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The Kontaminator <> wrote:

> Can anybody please recommend some good Science fiction films- primarily set
> in space, that I may enjoy.
>
> My own favourites, I can think of consist of the following:
>
> Event Horizon
> Enemy Mine
> The Empire Strikes Back
> Alien (Yes I prefer this to Aliens, only just though.)
> Pitch Black
>
> Any tippage would be great.
>
> Thanks



Some that weren't mentioned, maybe some that were, that I think are
good/quality SF (none are particularly space related, except maybe the
last one peripherally):

Altered States
Equilibrium
Mad Max/The Road Warrior
Minority Report
Repo Man

Just to echo some of the others (fairly obvious choices really, if you
haven't seen them, then you should (and leaving out the really obvious
choices):

The Fifth Element
Galaxy Quest
2001: A Space Odyssey

Blade Runner
A Clockwork Orange
12 Monkeys

"Grand Inquisitor" <> wrote in message
news:hx0Hc.191552$.. .
> Spack wrote:
> >>Solaris (the movie Event Horizon ripped off, I mean, uh, "borrowed
from")
> >
> >
> > Could you explain to my possibly befuddled mind how Event Horizon
"borrowed
> > from" a movie that was released 5 years later?
>
> ROTFL!
>
> Explain it to 'im, folks.

Well, never having seen Solaris or it's predecessor, and only being given
the remake's name, it was pretty easy to make a mistake. If you'd said it
ripped off Solyaris it'd have been clearer

Dan

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> "POD {Ò¿Ó}" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns95207CE8CA96WeAllLovePOD@195.129.110.68...
> > Ridwan Hughes lifted their leg and sniffed their own bum in uk.media.dvd
> >
> > > Non-space sci-fi favourites:
> > >
> > > Dark City
> > > Lifeforce
> > > Blade Runner
> > > The Abyss
> >
> > BR only 3rd on the list, wait til this gets back to the group

I picked the list from looking at my shelves of DVDs, that's my excuse
and I'm sticking to it

One sci-fi film I have I had to get on laserdisc (because there's no DVD
release yet), Deep Red, not the Italian horror but the '94 one about
people being able to live forever because of nanobots that landed on
earth.

> well the fourth isn't even in space.

No, really?


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Ridwan Hughes lifted their leg and sniffed their own bum in uk.media.dvd

>> > > Dark City
>> > > Lifeforce
>> > > Blade Runner
>> > > The Abyss
>> >
>> > BR only 3rd on the list, wait til this gets back to the group
>
> I picked the list from looking at my shelves of DVDs, that's my excuse
> and I'm sticking to it

Ruddy messy shelves then, what bloody order do you have them in??

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"Mike Jackson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> > Event Horizon
> > Enemy Mine
> > The Empire Strikes Back
> > Alien (Yes I prefer this to Aliens, only just though.)
> > Pitch Black
>
> If those are what you consider great sci-fi, I'd also recommend:
>
> The Fifth Element

that film is shite they shoul dremove jar jar binks from that movie

dinz

"The Kontaminator" <> wrote in message
news:Tp%Gc.306$...
> Can anybody please recommend some good Science fiction films- primarily
set
> in space, that I may enjoy.
>
> My own favourites, I can think of consist of the following:
>
> Event Horizon
> Enemy Mine
> The Empire Strikes Back
> Alien (Yes I prefer this to Aliens, only just though.)
> Pitch Black
>
> Any tippage would be great.

You pretty much summed up all my faves there, but you might to check out the
remake of Battlestar Galactica, although it's technically a pilot for a tv
show, it is around 3 hours long and "feels" like a proper movie, with some
awesome space battles.

There's also Supernova, a space-based sci fi movie which a lot of people
slated but I really like it, watched the disc many times since I got it.


Owen

"The Kontaminator" <> wrote in message
news:Tp%Gc.306$...
> Can anybody please recommend some good Science fiction films- primarily
set
> in space, that I may enjoy.
>
> My own favourites, I can think of consist of the following:
>
> Event Horizon
> Enemy Mine
> The Empire Strikes Back
> Alien (Yes I prefer this to Aliens, only just though.)
> Pitch Black
>
> Any tippage would be great.
>
> Thanks

Quatermass and the Pit (set on Earth, sorry)

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"The Kontaminator" <> wrote:

> Can anybody please recommend some good Science fiction films- primarily set
> in space, that I may enjoy.
>
> My own favourites, I can think of consist of the following:
>
> Event Horizon
> Enemy Mine
> The Empire Strikes Back
> Alien (Yes I prefer this to Aliens, only just though.)
> Pitch Black
>
> Any tippage would be great.
>
Hmmm,

This Island Earth
Invaders from Mars (original)
X The Unknown (though this is set on earth)
Invasion of the body snatchers (so is this) (original)
It Came from Outer Space

I think others have mentioned all my other good films.

By the way, does anyone know where I can get Invaders from Mars on DVD
(PAL format)? I did buy it off ebay, (not a pirate) but the picture
quality is terrible.
It's even worse than the DVD I made myself by coping a VHS tape
recorded from tv about 5 years ago!

Cheers!
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"The Kontaminator" <> wrote in message news:<Tp%Gc.306$>...
> Can anybody please recommend some good Science fiction films- primarily set
> in space, that I may enjoy.
>
> My own favourites, I can think of consist of the following:
>
> Event Horizon
> Enemy Mine
> The Empire Strikes Back
> Alien (Yes I prefer this to Aliens, only just though.)
> Pitch Black

Based on your list, I would recommend:

Escape From New York
The Thing (Carpenter remake)
Robocop
Starship Troopers
Total Recall
The Terminator
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
Soldier

-Eric

In article <Xns952053901857FWeAllLovePOD@195.129.110.68>,
says...
> Ridwan Hughes lifted their leg and sniffed their own bum in uk.media.dvd
>
> >> > > Dark City
> >> > > Lifeforce
> >> > > Blade Runner
> >> > > The Abyss
> >> >
> >> > BR only 3rd on the list, wait til this gets back to the group
> >
> > I picked the list from looking at my shelves of DVDs, that's my excuse
> > and I'm sticking to it
>
> Ruddy messy shelves then, what bloody order do you have them in??

This bloody order

shelf 1: toons - Futurama, Family Guy, ReBoot, Toy Story etc.
shelf 2: 80s - classics, comedy, horror, sci-fi
shelf 3: others - favorites, comedy, horror, sci-fi, action, martial arts

Over 200 DVDs in all.


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Rid