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...that your fellow Fabbers could watch this evening and say why (without spoilers). No-one has all the streaming platforms but try to choose one that people are likely to be able to find. Make it so! |
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If you want odd with a good dollop of humour in there, Prime currently has a nice HD copy of Space Truckers for streaming.
I finally caught up with a few weeks ago, over 25 years after it came out, and it was fun. A sly Dennis Hopper, Charles Dance with a robotic cock and a good dose of the absurd - all from the director of "Reanimator".
You know a film isn't taking itself too seriously when the big, orchestral music score over the end credits suddenly switches to... Cotton Eye Joe!  |
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"If you want odd with a good dollop of humour in there, Prime currently has a nice HD copy of Space Truckers for streaming.
I finally caught up with a few weeks ago, over 25 years after it came out, and it was fun. A sly Dennis Hopper, Charles Dance with a robotic cock and a good dose of the absurd - all from the director of "Reanimator".
You know a film isn't taking itself too seriously when the big, orchestral music score over the end credits suddenly switches to... Cotton Eye Joe! "
I watched that a few months ago when I had a Prime trial. My jaw was on the floor for most of it! Amazing cast, design that reminded me of The Fifth Element, but a total b-movie in every other respect. |
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"...that your fellow Fabbers could watch this evening and say why (without spoilers). No-one has all the streaming platforms but try to choose one that people are likely to be able to find. Make it so!
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As someone who likes to own physical things and not stream at all if I can, I buy all my films as blu-rays (or failing that DVDs). Is a trip to town or a short wait in the post allowed?
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Logan's Run has held up I think (I'd put it with the classics maybe - the 70's classics for sure.)
Of the recognised classics I really enjoyed the film Stalker, and I thought the recent Blade Runner sequel (rather weakly) ripped it off a bit. It's only-just scifi really, as is the original Solaris despite the fact it's set in space.
Idocracy (by Mike Judge) gets forgotten but is enjoyable (and timely)
For something lighter... Firefly the series then the film Serenity.
Moon was the last scifi I saw and enjoyed, it was kind of like the great Silent Running. pt |
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In time was not a box office smash when it came out over 10 years ago but it’s a fantastic concept.
You basically have a time limit for your life and you earn more time on earth by working or trading time with others. It really makes you think.
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As Solaris and Moon are already mentioned I'll add The Plan if you saw the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series. If you haven't seen the series (as good as any film imo but a LOT longer) you need to consult the internet as to which point to slot it in though.
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"Speaking of Total Recall, could you class Running Man as sci-fi?
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Anything set in an alternative present or future typically gets classed as scifi.
As I remember the film of Running Man was even more 'futuristic' than the novella (though I probably remember the novella more tbh).
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Dune David Lynch version then watch the updated version.
As said already
Moon massively underated Sam Rockwell is brilliant.
Sci-Fi/horror then event horizon is really good.
Sunshine is visually great and pretty good.
Yes forbidden planet brilliant.
But actually Dune aside,
I'd actually go for a series The Expanse is just about the best sci-fi series well thought and actually science wise accurate.
I'm also a massive fan of edge of tomorrow, great film. |
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"I absolutely love KPax
KPax is good film.
I finally got round to watching The Martian I enjoyed that. And don't know if it is strictly scfi but, Nope.
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Nope is called scifi and has good reviews, I'd never heard of it.
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
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"I absolutely love KPax
KPax is good film.
I finally got round to watching The Martian I enjoyed that. And don't know if it is strictly scfi but, Nope.
Nope is called scifi and has good reviews, I'd never heard of it.
pt"
It's worth a watch, it is really good much better than I was expecting it to be! |
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"I absolutely love KPax
KPax is good film.
I finally got round to watching The Martian I enjoyed that. And don't know if it is strictly scfi but, Nope.
Nope is called scifi and has good reviews, I'd never heard of it.
pt
It's worth a watch, it is really good much better than I was expecting it to be!
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I've added it to my list! I have years and years of probably really good scifi to see.
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"Where to start? Err...
Ad Astra
Event Horizon
Interstellar
Bit of a Sci fi aficionado myself so I am keen to see what others people suggest. "
Good choices! You checked out the Science Fiction podcast with the Jon Vervake interview on these? |
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By *apnDomMan
over a year ago
London | Belfast |
If you like Die Hard watch Lockout. Same sort of film, but on a space station.
