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CorvidMP wrote:This right here-






Changed
My
Life

Seriously

Absolutely.

That and this:

http://youtu.be/23SVHUPrUJ4

are the source of my forum/gaming name... tribute to Bladerunner and Thunderdome... obscure but I like it.

Agree with MeanGreenStompa B5 had some great and epic moments,........that one with G'kar and Londo,...superb,.............

One i think has also great epic moments is stargate;

Battlestar Galactica ( new version ).. when starbuck remembers the song and enters to coordinates to new earth into the computer.

SO EPIC.

KGatch113 wrote:

Anyone complaining about poor writing and wooden acting in the prequels for Star Wars better add TNG and B5 to those posts.

The new Trek was ridiculous. They are going to give the newest and best ship in the fleet to a guy right out of the Academy? Are you kidding me?

I havent seen it, and with all Ive heard about it not only do I not want to see it, I also ignore its existence.

On a side note, talking about Star Wars, this is one of my fave moments/scenes of the series.

Remember this episode?

I have some of the board settings turned off for work, you can imagine why.

I'm not certain if anyone mentioned the opening / title song to "Highlander."

+1 to the guy on page1 who simply stated
"Death Blossom"

Off the top of my head;

Stargate Atlantis, when they cluster-nuked the Replicator home-world. Later that episode with the crazy space laser pounding the city shields. Great CGI, proper application of advanced technology and no sissy holding back. I mean really, when do you see someone deploy a friggin CLUSTER NUKE?

Another favorite Stargate Atlantis moment is the fleet battle over the Replicator homeworld later that season. Wraith, Traveller and Earth fleet fighting Ancient designed replicator ships is one of the best space battles I've seen in awhile. Won some awards for this episode if I'm not mistaken.

Star Wars space battles. I love space combat, especially the Star Wars way. The battle over Coruscant was particularly awesome. RoTJ battle over Endor was great as well.

Starship Troopers; Assault on planet "P". The bugs attacking the walls while the marines are desperately holding them back waiting for evac. I think this is the reason I started playing Tyranids in the first place. When Ranek looks over the walls and realizes they aren't going to win, he's just like..."crap"...Excellent CGI considering it's now 14+ years old.

I could go on I'm sure, but those are some of my favorites.

No doctor who references except that one I did on page 1? Dammit. wellp, back to mah british tv

Coolyo294 wrote:Helsreach, the battle for the Temple of the Emperor Ascendant.

I agree.....but

No doctor who references except that one I did on page 1? Dammit. wellp, back to mah british tv

Well, anything with a Dalek in it of course . I just thought that went without saying.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:

KGatch113 wrote:
I'm guessing you didn't stay to watch the last 3 minutes of the film.

Battlefield commisions, especially those that you know.. 'save the whole shebang' you stand for, tend to stick.

You've got to admit how Kirk got it was silly.

He cheats on an optional 'unbeatable' test he's retaking for the third time, then gets an immediate public trial with everyone in the academy present. During the trial he demands to know who his accuser is (and fully expects the right to know), and argues with him over what the test the guy made means. While still under suspension he gets his friend to stow him away aboard the ship.

When he figures out what's going on he decides that instead of trying to help the vulcan homeworld they should leave them to their fates and, I dunno, go home?

Because his dad was a hero (I guess it's a genetic traight) and captains in star trek are either the protagonist or killbait his captain names him first officer (existing chain of command ranks next leader on the ship till redshirt four thousand five hundred and twelve) and then leaves the ship expecting to be murdered.

Spock, upon becoming acting captain by his rank and after suffering insubordination and an attempted mutiny from kirk (who has decided their lone ship can take on the big bad even though HE was against going anywhere near it when they were still in the company of a star fleet and the big bad effortlessly annihalated the entirety of that starfleet), jetisons the maniac on an ice world. Kirk moans about Spocks conduct violations and is then attacked by a blood monster.

