Boardsies Decide... The Best Sci Fi Movie... EVER

Clarabel

Gattaca

Spook_ie

Match 25:

Inception

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0



Match 26:


Fifth Element

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Match 27:



Total Recall (1990)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Match 28:


Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077745/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Necro

A Clockwork Orange 4 5 Ex machina
Avengers: Infinity War 4 1 Logan's Run

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 4 2 Mad Max
Blade Runner 5 1 Galaxy Quest
Donnie Darko 4 0 Quatermass and the pit

Inception 3 0 Edward Scissorhands
Fifth Element 4 0 Beetlejuice
Total Recall (1990) 2 2 Gattaca
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 2 1 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Clara I can only take one vote so you'll have to decide on Inception VS Eddie Scissorfingers

deconduo

Inception
Fifth Element
Gattaca
Star Wars
Moon
Looper
Dark City
Flatliners

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Moon

Looper

Dark City

Aliens

ShaneU

25 Inception
26 Beetlejuice
27 Total Recall
28 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
29 Moon
30 Looper
31 War of the Worlds (1953)
32 Aliens

FortuneChip

Moon
Arrival
Dark City
Aliens

Clarabel

Necro wrote: »

Clara I can only take one vote so you'll have to decide on Inception VS Eddie Scissorfingers

Inception obviously.

Necro

Inception 6 0 Edward Scissorhands

Inception crushes the Scissorhands.

Spook_ie

Mic 1972 wrote: »

Sci-fi needs its own subgenres, there are way too many variations of sci-fi

- Fantasy (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc)
- Space travel (The Martian, Interstellar, Gravity, Space Odissey)
- Dystopian (Blade Runner, Her, Ex Machina, etc)
- Comedy (Back to the Future, Safery not garanteed, etc)
- Superheroes (The Avengers, Iron Man, transformer)

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

:mad:

You've clearly never watched Star Trek if you're lumping it in with that other rubbish. Trek is pure Sci-Fi and if you're going to throw it in to a subgenre it would be Space Exploration not Fantasy.

Go on and get out of here with your wrongness!

I think also, regardless of what you think is or isn't SciFi is to think of the advancements in special FX through the ages

If you'd been alive in 1902, what wonderment at the film "A Trip to The Moon"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScRzq5AAANA

compare that to how they filmed space flight in various " modern" movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYMSGNtrnSk

Man Vs ManUre

I prefer Alien over Aliens.

Mic 1972

Spook_ie wrote: »

I think also, regardless of what you think is or isn't SciFi is to think of the advancements in special FX through the ages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYMSGNtrnSk

Special Fx is another subject altogether, it's a substantial element in sci-fi movies and it does make it difficult to compare movies from different eras due to special FX quality, although good practical effects from late 80's early 90s movies in my opinion can compete with CGI
Star Trek does quality for Sci-fi, but I thing space sagas in general should be regarded as a separate sci-fi genre

Sawduck

Clockwork orange
Blade runner
Donnie darko
Gattaca

sKeith

Logans run

Necro

Blade Runner 6 1 Galaxy Quest

sKeith

Edge of tomorrow

sKeith

Back to the future

sKeith

Serenity

Necro

Updated Scores:

A Clockwork Orange 5 5 Ex machina
Avengers: Infinity War 4 2 Logan's Run

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 4 2 Mad Max
Donnie Darko 5 0 Quatermass and the pit

Fifth Element 5 1 Beetlejuice
Total Recall (1990) 3 4 Gattaca
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 2 3 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Moon 4 0 The Abyss
Looper 3 1 The Arrival
Dark City 3 1 War of the Worlds (1953)
Aliens 3 1 Flatliners

sKeith

Edward Scissorhands
Fifth element
Total recall
Empire

imonboard

A Clockwork Orange
Avengers: Infinity War

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Donnie Darko

Beetlejuice
Gattaca


Moon

Aliens

edward scissorhands if still valid

sKeith

Moon
Looper
Dark city
Aliens

Necro

A Clockwork Orange 6 5 Ex machina

Donnie Darko 6 0 Quatermass and the pit

Fifth Element 6 1 Beetlejuice

Moon 6 0 The Abyss

And to resolve:

Avengers: Infinity War 5 2 Logan's Run

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 5 2 Mad Max

Total Recall (1990) 4 5 Gattaca
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 2 4 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Looper 4 1 The Arrival
Dark City 4 1 War of the Worlds (1953)
Aliens 5 1 Flatliners

Spook_ie

Wondered where Looper was

Vote Looper

Zaph

Match 26:
Fifth Element

Match 27:
Total Recall (1990)

Match 28:
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Match 30:
Looper

Match 32:
Aliens

Necro

Looper 6 1 The Arrival
Aliens 6 1 Flatliners

Zaph puts Looper and Aliens into Round 2 with his votes.

5 matches left to resolve, Total Recall and Gattaca down to next vote cast, locked at 5-5.

