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| benjisonfire |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 09:56:11
after a peruse of the hunger games thread which i'm going to soon im in the mood for some scifi... can you recommend anything with a really good story or concept behind it? |
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| moosetication |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 11:21:02
A friend of mine got the graphic novel version of Alien before the movie was released.
"If it's anything like this," quoth he, "it'll scare the wallpaper off the wall."
So many touches that have since been copied. Keeping the full-size alien out of sight until very late in the movie, and never walking around like "man in a suit" aliens. The beat-up look on all the gear and suits, the lighting, the scale of the Nostromo, not being afraid to leave questions unanswered. With the sole exception of the matte shots in space, which can look a bit dated, every other aspect of that movie has stood the test of time over 33 years. |
| teethmeister |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 10:42:20
Interesting to spot some of the common ideas between Dark Star and Alien - though at first glance they are worlds apart. Both were written by the late Dan O'Bannon, and the whole alien infant exiting Mr Hurt thing is based on his own nightmares at reading about a type of real-life parasitic wasp that lays its egg inside beetle larvae.
Dan O'Bannon also wrote the screenplay for Total Recall, worked on computer effects for the original Star Wars and wrote a graphic novel "The Long Tomorrow" illustrated by Moebius which directly influenced the "look" of Bladerunner.
Then again, he also wrote "Lifeforce"....
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| logic_user99 |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 06:34:46
quote:
Originally posted by Brigham
I went to the cinema to see it when it was originally released. Shat myself.
It's still got those jump-out-of-your-skin moment, even after seeing it 100 times! |
| DaveP |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 01:34:43
quote:
Originally posted by MGM
jackanory - I was wondering when someone was going to mention Alien !
I think the whole run of the Alien franchise was terrific - each film had a certain vibe to it that set it apart from the one before, and Sigorny Weaver's Ripley was a great strong female character.
If you're a fan of quirkiness, dark humour and thoughtfulness in your films, you won't get much better than Dark Star - early John Carpenter film with the most eccentric special effects use of a beach ball in movie history ! Definitely "cult film" territory, but worth the effort.
A 1960s, black and white film - X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes - is a classic "science goes bad" tale, and has some wonderful twists and turns and a profoundly unsettling ending.
Another journey into the world of unsettling SF ideas is the British black and white film, Village of the Damned - scared the bejeezus out of me when I was younger.
A particularly 70s mix of extreme violence and long, brooding, atmospheric scenes can be witnessed in the classic Rollerball - definite shades of The Hunger Games in how it ends !
This.
Dave |
| Brigham |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 01:19:38
I went to the cinema to see it when it was originally released. Shat myself. |
| logic_user99 |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 22:50:06
Right. I just watched 'Alien'; Ridley Scott's 'better, tighter, faster' Director's Cut. I still can't get over how a SCI-FI movie made nearly 35 years ago can still look so fresh and - ignoring Sigourney Weaver's hair! - contemporary. Everything about it adds up to one of the best extra-terrestrial horror movies ever made.
John Hurt's death scene really is absolutely stunning. Truly unforgiving. Horror at it's finest. |
| beezerk |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 07:05:37
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Originally posted by gaz farrimond
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
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Originally posted by Brody
Ha! ha! Sorry to drag this off topic further, but Abadon and Venom's manager once directed my old band to a gig in Newcastle in about 1998 when we couldn't find it and we were in two cars! He jumped into one car and the manager in the other! Best thing was, we had the copy of Terrorizer which had Venom on the cover!
LOL
Got to say this, Venom are kin' terrible, a joke of a metal band  Famous because of an album name rather than the quality of their music.
Don't forget, Conrad believed he was the second coming.
The anti-mullet-christ? |
| gaz farrimond |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 23:21:12
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Originally posted by beezerk
quote:
Originally posted by Brody
Ha! ha! Sorry to drag this off topic further, but Abadon and Venom's manager once directed my old band to a gig in Newcastle in about 1998 when we couldn't find it and we were in two cars! He jumped into one car and the manager in the other! Best thing was, we had the copy of Terrorizer which had Venom on the cover!
LOL
Got to say this, Venom are kin' terrible, a joke of a metal band Famous because of an album name rather than the quality of their music.
