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ROBOCOP.
According to Verhoeven Robocop is the American Jesus, as the American Jesus would have a gun.

Return of the Jedi is my favourite star wars. Also it has the best special effects of any film ever.

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New Mexico. Look, a UFO!

Based on number of times I've watched it, i'd have to go with:
The Matrix. Hands down.
A close 2nd would be District 9, although I have to admit sometimes I just pop it in and then skip chapters till i get to the end where he pilots the alien Power Armour.

That 30-odd minutes of sessy, head-popping mecha action is better than both Transformers movies slammed together.

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Princeton, WV

Eden Log is pretty good. It starts out a lot like Pandorum.
   
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Scotland

District 9 is a great film but i just can't bring myself to say it is among my favourite Scifi movies as it would be ignoring some classics. Funnily enough distrct 9 to me is very similar to robocop; the grim corporate humour and the cartoonsh Hyper-violence are very Reminiscent of Verhoeven's masterwork.

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Georgia,just outside Atlanta

Gah,My list could go on for a while if I allowed it to...

Blade Runner would definetly hold a top slot,along with Alien and Aliens.

Other favorites would be.

The Andventures of Buckaroo Banzi.
The Fifth Element.
A Clockwork Orange.
A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back
Logan's Run
West World.
The Original POTA..

...Lots more.


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A good mix of action, aliens, explosions and characters. While not the best film in the world, it is probably one of my most re-watched sci-fi films.

   
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Georgia,just outside Atlanta

SilverMK2 wrote:

A good mix of action, aliens, explosions and characters. While not the best film in the world, it is probably one of my most re-watched sci-fi films.



...Yeah,while it's certianly not a "Great" movie...I too find myself watching it quite a bit...the IG/Tyranid feel is just to fun not to watch.


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Barbarella
   
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Georgia,just outside Atlanta

djphranq wrote:Barbarella



...The film which gave Duran Duran their name....and made the playing of an organ extreamly interesting to watch..


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Oklahoma City, Ok.

FITZZ wrote:
djphranq wrote:Barbarella



...The film which gave Duran Duran their name....and made the playing of an organ extreamly interesting to watch..


Which one?!

i think you fine folks have covered my favorites list though! And FITZ, way to go on the Buckaroo Banzi! loved the ending/credits!

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alarmingrick wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
djphranq wrote:Barbarella



...The film which gave Duran Duran their name....and made the playing of an organ extreamly interesting to watch..


Which one?!


All of 'em


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Enemy Mine


Edited to add: Though the Last Starfighter is a close second. Death Blossom FTW!!!

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Georgia,just outside Atlanta

CT GAMER wrote:Enemy Mine



...I really love this movie,and to this day the line " Your Mickey Mouse is a big stupid dope..."..cracks me up.


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FITZZ wrote:
CT GAMER wrote:Enemy Mine



...I really love this movie,and to this day the line " Your Mickey Mouse is a big stupid dope..."..cracks me up.


Yeah, some great dialogue and character interaction to be sure...

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Georgia,just outside Atlanta

CT GAMER wrote:
FITZZ wrote:
CT GAMER wrote:Enemy Mine



...I really love this movie,and to this day the line " Your Mickey Mouse is a big stupid dope..."..cracks me up.


Yeah, some great dialogue and character interaction to be sure...


Definetly,there are some really fantastic moments between "Jerry" and Darwich...it's one of those films that I always enjoy watching...no matter how many times I've seen it.


"I'll tell you one thing that every good soldier knows! The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force!" .-Ursus.

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Maryland

The Host
Aliens

Blood Rouges 10K+
Hive Fleet Unyielding 5.5k
 
   
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Realm of Hobby

yeh, Just reading up about these on Wikipedia makes me wanna watch many of these...

Going to track down Eden Log and Ice pirates today...

MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)

Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is
But we're not that bad... are we?
 
   
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I've always liked Men in Black.

These may not be my favorites or even that good, but they make me smile when I think about them.

They Live
Flash Gordon
Jason X

dwarfs, wood elves, dark elves, bretonnians, WOC,
space wolves, orks, eldar 
   
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New Mexico. Look, a UFO!

Ooooh, I forgot The Thing!

VoidAngel wrote:And there are no stupid wars, only stupid hippies.

In that foulest of ages, this ship had hung in the skies above Holy Terra as the world's atmosphere burned. Its name was Ashallius S'Veyval, in a dead language, from a dead world. In Imperial Gothic, it translated loosely as Echo Of Damnation.

Thank Heaven! The crisis --The danger, is past, and the lingering illness is over at last --, and the fever called "Living" is conquered at last. 
   
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Dude, you guys are totally lame with all your nonsense movies. Aliens? Why have mere Aliens when you can have

Evil Aliens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91umuPYc6Nc


And how about eXistenZ? Mutant lizard guns that shoot human teeth? Check.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYRoF0PYVs
   
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Oklahoma City, Ok.

Bromsy wrote:Dude, you guys are totally lame with all your nonsense movies. Aliens? Why have mere Aliens when you can have

Evil Aliens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91umuPYc6Nc


And how about eXistenZ? Mutant lizard guns that shoot human teeth? Check.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYRoF0PYVs



I have to admit, i'd never heard of either one. but after seeing what you posted, i'll be checking both of those out.

"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC

"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC

 
   
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Alien is the best ever. They even look like Nids.
   
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Oklahoma City, Ok.

Conservationist wrote:Alien is the best ever. They even look like Nids.


Actually wouldn't nids look like them?

"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC

"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC

 
   
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My own personal favorite list:

Alien/Aliens
5th Element
Starship Troopers
Dark City


im sure there are a couple more that i have forgotten right now.
   
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Princeton, WV

Boba Fex wrote:Ooooh, I forgot The Thing!


Yes! That is a great one. I actually started John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy last night. I watched The Thing first and plan on watching Prince of Darkness today followed by In The Mouth of Madness.
   
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Mad Max series.

Flash Gordon is also Awesome.

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CT GAMER wrote:Enemy Mine


Edited to add: Though the Last Starfighter is a close second. Death Blossom FTW!!!



aweome +1


 
   
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Hyenajoe wrote:



Funny thing.

I went into JB Hi-Fi today and they said this movie will not be released on DVD in AUS until next month... even though it is released in 2007... WTF?!

Also, apparently, Logan's Run is only available on BluRay, which means I need to wait til I buy a new PS3.

and... Ice Pirates is a Special order title... meaning Im looking at $60 if I wanna watch it once.

MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)

Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is
But we're not that bad... are we?
 
   
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Amiens -France-

I forgot Mad Max 2, and the four Alien movies.

Also, I'd like to mention this one:





 
   
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Ensis Ferrae wrote:My own personal favorite list:

Alien/Aliens
5th Element
Starship Troopers
Dark City


im sure there are a couple more that i have forgotten right now.


5th Element is classic.

Mad Max/Road warrior: while awesome are not Sci-Fi in my mind...

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