Best Sci Fi nominations + General updates throughout the tournament

[fernandito]

Ok everyone, here we go again! This time we're going to decide what the DT's best Sci-Fi movie is. We'll closely follow the template used in the Horror tournament, only this one will be structured around multiple votes (total votes per thread still TBD).

For those of you that were following the announcement thread this week (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?18501-Planning-to-participate-in-the-soon-upcoming-SCI-FI-tournament-Get-in-here!-(POLL)), we had some interesting discussion on the kind of things that constitute what a sci-fi film is. It is by no means a definitive criteria, just a reference point. We can always address films individually if need be.

And of course, as we discussed in that thread, repeat films (films which were also present in the Horror tournament) are OK to nominate here as well!

Enough caveats, on to the rules!

Rules:

*There will be a total of 128 nominations
*Please wait until 3 other people have cast a nomination before nominating another
*Please list the number in which your entry lands for easier compilation

Once all 160 films are listed, we will begin compiling them and sorting into groups.

Alright, here we go!


Nominees (FINAL)

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Terminator 2
6. Never Let Me Go
7. Metropolis
8. Back to the Future I
9. Gattaca
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
11. Jurassic Park
12. Aliens
13. The Matrix
14. Alien
15. Gravity
16. Twelve Monkeys
17. Dark City
18. Ghost in the Shell
19. Gojira (1954)
20. The Truman Show
21. The Abyss
22. Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back
23. The Thing From Another World!
24. Planet of the Apes 1968
25. Pleasantville
26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
27. Forbidden Planet
28. Akira
29. Fantastic Planet
30. West World
31. This Island Earth
32. District 9
33. Her
34. Total Recall
35. The Time Machine
36. Brazil
37. Artificial Intelligence
38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
39. Mad Max
40. Melancholia
41. Moon
42. The Road Warrior
43. Serenity
44. Village of the Damned 1960
45. Donnie Darko
46. Somewhere in Time
47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
48. Them
49. Children of Men
50. Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi
51. Minority Report
52. Vanilla Sky
53. Super 8
54. Fahrenheit 451
55. Omega Man
56. Sunshine
57. Another Earth
58. The Fountain
59. When Worlds Collide
60. Men In Black
61. Predator
62. Wall-E
63. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
64. Robocop
65. Flight of the Navigator
66. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
67. The Incredible Shrinking Man
68. The Fifth Element
69. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Donald Sutherland)
70. Silent Running
71. Primer
72. Independence Day
73. eXistenZ
74. War of the World 1953
75. Avatar
76. Solaris
77. Island of Lost Souls
78. Event Horizon
79. On The Beach
80. The Thing
81. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
82. Seconds
83. Starship Troopers
84. Frankenstein 1931
85. The Butterfly Effect
86. Altered States
87. The Fly
88. The Curse of Frankenstein
89. The Cell
90. Pi
91. Escape From New York
92. COLOSSUS "The Forbin" Project
93. Things to Come
94. The Invisible Man
95. Ghostbusters
96. Donovan’s Brain
97. Contact
98. Tetsuo
99. Edge of Tomorrow
100. Quartermass II aka Enemy from Space
101. Cube
102. The Bride of Frankenstein
103. Time Bandits
104. FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH aka QUATERMASS & THE PIT.
105. Woman in the Moon
106. Inception
107. Barbarella
108. The CREEPING UNKOWN aka QUATERMASS XPERIMEN
109. Waterworld
110. Looper
111. Pandorum
112. 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH.
113. Despicable Me
114. Je t'aime, je t'aime
115. Tron Legacy
116. Phase IV
117. The Arrival
118. Stalker
119. Demolition Man
120. The Hidden 1987
121. The Final Countdown
122. Fire in the Sky
123. Source Code
124. Mimic
125. Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan
126. X-Men : Days of Future Past
127. Dark Star
128. About Time
129. Dredd
130. 1984
131. Short Circuit 2
132. Chronicle
133. Abre Los Ojos
134. Jacob's Ladder
135. The Mist
136. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
137. Pitch Black
138. Paul
139. Kin-Dza-Dza
140. Rollerball
141. Videodrome
142. The Blob {1988}
143. Armageddon
144. Back to the Future 3
145. Beyond the Black Rainbow
146. Timecrimes
147. Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902)
148. Virtuosity
149. The Jacket
150. Cloud Atlas
151. Heavy Metal
152. Transformers
153. Soylent Green
154. Timecop
155. Alphaville
156. Hugo
157. Sphere
158. THX-1138
159. War of the Worlds (2005)
160. Cocoon

[fernandito]

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey

[pathoftheturtle]

Blade Runner

[needfulthings]

O.K. LETS GET THE WINNER OUT OF THE WAY
.http://imageshack.com/a/img843/5459/2ezwt.jpg
STAR WARS IV A NEW HOPE

[frik]

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey

Yes!!!! That would have been my nomination as well!

So,instead, 4: A Clockwork Orange.

sk

[fernandito]

O.K. LETS GET THE WINNER OUT OF THE WAY
.http://imageshack.com/a/img843/5459/2ezwt.jpg

Just to be clear, are you nominating A New Hope?

[fernandito]

5. Terminator 2

:D

[needfulthings]

O.K. LETS GET THE WINNER OUT OF THE WAY
.http://imageshack.com/a/img843/5459/2ezwt.jpg

Just to be clear, are you nominating A New Hope?
YES

[frik]

Why?? The Empire Strikes Back is so much better. (No, this isn't a nomination!)

sk

[needfulthings]

Why?? The Empire Strikes Back is so much better. (No, this isn't a nomination!)

sk
Only because it's the GENESIS.