Avengers: Infinity War 5 2 Logan's Run

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 5 2 Mad Max

Total Recall (1990) 5 5 Gattaca
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 2 5 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Dark City 4 1 War of the Worlds (1953)

Spook_ie

Avengers: Infinity War 5 2 Logan's Run

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 5 2 Mad Max

Total Recall (1990) 5 5 Gattaca
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 2 5 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Dark City 4 1 War of the Worlds (1953) Looking forward to the Canal+ release/remake in early March

Necro

Avengers: Infinity War 6 2 Logan's Run

Total Recall (1990) 6 5 Gattaca

Avengers and Total Recall are through courtesy of Spook

Tired Gardener

Her.
Primer.
Arrival.
Gravity.
Moon.
Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind.

Sci-Fi is at its core about Man's relationship with technology. How it shapes us, and how we deal with the self reflection it forces upon us. Few Sci-Fi films do this now, more about the spectacle of big bright loud battles.

Edit, The Martian.

sKeith

Dont think 'her' has come up yet and primer is out.

Necro

Her wasn't nominated.

Of the ones mentioned above, just Moon and The Martian are still alive

LadySkunk

Oh Lord there’s been much action.

Necro can I get an updated list of what’s to be voted for pretty please with sprinkles and icing on top?

Necro

Just 3 matches left to be decided

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 5 3 Mad Max

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 3 5 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Dark City 4 2 War of the Worlds (1953)

LadySkunk

Rise of the planet of the apes

Haven’t seen the rest

Necro

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 6 3 Mad Max

I'm going to draw Round 1 to a close at 4pm if there are no further votes.

imonboard

Necro wrote: »

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 6 3 Mad Max

I'm going to draw Round 1 to a close at 4pm if there are no further votes.

Sunshine?

Necro

Sunshine was not nominated, rather surprisingly.

Necro

Necro wrote: »

Just 3 matches left to be decided

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 5 3 Mad Max

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 3 5 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Dark City 4 2 War of the Worlds (1953)

Max

Bodysnatchers

Dark city

Necro

Ok....

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 4 5 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Dark City 5 2 War of the Worlds (1953)

As Star Wars and Dark City are ahead I will vote for them (would have voted Empire anyways and abstained from the other fwiw).

Meaning...

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) 4 6 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Dark City 6 2 War of the Worlds (1953)


Empire Strikes Back and Dark City complete our final 32 movies!

Necro

Your final 32 movies (in alphabetical order):

1. 12 Monkeys
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. Alien
4. Aliens
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. Back to the Future
7. Blade Runner
8. Cube
9. Dark City
10. Donnie Darko
11. Fifth element
12. Ghostbusters
13. Inception
14. Interstellar
15. Jurassic Park
16. Live. Die. Repeat. - Edge of Tomorrow
17. Looper
18. Men in Black
19. Minority Report
20. Moon
21. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
22. Serenity
23. Star Trek (2009)
24. Star Wars
25. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
26. Starship troopers
27. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
28. The Martian
29. The Matrix
30. The Terminator
31. Total Recall (1990)
32. Wall-E

Necro

Right.

Round 2, things are getting serious now.

Reasons for your votes are now mandatory

Gonna leave quota at 6 votes to advance for this round however.


Match 1:

The Matrix

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1



VS



Starship Troopers

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0



Match 2:



Interstellar

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0



VS



Star Wars

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_9



Match 3:


The Martian

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0



VS



Ghostbusters

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3



Match 4:



Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0



VS



Aliens

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

LadySkunk

Interstellar - Only watched recently and it was such a mind bending movie which I love. Left me questioning it for ages after and really enjoyed all the twists and turns

The Martian - Love the concept and all the science in it and how well thought out it was

Both are a bit emotional too at times which is a bonus

sKeith

The matrix - loved this movie first time i watched it, it’s still brilliant after many many rewatches years later.

LadySkunk

And The Matrix

Such a cool movie when it first came out, another of a bit of a mind bender and a good mix of storytelling and action

Necro

Gimme some reasons Skunk for your votes to stick, you can edit them into your posts if you like

sKeith

Ghostbusters - this movie is a classic., if you haven’t watched it lately you need to schedule a rewatch

Zaph

Match 1:
Starship Troopers. A spot-on satire dressed up as a B-movie. Would you like to know more?

Match 2:
Star Wars. Before Star Wars, the effects in sci-fi films were, with the odd exception, pretty dodgy. Star Wars was an absolute game-changer. After only one other film did I leave the cinema open-mouthed in wonder.

Match 3:
Pass

Match 4:
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Probably the best of all the Star Wars films, but I fully expect it to be demolished by Aliens, so this is a vote to avoid a whitewash. (Would have voted for Aliens against pretty much anything else)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Starship Troopers - its a tough call as I love both, but Starship Troopers is the one I've gone back and watched again and again over the years.

Interstellar - because its not Star Wars.

The Martian - one of my nominees and just a great Sci-Fi movie. Ghostbusters is only barely a Sci-Fi.

Aliens - because its class and its not Star Wars.

sKeith

Aliens - because they only come out at night, mostly.

Zaph

sKeith wrote: »

Aliens - because they only come out at night, mostly.

That reminds me, Pitch Black wasn't nominated. Great film, possibly would have had it on my list if I'd remembered it.