ST Alpha - "pixie - a list in no particular order of 20 sci-fi movies from the 1990s I consider better than either Starship Troopers or The Fifth Element " (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 156

pixie - a list in no particular order of 20 sci-fi movies from the 1990s I consider better than either Starship Troopers or The Fifth Element

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Feb 16 '11, 11:05

this is off the top of my head, and I stopped at 20

The Matrix
Iron Giant
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Jurassic Park
12 Monkeys
Independence Day
Army of Darkness
Back To The Future III
Armageddon
Dark City
City of Lost Children
Mars Attacks!
Men In Black
Stargate
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Galaxy Quest
The Arrival
The Truman Show
Gattaca

Responses:

... Galaxy Quest is a good point, though. I'd concede that that is indeed better than Troopers and Fifth Element (and Armageddon) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:12 7
- he's in your corner, crash! -- nm - moles Feb 16, 11:14 6
  - you're so wrong even Bery has turned on you -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:19 4
    - I haven't turned, I'm simply conceding that it would require a complex multi-input mathematical model to finalize the one true best scifi movie - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:24 3
      - Flip a coin 3 times. First one is Alien/Aliens. Second is Terminator 2/Jurassic Park - Will Hunting Feb 16, 11:28
      - Aliens. There, all done. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 11:26 1
        
        but with what I have in mind, I could aggregate by decade. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:28
  - This is giving me an idea for an ST side project. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:15
Richard Gere finding hooker Julia Roberts isn't Sci-Fi? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 16, 11:11 2
- Fantasy -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 11:12 1
  - :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 16, 11:13
(Also: Mars Attacks was a shitfest) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:11
Matrix, T2, JP, Dark City, MIB, ID4, Galaxy Quest, Arrival, Stargate. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 11:09
Oh, dear. No, no, no... Mars Attacks is clearly inferior to Fifth Element. They both suck hard, but MA sucks more hard. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 11:09 2
- Mars Attacks is intentionally stupid. That is the main difference to me -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:10 1
  - The only good thing about Mars Attacks was Jack's line that referenced Meatloaf -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:11
yeah i don't see any, other than Matrix, that i would actually rate higher than Fifth Element - moles Feb 16, 11:07 12
- T2 -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:17 4
  - if you get past the revolutionary CGI for the time, it's basically a remake of the first one with the kid -- nm - moles Feb 16, 11:19 3
    - And the entire humanity aspect of the robot becoming more human..... - Will Hunting Feb 16, 11:21 1
      - its the implication that he considers the Fifth Element original that boggled me -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:22
    - omg -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:20
- Iron Giant isn't better than FE? And you want to write screenplays? I weep for Hollywood. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 11:12 6
  - I agree that Iron Giant is better, but I don't even understand why Truman Show and it are on this list. There is no commonlity there. -- nm - David Feb 16, 11:17 5
    - sci-fi is a shorthand for science fiction - elements of science fiction include.... -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:18 4
      - You wanted to pad your list and was hoping nobody would call you on it. -- nm - David Feb 16, 11:19 3
        
        if I wanted to pad a list, I'd go with Toy Story and Edward Scissorhands -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:21 2
        
        or Truman Show -- nm - David Feb 16, 11:23 1
        
        the alternate world of Dark City made me think of the dome in Truman, take that off then and throw something else up like Total Recall -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:28
I would only count Matrix and JP as better than Troopers and 5th element. -- nm - Loyola Feb 16, 11:07
I enjoyed parts of each in the second half of that list but Fifth Element is still better. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 11:07
wow. wonder what kind of crazy stuff the put in the water out where you live - decline Feb 16, 11:06 2
- okay, I'll grant Mars Attacks is questionable, but it does show the disdain I hold for the two movies in the subject line -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:15
- Men In Black is a huge yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 11:11
You lost me at that crapfest Armageddon. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 16, 11:06 7
- Yeah. Terrible movie. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 11:14
- its funnier than Fiftth Element, it has more action than the Fifth Element - the only thing FE ties on is Bruce Willis -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:09 5
  - I like Fifth Element and Armageddon both. I'd generally rather re-watch Fifth Element, though. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:10
  - The ONLY thing Armageddon has going for it - Strongbad Feb 16, 11:10 3
    - please don't tell me you think the plot of FE was brilliant -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 11:13 2
      - yes, for a sci fi movie, it is a great plot -- nm - moles Feb 16, 11:15
      - Of course not. - Strongbad Feb 16, 11:14
I'm glad Boise State choked. -- nm - David Feb 16, 11:06

Post a message top

pixie - a list in no particular order of 20 sci-fi movies from the 1990s I consider better than either Starship Troopers or The Fifth Element

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.