Top 25 Sci Fi Movies/Shows of the past 25 years
2 posts · 2007-05-04 15:30:00 to 2007-05-05 05:30:00
Did i miss it...where was Star Wars in that list? It's hard to pick out my fave sci fi films, but it usually comes down to cyberpunk for me....and if not, good story telling.
The original Matrix had everything i could ever want in a sci-fi/cyberpunk movie. Don't get me wrong, i still love the sequels, but the first was just something special. It was dark, atmospheric and had the perfect dystopic setting for the genre, it had jaw-dropping special effects too, but they weren't over used...and at the end it still left us with enough questions to keep us thinking, it didn't make everything completely obvious. Whereas the sequels kinda went in a different direction, probably so they could make the movie appeal to more people.
Blade Runner, again, awesome setting and a great story. Another dark cyberpunk film, and of course the directors cut with the superior ending...spot on. I loved Fifth Element too, almost sort of Sci-Fi with a twist, bright colours and a relatively unique story in what was a saturated genre.
No anime in that list either. There are some awesome sci-fi animes out there: Armitage III, Serial Lain Experiments, Ergo Proxy (again, all cyberpunky). And not forgetting Ghost in The Shell (both movies), Akira, Texhnolyze (a bit slow in places, but still an excellent series).
Bah, i could go on...Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk has to be my favourite genre of the lot, and when it's done well nothing beats it.
The original Matrix had everything i could ever want in a sci-fi/cyberpunk movie. Don't get me wrong, i still love the sequels, but the first was just something special. It was dark, atmospheric and had the perfect dystopic setting for the genre, it had jaw-dropping special effects too, but they weren't over used...and at the end it still left us with enough questions to keep us thinking, it didn't make everything completely obvious. Whereas the sequels kinda went in a different direction, probably so they could make the movie appeal to more people.
Blade Runner, again, awesome setting and a great story. Another dark cyberpunk film, and of course the directors cut with the superior ending...spot on. I loved Fifth Element too, almost sort of Sci-Fi with a twist, bright colours and a relatively unique story in what was a saturated genre.
No anime in that list either. There are some awesome sci-fi animes out there: Armitage III, Serial Lain Experiments, Ergo Proxy (again, all cyberpunky). And not forgetting Ghost in The Shell (both movies), Akira, Texhnolyze (a bit slow in places, but still an excellent series).
Bah, i could go on...Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk has to be my favourite genre of the lot, and when it's done well nothing beats it.
