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re: Name a better science fiction movie than contact
Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:15 am to Retrograde
Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:15 am to Retrograde
Contact is perhaps my least favorite "sci-fi" movie of all-time, so it's pretty easy.
I mean, the new Independence Day was terrible, but it was better than Contact.
I mean, the new Independence Day was terrible, but it was better than Contact.
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Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:21 am to Dizz
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Starship Troopers
This may be the #1 one listed in the thread so far.
I will say that Contact is pretty underrated though. It gets shite on by most and it just doesn't deserve it IMO. Hell, even South Park got some shots in on it.
I remember people generally hating the ending. But I actually thought the ending was really good and made the most sense. I think people just were pissed they didn't get to "see the aliens." And I understand that (and don't disagree fully). But the cliffhanger it ends on with the 18 hours of static is great.
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the new Independence Day was terrible
Man, that's a bad bad movie.
This post was edited on 5/3/23 at 10:22 am
Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:27 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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The opening scene is, imo, one of the most important and significant scenes on film.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:31 am to Retrograde
star wars
sunshine
interstellar
Dune
2001
alien
aliens
arrival
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Event Horizon
Martian
Moon
i don't dislike contact. it's just meh. If we're going in the same vane, Arrival is insanely better.
sunshine
interstellar
Dune
2001
alien
aliens
arrival
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Event Horizon
Martian
Moon
i don't dislike contact. it's just meh. If we're going in the same vane, Arrival is insanely better.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:51 am to Retrograde
I remember watching Event Horizon about 20+ years ago and liking it. I rewatched it yesterday, and it sucks.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:54 am to Retrograde
Red Planet.
Carrie Ann Moss getting out of the shower scene alone makes it better than Contact.
Carrie Ann Moss getting out of the shower scene alone makes it better than Contact.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:05 am to CocomoLSU
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quote:
the new Independence Day was terrible
Man, that's a bad bad movie.
It was awful. I can't even remember anything about it, honestly, except that it was bad.
But as bad as that was, I literally got up and left Contact in the theater. I did suffer thru it later, but I just freaking hate that movie.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:19 am to 0x15E
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Interstellar
The Martian
Both are in the same theme as Contact. More grounded in Sci than the Fi.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:24 am to Retrograde
Man, I love “Contact”. It is one of my favorite 90s movies. It is not even a top 10 all time science-fiction movie. Great movie though and it generated one of my favorite South Park jokes.
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Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:36 am to Retrograde
Posted on 5/3/23 at 12:29 pm to Retrograde
I probably know what you mean. Although I'm not positive if you meant the quality and enjoyability of the movie or the purity of it as science fiction is defined as a genre.
Hard Science Fiction means using only accurate depictions of scientific phenomenon and then doing the "what if?" story that naturally follows.
GATTACA and The Martian are really good examples. Most of Contact is too. Especially when you look at the method of first contact that Sagan knew so much about.
Hard Science Fiction means using only accurate depictions of scientific phenomenon and then doing the "what if?" story that naturally follows.
GATTACA and The Martian are really good examples. Most of Contact is too. Especially when you look at the method of first contact that Sagan knew so much about.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 12:52 pm to Retrograde
Andromeda Strain
Frankenstein (original)
The original The Thing or even the 80’s version.
Sci-Fi doesn’t mean “in space”.
Frankenstein (original)
The original The Thing or even the 80’s version.
Sci-Fi doesn’t mean “in space”.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 1:49 pm to Retrograde
Posted on 5/3/23 at 2:11 pm to nateslu1
Was coming to post this. I can rewatch that movie over and over.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 7:44 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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More grounded in Sci than the Fi.
Maybe The Martian.
But there’s a lot of fiction (albeit well-researched) in Interstellar.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 7:52 pm to Retrograde
Superbabies : Baby Geniuses 2
Posted on 5/3/23 at 10:35 pm to Retrograde
Blade Runner
The Thing (original)
Aliens
The Thing (original)
Aliens
Posted on 5/4/23 at 5:40 am to Mr. Misanthrope
I like Contact. I have been to see the Very Large Array and Arecibo (or what’s left of it) and thought of the movie both times.
I’m also an atheist and science teacher and identify pretty closely with Arroway’s stance on religion.
I’m also an atheist and science teacher and identify pretty closely with Arroway’s stance on religion.
Posted on 5/4/23 at 8:13 am to Retrograde
Spaced Invaders
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