Best Sci-Fi movies - Page 2

**scoundrel** · August 6th, 2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tabler

Oh yes, who could forget 'Plan Nine From Outer Space' from the 'great' Ed Wood.

The tracking shot through the cemetery in Plan 9 is the stuff of legends. The cardboard tombstones fell over as the camera tracked forward, but Ed Wood carried on filming anyway...Plan 9 From Outer Space is a masterwork of modern cinema.

foxx · August 6th, 2009, 09:47 PM

I never understood the cult about "Plan 9..." for me it's just a bad movie ?!?

Some faves:

Andromeda Strain by Robert Wise
It came from outer Space by Jack Arnold
This Island Earth by Jack Arnold & Joseph Newman
The Forbidden Planet by Fred M. Wilcox
Planet of the Vampires by Mario Bava

Berferd · August 6th, 2009, 09:51 PM

Satiros--did I hear things right? Someone is actually making a teenage Conan movie?! Talk about prequalitis! lol I also heard that someone is making a prequal to Alien of all things. If Ridley Scott weren't involved, I'd say that it's destined for the same scrapheap as Alien vs. Predator. (INHO) Next up: the long awaited prequal to Attack of the Killer Tomatos!

Berferd · August 6th, 2009, 10:02 PM

I think liking Plan 9 is kind of a guilty pleasure thing. Like me liking Tom Cruise in Speilberg's War of the Worlds, a totally lousy movie (that succeeded in annoying the living hell out of me but...well, I kinda liked it, too. Only kinda, at best.)

**Joszka** · August 6th, 2009, 10:06 PM

Between fantastic and sci-fi, 3 vintage ones I have in mind :
- "Journey to the Center of the Earth", Henry Levin, 1959.
- "The Incredible Shrinking Man", Jack Arnold, 1957.
- "Fantastic Voyage", Richard Fleischer, 1966.

foxx · August 6th, 2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Berferd

Like me liking Tom Cruise and Speilberg's War of the Worlds, a totally lousy movie (that succeedded in annoying the living hell out of me but...well, I kinda liked it. Only kinda, at best.)

For me Tom Cruise was the only problem in one of the very few good movies Spielberg made in the last twenty years.

btw: Close encounters of the Third Kind was a great Sci-Fi movie.

Berferd · August 6th, 2009, 10:17 PM

Doppelganger? Oh yeah, I think I saw part of that as a kid... if I did, it was my first exposure to sci-fi. I remember a spaceship (a lot like the space shuttle now) launched in the near future ... with the nose-cone opening up, splitting to reveal... something, I think machinery or circuit boards. They find another 'earth' exactly on the other side of the solar system. I remember the ending as the spaceship crashing into the launch pad it came from. Is that the right movie?

Berferd · August 6th, 2009, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by foxx

For me Tom Cruise was the only problem in one of the very few good movies Spielberg made in the last twenty years.

btw: Close encounters of the Third Kind was a great Sci-Fi movie.

Joszka or FOXX--I totally agree with you about Close Encounters. Fine movie! My problem with War of the Worlds was the constant screaming of the little girl. That annoyed me to no end. Journey to the Center of the Earth? wow, that brings back some memories... And Fantastic Voyage was one of the first DVD's that I bought (I liked Raquel Welch...lol).

**gmcbee** · August 6th, 2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Joszka

- "The Incredible Shrinking Man", Jack Arnold, 1957.

YEAH! Where he takes on the black widow spider with a straight pin?!?!
Beauty!

**gmcbee** · August 6th, 2009, 11:55 PM

Let The Right One In (original, not the upcoming remake)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/

Wow. Best vampire movie you'll ever see. Very well done.

August 6th, 2009, 09:51 PM	#13
Berferd Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartford City, Indiana Posts: 133 Thanks: 851 Thanked 950 Times in 133 Posts	Satiros--did I hear things right? Someone is actually making a teenage Conan movie?! Talk about prequalitis! lol I also heard that someone is making a prequal to Alien of all things. If Ridley Scott weren't involved, I'd say that it's destined for the same scrapheap as Alien vs. Predator. (INHO) Next up: the long awaited prequal to Attack of the Killer Tomatos! Last edited by Berferd; August 6th, 2009 at 10:36 PM..

August 6th, 2009, 10:02 PM	#14
Berferd Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartford City, Indiana Posts: 133 Thanks: 851 Thanked 950 Times in 133 Posts	I think liking Plan 9 is kind of a guilty pleasure thing. Like me liking Tom Cruise in Speilberg's War of the Worlds, a totally lousy movie (that succeeded in annoying the living hell out of me but...well, I kinda liked it, too. Only kinda, at best.) Last edited by Berferd; August 21st, 2009 at 12:08 AM..

August 6th, 2009, 09:47 PM	#12
foxx Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 39 Thanks: 2,311 Thanked 417 Times in 37 Posts	I never understood the cult about "Plan 9..." for me it's just a bad movie ?!? Some faves: Andromeda Strain by Robert Wise It came from outer Space by Jack Arnold This Island Earth by Jack Arnold & Joseph Newman The Forbidden Planet by Fred M. Wilcox Planet of the Vampires by Mario Bava

August 6th, 2009, 10:06 PM	#15
Joszka Farmer Stiff Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 17,841 Thanks: 234,173 Thanked 555,574 Times in 17,891 Posts	Between fantastic and sci-fi, 3 vintage ones I have in mind : - "Journey to the Center of the Earth", Henry Levin, 1959. - "The Incredible Shrinking Man", Jack Arnold, 1957. - "Fantastic Voyage", Richard Fleischer, 1966.

August 6th, 2009, 10:17 PM	#17
Berferd Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartford City, Indiana Posts: 133 Thanks: 851 Thanked 950 Times in 133 Posts	Doppelganger? Oh yeah, I think I saw part of that as a kid... if I did, it was my first exposure to sci-fi. I remember a spaceship (a lot like the space shuttle now) launched in the near future ... with the nose-cone opening up, splitting to reveal... something, I think machinery or circuit boards. They find another 'earth' exactly on the other side of the solar system. I remember the ending as the spaceship crashing into the launch pad it came from. Is that the right movie?

August 6th, 2009, 11:55 PM	#20
gmcbee Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Clinging to the rim of a crater on the dark side of Uranus. Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 3,961 Thanked 11,052 Times in 1,042 Posts	Let The Right One In (original, not the upcoming remake) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/ Wow. Best vampire movie you'll ever see. Very well done.