EW's Top 25 Sci-Fi of the last 25 years

[Fabricated]

This is a good list, because none of the new Star Wars movies are on it. Well, the Matrix is on there but I can forgive that.

If we wanna include anything that has remotely sci-fi elements I'd have to stay that Back to the Future 1/2 belong on there for sure.

[stray]

I resisted the Matrix when it came out. Then after I watched it, I tried to play it off like it wasn't all that.

But really, I was lying. It's just a cool story all around, in a world with characters I wanted to see more and more of.

It's just too bad that everything about the sequels never delivered. Just complete trash really (except Belucci).

[Yegolev]

About Dune, the SciFi Channel miniseries version, which is on DVD in various places, is much better than the David Lynch version.

[Furiously]

I forgot to put Buck Rogers on my list.

Seriously, I love that shit. If there was ever show needing a remake (which, I guess, would be the third time?), then that would be it. There's just too much serious sci-fi out there. We need more intergalactic disco space pimps -- with intergalactic disco space whores. And penis shaped robots.

"Bede bede bede - What a body Buck."

[stray]

About Dune, the SciFi Channel miniseries version, which is on DVD in various places, is much better than the David Lynch version.

Definitely.

I just wish the two could be merged somehow though. Some of the cast was better in the first version. The costumes (especially the stillsuits) and general Lynch green ooze Harkonnen styling was superior than the Sci-Fi version as well.

The Sci-Fi version had it where it counts the most though. The story. It also had the Leto sequels (and the guy who played him was great, I thought).


The original's story was so bad that Lynch himself tried to Smithee it. He shot it to be a long epic (up to 4 hours), but the studio cut it in half. Apparently, the footage still exists, but I doubt he even cares to make a director's cut at this point.

[Furiously]

The original's story was so bad that Lynch himself tried to Smithee it. He shot it to be a long epic (up to 4 hours), but the studio cut it in half. Apparently, the footage still exists, but I doubt he even cares to make a director's cut at this point.

No - he only Smithee'd the 3 hour extended version that made a lot more sense because he disliked the introduction. The four hour version that is probably the best, is still in a vault or in his head. I see the 2 hour version is out on HD-DVD...

[Morat20]

About Dune, the SciFi Channel miniseries version, which is on DVD in various places, is much better than the David Lynch version.

Definitely.

I just wish the two could be merged somehow though. Some of the cast was better in the first version. The costumes (especially the stillsuits) and general Lynch green ooze Harkonnen styling was superior than the Sci-Fi version as well.

The Sci-Fi version had it where it counts the most though. The story. It also had the Leto sequels (and the guy who played him was great, I thought).


The original's story was so bad that Lynch himself tried to Smithee it. He shot it to be a long epic (up to 4 hours), but the studio cut it in half. Apparently, the footage still exists, but I doubt he even cares to make a director's cut at this point.

The Sci-Fi version of Dune was shot on a pretty limited budget -- you could tell. Their Children of Dune had a higher budget, and the guy playing Leto was pretty damn awesome. I actually picked Children of Dune on DVD.

[stray]

Yeah, but I think they made do as best as they could with that budget. Instead of getting a typical film crew, they got a lot of people used to working on stages and plays. So while some parts looked kind of fake, I think they had a certain charm to them. And the lighting in all of those scenes was above and beyond what the typical filmmaker would do.

The original's story was so bad that Lynch himself tried to Smithee it. He shot it to be a long epic (up to 4 hours), but the studio cut it in half. Apparently, the footage still exists, but I doubt he even cares to make a director's cut at this point.

No - he only Smithee'd the 3 hour extended version that made a lot more sense because he disliked the introduction. The four hour version that is probably the best, is still in a vault or in his head. I see the 2 hour version is out on HD-DVD...

Ah. My bad. I thought he was upset with the original too.

[tazelbain]

That list sucks.

Lists suck.

Grats on 2000 posts.

Thanks, I just hit 100 days also.

[stray]

Heh. That's funny. I've got an obscene amount of posts, but I'm still just under 100 days like you (and sometimes I stay logged in while sleeping....that's my excuse!).


If there's anything that illustrates that I talk too much, then that's it. 

[Venkman]

Feh. Newbs.

And I'm not sure if I should be proud :)

[schild]

I'm scared of my "Time of Post" schedule bar graph. Eventually that thing will probably equalize. Go go 4am!

[Murgos]

I thought I had a problem at 38 days, glad to know I'm not quite as dysfunctional as the rest of you.

[HaemishM]

I'm only at 56 days, with an average of 11.21 posts per day.

[Strazos]

60 days, about 10/per.

[DraconianOne]

Awful, awful list.  Sad thing is it's probably quite a good reflection of most of the "sci-fi" dross that's come out over the last 25 years.

If Children of Men made the list then so should Primer and Cypher - difference being no-one saw those two.  Can't believe that Twelve Monkeys didn't make the cut, or Gattaca.