Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

As the title says, what sci-fi films do you think everyone should watch? They don't need to be classics; if there's something you really love and want others to experience it, let us know :D

I'm a big 70s scifi fan so I'd push Rollerball , Logans Run,Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green

The matrix, independence day and avatar just to piss a few people off

One I loved though was moon with Sam rockwell (I think that's his name) in it.

I don't think I could force myself through Avatar again but I do have a soft spot for Independence day .

Couple obvious ones - star wars, BladeRunner, Robocop, Total Recall,

I liked the redo of Judge dredd St hey did title Dredd.

Another lesser known movie I caught one space channel many years ago and loved but took me years to find the title too is called Enemy Mine, we'll worth the watch.

Enemy Mine sounds very interesting. Tempted to make it my Tuesday random scifi movie for a scifi month blog post. I'm trying to puck stuff I've never heard of.

I agree with most of these--Star Wars, Logan's Run, Planet of the Apes, Total Recall. Another classic that I loved was Time Machine.

I loved Enemy Mine, but it has a poor reputation in some circles. I thought Dredd was surprisingly great, a nice throwback to some classic action films.

I think another underrated throwback action/sci-fi was Lockout with Guy Pierce. A perfect recapturing of the over-the-top, campy, one-liner glib action movies of the 80's.

Speaking of, I guess I'd throw in Predator, Alien, Aliens, and Terminator 1 and 2. I really liked Predators also, and don't understand why fans of the original don't lol

I quite enjoyed Predators as well.
Some great films coming up so far

I remember actually being moved by enemy mine. It's not a huge budget film by any standards but it's still decent. I re-watched it not long ago and still liked it.

Is predators the one with Adrian Brody I think? If so I thought it was the best entry in that franchise in a long time.

Yes, it was, and I agree completely! I think it's "trendy" right now to dislike things or something LOL If someone doesn't like Predators. Sure, that's your opinion. If they LIKED the first Predator but NOT Predators?? No, I'm sorry, that's an invalid opinion :P ;)

Kidding of course, but I have trouble understanding the consistency. It's like when people "hate" a sitcom after barely watching one episode, and they refuse to watch further because it has audience laugh-tracks. And I'm like, "Oh...you didn't like Seinfield, Frasier, Friends, Cosby Show, Three's Company--" Then they're all "NO! I liked THOSE shows!"... -_-

I agree about Enemy Mine too. It was really cool story about an unlikely friendship and the true meaning of family ^_^

I realized that I couldn't think of top picks right off, so I went and checked my Netflix ratings for top rated sci-fi movies and surprised myself with the random selections! Apparently, my 5 star movies over the years include such classics as: Men in Black, Avatar, Independence Day, Inception, Armageddon, and Riddick.

Overall, I think my rating consistency is probably lazy and impulsive. :)

Lots of 4 star ratings. A couple I've watched recently that I wouldn't call unmissable just yet but that you guys might enjoy are: Ex Machina and Predestination.

Men In Black was a lot of fun! When I was a freshman in high school I really enjoyed the cartoon show, but I couldn't you if it actually holds up today.

The first Chronicles of Riddick was REALLY good in my opinion! But I didn't like the Director's Cut of it as much, which is rare lol I also didn't like the sequel. Pitch Black was pretty fun though.

Another amazing Vin Diesel film, if it counts, is THE IRON GIANT! Amazing movie, one of my favorites. And then from there I could also tag The Incredibles, which opens a whole other connected genre, which then also begs the question of vampire movies and stuff...I'll stop LOL

A lot of great selections here. A few that I would add: A Scanner Darkly, Gattaca, Dark City, Strange Days and for fun...Galaxy Quest.

Ah, Galaxy Quest! Great choice :D

Yes, don't forget Galaxy Quest.

2001
The Black Hole
Forbidden Planet
Invaders from Mars
Tron

Forever Star Wars (I'm so excited for the new movie)
Please have noted some really good movies. I'd add in Wall-E, Contact, E.T. and Metropolis

Metropolis that a golden oldie. I've say through it once, absolutely a masterpiece for its time but don't think I could do it again.

I'm not big into anime but I'd like to through out the movie Akira from the late 80s

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