Don't forget, Conrad believed he was the second coming.
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| Brody |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 22:42:32
Another Earth. Recently watched. Great film. |
| Brody |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 22:30:29
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
quote:
Originally posted by Brody
Ha! ha! Sorry to drag this off topic further, but Abadon and Venom's manager once directed my old band to a gig in Newcastle in about 1998 when we couldn't find it and we were in two cars! He jumped into one car and the manager in the other! Best thing was, we had the copy of Terrorizer which had Venom on the cover!
LOL
Got to say this, Venom are kin' terrible, a joke of a metal band Famous because of an album name rather than the quality of their music.
My mate used to be the singer in a band with Anton (DefcomOne) he left in the end as he didn't enjoy what he was singing.
Forgot to tell you, we listened to your band the other week on my Ipod, we were suitably impressed 
Ha, yep, they were - but very helpful chaps that day!
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked the stuff! |
| Drumheduk |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 22:19:50
Immortal ad vitam, very strange, not PG but very well done. |
| beezerk |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 21:31:50
quote:
Originally posted by Brody
Ha! ha! Sorry to drag this off topic further, but Abadon and Venom's manager once directed my old band to a gig in Newcastle in about 1998 when we couldn't find it and we were in two cars! He jumped into one car and the manager in the other! Best thing was, we had the copy of Terrorizer which had Venom on the cover!
LOL
Got to say this, Venom are kin' terrible, a joke of a metal band Famous because of an album name rather than the quality of their music.
My mate used to be the singer in a band with Anton (DefcomOne) he left in the end as he didn't enjoy what he was singing.
Forgot to tell you, we listened to your band the other week on my Ipod, we were suitably impressed |
| Brody |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 21:18:53
Ha! ha! Sorry to drag this off topic further, but Abadon and Venom's manager once directed my old band to a gig in Newcastle in about 1998 when we couldn't find it and we were in two cars! He jumped into one car and the manager in the other! Best thing was, we had the copy of Terrorizer which had Venom on the cover! |
| beezerk |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 21:04:26
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Originally posted by Brody
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
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Originally posted by Brody
Soylent Green!
Ain't seen it, awesome band though
Watch it sir! Surprised it's not been remade. Yep, saw em with Eyehategod and Crowbar in London village years ago - looked stoned off their faces!! ha! Good though!
Lucky son of a......
Saw Crowbar a couple of years ago in Newcastle, Kirk's eyes were almost closed shut he was that stoned
My mate was talking to the old Venom drummer IIRC, my memory is a bit hazy of that one though |
| Brody |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 20:10:40
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
quote:
Originally posted by Brody
Soylent Green!
Ain't seen it, awesome band though
Watch it sir! Surprised it's not been remade. Yep, saw em with Eyehategod and Crowbar in London village years ago - looked stoned off their faces!! ha! Good though! |
| JGodsall |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 12:01:19
Steven Soderbergh's Solaris is better than it's generally made out to be. Pretty good, in fact. I think it got marketed as 'George Clooney love story in space', but it's not that at all (there's some pretty heavy psychological and philosophical stuff going on), and hence audiences didn't like it. Critics maybe rightly pointed out that it isn't on the same level as the Tarkovskiy original, but it's certainly more palatable for a general audience. |
| gaz farrimond |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 11:50:04
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Originally posted by beezerk
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Originally posted by gaz farrimond
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Originally posted by beezerk
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Originally posted by gaz farrimond
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Originally posted by beezerk
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E
City of Ember
Seen it, not a bad film.
I've seen most "kids sci fi" films, I'm after some hidden gems.
So things such as Planet 51 are out then.
Hmmm...
Unfortunately I don't know how liberal you are with what your children watch: so...
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is quite different.
Coraline; Younger children may find it frightening.
Ink; May not hold their attention though.
'9' isn't a bad childrens movie either.
Seen Coraline.
I usually let her watch most things as long as there isn't too much bad language or sexual kinda stuff in it. She also likes a good little kiddies horror film
Army Of Darkness
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| meat2veg |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 11:37:52
Minority Report. |
| meat2veg |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 11:35:10
quote:
Originally posted by JKDrummerDude
quote:
Originally posted by dibs
Serenity. Absolute cult classic, based on the series Firefly written and directed by Joss Whedon who wrote The Cabin in the Woods which is currently showing to massive acclaim. But then I'm biased as I run sci fi conventions and the cast and crew are all friends!
