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What is your favorite science fiction movie?

2382 sats \ 124 comments \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 16 Nov movies

There are lots of science fiction moves out there. They span the spectrum of campy comedy to serious thought. Which do you like best. Feel free to add one that you liked best if not on the list.

Matrix43.8%

2001: A Space Odyssey10.4%

Close Encounters of the Third Kind0.0%

Blade Runner8.3%

Alien0.0%

Under the Skin0.0%

Star Wars12.5%

Arrival0.0%

Terminator4.2%

Other — please write in comments20.8%

48 votes \ poll ended

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THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE POLL! I like to make polls only of something I am interested in finding out!! The comments contain a lot of very good suggestions, too. You may want to read the comments to see those suggestions.

There are lots of science fiction moves out there. They span the spectrum of campy comedy to serious thought. Which do you like best. Feel free to add one that you liked best if not on the list. MATRIX. 43.8% 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. 10.4% CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. 0.0% BLADE RUNNER. 8.3% ALIEN. 0.0% UNDER THE SKIN. 0.0% STAR WARS. 12.5% ARRIVAL. 0.0% TERMINATOR. 4.2% OTHER — PLEASE WRITE IN COMMENTS. 20.8% 48 votes \ poll ended

57 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 16 Nov

Mine has to be blade runner. The first one was very well made.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Nov

That was a good one, too. It was really difficult making the list because there are so many good ones over so many years!

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 16 Nov

Classic

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 17 Nov

Yeah, especially with harrison ford. He was perfect for the role. And Rutger Hauer....epic.

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @Imyourfed 16 Nov

Star wars! However, Matrix is the movie I watch atleast 2 times in 6-8 months lol!

24 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Nov

Matrix was my favorite but there are so many others, not even on the list.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @IamSINGLE 17 Nov

Mine is ROBCOP.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I saw one recently called “Dredd” with Carl Urban that I thought was good. Sometimes the dystopia future types are more interesting than the all adventure ones.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Yeah, a bit dystopia, though! I didn’t like what they did to the guy, one bit at all.

63 sats \ 27 replies \ @BlokchainB 16 Nov

DUNE!!

82 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

There is no leaving Dune out of the best of genre. It comes in very high on my list and have seen every version of it to come out, so far.

20 sats \ 25 replies \ @Undisciplined 17 Nov

Dune is great and beautiful, but do you really think it's a better sci-fi movie than The Matrix?

14 sats \ 16 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9h

I wouldn’t say that the recent Dune movies were were better than the Matrix. To this day, I have never seen a book for Matrix to compare the books. I like to compare the books as well as movies. If the Dune movies could go into the detail and complexity that is in the books, they would be far better than Matrix, but, alas, I don’t think it could ever be done.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 8h

This is a fantastic point. Judging just on movie metric then yea The Matrix is better than Dune one. It’s much more complete

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 7h

Yes, when just comparing movies, I think Matrix is much more complete. But, I know much more about the Dune universe than I do the Matrix universe and that colors what I see in the movies.

71 sats \ 13 replies \ @Undisciplined 8h

That would have to be done in a streaming series. Otherwise, there's just way too much detail.

80 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 7h

I could see them doing the Dune series for 10 to 15 years if they were to use all of the books in the Dune universe. The universe is huge: #730664 There would be no end to it. Of course, that would make it more interesting, too.

28 sats \ 8 replies \ @BlokchainB 8h

The Dune series hits HBO max tonight

27 sats \ 6 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 7h

Which Dune series is that? Is it the one from the Sci-Fi channel or the new movies?

46 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 7h

Brand new! Might have to get max to watch

23 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB 7h

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 6h

Just watched the trailer! Where does this fit in on the series? Does it come before or after the original Dune novel?

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64 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 7h

I'm curious to hear how it is.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 6h

It looks like they took your advice and ran with it. I just wonder how it will go over. Does it have fidelity with he original books, the derivative books or is it completely new?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 6h

I have no clue

86 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 6h

I hope those watching it will keep us up-to-date! They can also tell us what they think of it.

17 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB 19h

Yes the matrix is fantastic but Dune’s lore about the galactic order is great. The matrix is just about earth and AI while Dune is the whole galaxy

81 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h

To the extent we can make comparisons across media, I think the Dune books are much better science fiction than The Matrix, but I don't think the movies are better sci-fi.

