science fiction

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:47 pm

Dune

Logan's Run

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:13 pm

Dark city.
strange days.
brainscan.
PRIMER
and altered states was fucking awesome(the first half at least)

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:06 pm

how about total recall, running man, demolition man, and outland.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:19 pm

The Brother From Another Planet

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:00 am

Scanners?

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:22 am

Screamers?

Cthulhugoat · Post by **Cthulhugoat** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:54 pm

Caleb wrote:and altered states was fucking awesome(the first half at least)

The only thing I hated in the movie was the ending... so Hollywood... and yet the book ends like that anyway!

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:outland.

Hmm, that reminds me of Zardoz. Utter Connery-in-diapers awesomeness.

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:49 pm

Wolfman Walt wrote:Scanners?

Good call, love Cronenberg's stuff.

How about Videodrome?

Go rip a few bong hits and watch them two.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:53 pm

Stainless wrote:Screamers?

Peter Weller is the shit.

In no particular order:

Robocop
Alphaville
Alien
Solaris
Solyaris
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2
La Jetee
Sans Soleil
Children of Men
12 Monkeys

Dogmeatlives wrote:Science Fiction movies suck so I can only recommend Blade Runner.

Science Fiction movies suck so you can only recommend the most pretentious one imaginable? (overrated)

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:23 pm

does 12 Monkeys and CHildren of Men come on a recommendation? I've seen neither but I'm wondering if I should?

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:55 pm

Both have been recommended here, IIRC.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:03 pm

children of men was pretty much the best movie ive seen in a long time

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:14 pm

I rec 12 Monkeys (even if the ending is a little too spelled out) and La Jetee since it's the short 12 Monkeys was based on and it is absolutely brilliant. If you can find it and don't mind French subtitles (although the criterion collection release also has an english version for the true philistine) you might dig it.

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:29 pm

Actually I really dig foreign film, so subtitles wouldn't bother me. Thanks!

entertainer · Post by **entertainer** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:30 pm

Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:08 pm

What about escape from new york if it hasn't already been said. It's kinda post-apocalyptic?

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:26 am

How many times have we had this thread before?

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:27 am

cazsim83 wrote:Actually I really dig foreign film, so subtitles wouldn't bother me. Thanks!

Then check out Sans Soleil and Alphaville as well. Both French, both brilliant. Also in Alphaville Eddie Constantine plays a devilish pervesion of the American private eye stereotype and Anna Karena is as gorgeous as ever. Nice.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:28 pm

Red Dwarf

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:55 pm

cazsim83 wrote:What about escape from new york if it hasn't already been said. It's kinda post-apocalyptic?

For a decent list of post-apoc/orwellian science fiction, check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:P ... tion_films
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dystopian_films

Italian science fiction is pure b-movie dynamite.