Most of my mates are really into this, but the whole thing left me cold. I just didn't get it. Shame, 'cos I like Sci Fi and I like Westerns...
My sci fi flick of choice at the moment is Starship Troopers. Props to Silent Running though.
I bet you like Babylon 5. Babylon 5 is a big pile of ƒhit. |
| beezerk |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 11:28:25
quote:
Originally posted by gaz farrimond
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
quote:
Originally posted by gaz farrimond
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E
City of Ember
Seen it, not a bad film.
I've seen most "kids sci fi" films, I'm after some hidden gems.
So things such as Planet 51 are out then.
Hmmm...
Unfortunately I don't know how liberal you are with what your children watch: so...
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is quite different.
Coraline; Younger children may find it frightening.
Ink; May not hold their attention though.
'9' isn't a bad childrens movie either.
Seen Coraline.
I usually let her watch most things as long as there isn't too much bad language or sexual kinda stuff in it. She also likes a good little kiddies horror film |
| logic_user99 |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 10:13:37
quote:
Originally posted by swampy
Not strictly Sc-fi but I quite like some of the Japanes anime films: Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away are ones that stick in my mind
Mrs Logic has ALL of the Studio Ghibli films on DVD. 'Grave of the Fireflies' is a particular stand-out favorite of mine. |
| swampy |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 09:41:56
Not strictly Sc-fi but I quite like some of the Japanes anime films: Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away are ones that stick in my mind |
| gaz farrimond |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 09:11:22
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
quote:
Originally posted by gaz farrimond
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E
City of Ember
Seen it, not a bad film.
I've seen most "kids sci fi" films, I'm after some hidden gems.
So things such as Planet 51 are out then.
Hmmm...
Unfortunately I don't know how liberal you are with what your children watch: so...
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is quite different.
Coraline; Younger children may find it frightening.
Ink; May not hold their attention though.
'9' isn't a bad childrens movie either.
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| beezerk |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 06:30:21
quote:
Originally posted by gaz farrimond
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E
City of Ember
Seen it, not a bad film.
I've seen most "kids sci fi" films, I'm after some hidden gems. |
| Brigham |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 06:23:59
Aliens is by far the best of the franchise.
Agree with old British black and white sci if films. Village of the Damned (based on the book The Midwitch Cuckoos) is brilliant. Just don't watch the colour remake!
Oh, and Terminator! And T2. Awesomeness in celluloid |
| scoobydude |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 05:18:07
quote:
Originally posted by Brody
Soylent Green!
Ah yes, I finally watched it last year. I do love a Taylor Hawkins Charlton Heston film. |
| MGM |
Posted - 19/04/2012 : 02:20:18
jackanory - I was wondering when someone was going to mention Alien !
I think the whole run of the Alien franchise was terrific - each film had a certain vibe to it that set it apart from the one before, and Sigorny Weaver's Ripley was a great strong female character.
If you're a fan of quirkiness, dark humour and thoughtfulness in your films, you won't get much better than Dark Star - early John Carpenter film with the most eccentric special effects use of a beach ball in movie history ! Definitely "cult film" territory, but worth the effort.
A 1960s, black and white film - X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes - is a classic "science goes bad" tale, and has some wonderful twists and turns and a profoundly unsettling ending.
Another journey into the world of unsettling SF ideas is the British black and white film, Village of the Damned - scared the bejeezus out of me when I was younger.
A particularly 70s mix of extreme violence and long, brooding, atmospheric scenes can be witnessed in the classic Rollerball - definite shades of The Hunger Games in how it ends !
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| nick65 |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 22:13:22
Logans run jenny agutter highly decorous |
| gaz farrimond |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 22:12:55
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E
City of Ember
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| beezerk |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 21:41:05
quote:
Originally posted by Brody
Soylent Green!
Ain't seen it, awesome band though |
| Brody |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 21:38:49
Not that it's suitable for a 10-year old, just is one of my faves! |
| Brody |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 21:37:40
Soylent Green!
