Blade Runner Is The Best Sci-Fi Film

[AcquiredTarget]

well according to the Guardian UK (http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1290561,00.html) it is. I disagree. I think its the #2. I think this is the best sci-fi flick (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/)

What are your picks?

[Octocamo]

You're both wrong... Of Course it's The Matrix. ;)

[Duality]

I don't quite agree with the article. I'm not sure I consider Blade Runner pure sci-fi.

Its hard to place a real science fiction film, though. Much of what is science fiction is really a completely different genre placed in a scientifically fictional setting. For instance, I consider Star Wars a fantasy film, The Matrix films as primarily action (I discount much of the pseudo-philosophical and religious iconography).

That doesn't mean much to me, because Blade Runner is still far and away one of my favorite movies ever. There isn't a film in this world that has come anywhere close to matching Vangelis' work on the Blade Runner soundtrack. And I'm a sucker for film noir inspired works, as well as cyberpunk.

I would say 2001 is the best pure (or hard) science fiction, as it ascribes to real-world physics as much as possible. For example, getting Boeing and IBM to supply technical documents for the possibilities of the technology used in the film.

That said, I agree that many of the films in that list do deserve recognition for being great films with all of their own merits.

[Digital*Firefly]

I think this is the best sci-fi flick (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/) Goog God no!

It's a tough call, there's like 4 or 5 that are all really good for different reasons. Alien, Starwars, 2001, Matrix

[AcquiredTarget]

In terms of pure science, I agree, 2001 is the One as it is very well grounded and feasible. How far off can you be with Boeing and NASA contributing?

I consider films like Blade Runner to be more like speculative science fiction as it speculates a future with what are essentially clones. Also, as far as I've been able to determine, I'm the only who likes the voice over narration from the theaterical release (but then I'm also the only one who likes Hudson Hawk) in addition to the director's release.

A movie I was a little disappointed that they didn't list was The Shape of Things to Come (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028358/) based on the HG Wells book. That one falls under the specaulative column for me.

[MusicFan]

You're both wrong... Of Course it's The Matrix. ;)You are both wrong because it is La jetée.

[Digital*Firefly]

here's #1

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/17/37/71m.jpg

[Arandar]

I never did get that whole Star Wars really is fantasy thing. I always considered space stuff to be Sci-Fi and mideval type stuff as Fantasy. Either way though I suppose it doesn't matter since to me they are basically interchangeable since I love both of them so much and they are my two favorite genres for books and movies. So I suppose I just count them as one category. Besides at B&N we just put them all together, not split them up.

Oh and I would say Star Wars since that is a great movie and my fav of all time.

[Green]

You are both wrong because it is La jetée.
I saw the last 10 minutes or so of that on IFC or Sundance and I was intensely intrigued.

I don't think 12 Monkeys was a half-bad reinterpretation of that subject matter either, even if they were worlds apart style-wise.

[Tulare]

Blade Runner was great. The best, who knows, but great. For me, I may have to go with Ghost in the Shell.

[Auf_Der_Maur6]

I think "The Day the Earth Stood Stil" is the best IMO.
2001 is second, then the underrated Silent Running is third.

I had a hard time understanding Blade Runner, but reading the original story helped.
I thought they were going to make a special edition DVD of Blade Runner a couple years ago.
A Ridley Scott commentary would be great.

[MusicFan]

I think "The Day the Earth Stood Stil" is the best IMO.
2001 is second.Holy fuck, I forgot about TDTESS, that would be my first in a tie, and 2001 would be somewhere on my top 5.

[TwiztidICP]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[8x11]

I still believe Blade Runner is the best science fiction film of all time. Ridley Scott did such a fantastic job on the production and the imagery, that no other film in the sci fi category has come close. The musical scores were also well done and really set the mood for the film.

The Director's cut of the film is still the best(I saw the 'Uncut' version on Spike and I kept asking myself why).

[dl4ndow]

I don't quite agree with the article. I'm not sure I consider Blade Runner pure sci-fi.

Its hard to place a real science fiction film, though. Much of what is science fiction is really a completely different genre placed in a scientifically fictional setting. For instance, I consider Star Wars a fantasy film, The Matrix films as primarily action (I discount much of the pseudo-philosophical and religious iconography).

That doesn't mean much to me, because Blade Runner is still far and away one of my favorite movies ever. There isn't a film in this world that has come anywhere close to matching Vangelis' work on the Blade Runner soundtrack. And I'm a sucker for film noir inspired works, as well as cyberpunk.

I would say 2001 is the best pure (or hard) science fiction, as it ascribes to real-world physics as much as possible. For example, getting Boeing and IBM to supply technical documents for the possibilities of the technology used in the film.

That said, I agree that many of the films in that list do deserve recognition for being great films with all of their own merits.

I agree totally here. The best sci-fi movies also cross genres. I won't rehash what is said in the quote because it is a very good statement. Blade Runner is one of my all-time favorites as well.

[Snowmiser]

The movie dissappointed me after reading the novel.