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9h

I think trying to compare across media is impossible. Films cover different aspects of a story than books do. Then, books can go into much more detail and have much more complicated and complex story lines. Films can only show what actions are readily available to the viewer. I have never been satisfied by a film from a book that I had read before seeing the film. I have been satisfied by films that I have seen first and afterward read the book. For instance, I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey before reading Clarke’s book. Had I read the book first, the movie wouldn’t have been so mind blowing.

28 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 16h

The visuals of the Dune movies are fantastic!! The matrix has better action scenes and the plot and writing are very philosophical but I just think the matrix universe is very limited. But focusing on just the movie The Matrix was really wild in 1999

87 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9h

I think that the Matrix was made as a one-off movie, originally. I don’t think they knew how it would be received! Reeves even took just a cut of the action, thinking the film would not really be a big hit. Therefore, the universe is much more underdeveloped than that of Dune. There is one more that people probably do not see: The Animatrix. It is about ten shorts of the Matrix universe that fill in the story line; like how the kid originally shows up, what happened to the sky, and why there was the war between humans and machines.

77 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I like it for its fidelity to the novel. All three of them tried to do justice to the novel but it was just too dense to go from written medium to film medium.

94 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 16h

Yeah, I'm really enjoying the movies so far. I think they're only planning on making one more, unfortunately.

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9h

That can’t be helped. If they thought that they could make money on more, they probably would make them. As you can see from post: #730664 There are a lot more films they could make for Dune.

47 sats \ 7 replies \ @Turdinthepunchbowl 17 Nov

I love most of the options, but I voted for Terminator. Some that haven't been mentioned that I love.

Donnie Darko Primer Looper The Fifth Element Jurassic Park Ex Machina Life (2017)

Many many more.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @000w2 11h

Stargate

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 10h

StarGate was good. I bing-watched the whole 8 or 10 seasons, once-upon-a-time. The spinoffs were pretty good, too. Some people say that this was more of a documentary than fiction, though.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 17 Nov

I would have voted for Jurassic Park.

12 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I wasn’t so inthralled with this one. The first one was OK but they disintegrated after the first.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h

Really? I think you're the first person I've ever encountered who didn't love Jurassic Park.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jessikabtc 22h

Good choice

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Yeah, there were a lot more I wanted to put in the choice list but there is a limit to the number of choices you can give. I have seen all of these and have 5 of therm on DVD. I like them all in secondary or tertiary positions.

153 sats \ 4 replies \ @cleaningup12 16 Nov

Interstellar is now my number 1 movie...of all movies, let alone SF.

122 sats \ 2 replies \ @alt 21h

My comment may contain SPOILERS for Interstellar, fair warning.

Interstellar is my favourite too. I rewatched it recently, and as always I struggled to make it through without crying.

When I first watched it as a teenager I was astounded by the spectacle and visuals of Cooper's journey.

Now that I'm older, those things still excite me, but I'm more affected by the relationships in the film. The tension in the crew as they struggle to make the right choices. The betrayal by Dr Brand, when it is revealed that "Plan A" was never possible.

And of course, the relationship between Cooper and his daughter. I'm not a father yet, but I'm reaching an age when I'm thinking about it, and I think that's why this affects me so much. When Cooper departs from Earth, not knowing if he will see Murph again. The video messages he receives after visiting the water world, where he learns that he missed out on most of his children's lives. And of course their eventual reunion when Murph is an old lady in her deathbed.

What that man went through is unimaginably horrible.

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 20h

Cooper’s hero’s journey is the reason the film is so good. If the journey had been easier, the movie would not have done as well. You would not want to watch it the second or fiftieth time. I have to say the music was really good too.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alt 20h

Hans Zimmer always goes the extra mile with his scores. His music for Interstellar was particularly good though, I agree.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I watch that one at least once or twice a year! The whole plot is very well written.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 16 Nov

Matrix for the ideas and 2001 for art quality.

18 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Nov

Matrix had a lot of spiritual context as well as adventure. The depth of the movie was astounding. For instance: in one elevator scene, behind Neo, there were some writings on the wall. One said “Allah” in Arabic and one was the initials of Gerdiff (KYM).

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 16 Nov

TV Series: Battlestar Galactica with Edward James Olmos.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I couldn’t fit in any TV series, due to lack of slots. I filled every possible slot and still had many movies to add.

23 sats \ 5 replies \ @Roll 16 Nov

There are many more movies as...

-Gattaca

-12 Monkeys

-Total Recall

-Planet of the Apes

-V for Vendetta

.....

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 17 Nov

V for Vendetta is my favorite movie, but I don't think of it as primarily a sci-fi movie.

