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Blade Runner is at #1 for me here. Rutger Hauer's scene at the end rates very high on my list of most memorable scenes.
Brade Runner, verry fine. Still #1 for me is "Dark City", quite "memorable".Runners up would include Repo Man, Blade Runner, 2001, Close Encounters, ET, Day the Earth Stood Still, Alphaville, Quatermas and the pit.
is real sci fi. You can count hard sci fi movies with the fingers of one hand, and prob not use em all. Another favorite of mine, though not a movie, is the TNG episode where Data is put on trial to determine if he is
property.
My favorite is the original version of "The Thing" closely followed by "Forbidden Planet", "The Day The Earth Stood Still ("Gort Baringa"), and "Aliens".
Still considered one of the greatest Sci Fi films of all time.
Agreed; I believe it, "The War of the Worlds"; "The Thing (From Another
World)"; "Forbidden Planet" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" were
definitely the best sci-fi films of the 1950's and all still stand up
well over time. For example, remakes of "The Thing"; "Invasion of the
Body Snatchers"; and "The War of the Worlds" (Independence Day) all proved
to be inferior reproductions IMO; next thing ya know, some overambitious
director will try and redo "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and "Forbidden
Planet" - I cringe at the very thought!
I freely admit I'm biased as Hades when it comes to these films; as I
grew up as a kid in the 50's watching them. "The War of the Worlds" was
the first movie I ever saw at a movie theatre at age 5, the year it was
released in 1953; saw "The Thing" at age 7. I think all these films made
an indelible imprint on my immature, receptive mind back then and that
every time I watch them I am magically transported in a vicarious way back
to the 50's; it's kind of like a powerful, enduring post-hypnotic phenomenon! These quality movies created such a powerful illusion that
has permeated the subterreanean caverns of my psyche that I probably will
be forever held under their spell! (Of course, there with lots of other
type genre films that did the same thing, e.g., "Shane", "Old Yeller",
"Gone With The Wind"; "The Ten Commandments" etc.)
There is one particular sci-fi movie that I partially viewed very late one
night at age 7 that I would like to see fully and as an adult, that movie
is "The Man From Planet X". My Dad woke me up out of a deep sleep to
watch it at about 2 or 3AM in the morning, remember The Man looked quite
strange!
"Gort, Klaatu berrada nikto!" - AudioHead
That stamped on the inside of every* Audio Analog product is the phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto"?The owners of AA are great fans of the movie.
*At least it used to be, don't know since the new people took over.
nt
I would almost agree with you, if I didn't like Alien so much
(same director, BTW). Of course, you can make the case that
Alien is horror, and not sf. Mike
I used to think of that genre as something different, and typically something that would require a bit of tinking and would provoke thoughts (remember the great science fiction writers?). They used to be philosophical and intriguing. Apparently Hollywood had stolen the name and turned it into something different (yeah, new notion...). Now it usually involves a moron in a ridiculous outfit with a huge plastic toy weapon.It's gotten so bad that my wife would run at the first mention of that genre name - and I used to be able to slip the best ones by her without her realizing she was viewing one. Forget my wife, even I now switch channels quicker than that moron can fire his plastic toy - and I can watch almost anything when I am tired.
So what gives? Where Clark and Lem used to tread gently, you now have one-eyed Kurt Russel beating shit out of someone.
You don't consider genetic engineering and the ethical questions surrounding it enough "science" to qualify as science fiction? I seem to remember reading that Philip K. Dick(generally regarded as one of those great science fiction writers)who wrote the story Blade Runner is based on thought very highly of the script although he died before the movie was released. The race to clone humans has already begun. Genetic manipulation is becoming commmonplace. If Blade Runner isn't science fiction then I don't know what is.
nt
Did you ever notice that the ending of "Blade Runner" has parallels to the crucifixion of Jesus (the wound through Hauer's hand, he dies for our sins of technology against humanity, etc.). Deckard only learns to live when he sees how much the replicants are fighting to stay alive.
There are lots of religious symbols in there. Nice piece of film-making.
"Bladerunner" was also the visual inspiration for virtually all of William Gibson's "cyberpunk" novels, beginning with "Neuromancer".
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