Or you watch 5th element since we are already mentioning Bruce Willis.
Space Odyssey is really a weird film, not worth watching although it is mentioned a lot for some reason.
The martian - since saving Matt Damon twice before was not enough they now have to do it from Mars as well. That dude is getting lost in a phone booth....
Prey was an awsome instance in the Predator series. We all know most of the movies sucked, besides the one with arnold and maybe the second one, but this one is really, really good. Set in the 18th century america focusing on an american native woman who just wants to become a hunter like the boys...
Interstellar - because if you haven't seen it, you're dead ignorant.
Or watch the thing because nothing is cooler than Kurt Russel fighting for survival on the south pole. |
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
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"I absolutely love KPax
oh yes, really good film... going have to watch it at some point this weekend now!
The books are brilliant too x"
The books are, I always end up crying reading the books tho!  |
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"If you like Die Hard watch Lockout. Same sort of film, but on a space station.
Or you watch 5th element since we are already mentioning Bruce Willis.
Space Odyssey is really a weird film, not worth watching although it is mentioned a lot for some reason.
The martian - since saving Matt Damon twice before was not enough they now have to do it from Mars as well. That dude is getting lost in a phone booth....
Prey was an awsome instance in the Predator series. We all know most of the movies sucked, besides the one with arnold and maybe the second one, but this one is really, really good. Set in the 18th century america focusing on an american native woman who just wants to become a hunter like the boys...
Interstellar - because if you haven't seen it, you're dead ignorant.
Or watch the thing because nothing is cooler than Kurt Russel fighting for survival on the south pole.
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I think you're actually the first person to mention 2001: A Space Odyssey here, so I'm obliged to put the other side to that one - it's arguably still the best of them all!
The Thing is a good film but I think people tend to see that one as a horror.
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By *trideMan
over a year ago
Plymouth |
My collection:
2001 A Space Odyssey 1968
Alien 1979
Avatar 2009
Barbarella 1968
Blade Runner 1982
Brave New World 1980
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 1979
Clockwork Orange 1971
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 1977
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982
Forbidden Planet 1956
Gravity 2013
Interstellar 2014
Jurassic Park 1993
Nineteen Eighty Four 1984
On The Beach 1959
Quatermass 1 Experiment 1955
Quatermass 2 1957
Quatermass 3 And The Pit 1967
Quatermass 4 Conclusion 1979
Soylent Green 1973
Starship Troopers 1997
The Day After 1983
The Drift 2014
The Fifth Element 1997
The Great Dictator 1940
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 2005
The Lathe Of Heaven 1971
The Man In The Moon 1960
The Martian 2015
The Matrix 1999
The Mouse On The Moon 1963
The Stepford Wives 1975
The War Game 1966
Transcendence 2014
UFO 1956
Wyndham - Quest For Love 1971
Wyndham - The Day Of The Triffids 1962
Wyndham - Village Of The Damned 1960.
Check Wikipedia for plot details.
Some can be down-loaded free from archive.org.
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By *apnDomMan
over a year ago
London | Belfast |
"If you like Die Hard watch Lockout. Same sort of film, but on a space station.
Or you watch 5th element since we are already mentioning Bruce Willis.
Space Odyssey is really a weird film, not worth watching although it is mentioned a lot for some reason.
The martian - since saving Matt Damon twice before was not enough they now have to do it from Mars as well. That dude is getting lost in a phone booth....
Prey was an awsome instance in the Predator series. We all know most of the movies sucked, besides the one with arnold and maybe the second one, but this one is really, really good. Set in the 18th century america focusing on an american native woman who just wants to become a hunter like the boys...
Interstellar - because if you haven't seen it, you're dead ignorant.
Or watch the thing because nothing is cooler than Kurt Russel fighting for survival on the south pole.
I think you're actually the first person to mention 2001: A Space Odyssey here, so I'm obliged to put the other side to that one - it's arguably still the best of them all!
The Thing is a good film but I think people tend to see that one as a horror.
pt"
Yeah, no, it's a 2,5-3 hour long very boring movie, with very long scenes that are very pretentious.