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| dibs |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 18:35:52
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
Gonna make a list from this thread, damn good it is.
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E
Tron - both the original and the sequel |
| luke3030 |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 18:25:29
Westworld. Love that film. |
| jackanakanory |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 17:45:25
Good list here http://www.imdb.com/chart/scifi |
| jackanakanory |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 17:39:45
quote:
Originally posted by beezerk
Gonna make a list from this thread, damn good it is.
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E
Alien? |
| beezerk |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 17:36:45
Gonna make a list from this thread, damn good it is.
Are any suitable for a 10 year old girl, apart from Wall E |
| scaryhair |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 17:13:51
How on earth has no-one mentioned AKIRA !!!,
It was the birth of modern Sci-Fi.
Watch the Series Firefly too, great reviews.
Dark City with Rufus Sewell, a crazy dark film,
and City of Lost Children, Amazing but bonkers. |
| gaz farrimond |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 17:00:23
quote:
Originally posted by dibs
Battlestar Galactica was an awesome remake, and the prequel series Caprica was amazing and cancelled prematurely. Was gutted when it ended.
I was happily surprised with the Battlestar Galactica reimaging.
Being a fan of the original show, and following what Richard Hatch and Bryan Singer were planning I thought the Moore/Rymer production would be the death knell of any further BSG programmes; especially with the casting of a female as Starbuck.
I was wrong, the show was excellent.
But, for the best (IMHO) tv Sci-Fi show ever: Babylon 5.
Jeremiah and Jericho also score highly on my watchability scale.
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| Sharklaar |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 16:43:36
Be sure to NEVER watch Skyline.
Ever. |
| jackanakanory |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 16:39:14
2001 A Space Odyssey (The books are excellent too)
District 9
Super 8
Gamer
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| dibs |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 14:22:45
Battlestar Galactica was an awesome remake, and the prequel series Caprica was amazing and cancelled prematurely. Was gutted when it ended.
Anyone who has seen BSG (or Dr Who, or Firefly, or Supernatural, or Warehouse 13, in fact just about any sci fi genre TV series) might recognise the chap I'm playing pool with in this photo, Mark Sheppard, ex professional drummer and all round super nice guy.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/Dibs13/Pool.jpg |
| JGodsall |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 14:20:46
quote:
Originally posted by Brigham
quote:
Originally posted by Prog
Moon.
Exceptional film.
Yes. Source Code is worth a watch too (same director). Concept-y again, and though perhaps not as good as it could have been in certain respects, it's an entertaining film. |
| D.C. |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 14:14:09
Gattaca http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/ |
| Wannabedrummer |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 13:53:26
Oh thats a good one, The Abyss. I alway equate sci fi with space, maybe thats why no-one's mentioned it.
Sincewe're on Cameron's films, what about Avatar? I thought it was great (not cerebrally challenging, just a good yarn). |
| Brigham |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 13:06:29
quote:
Originally posted by Prog
Moon.
Exceptional film.
Why Oh why Oh why has no one mentioned The Abyss (extended version)???? Brilliant sci-fi film.
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| swampy |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 12:59:35
quote:
Originally posted by Wannabedrummer
The new (2004) series of Battlestar Galactica. Utterly brilliant. There's a pilot film whet your appetite.
yep, fantastic series. I caught onto it late, bought all the box sets and watched it back to back. The missus wasn't too pleased with that! |
| Wannabedrummer |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 12:58:06
The new (2004) series of Battlestar Galactica. Utterly brilliant. There's a pilot film whet your appetite. |
| JKDrummerDude |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 12:42:45
quote:
Originally posted by dibs
Serenity. Absolute cult classic, based on the series Firefly written and directed by Joss Whedon who wrote The Cabin in the Woods which is currently showing to massive acclaim. But then I'm biased as I run sci fi conventions and the cast and crew are all friends!
Most of my mates are really into this, but the whole thing left me cold. I just didn't get it. Shame, 'cos I like Sci Fi and I like Westerns...
My sci fi flick of choice at the moment is Starship Troopers. Props to Silent Running though. |
| Prog |
Posted - 18/04/2012 : 12:26:22
Moon. |
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