Mine has to be Alien.I think it's a classic and is better than most modern horror, sci fi films as now they tend to be all effects and not very good storylines.

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> Mine has to be Alien...
>

Agreed, but all films directed by Ridley Scott around that time are 'more than average'.
E.g. Blade Runner, Black Rain...

My all time favourite is clearly "Ghost in the shell". If you like anime you'll have to see this one!!!

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Patton

> Patton
>
(Lust for Glory)

The Deer Hunter...

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No doubt for me... The Hunt for Red October!!

Careful Mr Ryan things in here don't react well with bullets!!!

Mystic Time: Thu 13 January 2005, 23:24 (Eastern Standard Time)

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> Mine has to be Alien.I think it's a classic and is better than most modern
> horror, sci fi films as now they tend to be all effects and not very good
> storylines.

Gosh. I love Alien and can watch the series again and again.

One of the things I find about some sci-fi is that at the time it comes out it is great but because the focus is on showing technology as that cultural moment believes it will be in the future it tends to fail when some time has past.

Alien focusses its visuals on the 'industrial' as well as the 'flesh' which makes us feel our mortality darkly but has no real boundaries on which to pin a sense of age or time.

In fact I quite like most 'organic' sci-fi.

I actually like Lexx.

For horrors I quite liked Deathwatch (2002) about the WW1 soldiers lost in the trenches.

For animated I loved the movie Kaena (The Prophecy) which is not technically a brilliant animation but was a nice story.

cRunchy

> In fact I quite like most 'organic' sci-fi.
>
> I actually like Lexx.

I liked Lexx, but the "organic" show I admired most was Farscape. This is the first series I'd ever seen that very obviously tried really hard to break the Star Trek "they look like us, they act like us" mold in their treatment of aliens. Of course they don't always succeed in this measure, but still the efforts were quite novel.

On topic: If you forced me to pick just one movie to be favorite, it'd probably be Highlander.

Silent Running.

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> Silent Running.

Hewey and Dewey..

> > In fact I quite like most 'organic' sci-fi.

> I liked Lexx, but the "organic" show I admired most was Farscape. This is the
> first series I'd ever seen that very obviously tried really hard to break the
> Star Trek "they look like us, they act like us" mold in their treatment of
> aliens. Of course they don't always succeed in this measure, but still the
> efforts were quite novel.

http://www.farscape.com

There was quite a nice Kate Bush song floating around the internet overlayed on some farscape video clips some time ago.

Farscape is quite an emotional sci-fi in some ways. I fell in love with the Chiana character.

cRunchy

> > > In fact I quite like most 'organic' sci-fi.
>
> > I liked Lexx, but the "organic" show I admired most was Farscape. This is
> the
> > first series I'd ever seen that very obviously tried really hard to break
> the
> > Star Trek "they look like us, they act like us" mold in their treatment
> of
> > aliens. Of course they don't always succeed in this measure, but still
> the
> > efforts were quite novel.
>
> http://www.farscape.com
>
> There was quite a nice Kate Bush song floating around the internet overlayed
> on some farscape video clips some time ago.
>
> Farscape is quite an emotional sci-fi in some ways. I fell in love with the
> Chiana character.
>
> cRunchy
>

Ka D'Argo was my favorite.. Of Course there was something to be said about Delvian Blue

Mystic Time: Fri 14 January 2005, 00:15 (Eastern Standard Time)

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I love the intrigue and conspiracy
because its happens all the time.
Even today ,
But iff you look at it in a symbolic way
you can avoid to be trapped.

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I'm not sure if I have a 'favorite' movie of all time but I do love the movie DragonSlayer. Probably cuz thats the most bitchin dragon you'll ever see. Much better than the girlie-dragon from Dragon Heart, and much more realistic than that computer animated crap in Reign of Fire.

Hopefully when The Hobbit is made (I think it'll be by Universal) they make something that looks as good for the dragon Smaug.

"The Day The Earth Stood Still"

It was the first movie that dealt with an extraterrestial visitor in an intelligent way rather than in a "creature feature" manner.

Time at Cas's Place: Fri 14 January 2005, 08:38:20 (GMT Standard Time)

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> "The Day The Earth Stood Still"

Very good choice.

Thinking about it, my favorite movie would definitely be Highlander. I've watched it over and over many times. There's just a combination of factors involved. First I love sword fighting scenes. I love the theme of immortality not being quite as much of a gift, especially for those who love, as one might think. I love the cinematography; the camera angles are just beautiful in so many places, like the long shot of Conner's family sword marking Heather's grave while their hut (and metaphorically their brief happy life) burns to ash in the background and he is walking away leaving it all behind, with Queen playing "Who Wants to Live Forever" on the soundtrack. Clancy Brown as the Kurgan is just the Ultimate Bad Guy for me ("Hi, I'm Candy" "Of COURSE you are...").

I might have gone with Blade Runner or The 13th Warrior, but Highlander is still slightly above them for me.

I have most of the films already mentioned above in my collection!

If I really had to pick a 'number one film of all time' it would have to be
'Brief Encounter'...............

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> "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
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> It was the first movie that dealt with an extraterrestial visitor in an
> intelligent way rather than in a "creature feature" manner.
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> Time at Cas's Place: Fri 14 January 2005, 08:38:20 (GMT Standard Time)
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