[frik]

I understand, but still.
Come on guys, it's late and I wanna turn in.
One more nomination and I can get in my second.
Correction - two more before it's my turn.

sk

[fernandito]

Why?? The Empire Strikes Back is so much better. (No, this isn't a nomination!)

sk
My favorite of the series. Definitely needs to be nominated soon.

[frik]

I'm sure it will, once things really get going here...

sk

[Ricky]

6. Never Let Me Go

[fernandito]

All nominations thus far added to the list...

[needfulthings]

Now my REAL 1st nomination.
7.The Complete METROPOLIS.
http://imageshack.com/a/img822/3943/f3jv.jpg

[frik]

I know I'm supposed to wait one more turn, but I really have to go to bed.
So here's:

7. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Metropolis_poster.jpeg

Forry's favorite, and one of mine.

[Girlystevedave]

9. http://www.freecodesource.com/movie-poster/51wScR5L2%2BL/-Back-to-the-Future.jpg

Just to be clear:
Not part 2, not part 3.
Part 1. :D

[frik]

Love it!

So I'll change mine to:

9. Blade Runner.

sk

[needfulthings]

Love it!

So I'll change mine to:

9. Blade Runner.

sk

IT'S ALREADY #2

[needfulthings]

I know I'm supposed to wait one more turn, but I really have to go to bed.
So here's:

7. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Metropolis_poster.jpeg

Forry's favorite, and one of mine.
http://imageshack.com/a/img834/2782/c3la1.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img850/9261/p6fv0.jpg

[fernandito]

9. Gattaca

[Heather19]

10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

[needfulthings]

10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

http://imageshack.com/a/img822/1764/l7e0w.jpg
I HAVE TO KNOW 1956 OR 1978? " I WAS IN BOTH"
http://imageshack.com/a/img856/286/eznm.jpg
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TOO

[Ricky]

11. Jurassic Park

[divemaster]

12. Aliens

[fernandito]

13. The Matrix

[needfulthings]

14. ALIEN
http://imageshack.com/a/img841/6462/r59w.jpg

[Ricky]

15. Gravity

[pathoftheturtle]

Twelve Monkeys

[divemaster]

17. Dark City

[fernandito]

18. Ghost in the Shell.

[needfulthings]

19.GOJIRA 1954
http://imageshack.com/a/img841/691/aodt.jpg

[T-Dogz_AK47]

20. The Truman Show

[divemaster]

21. The Abyss (director's cut)

[fernandito]

20. The Truman Show
sci fi? :eek:

[T-Dogz_AK47]

20. The Truman Show
sci fi? :eek:

Definitely.

See the following description...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Show

[fernandito]

20. The Truman Show
sci fi? :eek:

Definitely.

See the following description...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Show
Point taken. Sci fi it is!

[fernandito]

22. Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back

[needfulthings]

23. The Thing from Another World!
http://imageshack.com/a/img842/9545/a6o1.jpg

[Heather19]

10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

http://imageshack.com/a/img822/1764/l7e0w.jpg
I HAVE TO KNOW 1956 OR 1978? " I WAS IN BOTH"
http://imageshack.com/a/img856/286/eznm.jpg
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TOO

The original of course. Sorry I meant to specify in my post.

[Heather19]

21. The Abyss (director's cut)

Thank you, this was going to be my next nomination. I can't believe I didn't nominate it as my first. It's probably my favorite sci-fi film.

24. Planet of the Apes 1968

[T-Dogz_AK47]

To clarify...

The settings for science fiction are often contrary to those of consensus reality, but most science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements. Science fiction elements include:



A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in a historical past that contradicts known facts of history or the archaeological record. (Back to the Future)



A spatial setting or scenes in outer space (e.g. spaceflight), on other worlds, or on subterranean earth. (2001: A Space Odyssey)



Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots and other types of characters arising from a future human evolution. (Aliens)



Futuristic or plausible technology such as ray guns, teleportation machines, and humanoid computers. (Star Wars)



Scientific principles that are new or that contradict accepted physical laws, for example time travel, wormholes, or faster-than-light travel or communication. (Event Horizon)



New and different political or social systems, e.g. dystopian, post-scarcity, or post-apocalyptic. (The Truman Show)



Paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. (Scanners)


Other universes or dimensions and travel between them. (Pleasantville)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

25. Pleasantville.

[divemaster]

26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[needfulthings]

27. FORBIDDEN PLANET.
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/1243/s3nq.jpg

[fernandito]

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Terminator 2
6. Never Let Me Go
7. Metropolis
8. Back to the Future I
9. Gattaca
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
11. Jurassic Park
12. Aliens
13. The Matrix
14. Alien
15. Gravity
16. Twelve Monkeys
17. Dark City
18. Ghost in the Shell
19. Gojira (1954)
20. The Truman Show
21. The Abyss
22. Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back
23. The Thing From Another World!
24. Planet of the Apes 1968
25. Pleasantville
26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
27. Forbidden Planet
28. Akira
29. Fantastic Planet
30. West World
31. This Island Earth
32. District 9
33. Her

[Mattrick]

This will be like the horror movie tournament and I'll miss all the nominations, sigh lol


29. Fantastic Planet

[T-Dogz_AK47]

30. Westworld

[needfulthings]

31. THIS ISLAND EARTH.
http://imageshack.com/a/img849/8756/5c2h.jpg

[fernandito]

32. District 9

[needfulthings]

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Terminator 2
6. Never Let Me Go
7. Metropolis
8. Back to the Future I
9. Gattaca
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
11. Jurassic Park
12. Aliens
13. The Matrix
14. Alien
15. Gravity
16. Twelve Monkeys
17. Dark City
18. Ghost in the Shell
19. Gojira (1954)
20. The Truman Show
21. The Abyss
22. Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back
23. The Thing From Another World!
24. Planet of the Apes 1968
25. Pleasantville
26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
27. Forbidden Planet
28. Akira
28.
http://imageshack.com/a/img849/6608/9xx9.jpg

