Best Sci-Fi Tournament -- Round 1, Group I

[fernandito]

Note:
Although you can vote for a maximum of 6 films in the polls, it doesn't necessarily mean you HAVE to vote for 6. We encourage you to vote only on those you strongly feel deserve to move on to the next round.

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[fernandito]

The Road Warrior
Moon
Pitch Black
Episode IV

[Ricky]

I'll be holding off voting for a few days because Netflix just sent me Star Wars

because I've never seen it. :ninja:

[fernandito]

I'll be holding off voting for a few days because Netflix just sent me Star Wars

because I've never seen it. :ninja:
hold on brb, having a heart attack.

which episodes are you getting?

[Tommy]

I'll be holding off voting for a few days because Netflix just sent me Star Wars

because I've never seen it. :ninja:

I like it but I don't love it like so many others do, I did vote for it though

[Ricky]

I'll be holding off voting for a few days because Netflix just sent me Star Wars

because I've never seen it. :ninja:
hold on brb, having a heart attack.

which episodes are you getting?

I just got IV for now, since (if I did my research right) it's the first one.

[fernandito]

I'll be holding off voting for a few days because Netflix just sent me Star Wars

because I've never seen it. :ninja:
hold on brb, having a heart attack.

which episodes are you getting?

I just got IV for now, since (if I did my research right) it's the first one.

Correct. It's the first one chronologically, as far as release dates go.

I'm sure you'll like it. I mean the series as a whole has always been about broad strokes, especially the first trilogy. It's your quintessential Good Guys vs Evil Empire. Its charm lies in its inventiveness, the cast of alien characters, the advanced weaponry, not to mention what is possibly cinema's greatest villain ever.

[mae]

Coming soon:


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[mae]

First group for me where it's less than six films:

The Wrath of Khan
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Moon
A New Hope
Somewhere In Time

[Merlin1958]

Alright, just who did not vote for "Star Wars"? C'mon 'fess up!! Are you nuts? LOL

[DoctorZaius]

First group for me where it's less than six films:

The Wrath of Khan
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Moon
A New Hope
Somewhere In Time

Interesting, I have not voted for six many of the groupings.

[Mattrick]

Moon needs more. What a great film.

[Merlin1958]

Moon needs more. What a great film.

Hey, I voted for it. Why haven't you as yet?

[Randall Flagg]

Three votes.
Road Warrior, Star Wars (IV, what a bonehead name, it's Start Wars-period), and Pitch Black.
No fucking way I'm voting for Mr. "Corinthian Leather" as Khan.

[Merlin1958]

Three votes.
Road Warrior, Star Wars (IV, what a bonehead name, it's Start Wars-period), and Pitch Black.
No fucking way I'm voting for Mr. "Corinthian Leather" as Khan.


Oh c'mon!!! "From Hell's heart I stab at thee"!!!!! LOL

[Ben Staad]

Mr. Roarke would have been disappointed to hear this.


Three votes.
No fucking way I'm voting for Mr. "Corinthian Leather" as Khan.

[mae]

Pretty surprising seeing Pitch Black racking up so many votes.

[divemaster]

First group for me where it's less than six films:

The Wrath of Khan
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Moon
A New Hope
Somewhere In Time

Interesting, I have not voted for six many of the groupings.

I think only one group I voted 6. Most either 2, 3, or 4.

[WeDealInLead]

Pretty surprising seeing Pitch Black racking up so many votes.

I think I voted for it (I can't figure out where I can see who voted for what) because it's a solid, serviceable movie. I haven't seen a few in this group or might vote could've gone for some other movie.

[DoctorDodge]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (still one of if not the greatest Star Trek film ever made. I love how it deconstructs so many key ideas of the original series, especially regarding Kirk, and how one villain who appeared in one single episode before being forgotten about completely by Kirk returns to cause so much destruction. Into Darkness was cool, but nothing beats Ricardo's original portrayal of Khan, who in this film has more than a few deliberate parallels with Captain Ahab, and that final scene? Fuck. Add in some fucking thrilling space combat sequences that really got me interested in the director's influence of Hornblower, and you have not just a great Star Trek story but a great scifi story in general.)
Moon (an amazingly simple little film that gives so much material to its lead actor. Oh, and if you can find a way, watch it in black & white. Me and my mate watched it in black and white accidentally, and it was so fucking beautiful and atmospheric as a result. In fact, that might be a topic for another thread: what colour movies would actually work better in black and white?)
Pitch Black (Still the best Vin Diesel movie ever, and while not exactly original, it's a great well made r-rated horror. Shame about the sequel though. I'm interested in the more recent Riddick film, I'm just worried it might've borrowed too much from Pitch. Still, I'll give it a go eventually)
Star Wars (the movie that defined blockbusters forever, and for very good reason. It threw so many genres together - science fiction, fairy tale, adventure, even a coming-of-age story - and had so much great, tight storytelling that was severely lacking in the prequels. The Death Star trench sequence still remains one of the most thrilling sequences I've watched in film.)

[Randall Flagg]

Pretty surprising seeing Pitch Black racking up so many votes.

I think I voted for it (I can't figure out where I can see who voted for what) because it's a solid, serviceable movie. I haven't seen a few in this group or might vote could've gone for some other movie.
Click on the number of votes for any choice, it will then reveal who voted for each of the choices in the poll.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I'm not a Star Trek buff, but I liked Search for Spock better.

[Still Servant]

Moon needs more. What a great film.

