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And Leslie Neilsen as the completely non-ironic hero.
I always forget that. And that he was the captain of the Poseidon.
I think I still have an episode of COLUMBO on tape where he played a spy who is murdered outside the line of duty by another spy played by Patrick MacGoohan. That episode turned into one big homage to The Prisoner (and I think PM directed it as well).
Yeah, but I wouldn't put it in the top ten SciFi movies.
That's my thought, as well. Where's The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Escape From New York, or The 5th Element?
The Fifth Element should totally be up there.
The Fifth Element should totally be up there.
Visually that movie was cool, but the plot was too goofy. Bruce Willis saves the world by having sex with a supermodel?
There are worse ways to save the world.
Yeah, but... that's even less realistic than sound in space.
Yeah, but it had an opera alien! And... and... and... Milla is hot!
ETA: My Science Fiction movie list isn't all that different. Mine's not in any particular order, though here it is:
Bladerunner
The Matrix
Serenity
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Alien
ET
Children of Men
... that might actually be the end of my list. I can't think of any sci fi movies I really love outside of that list, oddly enough. Unless we're counting X-Men and X2, which makes as much sense as anything, in which case they can complete the list.
Love Fifth Element. It's incredibly goofy, but that's probably why I love it. Plus, the only movie I can remember with techno opera in it.
I play the Diva's performance just by itself sometimes.
But I confess, I love Zorg's "Chaos, disorder, despair" speech, too. "And a tiny miracle ensues."
OK, let me retroactively add The Fifth Element to my quiz answers as "A movie I had to watch multiple times before I appreciated it." First time I saw it, I thought it was a big dumb showy ripoff. Now I really like it.