Best Sci Fi nominations + General updates throughout the tournament

[divemaster]

Let's try to keep fantasy out of it (LOTR). Science Fiction needs either some element of science or at least have thought-provoking speculation. LOTR doesn't fit that category, it is just set in a specific fantastical world.

Otherwise, I could nominate Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Or just about any martial arts fantasy movie with people flying through the air. It's outside of the realm of reality, but it's just the world those movies are set in. I could also nominate Il Mare or Ditto. But the time juxtaposition is just a setting to portray the romance. There's no science and there's no rumination or speculation on the meaning behind the fantastical elements.

Just one man's opinion.

My nomination: 48. Them. We need at least one radiation/giant bug movie right?

[pathoftheturtle]

I like the way sci-fi can thematically comment on society, too, Matt, but implying that LotR is shallow just sounds biased here. Even the most insightful subtext on the human condition in a sword&sorcery film wouldn't make it part of the genre. Maybe a case could be made with one set on another world, such as Krull, that merely presenting that automatically equals scientific speculation on the existence of different worlds, but an imaginary past? And Pleasantville is not just about society - it's also about television. It is metafiction, that's how those things happen in it. Nobody thinks "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is scifi, do they?

[needfulthings]

49. SOMEWHERE IN TIME

[pathoftheturtle]

50. Return of the Jedi

[Still Servant]

51. Minority Report

[Mattrick]

Thanks Mike, I didn't want to have to nominate Minority Report myself!

52. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Still Servant]

I got your back, Matt. Go again though because RUBE just nominated Spotless Mind on page 3 I think.

[divemaster]

Thanks Mike, I didn't want to have to nominate Minority Report myself!

52. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

RUBE already nominated that at #47.

Great movie, BTW.

[Mattrick]

I hit view last post and didn't see the last post on that page. All good, one less film I have nominate that someone else easily could have...need to think of some others might not think of.

52. Vanilla Sky

[Ricky]

53. Super 8

[needfulthings]

54.FAHRENHEIT 451

[DoctorZaius]

54. The Omega Man

[Still Servant]

56. Sunshine

[Ricky]

56. Another Earth

[Mattrick]

58. The Fountain (we have a double 54 there guys)

[needfulthings]

59, When Worlds Collide

[divemaster]

I hit view last post and didn't see the last post on that page. All good, one less film I have nominate that someone else easily could have...need to think of some others might not think of.

52. Vanilla Sky

I'll add the original:

60. Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)

(I liked both films)

[Still Servant]

61. Predator

In honor of the announcement that they are rebooting it.

[Mattrick]

I've only got a few more nominations I think.

62. Wall-E

[Still Servant]

I have a bunch more that I don't think most people will think about and a few that I'm shocked haven't been nominated yet.

[needfulthings]

63.The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

[Mattrick]

I have a bunch more that I don't think most people will think about and a few that I'm shocked haven't been nominated yet.

I can't believe I just nominated Wall-E since it was meant to be nomination number 1 lol. My problem is there is a lot of older sci-fi I haven't watched and probably won't. It's kind of strange when it comes to sci-fi I need some production value involved, yet I don't want a special effects fest...it's always been hard for me to take some old sci-fi sets and costumes the least bit seriously.

[RUBE]

64. Robocop

[needfulthings]

64. Robocop

[RUBE]

And yes I meant the original. Partly because I like the sarcastic way it semi-accurately predicts the future of the U.S.