Hey, I voted for it. Why haven't you as yet?

I think Matt is just waiting for everything to shake out before he votes.

[WeDealInLead]

Pretty surprising seeing Pitch Black racking up so many votes.

I think I voted for it (I can't figure out where I can see who voted for what) because it's a solid, serviceable movie. I haven't seen a few in this group or might vote could've gone for some other movie.
Click on the number of votes for any choice, it will then reveal who voted for each of the choices in the poll.

Thanks RF

[Mattrick]

Moon needs more. What a great film.

Hey, I voted for it. Why haven't you as yet?

I think Matt is just waiting for everything to shake out before he votes.

I was in the sticks all weekend. I voted but I guess it never went through with my whisper of a connection lol.

[Mattrick]

Star Trek II: Not my favourite Trek film, it's number three behind First Contact and my favourite Voyage Home, but it's still very solid. The ear wig scene is tough to forget lol

Pitch Black: This film kicks ass. I'm a sucker for monster movies and with the western feel it has it just completes it. Wicked monsters, Awesome premise. Competently acted enough to make me think Vin Diesel was the shit until I found he was just mediocore. David Twohy (Basic Instinct, The Arrival, Perfect Getaway) is one of the best genre filmmakers out there.

Moon: Wanted to see this so bad in theatres but I had to go all the way to Northern Toronto to see is so NOPE. It's always the films I want to see more than the rest that end up playing nowhere near me. Rockwell is one of my favourite actors and this is a movie that shows why. He's just so damn gifted and he demands your attention because there's no wasted motions in his performances. Very thoughtful sci-fi which is my favourite sci-fi.

Star Wars IV: I won't be voting for this one in the later rounds but it's still a classic which is more of a comedy than it's brooding, superior sequel. Will never get tired of listening to Treepio and Artoo yelling at each other, "he tricked me into going this way!" and, my favourite dialogue from the film:


"My friend, he doesn't like you."
"I'm sorry."
"I don't like you either. You should be careful. We're wanted men. I've got the death sentence of twelve systems."
"I'll be careful."
"YOU'LL BE DEAD!"

[fernandito]

I've never seen any Star Trek episode, nor any of the Star Trek movies pre J.J Abrams.

Can WoK be enjoyed as a stand alone film?

[mae]

It should be, just like the 2009 Star Trek can be enjoyed without any prior knowledge. It's just better with it, of course.

[Mattrick]

Id say ST 2-4 can easily viewed as a nice little trilogy. Undiscovered Country is one I've seen many times growing up but mostly forget but I've heard from some it's their favourite Trek film.

[DoctorDodge]

I've never seen any Star Trek episode, nor any of the Star Trek movies pre J.J Abrams.

Can WoK be enjoyed as a stand alone film?

I enjoyed WoK loads of times, long before I watched the ep of the original series Khan appeared (I have to admit, watching that episode was a little bit of a disappointment after seeing the awesomeness of Wrath so many times. It's a good Star Trek ep, but it's definitely far from the best, a bit cheesy at times, even for me, and you just know that's saying something, bro). Everything is given in the film, in fact, the fact that Khan was such a forgotten villain makes the film work so much more. Add to that some great character development with the main characters, Shatner giving a fucking restrained performance (based on his standards anyway, and the reports that the director forced him to take countless takes of certain lines until Shatner just got so exasperated that he just read it really don't surprise me in the slightest), and the one moment he doesn't gives us one of the most awesome moments in scifi movie history (come on, don't even fucking pretend you don't know it), and you've got a scifi classic in general, Star Trek or not, imo.

[Heather19]

Moon gets my vote.

I was never a fan of Star Wars :unsure:

[fernandito]

Moon gets my vote.

I was never a fan of Star Wars :unsure:

And that was the day our friendship ended.

[pathoftheturtle]

Star Trek 2-4 is one story directly continued. 2 is action-drama and 4 is action-comedy. 3 is in between; an adventure movie of some drama and some comedy. I think it's my favorite, too.
Skip the first one and Star Trek 5.
Number 6, The Undiscovered Country, sets up Next Generation by bringing Klingons from enemies to allies. Kirk meets Picard through time travel in Star Trek: Generations. Then the second TNG movie, First Contact, used time travel again and another obscure character from a forgotten original series episode to re-set up the whole beginning of Star Trek. So even though there is not a similar continuing storyline between them, I consider these another trilogy for the persistent themes.
After that, they just got self-indulgent - a problem Abrams did not cure. Out of the 12 ST movies, 6 are pretty good.

[mae]

Moon gets my vote.

I was never a fan of Star Wars :unsure:

And that was the day our friendship ended.

Star Trek is better than Star Wars.

:panic:

[pathoftheturtle]

There's only one Star Wars. Trek has even more timelines than a poorly written comic.

[fernandito]

Moon gets my vote.

I was never a fan of Star Wars :unsure:

And that was the day our friendship ended.

Star Trek is better than Star Wars.

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[Mattrick]

Star Trek: Insurrection was awwwwwful.

[mae]

Well I'm more of a TNG/DS9 series fan, not so much the movies.

[Merlin1958]

Moon gets my vote.

I was never a fan of Star Wars :unsure:

And that was the day our friendship ended.

Star Trek is better than Star Wars.

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In like, what universe are you referring?

[mae]

This is closing in an hour, but looks like our six here are set.

[needfulthings]

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[mae]

Really surprising that Pitch Black moves on with a whopping 20 votes. Totally unexpected.