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Favourite sci-fi films - Following woof's suggestion...
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:16 pmby JC_81
The above list includes any sequels as well.
There's loads of others I've probably forgot but that's the best I can do for now.
I've gone for Predator myself 
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:32 pmby andy_g
bl.oody hell, john! apart from alien that's a rubbish selection! 
bladerunner (the director's cut)
2001
the fifth element
invasion of the body snatchers
the day the earth stood still
are all better films
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:52 pmby JC_81
andy_g wrote:bl.oody hell, john! apart from alien that's a rubbish selection!
bladerunner (the director's cut)
2001
the fifth element
invasion of the body snatchers
the day the earth stood still
are all better films
Cheers
Went for some of the better known ones to be honest. Some of my personal favourites no one will have heard of, not everyone's a sci-fi fan!!
Posted:
Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:57 pmby andy_g
let's hear your personal faves then...
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:06 pmby JC_81
Village of the Damned, The Thing, Starship Troopers, Mad Max, The Fly. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, I suppose they're not exactly unknown films, but it's almost as impossible to compile a top ten that people will agree with as it is to agree on THE best Sci-fi film.
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:13 pmby andy_g
i've not seen village of the damned, but the thing is excellent. the effects were way way ahead of their time. i also thought starship troopers got more stick than it deserved, its easy to read all sorts fo ethnic cleansing and suprematist sub plots into it but i just thought it was loads of fun.
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:56 amby woof woof !
Aliens (2) for me, although the first Predator film was a brilliant concept and comes a close second .
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:59 amby babu
The Thing. without a doubt. for a movie made in the 80s(i think) has awesome special affects and is one scary flick
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:01 amby 112-1077774096
i like a 'few good men',
i watched a good film lately but very dry so maybe many people wont like it, napoleon dynamite, anyone seen it? funny as funk
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:02 amby 112-1077774096
oops just noticed its for sci fi films, ok then, 'spaceballs' 
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:06 amby babu
'spaceballs' is a classic. to me it is the best parody of sci-fi films in the same vein that 'princess bride' is to fantasy/adventure films
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:35 pmby The Ace1983
How can it be anything else but Star Wars? What was the point of putting up any other choices?
I'll also scale that down to TESB. It shows the plight of the rebels and the true powers of the Jedi and the dark side.
Yoda Rules.
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:55 pmby AlanHansen
Def Aliens for me
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:38 pmby The Ace1983
If I were chosing an Alien film, it would be the first one. The Chest burster scene is fantastic. For a bit of trivia, did you know that John Hurt was the only person told about that before it happened so all of the others would be genuinly shocked.
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:44 pmby JC_81
The Ace1983 wrote:If I were chosing an Alien film, it would be the first one. The Chest burster scene is fantastic. For a bit of trivia, did you know that John Hurt was the only person told about that before it happened so all of the others would be genuinly shocked.
Good knowledge, didn't know that
Here's another rumour I've heard, this time about Predator. Apparently the Native American guy Sonny Landham who played Billy HATED Arnie. He also had the reputation of being a complete loose cannon and getting in fights all the time during filming movies. The director on the predator set had a bodyguard assigned to Landham to stop him attacking Arnie. Apparently.