alien 3
15. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
14. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
13. Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi
12. Jurassic World
11. Jurassic Park
10. Dredd (2012)
09. Ghostbusters (1984)
08. Moon (2009)
07. Real Steel (Hugh Jackman)
06. The Martian (2015)
05. Predator
04. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
03. The Fly (1986)
02. RoboCop (1987)
01. The Thing (1982)
---

Finalised List

25. Starman (1984)
24. Interstellar - 43rd
23. Logan’s Run - 71st
22. Galaxy Quest - 88th
21. Saturn 3 (1980)
20. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) - 58th
19. Invaders From Mars (1953)
18. Repo Man (1984)
17. The Blob (1988)
16. Silent Running (1972) - 86th
15. Blade Runner - 2nd
14. Sunshine (2007) - 52nd
13. Event Horizon (1997) - 93rd
12. The Abyss
11. Independence Day - 40th
10. Alien - 4th
09. Aliens - 12th
08. Alien 3
07. Jurassic Park - 13th
06. Dredd (2012) - 96th
05. Moon (2009) - 29th
04. Predator (1987) - 26th
03. The Fly (1986) - 15th
02. RoboCop (1987) - 28th
My 01 Movie. The Thing (1982) - 3rd

TheUsualSuspect

04-07-17, 08:33 AM

I guess I underestimated how much Blade Runner is loved here.

Anyways, 25/25 for me.

1. Dark City
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
4. The Matrix
5. Inception
6. Children of Men
7. Minority Report
8. Wall-E
9. District 9
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
11. Jurassic Park
12. E.T.
13. Alien
14. The Thing
15. The 5th Element
16. Ghostbusters
17. Avatar
18. Moon
19. Serenity
20. Interstellar
21. Donnie Darko
22. Back to the Future
23. 12 Monkeys
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey
25. Edge of Tomorrow

Nope1172

04-07-17, 08:44 AM

Thank You Nope for doing a great job running this countdown! :up:

Nope1172, Are you going to post the complete list of all the movies that got votes?
I will try to

cricket

04-07-17, 09:28 AM

I've seen Blade Runner and 2001 3 times each, and it wasn't until the 3rd viewing that I enjoyed and appreciated each of them. Neither will ever be favorites of mine but I understand the praise.

Thank you and great job Nope👍

Mäx

04-07-17, 10:38 AM

Well done, Nope. I've only seen 52 of those 100 movies.

Captain Spaulding

04-07-17, 10:42 AM

Captain Spaulding's Science-Fiction Ballot

#1) 2001: A Space Odyssey
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#2) The Matrix
http://i.imgur.com/7NpbhfW.gif

#3) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
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#4) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
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#5) Alien
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#6) The Iron Giant
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8d/8c/a9/8d8ca962d5305983bf59c0f1222e8f7e.gif

#7) Solaris
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#8) World on a Wire
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#9) Wall-E
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#10) X-Men: First Class
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#11) Independence Day
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#12) Men in Black
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#13) Avatar
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#14) Gravity
https://68.media.tumblr.com/9d151b1e07182b0325321161fd63e592/tumblr_mu8zsekj4u1rti8xbo1_500.gif

#15) Total Recall
http://i.imgur.com/ctWEjKX.gif

#16) Scanners
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#17) Ex Machina
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#18) Terminator 2: Judgement Day
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#19) District 9
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#20) The Face of Another
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#21) The Fly
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#22) Stalker
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#23) Robocop
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#24) eXistenZ
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#25) WarGames
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