Top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time

[thalaw2]

Check it out here: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20037541,00.html

[spoiler] I can't believe Galaxy Quest beat V...heck I can't believe V is last it should be further down the list. [/spoiler]

EDIT:  I know it's an old article now.

[GogglesPizanno]

Well in fairness to the list... It was put out by Entertainment Weekly which means by its very nature, its going to be populist, lowest common denominator, dominated by modern films and ultimately pointless to complain about....

This is the 25 best sci-fi list as detemined by Pop Culture standards.

[BentonGrey]

Wow........that's....pretty bad.  They've got some REAL dren on there, but they do have many of the big greats.  Still, the inclusion of Lost is strange, but the inclusion of Starship Troopers is unforgivable.  Battlestar getting 2?  My word man, Babylon Five isn't even on the list, and it is a world's better show!

[GogglesPizanno]

Battlestar getting 2?  My word man, Babylon Five isn't even on the list, and it is a world's better show!

I realize the list is iffy at best...but lets not go all crazy talk!?!

[MJB]

[spoiler] I can't believe Galaxy Quest beat V...heck I can't believe V is last it should be further down the list. [/spoiler]

[spoiler]I liked Galaxy Quest. :oops:[/spoiler]

-MJB

[thalaw2]

I liked Galaxy Quest too...

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

I liked it three.

[Alaric]

I liked Galaxy Quest, as well. I liked it better than I liked V, in fact- which I enjoyed, but not enough to count as one of my top 25. I was more upset about where Dr Who placed. While, lacking cable, I haven't been able to see any of the new episodes, I would have still placed it somewhat higher.

In fact, i liked most of what's on the list (I didn't see Starship Troopers, I should point out). I strongly disagree with the ranking order, though, and there are plenty of things that didn't make the list that I would have placed higher then many of the things that did make the list. Overall, though, they did better than I expected.

How on Earth could they leave off the original Alien, though, while including two of the sequals? That's just... wrong...

[Pyroclasm]

Note that this is an old list.  It was created during the middle of Season 1 of Heroes.
I would probably throw out several of the movies/shows included on this list and rearrange the order.
It was entertaining to read though.

[Talavar]

Just a note on the reasoning of certain omissions - the list is the best 25 of Scifi in the last 25 years.  That's why no Alien, & no Star Wars or Empire Strikes Back, or anything older than 1982.

[GogglesPizanno]

I feel so old...

[yell0w_lantern]

I disagree with putting movies and TV shows together on such a list.
That aside, it's just kind of a weird little list, isn't it?

[OutsiderNo11]

Where the hell was Babylon 5 on that list?

That series was what I like to refer to as The Real Star Trek.  Mainly because it portrayed a more realistic future Earth in a Star Trek-like setting.

[GogglesPizanno]

You people and your Babylon 5...
Don't make me bring up Farscape!!

[BentonGrey]

Man......you don't know from good Goggles! ^_^

[BWPS]

I disagree with almost every single thing on this list, but I'll just say a couple things:

STARSHIP TROOPERS?!!!?!?!?! But not Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles? WTF?! That's like having tomatoes on a list of the 25 best foods but not pizza!
Ok, I can understand leaving a little-known cg cartoon off.

The Matrix is not better than Wrath of Kahn.
Is New Battlestar Galactica really better than Next Generation? REALLY? I haven't seen it but I don't buy that for a second.
If Heroes is on this list, is there a reason we don't have X2, Spider-Man, and Batman Begins on here?

This would be a good list if it was called "25 Random Sci-Fi Movies and Shows we Thought Of In No Order".

[GogglesPizanno]

STARSHIP TROOPERS?!!!?!?!?! But not Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles?

You're right its an obscure widely unseen CGI animated TV show. But I agree with you that it fleshed the movie out (while losing the social commentary in favor of a more traditional "aliens" knockoff) Plus I like Starship Troopers the movie... Throw down some props for the Doogie Howser!

The Matrix is not better than Wrath of Kahn.

Uh... yeah, it is. It pains me to say it, but its true -- as long as we are talking the first one... but the time you get to #3...we shall not talk about it

Is New Battlestar Galactica really better than Next Generation? REALLY?

Again, yeah. it is.

But then again what do I know?
According to Benton**:

Man......you don't know from good Goggles!  ^_^

I do know one thing... I got taste....ZING!  :P



**Its Farscape and the muppets isn't it? Always an issue with the freakin muppets!

[thalaw2]

So, only one disagreement about The Matrix holding the number one spot.  I would say that it being number one surprised me, but that I can't think of anything more revolutionary that was within the last 25 years...we can't include Star Wars or Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 

I'm going to have to watch the new Battle Star Galactica...

If BSG can make a powerful come back I would like to see what can be done with Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. 

[OutsiderNo11]

You people and your Babylon 5...
Don't make me bring up Farscape!!

No, I'll give you Farscape too.  That should have been on the list.

Personally, I think the Matrix should have been left off of the list entirely.  It was a B-movie plot (human beings used as batteries? seriously that couldn't be more lame.  I guess the robots ran out of fusion reactors) with top notch special effects.

I guess this list is the popular science fiction among the Hollywood drones and not real science fiction fans.  I'm actually surprised that they didn't add Battlefield Earth to the list given that many of them follow that cult they call the Religion of Scientology.

[BentonGrey]

Farscape did have its moments...it was really a good series, and I'd say it was probably a good deal better than a few things on that list.

[wickerman]

My personal top 5 (no particular order) are prolly:

Star Wars (Ep 1)
Close Encounters
Alien (the original)
Enemy Mine
Blade Runner

[BentonGrey]

Episode One!  You've got to be kidding me man!

[Alaric]

Episode One!  You've got to be kidding me man!

I'm guessing by "episode 1" he meant "the first one" (episode 4).

[BentonGrey]

We can only hope.....

[ow_tiobe_sb]

May I simply add how shocked (and pleased) I am that Brazil made it onto the list (at all), not to mention the fact that it ranked #6?  :blink:

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Phantom Bunburyist and [THIS SPACE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE TO NEW DUAL TITLE TENANT]

[wickerman]

 :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:


i  definitely meant ep 4 a new hope


ep 1-3 sucked beyond words...


to quote darth vader in ep 3 (in the least manly voice possible)   Noooooooooooooooo!

[BentonGrey]

May I simply add how shocked (and pleased) I am that Brazil made it onto the list (at all), not to mention the fact that it ranked #6?  :blink:

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and [THIS SPACE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE TO NEW DUAL TITLE TENANT]

True, Brazil is beyond brilliant.......and beyond depressing.

Haha, good Wickerman, I was afraid we'd have to revoke you're sci-fi fan privileges.

[captainspud]

Can someone please list the rankings? I hate clicking through these things.

Yes, I'm asking you to facilitate my laziness.

[BentonGrey]

That's just plain sad Spud. :P

[SnowMan]

anyone seen SS Doom Trooper?
its a really terrible movie.
c'mon a knife can hurt it, but not explosives.