Typical Kubrick film though. But I prefer a captivating story told well with nice visuals, instead of something purposely artistic. There is no message, no story, just 2-3 very dragged out substories without any real context. |
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By *lexm87Man
over a year ago
Various |
"The Fifth Element
Dune - the Lynch version!
Solaris and Stalker
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Metropolis - the one everything else comes from. "
How could I forget 2001!
Also, a fondness for the first of the Star Trek films. |
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
west midlands |
"Dark Star.
One of my all time favourite films!!
I always like the bit whee the "alien" refuses the food. "
I remember watching that film for the first time with my dad when I was about 10, I nearly laughed myself into a hernia watching Pinback trying to catch the alien. |
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"Can never get in to sci-fi films
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I bet like the proverbial one song we can all sing, there is one 'scifi' out there you'd get on with!
Bare in mind too some are just alternate now stories, they're are not all whizz bang flying spaceships. pt |
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"Prey was an awsome instance in the Predator series. We all know most of the movies sucked, besides the one with arnold and maybe the second one, but this one is really, really good. Set in the 18th century america focusing on an american native woman who just wants to become a hunter like the boys...
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I second this, Prey is an awesome film.
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By *lynJMan
over a year ago
Morden |
"Dark Star.
One of my all time favourite films!!
I always like the bit whee the "alien" refuses the food.
I remember watching that film for the first time with my dad when I was about 10, I nearly laughed myself into a hernia watching Pinback trying to catch the alien. "
Some mates and I saw it at a small "art house" theatre when I was at uni. I seem to remember we went back to watch it again the next night. |
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"Primer, one of the best time travel films out there
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It's a hard one to follow though, Primer (literally about some clever people discovering then building and testing a home-made time 'shifting' machine), one I may have to go back to one day as the dialogue made me and my then-partner a bit cross-eyed (though it was probably supposed to to some degree I expect).
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
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"Dark Star.
One of my all time favourite films!!
I always like the bit whee the "alien" refuses the food.
I remember watching that film for the first time with my dad when I was about 10, I nearly laughed myself into a hernia watching Pinback trying to catch the alien.
Some mates and I saw it at a small "art house" theatre when I was at uni. I seem to remember we went back to watch it again the next night."
I've lost count of how many times I've watched it!! |
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"Dark Star.
One of my all time favourite films!!
I always like the bit whee the "alien" refuses the food.
I remember watching that film for the first time with my dad when I was about 10, I nearly laughed myself into a hernia watching Pinback trying to catch the alien.
Some mates and I saw it at a small "art house" theatre when I was at uni. I seem to remember we went back to watch it again the next night."
An absolute must see for any discerning sci-fi fan.
It inspired so many great sci-fi films - the alien feeding scene was actually the basis for the Alien franchise which Dan O’Bannon (who plays Pinback in Dark Star) went on to write. |
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Back to the Future.
Which, weirdly, points out almost every reason why time travel isn't actually possible. I have no idea if that is deliberate or not but the "grandfather paradox" reference was definitely deliberate. |
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The Giant Claw probably the best movie ever, youtube or talkin pictures tv. Listen out for the mis pronounciation of General Buskirks name by Mara Corday.
The movie's concept was way ahead of it's time.
It's definitely not a....... turkey |
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Watched a weird one the other day, Shape of Water. I guess a romance kind of sci fi film. So probably not what you’d be interested in A long with About Time, The Time Travellers Wife, Bicentennial Man. All sci fi/romance. I enjoyed Dark and Black Mirror series on Netflix. |
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" Barbrarela not sure if thats the right spelling Jane fonda. Karen"
I recall seeing this on TV as a child and having watched it again as an adult, I'm pretty sure this is where a lot of my kinks stem from.
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"Don’t think it’s been mentioned yet surprisingly, but ‘District 9’ is an amazing watch if anyone hasn’t seen it! "
Agree, It’s a great great bit of Sci-fi with a powerful social commentary. I wish there was a second film where they made home and come back…
A few people have said Ad Astra but personally I found it a load of ol bollocks |
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So many cracking films I love Scify books and films
Not strictly scify but a brilliant film with loads of big names is
"city of ember" you won't be disapointed
Another is my favourite "stardust" |
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