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[Film] Greatest sci fi films
- Thread starter Uncle Spielberg
- Start date
- Apr 5, 2014
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'Hardware' is well worth a watch - good soundtrack, too.
You forgot Predator….
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Aliens, of course.
Not mentioned yet but I've also enjoyed repeat plays of:
Prey (best of the Predator films since the original imo)
The Black Hole (loved this more than any of the Star Wars when I saw it at the cinema as a child. Nice and dark)
Not mentioned yet but I've also enjoyed repeat plays of:
Prey (best of the Predator films since the original imo)
The Black Hole (loved this more than any of the Star Wars when I saw it at the cinema as a child. Nice and dark)
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
- 6,092
I read somewhere years ago, that the Black Hole was the first Disney movie to make a significant loss at the box office.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
That seems unlikely, given it made $35m at the box office on a $20m budget (+$6m for advertising).
It was apparently the first Disney film to be rated PG.
The Black Hole (1979 film) - Wikipedia
Are you confusing it with the Black Cauldron, which did make a massive loss on release a few years later?
I'm not convinced that fully understanding the end of 2001 A Space Odyssey would add to it. I like the ambiguity.
Unless it means I can guess next week's lottery numbers, that would be handy.
I maintain that Star Wars (i.e. the first one) is the best of the Star Wars films.
It's the most fun, it tells a whole story (you don't have to watch Return of the Jedi to complete the story like you do Empire Strikes Back), and there's none of the brother/sister "I am your father" back story cluttering up the place.
SkirlieWirlie
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- Jan 6, 2024
- 207
The original Matrix
- Oct 17, 2008
- 15,034
Brilliant. Love Criswell’s introduction;
“Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.”
Profound stuff
MikeHimself
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- Nov 17, 2024
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Dark Star
The Brother From Another Planet
if you like a twist in the usual sci-fi narrative. Before CGI took over …
The Brother From Another Planet
if you like a twist in the usual sci-fi narrative. Before CGI took over …
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Anyone else struggle to get lost in fiction?
I find unless it's a doc, or based on true events I simply can't get hooked as I just keep thinking "there's an adult pretending he can fly. How silly"
Comedy is different as the absurdity is meant to be funny.
I get this is my issue.
I find unless it's a doc, or based on true events I simply can't get hooked as I just keep thinking "there's an adult pretending he can fly. How silly"
Comedy is different as the absurdity is meant to be funny.
I get this is my issue.