Things happen.... Kirk is somehow back on the ship and goading spock into attacking him by saying terrible things about his lineage hours after he (Spock) has seen his mother die in front of his eyes. Spock decks him and then decides he (spock) is unfit for duty. Forgetting that convicted offciers aren't allowed to lead unconvicted officers, everyone decides kirk is now captain. Spock has a change of heart about himself and gets first officer back, they go and beat the big bad.

Yeah, that movie murdered my suspension of disbelief early on and spent the rest of it's time mutilating the body.

Movie: Vasquez bellows "Let's rock!" and opens up with her MG.

(start at 1:47. Shinji Ikari, one of the most derided characters in anime, makes audiences just stop in sheer surprise by growing a pair)


Oh, and for Serenity fans, "...fire at the reavers. Fire at the reavers! Fire at anything! SOMEBODY FIRE!" Seeing the Operative finally panic was really kind of awesome.

This entire movie was the greatest sci-fi moment for me.
Second was Tears in the Rain.
Third was

And tired with third was



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thechosen1 wrote:Movie: Vasquez bellows "Let's rock!" and opens up with her MG.

(start at 1:47. Shinji Ikari, one of the most derided characters in anime, makes audiences just stop in sheer surprise by growing a pair)

Spoiler:

Give me...Ayanami back!!!

Oh, and for Serenity fans, "...fire at the reavers. Fire at the reavers! Fire at anything! SOMEBODY FIRE!" Seeing the Operative finally panic was really kind of awesome.

Oh gak I totally forgot about that scene. One of the greatest "NO, YOU!" scenes in cinema.

^best part of EoE:

The ending of planet of the apes by Pierre Boulle.

Ascalam wrote:I was trying to forget that. they remade that. The original rocks!

I'm assuming you're talking about John Carpenter's "The Thing", correct? It's also a remake, of a movie from 1951 called "The Thing From Another World" (www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/)

Sorry, couldn't resist

I'll be back later with an actual favorite sci-fi moment of my own, when I can use a keyboard and not a phone's touchscreen...

"There's too many of them" (speaking of which, the scene with the A-wing pilot who spins into the star destroyer in ROTJ was sweet)

tv series :LEXX unless you've seen it, words cannot describe




movie : ESB : approx 1:47min is golden. Matrix trilogy as well, especially remember the conversations after coming out of the theatre




game : MGS 4. Though this was after waiting how many yrs for Kojima to get it going. Most epic ending ever. Recently too, Deus Ex Human Revolutation was awesome.

ONE!!! TWO!!!! THREE!!!!!! FOOOOOOOOUUUUUURRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paul Atreides blind, and no longer prescient, sees through the eyes of Leto and throws his knife into Scytale.

I had thought it was over for sure....

Book: Enders Game when Ender realizes the simulations were actual battles he commanded.
TV: Twilight zone episode where Burgess Meredith is a bookworm, the last person on Earth, and after collecting all the books he breaks his glasses.
Movie: Space Battleship Yamato when Wildstar pilots the Yamato in a suicide charge against the last Deslok ship and saves the Earth; his last thought being Yuki (the girl) but never knowing she was preggers with his son.

Well as far as 40k goes, I would have to say the end of the Souldrinker series in Phalanx was pretty awesome....


The last great Sci Fi moment I can think of currently was a 2 part episode of Voyager involving a ship that altered the course of time. It guest-starred Kurtwood Smith (Robocop, That 70's Show) I hadn't watched the series after season 2 so I am catching up on Netflix. This was truly a pretty epic story. Also if you ahven't seen the movie Moon, I recommend it. It's an homage to truly great Sci-Fi in regards to Aasimov and Sagan and Moorcock. Also if you haven't read Moorcock's Novella~ Behold the Man you are truly missing out.

Loved this part of Appleseed.




And from Akira.

From when I was a kid, for nostalgia's sake: the moment Vader decides to pick up and toss the Emperor into the shaft.

