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I just love to be entertained and I'm a bit of a science fiction nut so I thought I'd start a few threads off on the subject of science fiction films with the aim of trying to figure what we think the best science films are.
Now I happen to think that earlier films are very different from later films ... the later ones have bigger budgets and SHOULD be better but often aren't so I've arbitrarily drawn a line at 1970 to distinguish the two periods (I'll listen to any reasonable argument as to why I should shift that or why I shouldn't do it at all).
Unless anyone objects I will be judge and jury on what is or is not science fiction ... as far as I am concerned neither horror nor sword & sorcery are science fiction.
Anyway, the following is a list of all the films I recall seeing that were made before 1970 so please feel free to add ones you know. Once done I will put these up in a voting format that I think works quite well with the aim of establishing our all time favourite within that time period. Please feel free to add films you remember from that period.
* The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
* The Thing from Another World (1951)
* When Worlds Collide (1951)
* It Came from Outer Space (1953)
* The War of the Worlds (1953)
* Conquest of Space (1954)
* The Quatermass Xperiment (1954)
* This Island Earth (1954)
* Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
* X the Unknown (1956)
* Quatermass 2 (1957)
* The Blob (1958)
* The Fly (1958)
* Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
* The Time Machine (1960)
* The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
* The Day of the Triffids (1962)
* Battle Beyond the Sun (1963)
* X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
* Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
* Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
* Invasion (1965)
* Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
* Fantastic Voyage (1966)
* They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
* 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
* Barbarella (1968)
* Planet of the Apes (1968)
* Quatermass and the Pit (1968)
* Doppelgänger (1969)
* Moon Zero Two (1969)
Kyu
I just love to be entertained and I'm a bit of a science fiction nut so I thought I'd start a few threads off on the subject of science fiction films with the aim of trying to figure what we think the best science films are.
Now I happen to think that earlier films are very different from later films ... the later ones have bigger budgets and SHOULD be better but often aren't so I've arbitrarily drawn a line at 1970 to distinguish the two periods (I'll listen to any reasonable argument as to why I should shift that or why I shouldn't do it at all).
Unless anyone objects I will be judge and jury on what is or is not science fiction ... as far as I am concerned neither horror nor sword & sorcery are science fiction.
Anyway, the following is a list of all the films I recall seeing that were made before 1970 so please feel free to add ones you know. Once done I will put these up in a voting format that I think works quite well with the aim of establishing our all time favourite within that time period. Please feel free to add films you remember from that period.
* The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
* The Thing from Another World (1951)
* When Worlds Collide (1951)
* It Came from Outer Space (1953)
* The War of the Worlds (1953)
* Conquest of Space (1954)
* The Quatermass Xperiment (1954)
* This Island Earth (1954)
* Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
* X the Unknown (1956)
* Quatermass 2 (1957)
* The Blob (1958)
* The Fly (1958)
* Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
* The Time Machine (1960)
* The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
* The Day of the Triffids (1962)
* Battle Beyond the Sun (1963)
* X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
* Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
* Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
* Invasion (1965)
* Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
* Fantastic Voyage (1966)
* They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
* 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
* Barbarella (1968)
* Planet of the Apes (1968)
* Quatermass and the Pit (1968)
* Doppelgänger (1969)
* Moon Zero Two (1969)
Kyu
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Where those who are hacked off with the stupidity of irrational belief can vent their feelings!
Come over to the dark side, we have cookies!
Kyuuketsuki, AngryAtheism Owner & Administrator
