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Joelist

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I was horrified when I saw "Alien 3" (cubed). It's like that movie negated everything about the first two movies, ugh! And don't even get me going on the one with Winona Rider in it. :roll: Seriously, my brain won't even let me acknowledge that piece of excrement in writing.

As far as I'm concerned there are only two Alien movies: "Alien" and "Aliens", that's it.

And as bad as Alien Resurrection was, it was better than the excreable Alien 3. both are horrid just Alien 3 was marginally worse.

And (braces for flames) I hated Avatar. All pretty effects and a plot directly ripped off from "Dances with Wolves" and "FernGully" (both of which did the story better). I also found it's depiction of the military offensive.
 

Joelist

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The WORST was Alien Resurrection. GOD AWFUL...until Skyline came along. :)

Hey it could be worse - we may get the Skyline - Alien Resurrection fusion film...
 

Overmind One

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Hey it could be worse - we may get the Skyline - Alien Resurrection fusion film...

:icon_eek: :puke::puke::puke::puke:
 

OMNI

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the heck is skyline? last i heard it was a car? (pretty awesome one at that.)
 
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Graybrew1

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I might just be a big Bruce Wilis fan, but I liked both The Fifth Element and Surragates.
 

Gatefan1976

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I might just be a big Bruce Wilis fan, but I liked both The Fifth Element and Surragates.

One of my wife's collegues just had a baby yesterday........
They called him Korben
No prizes for guessing what we both first thought :D
 
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Graybrew1

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One of my wife's collegues just had a baby yesterday........
They called him Korben
No prizes for guessing what we both first thought :D

I am happily married but Mr. Willis certainly does age well. LOL
 

Overmind One

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the heck is skyline? last i heard it was a car? (pretty awesome one at that.)

You DONT want to know, my artistic friend....

Skyline set an all-time low for science fiction/soap fi for me. Its WORSE than SGU. Imagine the bastard child of 90210/Independence Day/a commercial for Abercrombie & Fitch/bling parade, and you have it. The most vapid, shallow, angsty wannabe sci fi thriller I have EVER seen in my 50 years of life.

AWFUL
 

Joelist

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Worse than Battlefield Earth?
 
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Graybrew1

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I thought Cloverfield was pretty bad too. And it made me a little motion sick!
 

Mr. A

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I might just be a big Bruce Wilis fan, but I liked both The Fifth Element and Surragates.
Great movies! :beckettu: Although I think Surrogates flopped at the box office and with the critics IIRC.

I am happily married but Mr. Willis certainly does age well. LOL
Strangely enough, it was my wife who bought the Fifth Element DVD. She said she appreciates the director. Hmm...

But I love it when she imitates Bruce Willis from the movie to describe my "diplomatic skills": Does anyone else want to negotiate? :icon_lol:
 
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Graybrew1

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Great movies! :beckettu: Although I think Surrogates flopped at the box office and with the critics IIRC.

Strangely enough, it was my wife who bought the Fifth Element DVD. She said she appreciates the director. Hmm...

But I love it when she imitates Bruce Willis from the movie to describe my "diplomatic skills": Does anyone else want to negotiate? :icon_lol:

