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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9782151" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>Good list! My notes-</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agree. Terminator > T2 in terms of importance (and is a better movie, although T2 obviously has the better budget).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hard agree. Made my list. As did your number 2 (Star Wars: A New Hope). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eh... I almost put the original Alien in the list, but while Aliens is <em>really good</em> and arguably more thrilling and quotable ("Game over, man!"), Alien is <em>more important </em>- this established all of it (the H. R. Giger look, the alien concept, the grimy future dominated by megacorps that was later expanded on in Blade Runner) and it's hard to overstate how shocking and influential the original was (spaghetti, anyone?). Aliens might be one of the best sequels of all time (it's on the list with The Godfather Part II and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo) but Alien is a stone-cold classic of the genre. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So good. If you have the chance, look up how they shot the car scene. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Love them both. Her is one of those films that really lingers with you and does what the best science fiction does- it makes you think hard about the present by presenting a future problem. While Blade Runner 2049 is just absolutely gorgeous- one of the few films that you could watch with the sound off and be mesmerized (but why would you when the sound design is so good .... #areyoulisteningnolan?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Wrath of Khan- enjoyable, but not great IMO.</p><p>T2- really good, still not close to the top 10 (IMO).</p><p>Back to the Future- ....I have .... eh, let's say that there's a part of the story line that didn't age well for me on a recent re-watch.</p><p>Gattaca- Nice, deep cut! Definitely good, but I don't remember it as great. Maybe I should rewatch?</p><p></p><p>Arrival- So so so good.</p><p>Moon- Nice cut. Not sure it is a great film, but I love it so much. Wish Duncan Jones was doing more (<em>Mute </em>was worth watching, but didn't live up to <em>Moon</em>)</p><p>Primer- We're gonna need a bigger box! Such an amazing film, and even moreso if you know the story of how it was made. A scifi nerd's scifi film.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, Mannahnin, I'm afraid I can't let you do that. I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. The top five science fiction movie list is too important to allow you to jeopardize it by leaving 2001 off of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9782151, member: 7023840"] Good list! My notes- Agree. Terminator > T2 in terms of importance (and is a better movie, although T2 obviously has the better budget). Hard agree. Made my list. As did your number 2 (Star Wars: A New Hope). Eh... I almost put the original Alien in the list, but while Aliens is [I]really good[/I] and arguably more thrilling and quotable ("Game over, man!"), Alien is [I]more important [/I]- this established all of it (the H. R. Giger look, the alien concept, the grimy future dominated by megacorps that was later expanded on in Blade Runner) and it's hard to overstate how shocking and influential the original was (spaghetti, anyone?). Aliens might be one of the best sequels of all time (it's on the list with The Godfather Part II and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo) but Alien is a stone-cold classic of the genre. So good. If you have the chance, look up how they shot the car scene. Love them both. Her is one of those films that really lingers with you and does what the best science fiction does- it makes you think hard about the present by presenting a future problem. While Blade Runner 2049 is just absolutely gorgeous- one of the few films that you could watch with the sound off and be mesmerized (but why would you when the sound design is so good .... #areyoulisteningnolan? Wrath of Khan- enjoyable, but not great IMO. T2- really good, still not close to the top 10 (IMO). Back to the Future- ....I have .... eh, let's say that there's a part of the story line that didn't age well for me on a recent re-watch. Gattaca- Nice, deep cut! Definitely good, but I don't remember it as great. Maybe I should rewatch? Arrival- So so so good. Moon- Nice cut. Not sure it is a great film, but I love it so much. Wish Duncan Jones was doing more ([I]Mute [/I]was worth watching, but didn't live up to [I]Moon[/I]) Primer- We're gonna need a bigger box! Such an amazing film, and even moreso if you know the story of how it was made. A scifi nerd's scifi film. I'm sorry, Mannahnin, I'm afraid I can't let you do that. I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. The top five science fiction movie list is too important to allow you to jeopardize it by leaving 2001 off of it. [/QUOTE]
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