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Neil deGrasse Tyson's Top 10 Sci Fi/Fantasy Films
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:05 pm
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I like big-budget science fiction films. My list, with two exceptions, bears this out. I want science fiction films to stretch the talent and imagination of visual effects experts. And the film above all else should create a vision of the future we either know that we don’t want, or know that we do.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Terminator (1984)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Contact (1997)
Deep Impact (1998)
The Matrix (1999)
The Island (2005)
Watchmen (2009)
Runner-up…
Blade Runner (1982)
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Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:06 pm to Green Chili Tiger
quote:I'm glad to see this one on the list.
Watchmen (2009)
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:07 pm to Green Chili Tiger
quote:This movie kind of sucked.
The Island (2005)
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:07 pm to Green Chili Tiger
No Alien or Aliens?
I cannot trust this man.
I cannot trust this man.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:09 pm to Hoodoo Man
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This movie kind of sucked.
I was shocked it made the list and even more by his comments about it.
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The Island (2005): Apart from too many minutes of gratuitous chase scenes, I think this movie is profound in its message as well as visually stunning. A rare study of science in the service of vanity, mixed with an exploration of corporate profits, human identity and free will. I’ve always viewed “Gattaca” (1997) as a lower-budget cousin of this film.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:13 pm to Green Chili Tiger
The island over alien? Oooooook
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:14 pm to Green Chili Tiger
quote:Wasn't this a Logan's Run knockoff?
The Island (2005)
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:24 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Anyone here watched The Quiet Earth? Looks interesting.
This post was edited on 6/9/14 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:24 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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I was shocked it made the list and even more by his comments about it.
quote:
The Island (2005): Apart from too many minutes of gratuitous chase scenes, I think this movie is profound in its message as well as visually stunning. A rare study of science in the service of vanity, mixed with an exploration of corporate profits, human identity and free will. I’ve always viewed “Gattaca” (1997) as a lower-budget cousin of this film.
I almost posted "How can he choose The Island and leave off Gattaca?" It just doesn't make sense.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:36 pm to Green Chili Tiger
quote:ive seen this guy all over the place. Does he have a show or something that's worth watching? Is he like a black bill nye? Educate me.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:39 pm to drexyl
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Neil deGrasse Tyson (/'ni??l d?'græs 'ta?s?n/; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. From 2006 to 2011, he hosted the educational science television show NOVA ScienceNow on PBS and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Since 2009, he has hosted the weekly radio show StarTalk. In 2014, Tyson began hosting Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, an update to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) television series.[2]
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:41 pm to Green Chili Tiger
The Island isn't a terrible choice. It suffered like Sunshine in that it's a great movie that falls in the end. In the end for Sunshine is the last 15 minutes. In the End for Island is the last 40.
I'm surprised Sunshine didn't make his list though.
I'm surprised Sunshine didn't make his list though.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:42 pm to TigerinATL
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I almost posted "How can he choose The Island and leave off Gattaca?" It just doesn't make sense.
Well, he states that he likes big budget movies over smaller films, but... I don't get it. Gattaca is superior to the Island in almost every way, and it's not like it wasn't a mainstream Holly wood film with professional effects. Big fan of the movie.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:46 pm to Baloo
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Well, he states that he likes big budget movies over smaller films, but... I don't get it.
The same could be said for his inclusion of Contact. That was a big budget movie that had about four minutes of big budget feel.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:50 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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I’ve always viewed “Gattaca” (1997) as a lower-budget cousin of this film.
$126M - The Island budget
$36M - Gattaca budget
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:51 pm to Green Chili Tiger
I'm sure he will get criticism for Contact, but I think that movie is great.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 4:55 pm to CocomoLSU
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I'm sure he will get criticism for Contact, but I think that movie is great.
+1
I love that movie
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:00 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Scarlett Johansson>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Uma Thurman. Maybe this was the deciding factor. I can understand this. 
This post was edited on 6/9/14 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:02 pm to abellsujr
quote:Going to include Gattaca also. Each have their own premise, although all 3 are connected together with the protagonist defying conformity.
The Island (2005)
Wasn't this a Logan's Run knockoff?
I understand why Tyson would like the idea of The Island, but the movie wasn't very good. It was okay. Logan's run - one of my favorite movies and TV shows from my youth - wasn't especially good either. Gattaca is IMO hands down the best movie of the 3.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 5:03 pm to abellsujr
I don't get all the hate for The Island. While it did get "Hollywooded" up, there is quite a great story in that film.
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