My Favorite SF films

My Favorite SF films

With prometheus coming up im ispired to write my top 10 up becuse prometheus is sure to bump something out. Pretty much based on art direction.

No particular order….

Metropolis - continues to inspire me again
Alien - The best ever alien other than the thing
5th Element - heavy metal magazine come to life
2001 - one of my fave ever cinematic works
Star Wars - Although Empire is the best of series
Forbiden Planet - proto star trek meets shakespere, best robot ever
Terminator 2 - Actualy takes a good film up some notches
Starship Troopers - read book and forever war by joe halderman - skip second film, 3rd ok
Logans Run - Dystopian post apocalypse - great actors
Blade Runner - Syd mead design

Some Noteworthy Runners Up….

Flash Gordon - Silly, fun, pretty - some of original pre war series - sorry if you liked original comic
Space BattlshipYomato - could have been awesomeseries but went for shitty end
Aliens - fun but more lowbrow than original
Quatermass and the Pit - many versions of quatermass - pre dr who super boffin from uk
Dr Who Dalek movies - i like peter cushing - better thant the pant origfinal episodes 
Day Earth Stood Still - Actually like update in many ways but original is fun
Moon - old fashioned thinking 70s sf - actualy less boring than what it imitates
Star Wars Series - original 80s versions, some of the computer games are better than films
Brain Storm - new media - conciousness tech changes the world - proto cyberpunk
Wrath of Khan - villain one of best ever actors in franchise
Pandorum - Actually should be in top 10 - best in recent years
Green Slime - 60s action fun - gogo girls and tentacles
This Island Earth - Flawed but some of the best 50s aliens ever
Matrix part - one nice - rest mostly just killed it exept a few good outfits
Silent Running - Mandatory viewing in school when i rule world
Outlander - fail at box office but is one of best this decade

ark near Future - tech noir and urban dystopia
Judge Dredd - Pretty awesome world - i have 2 books of making art - shit acting
Demolition man - Sly proving above film his worst ever acting can ruin a film
Running Man - fun
Robo Cop - no2 was frank miller shit so you can skip it
12 Monkeys - actually a very good film - i should see original
1984 - one viewing enuff - shame eyrthmics soundtrack versiuon not released
Brave New World (tv movie) - but read tye book and island by same author 
Soylant Green - big fun proves cannibalism sells - coming to diner near yoyu
Westworld - micheal chriton first themepark of future gon wrong 
RollerbalI - arty end credits middle of film tricked me for years
I Robot - well resolved future 
Minority Report - well resolved future 
Real Steel - rockemsockem robots made me cry
Johnny Mnemonic - souless keanu plays blank slate automaton - shit villain death ruins

best apocalypse…

Mad Max2 - cars and gang violence world - why cant australia make a good film since
Death Race 2000 - silly future sport - newer movies ok
Book of Eli - best christian movie ever
Boy and His Dog - great film - end is awesome pre screen test era gold
Omega Man - 70s version prefered - ill wait for pre screen test version end for moder one
Planet Of The Apes Series - gotta love apes - this was starwars of its day - tv series good
The Postman - good even though mid west rock music - waterworld ok in bits
Salute of the jugger - post apocalypse sport - vampire aristocrats living in underground cities
Hell comes to frogtown - 60s pulp at finest
No Blade of Grass - could happen any time
Escape From New York - increasingly silly films but first is great

SF Greatest Monster & Aliens attack 
really disaster (easily replacable with volcano) or war or spy dramas

Invasion of the body snatchers - both versions - ripe for remake
Earth Vs Flying Saucers - Better than independance day by a mile -
I Married a monster from out of space - at least he wasnt a non-white gay commie terrorist
War of the Worlds - Both fims good
Kronos - Collosal alien machine comes to harvest planet - like marvels galactus
Preditor Series - I like all - no 2 was cut in cinema within a week wow
Aliens Series - overworked series but aliens is must see more war movie than horror
The Blob - teens in hotrods batte rthying from space
Them - mutant ants gone wild - remakewould be gold
Godzilla, Gamera and king Kong - any big monsters smashing buildings ok with me
The Thing - best alien ever
Skyline/Battle For LosAngelese/Independance Day/battleship - aliens attack

Best steam punk - overlaps with “lost world” alot

WIld Wild West - TV show fun - movie a few years aheasd of its time
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City - writers of dr who created
First Men In the Moon - great movie - nice but pointless remake in last few years more miserable
Journey to The Centre of The Earth - i love this
20 000 Leagues - needs a remake 
Mysterious Island - the sequel - good cartoon i remember too - an ok recent remake
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - not as good as comic but ok
The Lost World - Jurrasic park of the pre war age - killed now by racism
Cowboys vs Aliens - despite awful business and marketing antics an enjoyable film
Secret adventures of jules verne - ok canadian tv series

Troy Mclure Films

The Land That Time Forgot - big fun - biplanes vs dinos
The People that Time Forgot - uboats vs dinos
At the earth Core - loved molemachines and hollow earth as a kid
Warlords of Atlantis - ripping fun - dinosaurs, atlantis, aliewns, octopi

Kids SF

Flight of the navigator
Explorers
ET

Comedy

Galaxy Quest - better than most star trek films in a love filled homage
Mars Attacks - See the original norman saunders and other topps trading cards
Men In Black - both melt into each other as first has a shitty climax|
My Science Project - teen science goes wrong
Dark Star - great stuff

Best TV

Dr Who
Original Battlestar Galactica
Blakes 7 - Best SF serial ever - Anti star trek drama
Buck Rogers - Didnt really know what it wanted to be actors writers producers all battling
Flash Gordon original serials and filmation cartoon ignore recent one
Land of the Lost - Episodes by Norman spinrad and Larry Niven
Lost In Space
Max Headroom - Best Cyberpunk world ever on screen
Red Dwarf - better sf ideas than most shows - even copied by trek
Quark - cute comedy space gargage men
Sanctuary
babylon 5
Saul of the Molemen
Seaquest - didnt know what it wanted to be but i prefered to next generation
The Middlemen
The Outer Limits
The Starlost - tried to be silent running
The Tommorrow People

Gerry Anderson Shows - from maker of thunderbirds

UFO - GoGo girls in space best music and alien fighting ever
Space 1999 - Tried to be 70 serious then went italian crazy - best spaceships and sets ever
Fireball XL5 - Great cheezy kids fun
Captain Scarlet - Scariest kids show ever - new 90s version is fab
StingRay - Underwater submarines battle fish men nations
Joe 90 - Boy computer programed by dad to go on deadly spy missions
Space Precinct - Family cop drama in space with puppet aliens cops and humans

ill do best superhero - SFof the body next time - now its own genre hooray at last