[Mattrick]

33. Her

[fernandito]

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Terminator 2
6. Never Let Me Go
7. Metropolis
8. Back to the Future I
9. Gattaca
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
11. Jurassic Park
12. Aliens
13. The Matrix
14. Alien
15. Gravity
16. Twelve Monkeys
17. Dark City
18. Ghost in the Shell
19. Gojira (1954)
20. The Truman Show
21. The Abyss
22. Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back
23. The Thing From Another World!
24. Planet of the Apes 1968
25. Pleasantville
26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
27. Forbidden Planet
28. Akira
29. Fantastic Planet
30. West World
31. This Island Earth
32. District 9
33. Her
34. Total Recall
35. The Time Machine
36. Brazil
37. Artificial Intelligence

[divemaster]

34. Total Recall

[needfulthings]

35. The Time Machine. 1960
http://imageshack.com/a/img849/3483/psbg.jpg

[fernandito]

36. Brazil

[Mattrick]

37. Artificial Intelligence

[divemaster]

38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

[needfulthings]

34. Total Recall
HELLO... 1990 or 2012?
http://imageshack.com/a/img850/7927/7pqg4.jpg

[needfulthings]

39. MAD MAX
http://imageshack.com/a/img843/1980/wdleo.jpg

[Odetta]

Lord of the Rings - I don't know if the whole trilogy can be counted as one, because that would be my hope

[Mattrick]

Lord of the Rings isn't sci-fi...didn't we decide this in the other thread? If we let in Lord of the Rings then we're letting in Harry Potter and Twilight and The Princess Bride and Pirates of the Carribean.

[divemaster]

34. Total Recall
HELLO... 1990 or 2012?
http://imageshack.com/a/img850/7927/7pqg4.jpg
1990! Schwarzenegger!

(I didn't even realize there had been a remake. Or at least I did not remember such a thing).

[needfulthings]

Lord of the Rings isn't sci-fi...didn't we decide this in the other thread? If we let in Lord of the Rings then we're letting in Harry Potter and Twilight and The Princess Bride and Pirates of the Carribean.

THERES THAT CAN AGAIN
http://imageshack.com/a/img822/8734/c1ee.jpg

[Ricky]

40. Melancholia

[Mattrick]

Lord of the Rings isn't sci-fi...didn't we decide this in the other thread? If we let in Lord of the Rings then we're letting in Harry Potter and Twilight and The Princess Bride and Pirates of the Carribean.

THERES THAT CAN AGAIN
http://imageshack.com/a/img822/8734/c1ee.jpg

Not really...If a movie that takes place in a universe without electricity is considered sci-fi then anything can be considered sci-fi. Lord of the Rings is as fantasy as you can get. To my recollection there isn't even ALCHEMY in Lord of the Rings. There's absolutely no science whatsoever in Lord of the Rings. Close that can because there was no reason to open it.



41. Moon

[pathoftheturtle]

Nominate: The Road Warrior

I vote no on LotR, no on Somewhere in Time, and I'm quite dubious about Pleasantville, too - that's a straight fantasy, surely.

[RUBE]

43. Serenity

[Mattrick]

Nominate: The Road Warrior

I vote no on LotR, no on Somewhere in Time, and I'm quite dubious about Pleasantville, too - that's a straight fantasy, surely.

Pleasantville is more race relations and prejudice and the not so perfect world of small town American in the 1950's than anything else and I do agree it's fantasy. It would be different if the movie was ABOUT purposely going into a black and white world to give it colour to see what would happen or for a desired outcome but it just kind of happens to my recollection and it's more a storytelling device than anything else. Granted, I would be far more inclined to allow Pleasantville in than Lord of the Rings because at least Pleasantville has something to say about the world.

[needfulthings]

Nominate: The Road Warrior

I vote no on LotR, no on Somewhere in Time, and I'm quite dubious about Pleasantville, too - that's a straight fantasy, surely.
42. The Road Warrior
aka
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/893/9f729.jpg

[needfulthings]

44.VILLAGE of the DAMED 1960
http://imageshack.com/a/img822/803/lslh.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img841/48/2nkii.jpg

[Mattrick]

Solid choice needful.

45. Donnie Darko

[Still Servant]

46. Children of Men

Caught you guys slippin'. Surprised nobody mentioned it yet, unless I missed it. The best Sci-fi film of the last decade.

[RUBE]

47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[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
http://imageshack.com/a/img842/4294/o91z.jpg

[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
http://imageshack.com/a/img841/4892/inb15.jpg

[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
http://imageshack.com/a/img834/9049/qh84p.jpg

[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.
http://imageshack.com/a/img849/2016/5jwe.jpg

[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
http://imageshack.com/a/img819/50/4sn9.jpg

[RUBE]

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

[pathoftheturtle]

65. Flight of the Navigator

[Mattrick]

66. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951, not that shitfest with Keanu)

[divemaster]

67. The Incredible Shrinking Man

[Still Servant]

68. The Fifth Element

[needfulthings]

And yes I meant the original. Partly because I like the sarcastic way it semi-accurately predicts the future of the U.S.
http://imageshack.com/a/img856/4926/9y7e.jpg

[Odetta]

Since everyone shot the shit out of my LOTR nomination, I will try this...

Invasion of the Body Snachers

(The edition with Donald Sutherland)

[needfulthings]

70.SILENT RUNNING
http://imageshack.com/a/img853/6668/5buy.jpg

[RUBE]

68. The Fifth Element

Why was this not my first nomination?

