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Original and intelligent Sci-Fi

posted 14 years ago by haggar
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I love hard Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi with an original idea, which doesn't shirk from radical concepts. Conversely, I hate movies that are made by rehashing old patterns and molded to be all alike, catering to knuckleheads. Who are, sadly, the majority, and hence the low rating for this movie.

Another excellent, original Sci-Fi movie of recent was Eden Log, also very underrated.

In the 70s there were many more Sci-Fi movies with an original, groundbreaking and courageous idea (The Andromeda Strain, Logan's Run, 2001, Genesis II, Zardoz etc.) but those days are long gone. The "public" just wants to watch their zombie movie or space opera (nothing more than a western in pajamas with special effects). Nothing too far from the beaten path, nothing too far from the beer-drenched comfort zone.

What are your favorite, intelligent and original Sci-Fi movies?

[–] haggar 14 years ago

Others include:
THX 1138
Phase IV
Altered States
The Lathe of Heaven

[–] Kitale 14 years ago

John Carpenter's The Thing
BBC's Day Of The Triffids
Dark Star
Enemy Mine

I love Phase IV. Ingenious ants.

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." - Muhammad Ali

[–] inschlopen 14 years ago

Primer
The Man from Earth
The Quiet Earth
Donnie Darko
The Time Traveller's Wife

And also good:

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
The Thirteenth Floor
The Nines

[–] stonewaspknight 13 years ago

great stuff mentioned here (especially Lathe of Heaven and The Thing)

but - people speak Carpenter and forget

Starman
They Live

Classic Character and society studies!

Also prime SCiFi:

Clockwork Orange
12 Monkeys
Videodrome

[–] elbarto-1 13 years ago

Primer is amazing. so damn good.

I recommend Solaris (remake) - excellent film IMO.

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[–] stonewaspknight 13 years ago

Actually I love the original Russian 'Solaris', but I thought the remake was terrible. And I am a big fan of Soderberg and Cloony.

I have to check out Primer, never seen it yet.

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[–] boogatt66 13 years ago

I love most of the other mentioned movies, They Live, The Man From Earth, 12 monkeys.

What about Jacob's Ladder,
Alien and Aliens
5th Element
Final
Pandorum
Stargate
The Last Starfighter would make a great remake
Dreamcatcher
Moon
Chronicles of Riddick
just to name a few...

[–] mc_thor 12 years ago

I second 'Moon'.

Fantastic movie.

[–] armands_skutelis 11 years ago

Timecrimes
Sleep Dealer
Cloud Atlas
District 9
Monsters
Looper

actually there are quite a lot of these from the last decade, only the amount oF *beep* has increased exponentially so good movies cannot find place in the advertizing markets that's oversaturated with screaming mindless blockbusters.

[–] adamseven7 12 years ago

timecrimes

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