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In Reply to: 20 Most Influential SF Movies Of All Time (In Order). posted by AudioHead on October 28, 2002 at 07:40:53:

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Yup! nt - Harmonia 23:20:35 10/29/02 (3)
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- It's nice to see so many people here enjoy these movies - cfraser 09:51:39 10/30/02 (2)
  Many people call the genre kiddy-crap, and only discuss these movies in terms of their special effects.
  I thought about it quite a bit, and I do think the top 3 in the list are quite possibly valid as to their influence on later movies. I do not particularly like 2001, but it is/was very influential for people of my generation. Especially if one puts it in context of the manned space exploration heyday, before the first manned moon landing. At that time, the way things were going with technology and space exploration, 2001 truly seemed very potentially imminently possible. So this made people, at the time, take it much more seriously than JUST a sci-fi movie.
  Unfortunately, many of the older movies in the list I haven't seen (I even have 10 of them on DVD), so I can only guess that some of them may have deserved a higher placing. I suspect the ordering would depend a lot on the age of the person(s) who compiled the list, so that the movies could be judged more contextually with the time they came out. I would guess the people who made the list are around my age, and people in their 20's would have a different list with many of the same newer movies, but definitely with The Matrix on it.
  - Good point, and I made an assumption... - Harmonia 11:01:18 10/30/02 (1)
    ...and a sweeping assumption it was too, that the original post referenced sci-fi movies that were influential on other films, not pop culture generally.
    I've seen 'em all, and I stand by my assertion of Metropolis at #1.
    I heartily agree about 2001, I can certainly remember the impact it had on me when I first saw it as a young teen.
    - I will have to get Metropolis...last time I saw it was in 1970 <nt> - cfraser 13:05:10 10/30/02 (0)

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