[Mattrick]

71. Primer

[Still Servant]

72. Independence Day

[Mattrick]

Independence Day....The Ying to The Day The Earth Stood Still's Yang lol.

Honest Trailer for Independence Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YtvsxB9xQY

[Tommy]

73. eXistenZ

[needfulthings]

74. WAR of the WORLD 1953
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/7481/tmkz.jpg

[frik]

75. How can it not be nominated:

http://myscreens.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Avatar-Neytiri.jpg

[mae]

I see I'm way late to the party.

76. Melancholia

[Tommy]

I see I'm way late to the party.

76. Melancholia
It's been nominated already No. 40

[mae]

Right. This is too fast moving!

Changing to Solaris.

[needfulthings]

Right. This is too fast moving!

Changing to Solaris.
1972 or 2002?
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/6053/d88r.jpg

[Tommy]

77. Island of Lost Souls

[mae]

The remake was good but '72 of course.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Can someone please update the list so far, as it hasn't been touched since nomination 37 and it is now getting difficult to know what has already been nominated?

[T-Dogz_AK47]

78. Event Horizon.

[needfulthings]

79. ON THE BEACH
http://imageshack.com/a/img856/2209/foyf.jpg

[frik]

80. The Thing (John Carpenter) - 1982


sk

[mae]

81. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

[Tommy]

82. Seconds

[T-Dogz_AK47]

83. Starship Troopers.

[needfulthings]

84.FRANKENSTEIN 1931
http://imageshack.com/a/img834/5416/60ivz.jpg

[mae]

How is this not nominated yet:

85. The Day the Earth Stood Still

[Tommy]

How is this not nominated yet:

85. The Day the Earth Stood Still

It's No. 66

[mae]

Jeez sorry, it's hard doing this on the phone :)

85. The Butterfly Effect

[Tommy]

86. Altered States

[T-Dogz_AK47]

This should have been nominated ages ago...

87. The Fly (1986)

[needfulthings]

88.The Curse of Frankenstein
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/1341/kron.jpg

[mae]

89. The Cell

[Tommy]

90. Pi

[T-Dogz_AK47]

91. Escape From New York

[mae]

86. Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie (If anyone objects I will change it since This Island Earth has already been nominated)

I would prefer we not nominate spoofs. No Spaceballs either.

[Tommy]

86. Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie (If anyone objects I will change it since This Island Earth has already been nominated)

I would prefer we not nominate spoofs. No Spaceballs either.

Changed

[mae]

I'm struggling with which X-Men film to nominate... :panic:

[needfulthings]

92.COLOSSUS "The Forbin" Project.
http://imageshack.com/a/img834/9255/506da.jpg

[mae]

93. Things to Come

[Tommy]

94. The Invisible Man

Changed from Tokyo Gore Police (couldn't bear the thought of this one not on here)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

95. Ghostbusters

[needfulthings]

96. DONOVAN'S BRAIN
http://imageshack.com/a/img834/5241/aya9n.jpg

[mae]

97. Contact

[Tommy]

98. Tetsuo

[T-Dogz_AK47]

99. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

[needfulthings]

100. QUATERMASS II aka ENEMY FROM SPACE
http://imageshack.com/a/img834/127/v3y6i.jpg

[mae]

101. Cube

[Tommy]

102. The Bride of Frankenstein

[T-Dogz_AK47]

103. Time Bandits

[needfulthings]

104. FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH aka QUATERMASS & THE PIT.
http://imageshack.com/a/img841/3415/6ciu4.jpg

[mae]

105. Woman in the Moon

[Tommy]

106. Inception

[T-Dogz_AK47]

107. Barbarella

[needfulthings]

108. The CREEPING UNKOWN aka QUATERMASS XPERIMENT.
http://imageshack.com/a/img843/5506/gzf89.jpg

[mae]

109. Waterworld

[Tommy]

110. Looper

Changed from Naked Blood (It's more horror anyway)

[Mattrick]

111. Pandorum

(how has no one nominated films like Tron and Dune...unless I just missed them?)

[needfulthings]

112. 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH.
http://imageshack.com/a/img829/2062/0utu.jpg

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Considering WALL-E has been nominated and it's okay for animated films to be included, I'm going to go with...

113. Despicable Me

[mae]

113. Je t'aime, je t'aime

[mae]

Considering WALL-E has been nominated and it's okay for animated films to be included, I'm going to go with...

113. Despicable Me

Is that really sci-fi like WALL•E?

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Considering WALL-E has been nominated and it's okay for animated films to be included, I'm going to go with...

113. Despicable Me

Is that really sci-fi like WALL•E?

Ray guns
Spaceships
An evil scientist
Single strand DNA lifeforms (minions)
A mission to steal the moon...

Need I go on? I am rather surprised you even questioned it... :wtf:

[Tommy]

115. Tron Legacy

[needfulthings]

116. PHASE IV.
http://imageshack.com/a/img849/2719/5boc.jpg

[Mattrick]

117. THE ARRIVAL (how did I forget this gem?)

[mae]

118. Stalker

[needfulthings]

CHECK YOUR NUMBERS

[Mattrick]

I've been keeping track...I've skipped numbers in here when people have double posted the same number and I've edited mine. I know it hasn't been three nominations yet but I'd like to get one more in here since it'll be over by the time I check here again.

119. Demolition Man

[T-Dogz_AK47]

CHECK YOUR NUMBERS

Numbers look like they have been corrected now...

