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A Century Of Sci-Fi Favorites

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Various Filmlanders, including myself, have posted top sci-fi films
of various decades. Now it is time for the 20th Century! Keep in
mind,however, that these are my personal favorites, not necessarily the objective best. Listed chronologically:
(1)Frankenstein-1932;(2)Island of Lost Souls-1932;(3)The Invisible
Man-1933;(4)The Man From Planet X-1951;(5)The Thing From Another
World-1951;(6)When Worlds Collide-1951;(7)The Day The Earth Stood Still-1951;(8)War of the Worlds-1953;(9)Them!-1954;(10)The Creeping
Unknown-1955;(11)This Island Earth-1955;(12)Earth vs The Flying Saucers-1956;(13)Forbidden Planet-1956;(14)Invasion of the Body Snatchers-1956;(15)Fiend Without A Face-1957;(16)The Giant Claw-1957;
(17)The Incredible Shrinking Man-1957;(18)Kronos-1957;(19)Quatermass II-1957;(20)20 Million Miles to Earth;(21)The Black Scorpion-1959;(22)
The Time Machine-1960;(23)The Last Man On Earth-1965;(24)Fantastic
Voyage-1966;(25)Planet of the Apes-1968;(26)Colossus:The Forbin Project-1969;(27)The Omega Man-1971;(28)Sssssss-1973;(29)Westworld-1973;(30)Dark Star-1974;(31)A Boy& His Dog-1975;(32)Close Encounters
of the Third Kind-1977;(33)Demon Seed-1977;(34)Star Wars-1977;(35)Alien-1979;(36)Mad Max-1979;(37)Scanners-1980;(38)The Road Warrior-1981;(39)Bladerunner-1982;(40)E.T.-1982;(41)Videodrome-1982;(42)The
Thing-1982;(43)Return of the Jedi-1983;(44)The Terminator-1984;(45)
Aliens-1986;(46)Predator-1987;(47)RoboCop-1987;(48)Killer Klowns From
Outer Space-1988;(49)They Live-1988;(50)Jurassic Park-1993;(51)Mars
Attacks!-1996;(52)Men In Black-1997;(53)Dark City-1998;(54)Pitch Black
-2000.

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Didya ever see... R. Hertz 18:51:15 07/21/00 (0)
...Terror Train? With Pete Cushing and Telly Savalas. Scientist discovers missing link-type thing frozen in Siberia. Defrosts and runs amuck. Plenty 'o murder and mayhem. Pretty weird!
Then, there was... gino 07:47:06 07/21/00 (0)
"Destination Moon," a George Pal flick ('49 or '50); "Contact" ('98 or '99).
Re: Is... Jeff Starrs 00:39:19 07/21/00 (1)
Pitch Black worth seeing? It's just come out here (France) but I haven't read any reviews. Being an SF film freak....Thanks.
- Of Course, It's On My Fave List. <Nt> AudioHead 08:15:19 07/21/00 (0)
  nt
Re: A Century Of Sci-Fi Favorites -- MIAs? Bruce from DC 21:08:47 07/20/00 (5)
Neat list. Where are "metropolis," "2001 - A Space Odyssey" (1967) "A Clockwork Orange" (1972?) classics all, IMHO.
I'd pick any of them over Mars Attacks! which, frankly, sucked. It was supposed to be funny but really wasn't. It was just stoopid.
Jack Nicholson's worst film -- and I like Jack Nicholson.
- Possibly On Someone Else's List, But Not Mine. AudioHead 08:33:48 07/21/00 (4)
  Since this is a "favorites" list,(which I thought I made clear) I really don't think I have to
  justify why they were excluded; however, for the sake of civility,
  I will answer your query. Yes, I know they are classics, Metropolis
  and 2001 were so plodding that I got bored with them in large parts,
  Clockwork Orange came across a little too cynical for me. This isn't to say that I didn't enjoy these
  films to some extent, because I did, it's just that they aren't MY
  FAVORITES. Excuse me if this strikes you as politically incorrect.
  As far Mars Attacks! goes, you thought it was not funny, I did -
  nuff said. - AH
  - Any film with Slim Whitman in the soundtrack... R. Hertz 18:47:31 07/21/00 (3)
    ...can't be all bad. Wonder whatever happened to his brother Nit?
    - Re: Any film with Slim Whitman in the soundtrack... AudioHead 07:26:59 07/22/00 (2)
      Don't know what happened to his brothers, but Slims reportedly on the road with
      his son, Byron. Slim has sold over 70 million records worldwide; his
      silky, yodely voice has soothed the nerves of countless fans, except of course, those pesky little alien invaders that went "Yak!Yak!Yak!".
      - AH
      - I believe the phrase was "Aak!Aak!Aak!" Analogon 11:07:16 07/23/00 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Any film with Slim Whitman in the soundtrack... posted by AudioHead on July 22, 2000 at 07:26:59:
        
        I also think that Tom Jones's numbers contibuted greatly to the film ;)
        
        Tom Jones Contribution Was Not All That Unusual. <Nt> AudioHead 12:14:54 07/23/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: I believe the phrase was posted by Analogon on July 23, 2000 at 11:07:16:
        
        nt

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