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

[fernandito]

[fernandito]

NOTE

Please choose up to six films you feel should move on to the next round. Votes are public.

[mae]

Coming soon:

[mae]

Going with:

Cube
The Truman Show
Planet of the Apes
Dark City
Source Code
Aliens

Hoping Dark City goes far!

[Heather19]

Almost voted for Invasion of the Body Snatchers until I realized it was the remake So Planet of the Apes and Pandorum it is for me.

[mae]

What about Dark City? Cube?

[fernandito]

Dark City and Cube are both underrated sci fi gems.

[Heather19]

I absolutely hated Cube, and I know I've seen Dark City, but it was ages ago, and the only thing I remember was being less than impressed by it.

[fernandito]

Hate is a strong word tho!

Why did you hate it?

[mae]

Cube is such an original film. And so is Dark City.

[pathoftheturtle]

Almost voted for Invasion of the Body Snatchers until I realized it was the remake

I also think the first is better, but this one's ok, too - some might think better than at least four other films here, which is a fine way to decide. But since the question is which 6 "you feel should move to the next round" some voters might want to take into consideration that both versions are ultimately in the running.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Voted for Aliens and The Truman Show.

[pathoftheturtle]

My picks:

Silent Running
Cube
Pandorum
Dark City
Source Code
Aliens

[Mattrick]

I absolutely hated Cube, and I know I've seen Dark City, but it was ages ago, and the only thing I remember was being less than impressed by it.

Less than impressed by Dark City? I think you need to watch it again. One of the greatest films ever made, bar none. I was one of the very fortunate few who saw it in theatres (I was 12 and had been waiting two years for it, I was an awesome kid like that). Roger Ebert has only done dvd commentary on a few films, one is Dark City and the others include Double Indemnity and Citizen Caine and he named it the best film of 1998. His great movies review is one of my favourites he's written...he went to a convention where they basically spent three days going through Dark City shot by shot. You really should watch it again, it's one of the few films that garners a 'marvel of filmmaking' label from me.

I chose:

Cube
The Truman Show
Pandorum (my nom, glad to see it's doing decent, BEN FOSTER RULES)
Planet of the Apes
Dark City
Aliens

It's funny, outisde the more recent Pandorum...these are some of my favourite childhood films. Other kids were watching Disney, I was watching Cube.

[mae]

Cube is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi films. The director hasn't really reached that high again yet, but his Nothing and Splice were very good.

[frik]

Three got my vote: Aliens, The Bride of Frankenstein, Planet of the Apes.
Bride deserves to do really well, but won't...

sk

[fernandito]

Mattrick-

Regarding Dark City, how do you feel about

Spoiler:

the 'twist' being revealed during the first 20 minutes of the movie? I read an analysis somewhere that the film might have been better if we as the audience didn't find out about the dying alien race til the end of the film.

[Heather19]

I absolutely hated Cube, and I know I've seen Dark City, but it was ages ago, and the only thing I remember was being less than impressed by it.

Less than impressed by Dark City? I think you need to watch it again. One of the greatest films ever made, bar none. I was one of the very fortunate few who saw it in theatres (I was 12 and had been waiting two years for it, I was an awesome kid like that). Roger Ebert has only done dvd commentary on a few films, one is Dark City and the others include Double Indemnity and Citizen Caine and he named it the best film of 1998. His great movies review is one of my favourites he's written...he went to a convention where they basically spent three days going through Dark City shot by shot. You really should watch it again, it's one of the few films that garners a 'marvel of filmmaking' label from me.

I chose:

Cube
The Truman Show
Pandorum (my nom, glad to see it's doing decent, BEN FOSTER RULES)
Planet of the Apes
Dark City
Aliens

It's funny, outisde the more recent Pandorum...these are some of my favourite childhood films. Other kids were watching Disney, I was watching Cube.

Maybe I'll try giving it another shot. We'll see.

[divemaster]

Loved Dark City; hated Cube

[fernandito]

Aliens going beast mode...

[Merlin1958]

So, where are the other groups? Ferny are you sleeping on the job? LOL J/K

[Still Servant]

1) Aliens
2) Planet of the Apes
3) The Truman Show
4) Dark City
5) Source Code
6) Pandorum

[divemaster]

NOTE

Please choose the six films you feel should move on to the next round. Votes are public.

I know you changed the wording in the other group. I encourage you, for all the polls moving forward, to clearly state that a person can vote for UP TO 6 films. We don't want people voting for films only to round out a slate of 6. A film should only get a vote if the person truly thinks it deserving of moving on. Please make sure the poll instructions state this as well. Thanks!

[Heather19]

Just fixed it. I haven't voted for six films yet in either poll. Maybe I need to watch more scifi because out of all the ones I've seen only a couple in these groups deserve to move on in my opinion. Also is the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers really that good? I love the original so much I don't see how the remake could be as good.

[mae]

Also is the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers really that good? I love the original so much I don't see how the remake could be as good.

It's not. I suppose it's okay but you can watch the trailer above and see it's not close to the original.