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

V is one of my top choices too. I watch it at least once a year to keep myself intact in this world of hurt. V’s spirit lives on in many of us.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 21h

I also liked Gattaca for the story line. Which “Total Recall” did you like best?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 18h

The 1st version...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Funny about this list, I have them all on DVDs. I can watch them over and over.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 9h

That are all becoming more real now!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9h

Yeah, the CGI is getting to the point where you don’t notice that it is just generated. Although, I have to say that when they do the stunts in real life for the movie, the movie seems to be much better. Too much CGI seems to take away something from the movie.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @000w2 11h

Contact

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 10h

I can’t quite place this one. It sounds like one I may have seen, but can’t exactly remember.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 17 Nov

I like so many of these but Interstellar for me. Maybe it is recency bias because I watched it for a third time a couple weeks.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Yes, the last one you watched is strongest in your memory. There is also another recency problem with older movies, like the original “Thing” being forgotten because “Dune 2” is more recent. For instance, 2001: A Space Odyssey was a ground breaking film, but we only see the results of that groundbreaking, now.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @l1b3rt4s 22h

As far as I am concerned, 2001 stands as the most ambitious film of all time.
Stanley Kubrick succeeded in bringing to the screen a science fiction masterpiece that is both cosmically expansive and profoundly introspective, with the central subject being nothing less than the evolution of consciousness itself.
The opera works on multiple levels, but its most powerful allure is subliminal, tapping into the subconscious, evoking ancestral memories, and foreshadowing a universal destiny.
Even today, nearly 60 years later, despite immense strides in technology and special effects, one cannot help but be astounded by how far ahead the director was both technically and in terms of screenplay. "2001: A Space Odyssey" embodies the very essence of cinema.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 22h

I can’t disagree with you. It was the OG great science fiction movie. It was very different from everything before it, and many after.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @oraltosun 22h

Back to the future

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 21h

Of course! I actually used these to teach English conversation. They were a great way to get the students talking about the segment we watched.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @co574 19h

Matrix is a documentary NOT a movie!

9 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 10h

That is another point I can’t quite bring myself to deny. Even as a documentary it was groundbreaking.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @bren 10h

It was mind-blowing to me the first time I watched it.

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 10h

Yes, it was. I did not see it when it was released as a movie. I had to borrow a DVD to see it. Afterwards, I have watched it about 2-3 times a year. Only the first one though. I watch the sequels only once a year.

20 sats \ 7 replies \ @john_doe 17 Nov

Brazil was a very good science fiction movie like big brother in a dystopia but it is a comedy as well. There are even messages like those of the United Nations with the corona virus, "we are all in this together". In the movie it was "Happiness, we are all in this together ". With this kind of messages and other scenes it feels like the movie sometimes is a parody of our everyday lives (and yet it was released in 1985). I highly recommend it.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @jessikabtc 22h

I have the melody from that movie on my ringtone.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @john_doe 22h

Haha, nice!

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I’ve seen it a couple of times. DeNiro, right, he was the mechanic? Another interesting movie with predictions.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @john_doe 23h

Nice! Yes, he was. I could hardly recognize him though with the clothes.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 23h

He also played a role that was quite foreign to his usual role. He was actually kind of funny. Almost as good as the fantasy “Stardust”.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @john_doe 22h

Thanks! I will take note of Stardust, I didn't know this movie. To be honest I don't particularly like Robert de Niro but since people recommended Taxi driver I watched it and didn't particularly enjoy it. The best movie I watched with him was The Deer Hunter. It is about post-Vietnam war trauma. It was really a good movie, not science fiction though

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 22h

Yep, saw that one a long while ago. It was good when I watched it but lost its luster as time went by.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @rawdo 20h

Back to the future

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 20h

I thought all three were very repeatable watching. See the above reply, too.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @jessikabtc 22h

James Cameron's “The Abyss” and Jordan Peele's "Nope".

The first one has a very cool theme of the mysteries of the world ocean, and the second one I've rewatched several times and each time got a lot of pleasure from the stylization of 80s sci-fi.

You can add to the list of “Event Horizon” which I consider the best sci-fi horror, as well as “Super 8” in which children are saved from a space monster. Incredibly stylish movie.

