What is the greatest science fiction film or video series to date?
I am not asking about novels of any kind. There, I am well-supplied.
I am asking about original or adapted film or video.
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@GeePawHill Just from the top of my head while underway, so rather fuzzy.
Movies:
- akira
- blade runner (final cut)
- dark city
- enemy mine
- event horizon
- johnny mnemonic
- macross - do you remember love?
- metropolis
- nausicaä
- on the beach
- pitch black
- stalker
- solaris (the old one)
- strange days
- sunshine
- wings of honneamise
Series:
- babylon 5
- battle star galactica reboot (pilot + season 1 to 3 or so)
- deep space 9
- green legend ran
- planetes
- space above and beyond
@GeePawHill "Oblivion" is surprisingly good. The sound effects are masterfully done.
@Dougfir Old-school, right? Is there a modern take of it?
@GeePawHill
1959 so yes, very old school. I don't know about more modern versions. The last science fiction movie i watched was Starship Troopers. I really liked the book as a kid but the movie was so awful, i quit halfway through.
@GeePawHill The Day the Earth Stood Still
@GeePawHill In a different direction: Plan Nine From Outer Space
@gdinwiddie George. My friend. You know that you are the only person who will ever commend that to me. :)
@GeePawHill It was the winner of the reader poll in the Golden Turkey Awards book!
@GeePawHill Movies, TV, novels, or graphic novels?
@Legit_Spaghetti I am thinking of movies and videos specifically. I'll edit OP to make that more clear.
@GeePawHill Movies:
- Strange Days
- Pitch Black
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Akira
- Gattaca
TV series:
- The Expanse
- Space: Above and Beyond
@GeePawHill For me personally, it is the reboot of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. As a fan, I can point out a lot of flaws with it, not the least the final Daybreak episode, but it still holds a special place in my heart for the atmosphere and its soundtrack.
This has to be in the top 3.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/
Going in, I should advise, I'm interested in works aimed at adults, not adolescents.
Further, I've never seen an adaptation of Cherryh, or Leckie, or Russell's "The Sparrow".
So I'm comin' in *cranky*.
Sturgeon's Law is fairly accurate: "90% of *everything* is crap", and of course that's true. I discard that shit. My issue is with the 10% that remains.
Not "crap" is a bar, a real bar. But I look around me and I see sf fans advocating stuff that is "not crap", but I am looking for more than that.
I am looking for, as I do with all of what I read or watch or listen to, the experience of "well this changes everything".
@GeePawHill I dont feel qualified to judge, since it will be so subjective.
But here's a related thought I've been having about pairs of movies which are both good and cover similar subject matter, but have wildly different takes:
Moon vs Mickey 17 was my first idea.
Blade Runner vs the Fifth Element, say.
Star Trek IV vs Galaxy Quest? Maybe parodies are too obvious.
@LyallMorrison "Galaxy Quest" was very classy.
