I also dig technology. Technology is also my job and it pays me.
Movies + Technology = Sci-Fi Movies
Presented here for your viewing pleasure is a list of Sci-Fi movies that needs attention and some others you need not bother. This list has gone through rigorous discussions with other avid movie people and tech geeks.....and as expected, there is no real consensus. But its still a big list and can be used at least for reference.
(Note - If something is not on the list, it means I didn't care about it or I have I not had the opportunity.)
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Favorites - Does not need explaining
Close to the Top - Some of the very best; Probably on others' favorites.
Also Very Good - Well made and worth the time.
Didn't Like em as Much- People thought it was good, but it was missing something for me
Duds - Wasted my money, time, and brain cells
Have Not Seen - but might see it soon
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| Favorites (RANKED) | Close to the top (Alphabetical) | Also very good (Alphabetical) |
 1) 2001: A Space Odyssey 2) Terminator 2 3) Gattaca 4) The Matrix (ONLY the first one) 5) Mad Max - Road Warrior 6) Back To The Future (I) 7) Akira | Aliens (I, II) Avatar Blade Runner Brazil Children of Men Close Encounters of the Third Kind District 9 Escape from New York Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Ironman (2008) Jurassic Park Planet of the Apes (1968) Predator (1987) Star Trek (2009) Star Wars (IV, V, VI) Young Frankenstein | Clockwork Orange Dark City Fifth Element Iron Giant Repo Man RoboCop Scanner Darkly Serenity Stargate Starship Troopers Strange Days Terminator (1984) Tetsuo: Iron Man (1989) The City of Lost Children The Fly (1986) THX 1138 Total Recall Transformers (the first one only) Twelve Monkeys |
| Didn't like em as much as others did | Duds | Have not seen |
Contact Donnie Darko ET Fahrenheit 457 (read the book, instead) Ghostbusters I am Legend Metropolis Minority Report Pleasantville The Abyss Truman show V for Vendetta | 1984 (Read the Book) Aeon Flux Alien III Armageddon A.I. Alien vs. Predator Dune The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Independence Day Matrix (II, III) Star Wars (I, II, III)  | Moon (2009) Rollerball (1975) Ghost in the Shell The Road (2009) Solaris (1972) Sleeper (1973) Stalker (1979) Logans Run (1976) |
Contact me:
Sujan Manandhar
Technology Integration Specialist,
Foreign Language Center
Ohio State University
I agree with some.
ReplyDeleteLogan's Run was great.
Another great oldie is Forbidden Planet (1950's).
I really liked Dune, The Abyss, and Ghostbusters.
I think Star Wars IV, V, and VI should be at the top of the list.
It's fun to think about this though.
Dave
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/
Eternal Sunshine and Blade Runner should be on top. Agree that Minority Report and V for Vendetta were over-rated. All Aliens after 2 were terrible.
ReplyDeleteGood work with the list. You are missing a few, but don't know if you need to include them all.
I don't know if Eternal Sunshine & Children of Men are sci-fi flicks, and I would put Transformers on the dud list.
ReplyDeleteDonnie Darko I liked a lot. Minority report gets better after repeated viewings, but it's definitely not in the "tops" list.
Truman Show & Pleasantville also not sci-fi to me. Neither was Clockwork Orange.
"Moon" was excellent. Star Trek 2009 was also excellent. And Contact. They Live is a great B-movie.
Otherwise I think we're on the same page.
I agree about Donnie Darko. It didn't grab me the way it did others. What's Pleasantville doing in this conversation? Contact was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Despite my avoidance of most Tom Cruise movies, I did like Minority Report. I also really liked most of A.I.
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