I noticed that there isn't a topic with ski-fi movies here so i've made it post the movies you like

 

 

 

Here I start:

1. Babylon 5 "old school babe"
2. Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe
3. Star Trek the original series, Deep space 9, Star Trek 2010 movie
4. Star Wars
5. Battlestar Galactica

I am currently going back through the entire five seasons of Babylon 5. It is my favorite SiFi series, and unlike the other series, it actually made it through it's designed five seasons. That is significant.

 

Also, the one thing that makes Science Fiction successful is its ability to make human interaction a focal point of the stories. B5 does this very well, the Liberty vs Conformity being the primary one.

 

I'm noticing a lot of things I misses when I originally watched the series.

Firefly... oh yeah

Firefly... oh yeah

QFT.

 

Shiny.

Firefly... oh yeah

 

My wife likes Firefly, and the movie Serenity.

Firefly is pretty awesome.

 

ajb, I'm suprised you didn't mention Dr. Who since your picture is one of the doctors.

ajb, I'm suprised you didn't mention Dr. Who since your picture is one of the doctors.

 

Does not need saying as Dr Who was the best TV show ever. Not so much now...

Does not need saying as Dr Who was the best TV show ever. Not so much now...

 

I think Tennant did a great job. The doctor now not so much, but it's still pretty good.

I thought Chris Ecclestone was great - present one is good (frankly anyone other than colin b and sylvester mccoy). But like Sean Connery IS James Bond - Tom B IS Dr Who

I think Tennant did a great job. The doctor now not so much, but it's still pretty good.

My daughter started DW with Tennant. We've gone through those and now I'm hoping she'll watch the Baker incarnation with me.

I thought Chris Ecclestone was great - present one is good (frankly anyone other than colin b and sylvester mccoy). But like Sean Connery IS James Bond - Tom B IS Dr Who

 

I thought Ecclestone started off kind of slow and then left when he really started to get the feel of the character. I just wish I got the show where I live and didn't have to try to find it on Netflix or on the internet and could actually watch it on TV.

I have found the pace of the original Dr Who series far better and the story far more engaging. Today it seems like lots of running about and not much more.

Am I the only one who gave up on SG-Universe? I tried, I really did, but it got nonsensical.

 

Why in Gods name would the Alliance think that an aging and decrepit starship that cannot be controlled (and even if it could would take millions of years to get back home) and is a definite one way trip is even worth highjacking?

 

Add to that we know that in each episode the brilliant scientist (with a serious God complex and other psychological imbalances) will discover something and keep it to himself thereby risking everybody. We know that the computer nerd will somehow save the day. And most of all, we know that the politicians daughter, in spite of previous experience and overwhelming evidence to the contrary, will not believe that she is a complete clueless moron and will disobey instructions and get herself into a life threatening situation that she must be saved from.

 

Seriously, a lot of time, effort and manpower would be saved if she were simply locked in a room with a single guard outside who has "Shoot to kill" orders if she tries to leave. Certainly a lot easier than having large chunks of the crew tied up trying to find and save her later.

Edited September 19, 201114 yr by JohnB

My favorite one is "Cowboys and Aliens"..Fabulous sci-fi thriller movie.

 

Cowboys & Aliens is a science fiction film that deals with the attack of aliens, on a town known as Absolution, which lies in Arizona. The film is set in the year 1873 and starts with showing a person, walking through this hostile kind of territory.

Edited September 21, 201114 yr by Phi for All
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I liked "Spaced Invaders" quite a bit, at least it was funny....

 

Edited September 23, 201114 yr by Moontanman

How about...

 

 

Blade Runner

 

Soylent Green

 

Planet of the Apes/the current remake is pretty good

 

Time Machine

 

The Fly... 'Brundle Seth'

 

 

~And Firefly was fun.

Yes! Someone else who has seen Time Machine, any body read the book? Some of my favorite movies are, Thor, Iron Man 1&2, All three spiderman movies, The last of the Mohicans and others.

 

 

TV:

 

I have just watched every episode of Eureka and Warehouse 13 ever made and these were the best sci-fi shows I have ever seen. Of the Star Trek series my favorites were Enterprise and Voyageur, the Original and Next Generation were fine but the above two made me feel . . . . Honorable mentions The Edison Twins and Sliders. I hadn't watched Firefly, but Serendipity was win.

 

 

Movies:

 

This is so hard because I've seen every movie ever made but . . . .

 

- Cube

- Moon

- Children of Men

- Resident Evil

- Time Travelers Wife

- Close Encounters of the Third Kind

- 2001: A Space Odyssey

Firefly... never watching that boring crap again.

 

Watched it with two friends and fell asleep while they got all squirrelly over the technician girl.