From more recently: Yoda's lightsaber fight!

I have a new favorite moment.

In the Lonesome Road, when you finally confront Ulysses in the missile silo.

A computer, yay!

My Favourite Sci-Fi Moment ...Ever!™ is from Ghost in the Shell (the film, although the manga's awesome), when Kusanagi fights the spider tank near the end of the film:

Kusanagi dodges shells from the tank by doing somersaults up a staircase, right after that there is a shot of the tank's rounds hitting the wall behind her. There is an evolutionary tree of life sculpted on the wall and the shells tear it to pieces. That one shot of the tree is my favorite moment. Still get goosebumps just thinking about it.

Well, that's my 2 cents...

That is totally awesome.
Then she rips her arms out of the sockets trying to pull the hatch open.

She is one of my favourite sci-fi ladies.

"Lt JG Ruth Orithis, TFN Reserve...."

TiB wrote:I don't get all the hate for the Star Wars prequels.
I rather liked them.I think many people say they don't like them just because it's in vogue.
Can someone explain to me why they're so bad? (Your answer can't be 'Jar Jar Binks')

To start, Jar Jar Binks

To continue on:
1 - Midichlorians

2 - The entire relationship between Anakin and Amidala. So incredibly uncomfortably written. Here's a few of my favorite gems which made me think "seriously...? Has George Lucas ever talked to a woman..?"

Anakin: "You are so... beautiful."
Padmé: "It's only because I'm so in love."
Anakin: "No, it's because I'm so in love with you."
Padmé: "So love has blinded you?"
Anakin: "Well, that's not exactly what I meant."
Padmé: "But it's probably true."

or

"From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again... I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you—I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating, hoping that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me... what can I do? I will do anything you ask."

Lucas tried WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to hard to make us care about that relationship. From the ridiculous dialogue to the tumbling around on an open field rolling through the grass cliches.

3 - The lightsabre fights. I will give phantom menace credit - it is probably THE BEST lightsabre fight of ALL of the movies. It was amazingly choreographed and properly done. Very little CGI used.

Let's look at some of the better ones:



I remember watching Jedi and Empire as a kid and thinking how claustrophbic it would feel to fight in those narrow areas and in the dark vs a beast like Vader and how terrifying it would have been and how brave Luke was.

Now to watch some of the worst ones - digitally, they look alright, BUT they are all cgi with flashes of camera shots of the villains face (Palpatine looks like a old man taking a dump ... they are horribly editted with terrible camera effects and lighting and just an improper use of angles.



Don't even get me started on how disappointing the Grevious fight was... Yeah, Dooku trained you real well and all you do is spin your lightsabres like a windmill... what hes cutting off your hands and you aren't changing your strategy? Oh well hope for the best!

Truth be told - I didn't MIND Phantom Menace, but the other 2 were just abominations to watch. Terrible casting, and terrible acting. Natalie Portman is quite a fantastic actress but she certainly wasnt used to her potential in this.

Lucas is terrible when it comes to his own movies. I believe he didn't actually WRITE the first 3 movies (Ep 4-6), he came up with the idea and oversaw the process, but other people put it together, whereas with Ep 1 -3 he spearheaded everything himself, and it shows with the degrading quality.

This short is exactly how I see how everything plays out in his mind

Hmm... I feel moved to do a top ten.

1. Going back to the future - Back to the Future
2. Luke not being pushed into the sarlacc - Return of the Jedi
3. "That cant be. That's inside the room." - Aliens
4. Flying the Millenium Falcon out of the exploding Death Star - Return of the Jedi
5. "But Captain Solo, the odds of successfully navigating and asteroid field are approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!" - Empire Strikes Back
6. The escape from New Caprica - BSG Season 3
7. The flower next to ET's "dead" body coming back to life - ET
8. The revolving corridor fight - Inception
9. The dropship deployment - Starship Troopers
10. River Tam "does the math" and shoots three guards with her eyes closed - Firefly