120. The Hidden (1987)

[needfulthings]

121. The FINAL COUNTDOWN.
http://imageshack.com/a/img820/3776/3dsk.jpg

[mae]

122. Fire in the Sky

[Tommy]

123. Source Code

Changed from Hellboy

[T-Dogz_AK47]

124. 1984

[pathoftheturtle]

125. Star Trek II Wrath of Khan

[pathoftheturtle]

103. Time BanditsFantasy.

[mae]

126. X-Men: Days of Future Past

[needfulthings]

127. DARK STAR
http://imageshack.com/a/img823/6118/6qbus.jpg

[T-Dogz_AK47]

128. About Time

[mae]

Nice, took about 12 hours but we have our 128. So many great films still left out though...

[T-Dogz_AK47]

103. Time BanditsFantasy.

WTF It's central premise revolves around time travel... :wtf:

[mae]

Agreed on Time Bandits. Sad I couldn't nominate War of the Worlds (2005). A stunning film.

[Mattrick]

People hated on War of the Worlds just because they hated on Tom Cruise I think. It is a very good sci-fi film but I expected the original to nominated (which would do better anyways) so I chose some other films. There are some good sci-fi films I've yet to see like Looper and Source Code that I'm sure were deserving of being on here. It's hard to think of many sci-fi movies whose visuals are more haunting than it.

[needfulthings]

124. 1984

1956 or 1984?
http://imageshack.com/a/img843/4765/xv496.jpg

[mae]

People hated on War of the Worlds just because they hated on Tom Cruise I think. It is a very good sci-fi film but I expected the original to nominated (which would do better anyways) so I chose some other films. There are some good sci-fi films I've yet to see like Looper and Source Code that I'm sure were deserving of being on here. It's hard to think of many sci-fi movies whose visuals are more haunting than it.

As a sci-fi film the new War of the Worlds is tremendous. And yeah, there's Looper, Source Code, and many many others. Was The Invisible Man nominated?

[Tommy]

People hated on War of the Worlds just because they hated on Tom Cruise I think. It is a very good sci-fi film but I expected the original to nominated (which would do better anyways) so I chose some other films. There are some good sci-fi films I've yet to see like Looper and Source Code that I'm sure were deserving of being on here. It's hard to think of many sci-fi movies whose visuals are more haunting than it.

I will change one of mine to Looper if it is allowed? I really liked that one

[needfulthings]

INVISIBLE MAN WAS NOT
...AND IF
http://imageshack.com/a/img842/4294/o91z.jpg
IS OUT ..so is.. ABOUT TIME.

[Tommy]

I Changed No. 110 to Looper

[T-Dogz_AK47]

124. 1984

1956 or 1984?
http://imageshack.com/a/img843/4765/xv496.jpg

1984 version with John Hurt.

[mae]

I also really wanted to nominate Back to the Future II, which in my opinion is much better than Part I, but wanted more variety.

[mae]

Hm, no King movies this time :)

[divemaster]

Did the original Planet of the Apes get nominated?

"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"

[Tommy]

OK I changed No. 94 to The Invisible Man because it really needs to be on the list

[Tommy]

Did the original Planet of the Apes get nominated?

"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"

No, but it should be

[mae]

I think it was.

[Tommy]

I think it was.

maybe it was but I am too tired to go back and check :yawn:

[mae]

Ugh looks like nobody nominated Cocoon.

[needfulthings]

Did the original Planet of the Apes get nominated?

"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
YES #24

[Jean]

guys, it's not fair!!!!! I didn't even have a chance to participate, because of the time zone!! I don't see the complete list yet, but is it somehow possible to squeeze in my nominations (assuming they haven't been nominated yet):

Jacob's Ladder
The Jacket
Back to the Future 3
Mimic
Stalker (I see pablo has nominated Solaris, but I can't find Stalker)

I am so sad, I so really really wanted to participate!!! one can't exclude bears only because they don't live where everyone does...

also, with such haste, everyone will tomorrow slap their heads and yell, "how could I forget this, this and that!!"

also, when all nominations take place within a few hours, the selection belongs solely to those few who happened to be there at that time

[mae]

Jean, I nominated Stalker. And BTTF3 was bad :)

[pathoftheturtle]

Jacob's Ladder probably doesn't qualify as science fiction. And, after all, you are the one who talked Fernando into going ahead when he was still planning to wait longer.

The reason I opposed Somewhere In Time (and in part why I still oppose Time Bandits) is that the time travel is supernatural. Magic, not physics. Might just as well add Harry Potter.


how has no one nominated films like Tron and Dune... ?Because they stink? Nah, that can't be it... several people nominated even worse films.

[DoctorZaius]

I also really wanted to nominate Back to the Future II, which in my opinion is much better than Part I, but wanted more variety.

Part II? Really? I think it is easily the worst of the three.

[mae]

I love the future in BTTF.

[Heather19]

guys, it's not fair!!!!! I didn't even have a chance to participate, because of the time zone!! I don't see the complete list yet, but is it somehow possible to squeeze in my nominations (assuming they haven't been nominated yet):

Jacob's Ladder
The Jacket
Back to the Future 3
Mimic
Stalker (I see pablo has nominated Solaris, but I can't find Stalker)

I am so sad, I so really really wanted to participate!!! one can't exclude bears only because they don't live where everyone does...

also, with such haste, everyone will tomorrow slap their heads and yell, "how could I forget this, this and that!!"

also, when all nominations take place within a few hours, the selection belongs solely to those few who happened to be there at that time

I was discussing this with Feev a bit, in the future I think we need to come up with a new way to nominate films. I want everyone to get the chance to participate. This one went too fast and I know many members didn't even get the chance to post even one nomination.

[Girlystevedave]

Wait? We've reached the nomination limit already? Am I reading this right? :unsure:

Besides, it seems like many members were just vomiting up titles to add to the list. Not to be all picky, but I don't even see how some of the movies are sci-fi. :orely:

[Girlystevedave]

And Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wasn't even nominated? :lol:

[T-Dogz_AK47]

To clarify...

