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what science fiction movies, especially lesser-known titles, are worth a watch??
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Mar 10, 2018 19:21
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Wouldn't necessarily call it lesser known but the Tarkovsky Solaris is good
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Mar 10, 2018 21:55
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Yeah, it's a masterpiece. Don't bother with the absolutely lifeless Soderbergh one. I started typing up a list of recommendations, but it got uselessly long, so I'll just say to watch Blade Runner (my favorite movie; watch the Final Cut and then the workprint), Gattaca, and 12 Monkeys. Also Solaris, obviously.
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Mar 11, 2018 03:45
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Manborg, The Hidden, Hardware, Primer, Coherence, District 9, Timecrimes, El Incidente, Dolcezza Extrema
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Mar 11, 2018 04:43
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Haven't seen it yet, but I'm also going to recommend Hard to Be a God, going by everything that I've heard about it.
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Mar 11, 2018 21:21
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i've heard good things about Annihilation, which has been dumped to theaters with no marketing because Paramount sucks rear end. i hope to see it this week
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Mar 12, 2018 05:29
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Night of the Comet, op. And imo Solaris is a pretty good sci fi
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Mar 12, 2018 19:24
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If you want to go 'old school with a haunting soundtrack,' you can try Forbidden Planet (featuring a young Leslie Nielsen). Also recommending The Last Starfighter.
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Mar 14, 2018 07:43
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Planet of the Vampires
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Mar 14, 2018 15:29
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Artsygrrl posted:If you want to go 'old school with a haunting soundtrack,' you can try Forbidden Planet (featuring a young Leslie Nielsen).
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Mar 14, 2018 16:36
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Bigelow's Strange Days and Cronenberg's Existenz are two of my favorite underrated early 2000s science fiction movies that don't suck
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Mar 14, 2018 17:17
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Sham bam bamina! posted:That movie has aged pretty badly compared to 2001 (although the bridge shots are incredible for 1956), but it makes up for it by having a far more pertinent message about evolution. I think the only thing that's aged badly about Forbidden Planet is the sexual politics, but even that stands out as historically compelling because it's a great example of how inherently misogynistic freudian psychology is. In every other respect, it's a timeless classic. It has probably my favorite matte paintings in any film, an incredible animated action sequence with something that's invisible, and a soundscape of a quality that's at the top of its decade if not more. This is all to say nothing of its fantastic pulpy dialogue: "Prepare your minds for a new scale of scientific values, gentlemen." I think it's second only to 2001 for me in the genre.
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Mar 14, 2018 21:08
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Chill Penguin posted:Bigelow's Strange Days and Cronenberg's Existenz are two of my favorite underrated early 2000s science fiction movies that don't suck Kull the Conqueror posted:I think the only thing that's aged badly about Forbidden Planet is the sexual politics, but even that stands out as historically compelling because it's a great example of how inherently misogynistic freudian psychology is. In every other respect, it's a timeless classic. It has probably my favorite matte paintings in any film, an incredible animated action sequence with something that's invisible, and a soundscape of a quality that's at the top of its decade if not more. This is all to say nothing of its fantastic pulpy dialogue: "Prepare your minds for a new scale of scientific values, gentlemen." I think it's second only to 2001 for me in the genre.
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Mar 14, 2018 22:41
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Both of those are from the '90s. Strange Days is one of the most mid-'90s movies ever made. Egg on my face lol well i guess that's when i watched them
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Mar 15, 2018 04:49
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Children of men
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Mar 18, 2018 08:57
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I’d probably recommend Star Wars The Last Jedi or Star Trek Beyond but I’m kind of a SyFy nerd so may not be for every one.
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Mar 20, 2018 06:03
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These are some great suggestions! Lifeforce was a weird one, but had some neat special effects to it.
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Mar 20, 2018 08:08
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None of them OP
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Mar 30, 2018 03:38
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Thought of another one.. Not necessarily "lesser-known" but it's maybe overlooked for its presentation: Starship Troopers If you fux with Verhoeven then u know what i mean!!! Also, Primer was good. Haven't seen it in a while, but it's way better than you'd expect a movie made by a scientist to be.
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Mar 30, 2018 16:22
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Starship Troopers is a fun as hell movie. I wonder if they let Neil keep the evil looking trenchcoat?
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Apr 2, 2018 18:10
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I have a soft spot for Logan's Run, the original movie Westworld with Yul Brenner and The Last Starfighter.
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Apr 5, 2018 03:53
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Stalker you fuckers
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Apr 5, 2018 17:47
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I'd recommend Ducan Jones' 2009 film Moon with Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey. It's definitely channeling a lot of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as Jones' father (David Bowie) Space Oddity. I'd also recommend Robot & Frank, a 2012 film starring Frank Langella.
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Apr 5, 2018 22:29
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Anyone who doesn't watch District 9 is an idiot. You don't have to enjoy it, but you have to watch it
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Apr 7, 2018 17:23
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District 9 is a mediocre action movie and possibly the most hamfisted racism thinkpiece since the Star trek black face thing
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Apr 9, 2018 12:28
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I take it you haven't seen Bright yet. Anyways more on topic, Sunshine from Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. It does suddenly turn into a slasher film in the third act bit it's still pretty good.
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Apr 9, 2018 14:10
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While mostly a cheesy comedy from an ancient era, where does Earth Girls are Easy sit? It has aliens, but does it count as sci-fi?
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Apr 10, 2018 00:18
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Speleothing posted:Anyone who doesn't watch District 9 is an idiot. You don't have to enjoy it, but you have to watch it Chappie was better fight me
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Apr 13, 2018 15:47
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David D. Davidson posted:I take it you haven't seen Bright yet. lol
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Apr 13, 2018 15:48
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The Fifth Element
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Apr 15, 2018 03:25
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And if time travel counts, I've a soft spot for both The Time Machine (1960) and Time After Time (1979).
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Apr 15, 2018 04:12
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get that OUT of my face posted:i've heard good things about Annihilation, which has been dumped to theaters with no marketing because Paramount sucks rear end. i hope to see it this week idg how you gently caress up the simple task of "plaster natalie portman and oscar issac face everywhere" but i guess when you have such an obtuse yet superficial movie on your hands and you are a brainless marketing automoton, it's hard to figure out how to get asses in the seats. what i'm saying is the movie was not that great, and you can just wait for netflix (which is where it released in the rest of the world)
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Apr 15, 2018 16:45
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Tommy Rawhead posted:, El Incidente, Just watched this on Netflix, man was this a weird movie but I liked it.
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Apr 16, 2018 04:14
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get that OUT of my face posted:i've heard good things about Annihilation, which has been dumped to theaters with no marketing because Paramount sucks rear end. i hope to see it this week I'm gonna watch it when it hits Netflix which is where they should have released it in the first place.
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Apr 16, 2018 23:21
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Apr 23, 2018 05:08
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From the ones still not mentioned, Arrival and Snowpiercer.
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Apr 26, 2018 19:30
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Predestination
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Apr 27, 2018 09:41
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Also in case they've been forgotten, They Live! Enemy Mine and The Thing (1982)
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Apr 27, 2018 10:16
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Three very fine selections. 
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Apr 28, 2018 00:34
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Dredd
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May 6, 2018 02:14
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