Let's all read this list and then fight about it!
The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies
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tommyrot - Aug 04, 2009 11:53:23 am PDT #3291 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amy - Aug 04, 2009 11:56:27 am PDT #3292 of 30000
Because books.
Let's all read this list and then fight about it!
::loves tommy::
DavidS - Aug 04, 2009 12:21:47 pm PDT #3293 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
From the epic philosophical ideas of 2001: A Space Odyssey
WTF? What epic philosophical idea? "This movie is best watched while epically stoned."
Is there even one idea in 2001? Aliens started evolution? Astronauts get turned into ginormous babies? Flushing the toilet in space is complicated? Don't let the computer control the space locks?
tommyrot - Aug 04, 2009 12:24:03 pm PDT #3294 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Um... if aliens help us evolve, we'll just use our new powers for evil? Like, killing each other?
OK, not hugely profound. Maybe a wee bit profound.
tommyrot - Aug 04, 2009 12:26:54 pm PDT #3295 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Um... no matter how advanced our technology becomes, eventually we don't notice anymore and just talk about what sandwiches are available?
Scrappy - Aug 04, 2009 12:27:46 pm PDT #3296 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Everything is nicer when listening to a waltz?
tommyrot - Aug 04, 2009 12:29:59 pm PDT #3297 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How about a nice game of chess?
Wait, different homicidal computer.
Kathy A - Aug 04, 2009 12:45:31 pm PDT #3298 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Joshua wasn't homicidal! He was misunderstood--he just wanted to play a game.
"Greetings, Professor Falken."
megan walker - Aug 04, 2009 12:49:01 pm PDT #3299 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm actually surprised at how many of those I have seen, given that I'm not a big sci-fi fan.
Kathy A - Aug 04, 2009 12:56:25 pm PDT #3300 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I finally looked at that list of SF films--finally, a list comprised of a majority of films I've actually seen!! I was quite surprised that I've seen as many of those as I have (54 of them).
ETA: Or, what megan said!! I didn't think I was that big of an SF fan as a kid, but I guess I was. Weekend afternoon UHF channels exposed me to films like Them!, the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Heston's Omega Man and Planet of the Apes, and Silent Running.