The settings for science fiction are often contrary to those of consensus reality, but most science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements. Science fiction elements include:



A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in a historical past that contradicts known facts of history or the archaeological record. (Back to the Future)



A spatial setting or scenes in outer space (e.g. spaceflight), on other worlds, or on subterranean earth. (2001: A Space Odyssey)



Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots and other types of characters arising from a future human evolution. (Aliens)



Futuristic or plausible technology such as ray guns, teleportation machines, and humanoid computers. (Star Wars)



Scientific principles that are new or that contradict accepted physical laws, for example time travel, wormholes, or faster-than-light travel or communication (Event Horizon)



New and different political or social systems, e.g. dystopian, post-scarcity, or post-apocalyptic. (The Truman Show)



Paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. (Scanners)


Other universes or dimensions and travel between them. (Pleasantville)


Jacob's Ladder probably doesn't qualify as science fiction. And, after all, you are the one who talked Fernando into going ahead when he was still planning to wait longer.

The reason I opposed Somewhere In Time (and in part why I still oppose Time Bandits) is that the time travel is supernatural. Magic, not physics. Might just as well add Harry Potter.


how has no one nominated films like Tron and Dune... ?Because they stink? Nah, that can't be it... several people nominated even worse films.

As I previously posted, films concerning time travel are accepted as part of being part of science fiction.

IMHO it was wrong to block the nomination for Somewhere In Time.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

And Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wasn't even nominated? :lol:

That's probably a blessing. Awful movie. :tongue1:

[Girlystevedave]

Says the guy who thinks Pleasantville is sci-fi. :nope:

Don't get me wrong, I love the movie. But sci-fi it is not.

[Merlin1958]

Oh, well, so that's done I guess. You snooze you lose. Have fun

[Girlystevedave]

34. Total Recall


Glad this was nominated. :)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Says the guy who thinks Pleasantville is sci-fi. :nope:

Don't get me wrong, I love the movie. But sci-fi it is not.

Not only does Pleasantville feature an alternative universe / dimension, but it also revolves around the soft Sci-fi elements of sociology, anthropology and political science.

It might not feature the hard Sci-fi elements of chemistry and physics, but it is still a true science fiction movie nonetheless, just like The Truman Show and 1984.

[webstar1000]

Matrix reloaded

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Matrix reloaded

I think nominations have now closed, since reaching the 128 limit.

[fernandito]

Holy shit! I woke up this morning thinking you guys would probably be at around 80 or so, and you filled out all 128 spots lol. This has gotta be some kinda record, I can't remember any other tournament filling up fast.

I'll get started on compiling the list.

Were there any nominations we disagreed with?

[fernandito]

guys, it's not fair!!!!! I didn't even have a chance to participate, because of the time zone!! I don't see the complete list yet, but is it somehow possible to squeeze in my nominations (assuming they haven't been nominated yet):

Jacob's Ladder
The Jacket
Back to the Future 3
Mimic
Stalker (I see pablo has nominated Solaris, but I can't find Stalker)

I am so sad, I so really really wanted to participate!!! one can't exclude bears only because they don't live where everyone does...

also, with such haste, everyone will tomorrow slap their heads and yell, "how could I forget this, this and that!!"

also, when all nominations take place within a few hours, the selection belongs solely to those few who happened to be there at that time

Sorry bears, I honestly had no idea the titles would fill up this quickly, it's insane. Typically it takes 2-3 days.


Also - it seems like we're in disagreement about Time Bandits and Lord of the Rings being nominated. Would the users who nominated those two please choose another title?

Or maybe even let Jean have one of them ... (bats eyelashes)

[fernandito]

Accidentally locked thread, it's open again :fairy:

[Iwritecode]

I'm kinda surprised Men In Black wasn't nominated.

[WeDealInLead]

Nominations started and ended while I was at work. Bummer.

LotR doesn't belong here. You gotta draw the line somewhere, a wizard and a staff, dragons and fantastical creatures put this firmly in the fantasy territory.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

guys, it's not fair!!!!! I didn't even have a chance to participate, because of the time zone!! I don't see the complete list yet, but is it somehow possible to squeeze in my nominations (assuming they haven't been nominated yet):

Jacob's Ladder
The Jacket
Back to the Future 3
Mimic
Stalker (I see pablo has nominated Solaris, but I can't find Stalker)

I am so sad, I so really really wanted to participate!!! one can't exclude bears only because they don't live where everyone does...

also, with such haste, everyone will tomorrow slap their heads and yell, "how could I forget this, this and that!!"

also, when all nominations take place within a few hours, the selection belongs solely to those few who happened to be there at that time

Sorry bears, I honestly had no idea the titles would fill up this quickly, it's insane. Typically it takes 2-3 days.


Also - it seems like we're in disagreement about Time Bandits and Lord of the Rings being nominated. Would the users who nominated those two please choose another title?

Or maybe even let Jean have one of them ... (bats eyelashes)

As far as I am aware, Lord of the Rings wasn't nominated in the end.

Time Bandits is certainly Sci-fi as it not only revolves around a central premise of time travel, but it also features a strong element of Steampunk, which is another sub-genre within Sci-fi.

[Merlin1958]

Yeah, Time Bandits is most certainly a Sci-Fi film.

[fernandito]

Alright, I'll buy that. Time Bandits stays.

You're right, LotR was not nominated in the end. I guess we have our 128 then!

[Jean]

Also - it seems like we're in disagreement about Time Bandits and Lord of the Rings being nominated. Would the users who nominated those two please choose another title?

