Last Great Sci-Fi Film?

'THIS SHIP IS A TOMB'. Event Horizon.

ok this something I couldn't resist to comment. There is really no other space sci fi horror movie that can match ALIEN, but for the the closest are: EVENT HORIZON.- despite of its flaws in the script and that is almost an ALIEN RIPOFF, the idea of bringing hell through a ship was interesting. Instead of the same arachosquid thing that infects people and then explode. Besides there a scene when they find out what happened to the crew that is really disturbing

the other are guilty pleasures like: STARSHIP TROOPERS.- sort of like a funny tribute to ALIENS. PANDORUM.- started with an interesting ambience but flopped as it progressed. DEAD SPACE DOWNFALL.- creepy cartoon, I wish somebody can make it for real without looking like RESIDENT EVIL IN SPACE.

and for the oldies PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES. creepy when they find out who is a walking corpse. Actually there is a scene when they find another alien race that was destroyed prevously, like the space jockey scene

gotta admit, I haven't seen any other space based sci/fri movies that did what Alien did. Not one scared me. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Except Space Vampires. Not on the level of Alien, just some creepy scenes. There was a low budget one that was a hell of a lot of fun, I just don't remember the name of it, but it starred the great Bruce Campbell AND Star Trek's Walter Koenig. What the hell was the name of that movie? Very fun.

@dallas! ...[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3AJqPtTRx0]Moon Trap[/url]

12 Monkeys AI I am Legend Total Recall Terminator Matrix Pitch Black, COR Scanners Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Donald S And bw versions) The Mist (If you edited the 3 star wars prequels into one film, itt could be awesome)

reffugee, That's it! Now, maybe it's on Hulu or something. I want to see that again.

I think that Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars had great potential, but the ending was f***ing horrible. some of the visuals reminded me of 2001(space suites are almost identical), and great actors and character development, but the ending ranks up ther in worst ever.

@chthon... I love all those movies you listed, although I am legend was a big let down. I recommend everyone reads the book (more of a short story that can be read in a day), and watch [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlUSh-lMiYo]OMEGA MAN[/url] " the last man on earth always carries an automatic weapon" 9

What is most funny about Starship Troopers (and I think it is great) is that they totally fucked over Heinlein who wrote it to be taken seriously. Heinlein had some strange views. He got so nuts with them that his friendly rivalry with Arthur C Clarke became this bitter hatred (according to some) because he thought Clarke was some kind of commie. VH deserves an award just for making it into a brilliant spoof on everything Heinlein loved.

@artyoh Thank you for the article. I guess Kubrick knew what was coming and he trusted his loved long-dated project to his friend. Spielberg is also brilliant director (Schindlers List, Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Saving Private Ryan and many others) and obviously AI was in good hands in the movie turn out a lesson of humanity given by a robot. Touching and provocative. Well in my list I rank sci-fi movies in this order: Classic masterpieces: Alien 2001 - Space Odissey The Thing (John Carpenters movie) Great films: Aliens District 9 Matrix Moon Children of Men Event Horizon Predator Terminator 1 and 2 Cube The Mist Minority Report AI Forbidden Planet Silent Running War of the Worlds (both versions) The Day the Earth Stood Still (old version) Metropolis Inception Invansion of the Body Snatchers (first two versions) V for Vendetta WALL-E Robocop 5th Element Back to the Future Total Recall Alien 3 Contact Dark City Tron The Fly A Clockwork Orange THX 1138 Solaris (tarkovsky) Good Films: 12 Monkeys Pitch Black Sunshine Avatar Cypher I Robot I am Legend Source Code Rise of the Planet of the Apes Mimic Serenity The Fountain Starship Troopers Stargate Gattaca The X-Files The Truman Show Outland They Live The Abyss Solaris (last version) Logans Run

@artyoh Thank you for the article. I guess Kubrick knew what was coming and he trusted his loved long-dated project to his friend. Spielberg is also brilliant director (Schindlers List, Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Saving Private Ryan and many others) and obviously AI was in good hands and the movie turn out a lesson of humanity given by a robot. Touching and provocative. Well in my list I rank sci-fi movies in this order: Classic masterpieces: Alien 2001 - Space Odissey The Thing (John Carpenters movie) Great films: Aliens District 9 Matrix Moon Children of Men Event Horizon Predator Terminator 1 and 2 Cube The Mist Minority Report AI Forbidden Planet Silent Running War of the Worlds (both versions) The Day the Earth Stood Still (old version) Metropolis Inception Invansion of the Body Snatchers (first two versions) V for Vendetta WALL-E Robocop 5th Element Jurassic Park Back to the Future Total Recall Alien 3 Contact Dark City Tron The Fly A Clockwork Orange THX 1138 Solaris (tarkovsky) Good Films: 12 Monkeys Pitch Black Sunshine Avatar Cypher I Robot I am Legend Source Code Rise of the Planet of the Apes Mimic Serenity The Fountain Starship Troopers Stargate Gattaca The X-Files The Truman Show Outland They Live The Abyss Solaris (last version) Logans Run

Great discussion! I agree with the fact that compiling a list of sci-fi films in space is difficult, but that's the point, isn't it? They are few and far between. And a list of subjectively "good" ones is even more difficult. There is this inherent quality to space (as was discussed-the isolation, the unknown) that creates horror all on it's own. Sure, there are parts of earth that have gone undiscovered, but we know to a certain degree, what we will/can discover. I LOVED Event Horizon, but to call it a ripoff of Alien is a bit of a stretch. Alien set the bar for a lot of films thereafter, and sure, the concept of something evil and deadly being released was the same, but that's where the similarities ends. EH is crew member pitted against crew member (secondary to some sort of possession; it's been a while, but I recall it being more of a psychological thriller than monster-hunt); in Alien they have a common enemy (they're not killing each other).

Intresting dallas!dallas! ... I first saw Starship Troopers on shrooms, and said "what the fuck is going on". This movie was one of the first I remember seeing that had no title at the beginning and jumped right into a propaganda campaign with use of commercials. Media influence seems to be a reoccurring theme with director Paul Verhoeven, who also did Total Recall, and Robocop. He seams to have a sarcastic view on media in society since all these films feature commercials that are almost comical.

IMHO there really haven't been any "great" SciFi films in a while. But, I have watched Sunshine quite a few times and have recommended it.

[b]Minority Report was IMO the LAST great Science Fiction Movie! & On DVD the sound of the Murder Ball Kicks Ass Swooshing around the tracks before it ejects[/b] [b]"Everybody Runs"[/b] Here's The Money Shot The... "Murder Ball". [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1ball.jpg[/img]

In response to bella and you sank my battleship lol and are they going to make a connect four movie well not so long ago ridley was contemplating making monopoly the movie lol you may be right lol

My last great scfi film i watched and was moved by if you can call it scfi was the fountain. Oh and moon, and really enjoyed district 9. casshern wasn't bad either. [img]http://www.fightersgeneration.com/newspics/tatsunoko/casshern-movie2.jpg[/img]

@HiveWarrior I actually agree completely with your list bud! @alteredstate casshern was pretty interesting as well. As for good sci fi most films have been mentioned already. Cargo a German sci-fi was pretty interesting and well executed film. I think there should be a mention of Ghost in the Shell. I watched the first film and 2.O and now I'm working on the Stand Alone Complex series and I have to say its amazing! The series almost surpasses the films in many ways. Anybody agree?