Ut Oh, Hope I did not let any cat's out of bags. LOL
 
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Stonelesscutter

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You guys have already mentioned all the ones I wanted to. :'(
Skyline wasn't all that bad I have to say, but the ending was completely ridiculous and unsatisfying.
If I may suggest a non scifi movie that has Bruce Willis in it I shall mention R.E.D.
It's about a bunch of retired CIA agents being hunted upon by their former employer but taking the fight back to them.
If you like special agents and Bruce Willis it's a must see.
Just yesterday I saw a movie called The Lovely Bones.
It's about a girl that's killed by a guy in her neighbourhood.
Not a jolly topic but somehow the movie grabbed me and kept me watching till the end.
I don't think I want to watch it again though.
Let me take a quick look through my collection for some scifi stuff...
Hmmm... I see War of the Worlds which hasn't been mentioned here and ofcourse everybody knows what it's about so I need not summise it.
Minority Report - About a special police division that arrests murderers before they commit the actual murder, starring Tom Cruise.
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) - About a boy who turns out to be a robot purchased by a family because they'd previously lost a child.
Armageddon - Bruce Willis is an oil driller that goes into space to destroy a giant meteor on a collission course with earth. (sounds ridiculous don't it?)
Deep Impact - Another meteorite (actually comet) collides with earth story.
Dune !!! - Why hasn't anyone mentioned this?! This is awesome. Connaisseurs will probably crucify me for this but I especially like the mini tv-series version of it starring William Hurt. Spicey. :)
Back to the future trilogy - Need I really explain?
The Fly - A scientist builds a teleportation device and accidentally gets merged with a fly.
Terminator movies - Just don't watch the 4th one cause it sucks big furry balls.
Paycheck - About an invention which allows the builder to see into the future where he watches himself get killed leading to an action based plot.
Apollo 13 - Not scifi, more like just sci. :) Great movie though about the Apollo 13 space mission. Make time for this coz it's a long ass movie.
Fantastic Voyage - A team gets minituarized to embark on a trip inside someone's body. If I recall correctly based on a Jules Verne story.
The Time Machine - The name says it all. Apparently there's an older and a newer movie, I only know the newer one and find it very watchable.
The Core - The earths core get's destabalised and has to be restabilised to prevent everything from dying.
I Robot - I love this movie featuring Will Smith as a police officer investigating a murder which he believes to have been committed by a robot which is deemed to be impossible.
Short Circuit 1 & 2 - Bout a robot with character.
THX 1138 - The name should be interesting enough for you to go find out for yourself what it's about. :P
Star Trek 1 through 11 - Duh.
Star Wars 1 through 6 - More duh.
Planet of the Apes - I prefer the five old movies but I guess the newer remake is okay.
The 6th Day - A Schwarzenegger movie about cloning.
Predator 1 & 2 - Schwarzenegger beats the crap out of some nasty ass aliens.
New Predator movie - More of the nasty ass aliens kidnap people to use them ass prey in a hunting game on some other planet.
Johnny Mnemonic - Hmmm... Keanu Reeves... based in future... hmmm...
X-Men 1 through 4 - Bitching movies about mutated humans with special powers. Maybe not really sci but definitely fi.
Serenity - The movie that follows the Firefly series
Robocop 1 through 3 - No explanation necessary.
Starship Troopers 1 through 3 - Buggy aliens plan to destroy earth but after gruesome splattering around of bodyparts on both sides eventually get their asses handed to them on a plate.
Judge Dredd - Probably not classified as scifi by most people but I like it.
Demolition Man - Stallone demolishes things in future together with Wesley Snipes.
Independence Day - Everybody knows it.
Total Recall - Schwarzenegger kicks butt on mars.

Let me know if you want to know more. :)
 
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Graybrew1

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I don't know how much SciFi it was, but one of my all time favorite movies was " What dreams may come". It was one of the first movies as an adult I saw that made me ball my eyes out. Such a good movie. Really showed Robin William's acting chops. The movie "The Lovely Bones" mentioned made me remember it. Similiar sad wise, but nice twist in Dreams in the end.
 
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Stonelesscutter

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While were on subject of great non-scifi movies.
I would suggest watching...

Das Experiment - About an experiment with a group of people divided into convicts and security staff that eventually goes out of control. It's good even though it's in German. ;)
Perfume - About a guy who turns into a serial killer to create the perfect perfume. Sounds wicked don't it?
The Cube - People wake up inside some weird structure without any recollection of how they got there and get subjected to gruesome traps.
The Game - Not gonna spoil it, just watch it. ;)
Stigmata - A movie with a religious subject that captures the attention. You should see it.
Sleepers - About a group of men who were abused when they were children and decide to have their revenge.
Basic - A surprising movie with Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta.
Amos & Andrew - Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson do it together.
Seven Years in Tibet - Great movie that just happens to feature Brad Pitt.
Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino's best performance.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Cool special agent action comedy with Brad P. and A. Jolie.
 

Joelist

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How bout Avatar?

All depends on what you want out of a film.

Avatar has pretty CGI but a poor script with terrible characterization. Plus the depiction of the military is offensive. Really FernGully and Dances with Wolves did it better.
 
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