Or maybe even let Jean have one of them ... (bats eyelashes)

thank you feverish, that was sweet! but no, it's no use now... bears just wanted to play, it's such fun to nominate. I am sure many people did too, and couldn't http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_cry.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear_cry.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_cry.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear_cry.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_cry.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear_cry.gif.html)


And, after all, you are the one who talked Fernando into going ahead when he was still planning to wait longer.
the point isn't when we start. The point is how we proceed and when we finish. It must be organized the way everyone can participate. As Heather :rose: said:



I was discussing this with Feev a bit, in the future I think we need to come up with a new way to nominate films. I want everyone to get the chance to participate. This one went too fast and I know many members didn't even get the chance to post even one nomination.

[needfulthings]

So can I reinstate Somewhere in Time in place of Children of the Damned #49?
http://imageshack.com/a/img842/4294/o91z.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img850/4986/1nhu.jpg

[fernandito]

I'll make that change now ^

[needfulthings]

I FUCKED UP IT"S #49 THANK YOU

[fernandito]

Lol it's all good, Ctrl+F is a pal :)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Somewhere in Time is definitely Sci-fi, so I'm glad you were able to re-instate it Needfulthings. :)

[mae]

Can we get the complete list posted here, or is it going to be updated in the first post?

[mae]

So can I reinstate Somewhere in Time in place of Children of the Damned #49?

That's good, because Village of the Damned is better anyway.

[needfulthings]

ME TOO!:rock::clap::excited:
http://imageshack.com/a/img822/1807/9ndi6.jpg

[mae]

I think to me personally the perfect Final here would be The Abyss vs. The Day the Earth Stood Still.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

guys, it's not fair!!!!! I didn't even have a chance to participate, because of the time zone!! I don't see the complete list yet, but is it somehow possible to squeeze in my nominations (assuming they haven't been nominated yet):

Jacob's Ladder
The Jacket
Back to the Future 3
Mimic
Stalker (I see pablo has nominated Solaris, but I can't find Stalker)

I am so sad, I so really really wanted to participate!!! one can't exclude bears only because they don't live where everyone does...

also, with such haste, everyone will tomorrow slap their heads and yell, "how could I forget this, this and that!!"

also, when all nominations take place within a few hours, the selection belongs solely to those few who happened to be there at that time



In order for you to have a vote and nominate a film of your choosing, I am willing to sacrifice my nomination for the movie 1984 at #124.

The final vote is now yours Jean. :smile:

[fernandito]

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Terminator 2
6. Never Let Me Go
7. Metropolis
8. Back to the Future I
9. Gattaca
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
11. Jurassic Park
12. Aliens
13. The Matrix
14. Alien
15. Gravity
16. Twelve Monkeys
17. Dark City
18. Ghost in the Shell
19. Gojira (1954)
20. The Truman Show
21. The Abyss
22. Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back
23. The Thing From Another World!
24. Planet of the Apes 1968
25. Pleasantville
26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
27. Forbidden Planet
28. Akira
29. Fantastic Planet
30. West World
31. This Island Earth
32. District 9
33. Her
34. Total Recall
35. The Time Machine
36. Brazil
37. Artificial Intelligence
38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
39. Mad Max
40. Melancholia
41. Moon
42. The Road Warrior
43. Serenity
44. Village of the Damned 1960
45. Donnie Darko
46. Somewhere In Time
47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
48. Them
49. Children of Men
50. Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi
51. Minority Report
52. Vanilla Sky
53. Super 8
54. Fahrenheit 451
55. Omega Man
56. Sunshine
57. Another Earth
58. The Fountain
59. When Worlds Collide
60. Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)
61. Predator
62. Wall-E
63. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
64. Robocop
65. Flight of the Navigator
66. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
67. The Incredible Shrinking Man
68. The Fifth Element
69. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Donald Sutherland)
70. Silent Running
71. Primer
72. Independence Day
73. eXistenZ
74. War of the World 1953
75. Avatar
76. Solaris
77. Island of Lost Souls
78. Event Horizon
79. On The Beach
80. The Thing
81. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
82. Seconds
83. Starship Troopers
84. Frankenstein 1931
85. The Butterfly Effect
86. Altered States
87. The Fly
88. The Curse of Frankenstein
89. The Cell
90. Pi
91. Escape From New York
92. COLOSSUS "The Forbin" Project
93. Things to Come
94. The Invisible Man
95. Ghostbusters
96. Donovan’s Brain
97. Contact
98. Tetsuo
99. Spider Man 2
100. Quartermass II aka Enemy from Space
101. Cube
102. The Bride of Frankenstein
103. Time Bandits
104. FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH aka QUATERMASS & THE PIT.
105. Woman in the Moon
106. Inception
107. Barbarella
108. The CREEPING UNKOWN aka QUATERMASS XPERIMEN
109. Waterworld
110. Looper
111. Pandorum
112. 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH.
113. Despicable Me
114. Je t'aime, je t'aime
115. Tron Legacy
116. Phase IV
117. The Arrival
118. Stalker
119. Demolition Man
120. The Hidden 1987
121. The Final Countdown
122. Fire in the Sky
123. Hellboy
124. 1984
125. Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan
126. X-Men : Days of Future Past
127. Dark Star
128. About Time

[T-Dogz_AK47]

A great Sci-fi list but can you leave entry #124 blank for Jean to vote on, as per my above post at #235? :smile:

[Merlin1958]

Despicable me? Come on. If you want animated then it should be "Wizards".

[Merlin1958]

Despicable me? Come on. If you want animated then it should be "Wizards".

Also, shouldn't the trilogy's be listed as such rather than take up additional nominations? Star Wars IV-VI, The Matrix Trilogy, or same with Star Wars 1-III. You could say the same for the original X-Men and so on.

[Lookwhoitis]

i nominate:

Children of Men - Alfonso Cuaron

ALSO

Code 46 and A Scanner Darkly

[Merlin1958]

i nominate:

Children of Men - Alfonso Cuaron

ALSO

Code 46 and A Scanner Darkly

It's over already. A day before it was scheduled to start.

