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Source comes from CINESCAPE (Jan/Feb 1997):(1) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
(2) Star Wars (1977)
(3) Blade Runner (1982)
(4) Metropolis (1986)
(5) The Terminator (1984)
(6) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
(7) Alien (1979)
(8) The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
(9) Le Voyage dans la Lune (1903)
(10) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
(11) Things To Come (1936)
(12) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
(13) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
(14) The Thing (1951)
(15) Mad Max 2 (1981)
(16) Planet of the Apes (1968)
(17) Aliens (1986)
(18) The Andromeda Strain (1970)
(19) Forbidden Planet (1956)
(20) War of the Worlds (1953)
Where is The Matrix?Theo
And why isn't John Carpenter's version of The Thing on that list,
I wonder.Early sci-fi tends to make me laugh when I see it now days. It
all looks so hokey! Undoubtedly today's will look hokey in
50 years too.My top 5, fwiw: 2001, Blade Runner, Alien, The Thing (John
Carpenter's version), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (I know, its
probably horror not sci-fi).And BTW, does anyone besides me think that Ridley Scott is
one hell of a director (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise)?Mike
http://www.filmsite.org/sci-fifilms.html
Influential in the sense of setting new standards,
creating models for future filmakers of the genre. These films
become benchmarks in the historical development of the science fiction
films. Science fiction is a rather loose concept and has indeed
been quite stretched at times. Often the element of the fantastic
is involved. I suppose everyone has their own ideas about what
constitutes science fiction; I personally would not include "King
Kong" as science fiction, but rather fantasy-adventure, as there
is no scientific explantation or premise for the gorilla's huge
size, other than environmental isolation. In contrast, giant insects or other creatures mutated by atomic radiation would qualify for inclusion into the genre. I shun movies like "Have Rocket Will
Travel"(The Three Stooges)as bona fide sci-fi, rather I consider them
comedies with sci-fi elements. Dracula would belong to the horror
genre, not sci-fi, because the premise is supernatural, not scientific. I agree about "The Thing", as it sets new FX standards
for the genre. I don't disagree about Ridley Scott. His film, "Alien"
would be qualify in the sci-fi genre, with a further classification
as a sub-genre: sci-fi horror. - AH
If influential means advancing the state of the art technology or SF as a literary form, I suggest these as considerationsNosferatu (1920s?) Downright scary even by today's standards. Use of shadows to create feeling of horror set a standard. So we call it a horror film today. In the 20s they might have called it scifi.
The Lost World (1925?) Use of model dinosaurs brought this technology to believability
King Kong (1933) Realistic interaction between models and live action figures set the standard for years to come. Made the monster into a creature worthy of pity rather than one to be feared.
Jason and the Argonauts (late 50s) I think I have this title correct. The sequence of the fight between Jason and the skeletons is incredible. If you have ever seen how this and other scenes in this SF/fantasy masterpiece were done as shown in the SciFi Network, you should be impressed. And this was before computer animation was available. I apologize if I missed the title.
Comments????
You have to look at these movies relative to the time at which they were produced not by today's standards. People will be laughing at "Star Wars" one of these days I bet. I saw "Around the World in 80 Days" several weeks ago, and wondered why everyone thought it was so hot when it came out. Oooop, I was one of them.
One thing about "2001" that is often forgotten is that it was originally shown in Cinerama. For those of us who are old enough to remember that form of presentation, it made that movie even better. Remember the railroad car coming at you in "How the West was Won"? Duck quick.
Get rid of 2001, Mad Max and Clock work Orange move
Forbidden Planet to #2 add the remake of The Thing,
First Men in The moon and Robinson Caruso On Mars.Van
Evidently you feel comfortable that Giorgio Moroder's 1986 disco-pop soundtrack/
color tinted version of Metropolis was deemed more influential on the
development of the science fiction film genre than Director/
Co-Writer Fritz Lang's 1927 Original. - AH
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Should I now replace Robinson with Enrico? Yep, that does it. But why on Mars? Love those scratchy recordings...
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