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 21h

I’ve seen most of these, except Nope. I tend to watch mostly science fiction movies and TV. And a few classics.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @j7hB75 17 Nov

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Another Matrix fan, I see! The red pill, Neo, the red pill!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 17 Nov

But in this case the correct pill is the orange pill. 😎

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Good call. I use color correcting glasses that are very yellow to filter out blue light. The pill looks red when i am wearing them. I do see orange when I take them off!!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Msd0457890 17 Nov

The Matrix is a classic of cinematic history 🎥.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

This is another original groundbreaker! A lot of people seem to see it as a favorite. It is my choice for number one, but choosing others tor the next 25 slots would be difficult because there are so many good ones.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @OgFOMK 17 Nov

They Live!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

That one was good, too. Even back then they knew that THEY were here. The message still hasn’t gotten through to many people. There were messages on many levels.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 17h

That's why I like the fight scene so much!

"Just put on the glasses!"

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @suraz 17 Nov

There are a lot of great movies, each excelling in its own genre. These are also great ones.

Interstellar
Planet of the Apes
Dune
Terminator
Gravity
Inception

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I think that there are so many great ones that it is hard to count. Perhaps science fiction movies is one of the larger ganres in terms of the number of movies made in it. They all seem to have some sort of point to make, which makes them more memorable.

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @OgFOMK 17 Nov

The right stuff.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Wow, that goes back a bit! You must be a Tom Hanks fan!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OgFOMK 17 Nov

He's a very good actor but his woke crap is a deterring factor.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

I think we will be seeing more than just woke crap coming out, soon. Did he leave CA or the USA?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 17h

Not likely. Hyperbole is their whole existence.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 16 Nov

Lindy rules -- Matrix, for sure

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Yes, It is great! What are Lindy rules?

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @joda 17 Nov

Are you a bitcoiner?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

A nooby bitcoiner. Now I understand Lindy Effect. Would you say the Lindy Effect also rules gold and silver? They have been a looooooong time in use.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 16 Nov

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

This one is one of the greats, too. Bucaroo Banzai is a hero not to forget.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @xz 16 Nov

I voted Bladerunner for the adaptation to film. Just feel it was done so well, cinematically, casting, score. Dig the noir style to it. Makes a timeless quality. The source is very different and like that it seems like more of a homage.

I would have put Alien as a close second. Aliens was excellent. With Prometheus and Covenant, I'd say it wins the best continuation and sequels.

Seperately, I'd also say Ghost in the Shell and Akira would be a possible top two, but maybe that's not the same as live action.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Ghost in the Shell has been done in live action with Scarlett Johanson. I don’t know if Akira was done in live action but the anime was good. The whole Alien series was good but it was the first one with the alien popping out of Hurt’s chest that set the whole series going. Philip Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a great novel and the adaption to Bladerunner was well done. You don’t often see such good adaptions.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @xz 17 Nov

I liked Scarlett in Under the Skin, among others. Not sure I enjoyed the live action last time I tried, but I think I'll give it another go sometime. The soundtrack by Kenji Kawai makes the original. Mamoru Oshii also did some interesting live actions before GITS. The Red Spectacles, Stray Dog and The Wolf Brigade are all worth a watch, IMO.

I thought Bladerunner was a much better attempt to adapt Dick than Total Recall, but still, wasn't a bad film. Scanner Darkly.. Minority Report. I should give them another watch.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Yes, I have noticed that the number of Dick’s stories that get made into films or TV series is huge. Now, I have heard several mentions of “Under the Skin”, yet haven’t seen it. I wonder if it was made whilst I was traveling and thus missed it. She was also good in “Lucy”.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Tjacten 16 Nov

Dark City. Such a underrated movie. It came out around the time of the Matrix.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @joda 17 Nov

LOVE this movie!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

It was aptly named, wasn’t it?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Yes, Dark City was very interesting, although very dark in the plot and the film noir style.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 16 Nov

Non other than matrix

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Nov

Matrix seems to be the most common choice so far! It is at the top of my personal list, too.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Nov

Matrix, but just the first one. I pretend the sequels don't exist

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Nov

The sequels are interesting, too. There is a lot of symbolism in them, too. In the second one, the floor of the mansion where Neo has the big fight with The Merovingian’s henchmen is a big Magen David.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 16 Nov

the six-pointed star is a very old occult symbol, nowadays used by the dark occult most notably, but it was not always so. the fight with the henchmen can be interpreted as the fight for who sets the symbol's meaning for the population.

bitcoin is another example: most of the deceived population sees it as a scam, whereas the intelligent see it as a tool for freedom. it can still go both ways, a lot of work is being done on both sides to gain control and establish the meaning.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Shugard 16 Nov

Dune! Best novels, great movie adaptation! Can't wait for the next one.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Nov

Also another good one! There have been three versions now (two movies and a cable TV series) and all have been good.