[webstar1000]

World war z.. That make it on there?

[Jean]

In order for you to have a vote and nominate a film of your choosing, I am willing to sacrifice my nomination for the movie 1984 at #124.

The final vote is now yours Jean. :smile:

this is so noble!! thank you!!! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif.html)

I nominate Jacob's Ladder,

but if for some reason it doesn't fit the definition of SciFi (I am not really sure, maybe it doesn't and for that reason will be kicked out early, which will be a pity), let it be Mimic.

If that one doesn't (if it is considered horrors rather than SciFi), let it be Back to the Future 3!!!

[pathoftheturtle]

... in the future I think we need to come up with a new way to nominate films. ...Oh, I agree. I have always thought that the regular method here leaves a lot to be desired.



To clarify...

The settings for science fiction are often contrary to those of consensus reality, but most science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements. Science fiction elements include:



A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in a historical past that contradicts known facts of history or the archaeological record. (Back to the Future)



A spatial setting or scenes in outer space (e.g. spaceflight), on other worlds, or on subterranean earth. (2001: A Space Odyssey)



Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots and other types of characters arising from a future human evolution. (Aliens)



Futuristic or plausible technology such as ray guns, teleportation machines, and humanoid computers. (Star Wars)



Scientific principles that are new or that contradict accepted physical laws, for example time travel, wormholes, or faster-than-light travel or communication (Event Horizon)



New and different political or social systems, e.g. dystopian, post-scarcity, or post-apocalyptic. (The Truman Show)



Paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. (Scanners)


Other universes or dimensions and travel between them. (Pleasantville)


The reason I opposed Somewhere In Time (and in part why I still oppose Time Bandits) is that the time travel is supernatural. Magic, not physics. Might just as well add Harry Potter.

As I previously posted, films concerning time travel are accepted as part of being part of science fiction.

IMHO it was wrong to block the nomination for Somewhere In Time.I'm not impressed by appeal to authority. That definition is fine for SYFY, but it is certainly not unquestionable for other purposes. Some may choose to include the fantasy genre into the science fiction category, but there has been consensus in this group to differentiate. I have only attempted to apply consistency on the subject. You are being too liberal even as others reason too stringently. Time Bandits and Somewhere In Time happen to be a couple of my personal favorite films in general, but they belong in this contest no more than titles which were rejected by various means along the way.

[pathoftheturtle]

shouldn't the trilogy's be listed as such rather than take up additional nominations? Star Wars IV-VI, The Matrix Trilogy, or same with Star Wars 1-III. You could say the same for the original X-Men and so on.I wish that had been decided clearly the first time it was asked, before the nominations began. It's tricky -- on one hand, it may be unfair to judge a series on its worst parts; on the other, maybe unfair to judge it on its best parts.

[Merlin1958]

Wormholes, string theory (AU) and the theory of relativity explore scientific possibilities regarding time travel.

[Lookwhoitis]

i nominate:

Children of Men - Alfonso Cuaron

ALSO

Code 46 and A Scanner Darkly

It's over already. A day before it was scheduled to start.

I was highly surprised when that one was not on the list yet!

[Lookwhoitis]

To clarify...

The settings for science fiction are often contrary to those of consensus reality, but most science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements. Science fiction elements include:



A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in a historical past that contradicts known facts of history or the archaeological record. (Back to the Future)



A spatial setting or scenes in outer space (e.g. spaceflight), on other worlds, or on subterranean earth. (2001: A Space Odyssey)



Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots and other types of characters arising from a future human evolution. (Aliens)



Futuristic or plausible technology such as ray guns, teleportation machines, and humanoid computers. (Star Wars)



Scientific principles that are new or that contradict accepted physical laws, for example time travel, wormholes, or faster-than-light travel or communication (Event Horizon)



New and different political or social systems, e.g. dystopian, post-scarcity, or post-apocalyptic. (The Truman Show)



Paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. (Scanners)


Other universes or dimensions and travel between them. (Pleasantville)


Jacob's Ladder probably doesn't qualify as science fiction. And, after all, you are the one who talked Fernando into going ahead when he was still planning to wait longer.

The reason I opposed Somewhere In Time (and in part why I still oppose Time Bandits) is that the time travel is supernatural. Magic, not physics. Might just as well add Harry Potter.


how has no one nominated films like Tron and Dune... ?Because they stink? Nah, that can't be it... several people nominated even worse films.

As I previously posted, films concerning time travel are accepted as part of being part of science fiction.

IMHO it was wrong to block the nomination for Somewhere In Time.

I stand with T Dog.

It is idiotic to not include time travel films in a sci fi category

[Lookwhoitis]

And Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wasn't even nominated? :lol:

That's probably a blessing. Awful movie. :tongue1:

BUT it is a highly beloved sci fi book series, so i believe it could be on the list

[T-Dogz_AK47]

In order for you to have a vote and nominate a film of your choosing, I am willing to sacrifice my nomination for the movie 1984 at #124.

The final vote is now yours Jean. :smile:

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I nominate Jacob's Ladder,

but if for some reason it doesn't fit the definition of SciFi (I am not really sure, maybe it doesn't and for that reason will be kicked out early, which will be a pity), let it be Mimic.

If that one doesn't (if it is considered horrors rather than SciFi), let it be Back to the Future 3!!!


So which one of Jean's nominations is allowed through?

I haven't seen either Jacob's Ladder or Mimic so cannot comment on their legitimacy as being Sci-fi, although Wikipedia quite clearly states that Mimic is Science Fiction Horror.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film)

Back to the Future III is unquestionably Sci-fi.

Comments anyone?