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  • Wired.com: 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before You Die

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 7 12:05:35 2024
    According to Wired.com, the 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before You Die:

    - Dune and Dune: Part Two
    - Arival
    - RoboCop
    - Inception
    - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
    - The Matrix
    - The Terminator
    - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
    - Escape From New York
    - Ex Machina
    - Back to the Future
    - Alien
    - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    - 2001: A Space Odyssey
    - Blade Runner

    <https://www.wired.com/story/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time-streaming/>


    As usual with such lists, only about two or three are actually worth
    watching, the rest are over-hyped garbage and boring drivel.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Your Name on Wed Mar 6 18:44:23 2024
    On 3/6/2024 6:05 PM, Your Name wrote:

    According to Wired.com, the 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before
    You Die:

       - Dune and Dune: Part Two
       - Arival
       - RoboCop
       - Inception
       - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
       - The Matrix
       - The Terminator
       - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
       - Escape From New York
       - Ex Machina
       - Back to the Future
       - Alien
       - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
       - 2001: A Space Odyssey
       - Blade Runner

    <https://www.wired.com/story/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time-streaming/>


    As usual with such lists, only about two or three are actually worth watching, the rest are over-hyped garbage and boring drivel.

    Well, I personally do single out three of those as coming from the top
    shelf. And a fourth one as honorable mention. Not a lot of garbage and drivel, though, I'd have to say.

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  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to moviePig on Thu Mar 7 00:31:29 2024
    moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:
    On 3/6/2024 6:05 PM, Your Name wrote:

    According to Wired.com, the 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before
    You Die:

       - Dune and Dune: Part Two
       - Arival
       - RoboCop
       - Inception
       - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
       - The Matrix
       - The Terminator
       - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
       - Escape From New York
       - Ex Machina
       - Back to the Future
       - Alien
       - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
       - 2001: A Space Odyssey
       - Blade Runner

    <https://www.wired.com/story/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time-streaming/>


    As usual with such lists, only about two or three are actually worth
    watching, the rest are over-hyped garbage and boring drivel.

    Well, I personally do single out three of those as coming from the top
    shelf. And a fourth one as honorable mention. Not a lot of garbage and drivel, though, I'd have to say.





    Unlike the two of you I won’t make everybody guess what I’m talking about.

    The first Dune was very good.
    Robocop was great, at the time anyway.
    The original Star Wars trilogy is superb.
    The matrix films suck
    Terminators one and two are classics
    Back to the future is a perfect movie and the other two are nice.
    Alien was good
    Close encounters wasn’t that great at the time and it really does not hold
    up today
    2001 is a brilliant movie best enjoyed on a humongous screen
    Blade Runner is terrific.

    The others on the list aren’t worth talking about.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Wed Mar 6 22:52:34 2024
    On 3/6/2024 7:31 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:
    On 3/6/2024 6:05 PM, Your Name wrote:

    According to Wired.com, the 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before
    You Die:

       - Dune and Dune: Part Two
       - Arival
       - RoboCop
       - Inception
       - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
       - The Matrix
       - The Terminator
       - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
       - Escape From New York
       - Ex Machina
       - Back to the Future
       - Alien
       - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
       - 2001: A Space Odyssey
       - Blade Runner

    <https://www.wired.com/story/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time-streaming/>


    As usual with such lists, only about two or three are actually worth
    watching, the rest are over-hyped garbage and boring drivel.

    Well, I personally do single out three of those as coming from the top
    shelf. And a fourth one as honorable mention. Not a lot of garbage and
    drivel, though, I'd have to say.





    Unlike the two of you I won’t make everybody guess what I’m talking about.

    The first Dune was very good.
    Robocop was great, at the time anyway.
    The original Star Wars trilogy is superb.
    The matrix films suck
    Terminators one and two are classics
    Back to the future is a perfect movie and the other two are nice.
    Alien was good
    Close encounters wasn’t that great at the time and it really does not hold up today
    2001 is a brilliant movie best enjoyed on a humongous screen
    Blade Runner is terrific.

    The others on the list aren’t worth talking about.

    Though it's since been diluted by sequels and ripoffs, ALIEN was
    thoughtful, exquisite terror that never put one foot wrong.

    2001:aSO has been (somewhat) diminished visually by CGI, but it stands
    as a socio-philosophical masterpiece and maybe the best movie ever.

    ARRIVAL is unparalleled as an affecting and provocative sci-fi, and is
    even better than DUNE by the same director.

    Those are my three. BLADE RUNNER is my "honorable mention".

    Meanwhile though, the first MATRIX was a flat-out revelation visually.
    I.e., I'm doubting you left the theater saying "That sucked."

    And, (the first) STAR WARS was an unmitigated triumph, but not sci-fi.

    That exhausts my supply of contentiousness for the moment...

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  • From TomBenton@agent.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 29 18:00:35 2024
    On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 12:05:35 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:


    According to Wired.com, the 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before You Die:

    - Dune and Dune: Part Two
    - Arival
    - RoboCop
    - Inception
    - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
    - The Matrix
    - The Terminator
    - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
    - Escape From New York
    - Ex Machina
    - Back to the Future
    - Alien
    - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    - 2001: A Space Odyssey
    - Blade Runner

    <https://www.wired.com/story/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time-streaming/>


    As usual with such lists, only about two or three are actually worth >watching, the rest are over-hyped garbage and boring drivel.

    I'd add the first "War of the Worlds" and "Aniara"

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to TomBenton@agent.com on Thu May 30 10:32:29 2024
    On 2024-05-29 22:00:35 +0000, TomBenton@agent.com said:
    On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 12:05:35 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    According to Wired.com, the 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before You Die:

    - Dune and Dune: Part Two
    - Arrival
    - RoboCop
    - Inception
    - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
    - The Matrix
    - The Terminator
    - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
    - Escape From New York
    - Ex Machina
    - Back to the Future
    - Alien
    - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    - 2001: A Space Odyssey
    - Blade Runner

    <https://www.wired.com/story/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time-streaming/>


    As usual with such lists, only about two or three are actually worth
    watching, the rest are over-hyped garbage and boring drivel.

    I'd add the first "War of the Worlds" and "Aniara"

    I've got a book called "101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die"
    which stars with "Voyage to the Moon" (1902) through to "Children of
    Men" (2006) ... although it's a 2009 publication, so of course misses
    out any newer movies. You'd be very lucky if there's even a dozen
    movies in there worth watching though.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to TomBenton@agent.com on Wed May 29 22:29:21 2024
    On 5/29/2024 6:00 PM, TomBenton@agent.com wrote:
    On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 12:05:35 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:


    According to Wired.com, the 16 Sci-Fi Movies You Need to Watch Before You Die:

    - Dune and Dune: Part Two
    - Arival
    - RoboCop
    - Inception
    - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
    - The Matrix
    - The Terminator
    - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
    - Escape From New York
    - Ex Machina
    - Back to the Future
    - Alien
    - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    - 2001: A Space Odyssey
    - Blade Runner

    <https://www.wired.com/story/best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time-streaming/>


    As usual with such lists, only about two or three are actually worth
    watching, the rest are over-hyped garbage and boring drivel.

    I'd add the first "War of the Worlds" and "Aniara"

    The *first* WotW? You mean from the '50s?

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