Sci fi fans, get in here.

[Jungibaaz]

Okay, I need some more suggestions for sci fi movies. It seems I've exhausted the top lists I can find.

Just share your favourites.

Also, let this thread be a platform for us to bask in each others' nerdiness, general sci fi related discussions.. like the new star wars film @Armstrong.


Accepted languages ITT:

1. English
2. Klingon

edit: I forgot to mention, scifi related wallpapers would be welcomed if you have any. I got some high res ones I'll share.

 

[livingdead]

T2 and the matrix are my favs.

 

[Jungibaaz]

Not bad at all^

If you really want some sci fi gold, you gotta go old. The oldies, if you don't mind the fact that they're from the 60's or 70's, in my opinion are the best.

 

[Armstrong]

All the Star Wars movies and animated films !

Some Star Trek !

The Dune series; funnily enough @Jungibaaz they borrow a lot of Islamic symbolism such as the Promised one being called the 'Mahadi' a corruption of the Mehdi, his mother being called the Syedeena a corruption of Syedna and the Holy Warriors called as the 'Fadaiken' a corruption of the fedayeen etc.

Just google it; its fun to see that symbolism and even the author/creators admit it !

 

[Jungibaaz]

The Dune series; funnily enough @Jungibaaz they borrow a lot of Islamic symbolism such as the Promised one being called the 'Mahadi' a corruption of the Mehdi, his mother being called the Syedeena a corruption of Syedna and the Holy Warriors called as the 'Fadaiken' a corruption of the fedayeen etc.

Just google it; its fun to see that symbolism and even the author/creators admit it !

wow. First I've heard of it. Thanks...

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Okay, I need some more suggestions for sci fi movies. It seems I've exhausted the top lists I can find.



Accepted languages ITT:

1. English
2. Klingon

the black hole
2001
2010
blade runner
Metropolis (1927) if you have a taste for old silents
gattaca
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
elysium
signs
Apollo 13 (1995)
the day the earth stood still (1951)
marooned

wow. First I've heard of it. Thanks...

watch the miniseries
Frank Herbert's Dune
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune

 

[Armstrong]

Accepted languages ITT:

1. English
2. Klingon

Klingon key kiya zaroorat haiii ? Just speak in Scouse and no one would understand you anyhow !

I've very rarely understood what Carragher or Gerrard were saying after a Liverpool FC match !

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

brazil (1985)
mad max
donnie darko
Solaris (1976)
if you dont like russian then you can watch the american version with george clooney
moon
escape from newyork and losangeles

 

[kaku1]

Okay, I need some more suggestions for sci fi movies. It seems I've exhausted the top lists I can find.

Just share your favourites.

Also, let this thread be a platform for us to bask in each others' nerdiness, general sci fi related discussions.. like the new star wars film @Armstrong.


Accepted languages ITT:

1. English
2. Klingon

1) Predestination
2) Cloud Atlas
3) 12 Monkeys
4) Moon
5) Europa Report
6) All time best: 2001 Space Odyssey
7) Minority Report
8) Serenity
9) Children of Men
10) Sunshine
11) The Mist
12) Contact
13) Fountain


I am earthling, so only know English. So, Live Long and Prosper. \/

You dont find the biggest sci fi fan then me. The list is much longer, but still these are best movies.

 

[nvKyleBrown]

Primer (be prepared to rewatch it)
Dark City
Fish Story (Japanese, subtitles available in english)
Galaxy Quest (only if you've seen a fair bit of Star Trek)
RoboCop (very violent)
Frequency (2000)
Robot and Frank (a sort of caper movie)
The Jacket (a trippy kind of sort of time travel movie)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dredd (violent, but very good - NOT "Judge Dredd" which was dreadful)

Metropolis is very interesting as it is the first appearance for a lot of SciFi tropes. (androids, particularly)
Also, very interesting to see the Twight Zone episode "Demon with a Glass Hand" (compare to Terminator)

 

[EL LOBO]

LUCY...

 

[Jungibaaz]

Klingon key kiya zaroorat haiii ? Just speak in Scouse and no one would understand you anyhow !

I've very rarely understood what Carragher or Gerrard were saying after a Liverpool FC match !

Scouse is easy. Try learning Geordie.

Excellent lists people.

1) Predestination
2) Cloud Atlas
3) 12 Monkeys
4) Moon
5) Europa Report
6) All time best: 2001 Space Odyssey
7) Minority Report
8) Serenity
9) Children of Men
10) Sunshine
11) The Mist
12) Contact
13) Fountain


I am earthling, so only know English. So, Live Long and Prosper. \/

You dont find the biggest sci fi fan then me. The list is much longer, but still these are best movies.

You named some of my favourites!

Let me name some:

2001 A Space Odyssey (the ultimate)
Soylent Green
Logan's Run
Sunshine
Moon
Planet of the Apes
12 Monkeys
Solaris
A Clockwork Orange
Alien
War of the Worlds
Minority Report.

 

[kaku1]

Scouse is easy. Try learning Geordie.

Excellent lists people.


You named some of my favourites!

Let me name some:

2001 A Space Odyssey (the ultimate)
Soylent Green
Logan's Run
Sunshine
Moon
Planet of the Apes
12 Monkeys
Solaris
A Clockwork Orange
Alien
War of the Worlds
Minority Report.

Watch Contact and Cloud Atlas, they are marvelous piece of art.

 

[mujhaidind]

2001 a space odyssey
the man from earth
the thirteen floor
melancholia

 

[jamahir]

The Dune series; funnily enough @Jungibaaz they borrow a lot of Islamic symbolism such as the Promised one being called the 'Mahadi' a corruption of the Mehdi, his mother being called the Syedeena a corruption of Syedna and the Holy Warriors called as the 'Fadaiken' a corruption of the fedayeen etc.

Just google it; its fun to see that symbolism and even the author/creators admit it !

yes, sir... the islami symbolicism is throughout dune... and it is perhaps one of the best works of all time... and the "emperor of the known universe" ( before the mahdi ) is "shaddam".

@Jungibaaz

pitch black
chronicles of riddick
28 weeks later
doomsday

these below others have already mentioned...

dune ( film ) - watch for the the art work, the weapons... beautiful.
children of dune - tv series, i have seen bits and pieces
gattaca
sunshine
bladerunner
moon ( even though i have not seen it )
europa report ( even though i have not seen )
12 monkeys
metropolis
a clockwork orange

War of the Worlds

i quite liked "war of the worlds".

Metropolis is very interesting as it is the first appearance for a lot of SciFi tropes. (androids, particularly)

it has a socialistic theme too.