Favorite classic sci-fi movie

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Sci-fi Polk Guy
Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
edited May 2012 in Forum Testing Area
Hi guys!! I'm sure that this has been asked a jillion times, but I'd like to know what your favorite classic sci-fi movie is. I really like a bunch of them, but two of my favorites are Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still (the one that starred Michael Rennie). BTW, when I say "classic", I'm talking about movies that are at least 40 years old. Also, I'd really appreciate it if you guys could tell me where I can get them. Thanks.
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
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    Okay, there is no new movie genre called "classic sci=fi". I meant for it to read "classic sci-fi". OOPS!!
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited February 2012
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    Plan 9, get movies at Amazon< B&Noble etc.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
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    My favorite has to be the greatest philosophical masterpiece ever made ......... Metropolis !!!!!!!!!!!

    What a great movie and totally visionary but since we are talking 40 yrs then my other favorite makes the cut as it was the 1971 totally awesome THX 1138. I think that was another visionary classic with real good points to talk about or argue over

    I dont have a clue where to buy the movies you mention but this would make a good favorite classic sci fi movie pic
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
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    I have the two titles that I mentioned in my OP. I got Forbidden Planet from J&R, and I got The Day the Earth Stood Still from Wal-Mart, of all places. And, although they aren't quite classics, IMHO, I really like the LOTR trilogy and the Star Wars saga.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2012
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    The original version (1951) of The Day The Earth Stood Still. First Sci-fi movie I ever remember watching.
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  • SharonMP50
    SharonMP50 Posts: 1
    edited February 2012
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    Planet of the Apes (1968) for sure would be my fav scifi movie.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,029
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    One of my very favorite SF movies is a little-known film called Silent Running, directed by Douglas Trumbull (who was responsible for much of the SFx in 2001). It is a bit early 1970s earthy-crunchy (yeah... a bit!) and it's essentially a one-man show for Bruce Dern and three little droids who were quite literally the movie technology forebears of R2D2.
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    Weird. I just noticed this thread is in the "Testing" forum.
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    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    One of my very favorite SF movies is a little-known film called Silent Running, directed by Douglas Trumbull (who was responsible for much of the SFx in 2001). It is a bit early 1970s earthy-crunchy (yeah... a bit!) and it's essentially a one-man show for Bruce Dern and three little droids who were quite literally the movie technology forebears of R2D2.

    I just remember'd that movie and crying as a kid when he had to let the little garden float away into space lol
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,029
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    I cried as an adult - it's probably a hokey movie, but I remember it as very powerful.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
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    +++ on Silent Running.What a great movie.A sleeper for sure.
    Not a big scifi fan.Never even watched a Star Wars movie.And have no desire to.
    But i can watch the heck out of Mystery Science Theater!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I cried as an adult - it's probably a hokey movie, but I remember it as very powerful.

    I remember that having a "haunting" soundtrack for the time!

    But I'd have to go with the originals above.

    My absolute favorite as a kid was most certainly The Day the Earth Stood Still. Have a copy.

    And then I discovered Forbidden Planet and I was hooked for "life", Sci-fi became a "favorite" genre. Still need to get a DVD copy of this (only have a VHS tape).

    I also like the '60s version of the Wells' Time Machine.

    And I've seen Metropolis (which of course, gave us C3PO)! An incredible film for the '20s. Nothing can touch it in its time period.

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2012
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    The original Kong.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
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    H.G. Wells, Things To Come made in the 30s, and the original The Thing, made in the 50s. Ditto to Forbidden Planet, and the original King Kong.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,528
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    2001 A Space Odyssey, Tron (original)
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    BlueFox wrote: »
    H.G. Wells, Things To Come made in the 30s, and the original The Thing, made in the 50s. Ditto to Forbidden Planet, and the original King Kong.

    Things to Come was also ahead of its time! We have a copy in our library.

    And how could I forget King Kong! Wow! Truly a classic--the original '30s version, that is.

    2001 is certainly a watershed for its period...hard to believe that is now over 40 years old.

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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    Aliens in 70mm on the big screen.
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    gdb Posts: 6,012
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    Wild in the Streets.
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  • Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith Posts: 764
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    Love THX1138, Blade Runner, Alien, Forbidden Planet etc.

    Try "Quatermass and the Pit" (also known as Five Million Years to Earth), an English movie from 1967 about a object that is discovered while digging a subway extension in London. At first they think it is a German bomb or missle left over from WW2, but it turns out to be something else.

    Scared the shnitzel out of me when I was young.

    (still does)
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    pietro944 Posts: 720
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    Hands down.....Alien.......For "B" movies.....Lifeforce....for the full-frontal nudity,alone(lol).
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
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    Hi guys!! I'm pleased to see such a variety of movies mentioned, some of which I've never seen, such as THX 1138 and Metropolis. Do you guys remember Soylent Green, which starred Charlton Heston? Talk about a wild ending!! Any Godzilla fans out there? (I'm not talking about the one starring Matthew Broderick. It was okay, but I'm talking about the old Japanese version.)
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  • David R
    David R Posts: 134
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    The Unearthly (1957) gave me recurring nightmares as a kid.
    Count Yorga, Vampire took me by suprise.
    Godzilla 1954 I looked over my sholder.
    Alien. Excellent.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
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    Timothy Smith wrote: »
    Love THX1138, Blade Runner, Alien, Forbidden Planet etc.

    Try "Quatermass and the Pit" (also known as Five Million Years to Earth), an English movie from 1967 about a object that is discovered while digging a subway extension in London. At first they think it is a German bomb or missle left over from WW2, but it turns out to be something else.

    Scared the shnitzel out of me when I was young.

    (still does)

    I remember that movie too, Hobbs End was the name of the street it was buried under and that's an old name for the Devil . I just had a look and I google Arthur C Clark to see if I could find it as I thought he wrote the book but found out it was copied from a book he wrote "Childhood's End"

    Great thread
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,094
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    "The Matrix" was an instant classic when it came out, but I must also tip my hat to "2001- A Space Odyssey". This film defined special effects for decades and for countless films that followed. Until the digital age took over, the techniques used in 2001 were industry standard.

    "The Matrix" was groundbreaking in terms of effects, but also as a SciFi film that was more than just a two hour popcorn ride. To this day, I still find myself searching for the messages layered deeply within the storylines of the three films.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
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    Sci-fi Polk Guy wrote: »
    Any Godzilla fans out there? (I'm not talking about the one starring Matthew Broderick. It was okay, but I'm talking about the old Japanese version.)

    I have an ORIGINAL Godzilla t-shirt, and you don't. I also have a spiffy "Godzilla destroying Tokyo" active Christmas tree ornament.

    The Changeling was a good story also. Invaders from Mars. Bela as Dracula. Earth vs The Flying Saucers. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The Beast gets shorted by a young Lee Van Cleef at an amusement park as it's pissing away all the money it stole.
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  • BlueFox
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    The original Frankenstein with Boris Karloff.
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  • wattmeworry
    wattmeworry Posts: 224
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    The original Invasion of The Body Snatchers 1956 and for sci-fi comedy Repo Man 1984
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    I would not be very original saying that Terminator 1 is the greatest sci-fi movie for me.
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  • George Grand
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    The system recognizes a bogus or ridiculous post. Your post count is still zero.
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