What is the greatest sci-fi movie?

[Drain Bamage]

A.I. should be on the list

 

[BisexualMMA]

The man gives the most inspirational speech in the history of Trek and then changes his mind fifteen seconds later.

OK, I get that it wasn't supposed to be inspirational, and that it was in fact supposed to illustrate how lost in obsession he was, but man, it got the blood pumping.

I don't know, I found Wesley Crusher laying the mack down to be pretty inspirational.



Manbearpig bug monster was like why does Wesley always score the hot babes.

 

[the ambush]

LOL @ picking Terminator 2 for best Science Fiction movie ever

Never change, Sherdog

 

[Loiosh]

I don't know, I found Wesley Crusher laying the mack down to be pretty inspirational.



Manbearpig bug monster was like why does Wesley always score the hot babes.

She was so pretty.

A nose only the eighties would allow... Damned modern conventions of beauty.

Wesley spends all his time playing games with the girls now.

 

[BisexualMMA]

She was so pretty.

A nose only the eighties would allow... Damned modern conventions of beauty.

Wesley spends all his time playing games with the girls now.

Dude, today she would have eight bounds of Crisco injected into her ass and eyebrows like Eugene Levy.

 

[Madmick]

1. Star Wars trilogy*
2. Blade Runner
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Terminator 2

*if you count these as Sci Fi. For me they're High Fantasy-- just because there are gadgets doesn't make it Sci Fi, not even "soft" Sci Fi.

 

[HereticBD]

1. Star Wars trilogy*
2. Blade Runner
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Terminator 2

*if you count these as Sci Fi. For me they're High Fantasy-- just because there are gadgets doesn't make it Sci Fi, not even "soft" Sci Fi.

Star Wars and T2, sure, I could see that. Blade Runner and 2001, though? I think their feet are planted fairly deep in the sci-fi genre.

What do you actually mean though? What qualifies a movie as sci-fi in your mind?

 

[Brandon Wilson]

Star Wars and T2, sure, I could see that. Blade Runner and 2001, though? I think their feet are planted fairly deep in the sci-fi genre.

What do you actually mean though? What qualifies a movie as sci-fi in your mind?

His asterix is beside Star Wars , meaning he doesn't consider Star Wars as science Fiction, but the others are.

 

[Madmick]

Star Wars and T2, sure, I could see that. Blade Runner and 2001, though? I think their feet are planted fairly deep in the sci-fi genre.

What do you actually mean though? What qualifies a movie as sci-fi in your mind?

I only asterisked Star Wars.

Another one of my all-time favorite movies that sometimes get classified as "Sci Fi" for a subgenre is Brazil. Nobody has mentioned that. Incredible, dystopian nightmare. Time has been nothing but good to it. Another of course by the same director is Time Bandits.

 

[HereticBD]

His asterix is beside Star Wars , meaning he doesn't consider Star Wars as science Fiction, but the others are.

Ah, I missed that. Disregard @Madmick.

I would have to agree, although it really does come back to what actually qualifies. Maybe "Space Fiction" would be a better descriptor, because it seems that being set in space is all a movie really needs to qualify.

 

[Madmick]

Ah, I missed that. Disregard @Madmick.

I would have to agree, although it really does come back to what actually qualifies. Maybe "Space Fiction" would be a better descriptor, because it seems that being set in space is all a movie really needs to qualify.

Yeah, by this logic, the MCU is a Sci-Fi universe. Yet nobody is mentioning it despite that-- outside of the Thor movies-- it's really tried to be at least as technologically fundamental as the Star Wars movies. Up until Ragnarok they had tried to explain everything in the universe, no matter how fantastic, as mundane. We humans simply didn't know or comprehend the technology underlying any of these fantastic things. Yet nobody ever mentions MCU films in Sci Fi threads.

One of the most underrated legit, hard sci-fi movies in space was Mission to Mars. It came out at the same time as the awful Red Planet. Remember when Hollywood used to do that? They used to blitz out a bunch of movies on a single theme (I remember when disaster movies were a trend that one summer). Then at the Blockbuster you'd get all these garbage straight-to-tape attempts ripping off some big blockbuster that would come out several months before the blockbuster hit VHS/DVD. They don't seem to do either of those things anymore. Sometimes I see garbage ripoff films on Netflix, but it's rare.

 

[Loiosh]

1. Star Wars trilogy*
2. Blade Runner
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Terminator 2

*if you count these as Sci Fi. For me they're High Fantasy-- just because there are gadgets doesn't make it Sci Fi, not even "soft" Sci Fi.

If you want to get technical, they're "sci fi" as opposed to "speculative fiction".

 

[Drain Bamage]

Is 12 Monkeys science fiction?

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Is 12 Monkeys science fiction?

According to Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, yes it's science fiction.

 

[Drain Bamage]

According to Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, yes it's science fiction.

That's definitely one of the best then. Man how could you forget 12 Monkeys lol...

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

That's definitely one of the best then. Man how could you forget 12 Monkeys lol...

Haha good point. I'm forgetful. :-(

 

[Sir Galahad]

Tie between Black Panther, Wonder Woman, and The Last Jedi...

 

[Madmick]

Is 12 Monkeys science fiction?

Adore that movie (and the short French film on which it's based).

 

[Satanical Eve]

Blade Runner is my favorite Sci-Fi film. I've seen every print that is currently available. Anyone that has a 4K television should watch the 4K release of the Final Cut because it is simply stunning and is nearly perfect in the audio and visual department.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

First Star Wars