According to James Cameron’s “Terminator” series, Skynet becomes self-aware and declares war on humankind on April 19, 2011. What’s your favorite science fiction movie? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Game Nut Entertainment, 844 Mass. on April 20, 2011

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“‘Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.’ Darth Maul was a beast.”

— Zach Frost, unemployed, Detroit

“E.T.”

— Lindsay Schell, student, Topeka

“’Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope.’ The original from 1977.”

— Brady, sales clerk, Lawrence

“I really like the science fiction version of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’”

— Hallie Clark, unemployed, Lawrence

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Did_I_say_that 2 years, 1 month ago

Star Trek

psycho_theclown 2 years, 1 month ago

Skynet really exists. It has not become self-aware yet because Ronald Reagan is still alive and is secretly running it. You can still talk to President Reagan if you pass the security screening and agree to having the chip implanted in your brain. He did mention that the earthquake in Japan may have been triggered by a controlled event that was a bit bigger than expected. He's ticked off that Quadafi is still in power and that Charlie Sheen hasn't been committed.

Kenny Nall 2 years, 1 month ago

Battlefield Earth, an aptly named film.

CreatureComforts 2 years, 1 month ago

Seriously? You are the first person I have ever heard put "favorite" and "Battlefield Earth" in the same sentence, unless it's to say "Battlefield Earth is my favorite movie ever ranked as the single worst movie of the 2000s"

gerald_bostock 2 years, 1 month ago

@kufirst didn't put "favorite" and "Battlefield Earth" in the same sentence.

CreatureComforts 2 years, 1 month ago

Eh you know what I mean :)

Catzilla 2 years, 1 month ago

These commenters are so darn pedantic!

jehovah_bob 2 years, 1 month ago

Let's play spot the Scientologist.

BrianR 2 years, 1 month ago

Uh oh, I thought it was just my computer acting up yesterday.

Sigmund 2 years, 1 month ago

The best Sci-Fi movie ever, dunno, but "The Fifth Element" a 1997 French film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson (Nikita, The Professional, District 13), starred Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich (Big Badda Boom!), Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker, is easily in my top 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoKssD...

Also in the top 5 is "12 Monkeys" a 1995 film directed by Terry Gilliam (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Time Bandits, Brazil) and inspired by a 1962 short film "La jetée," and starred Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBNMEwNx9x4

No top five can exclude "A Clockwork Orange" a 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel by Stanley Kubrick (Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket) and starring Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge/Narrator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Xc-9YeWE4

Boosh 2 years, 1 month ago

Met a guy who sounded so much like Gary Oldman in "The Fifth Element" 'twere uncanny.

Majestic42 2 years, 1 month ago

Was he verrrrry disappoINTEEEDDDD!!!!!

Paul Decelles 2 years, 1 month ago

These are good choices. Maybe also add Men in Black and from an earlier time Forbidden Planet.

RoeDapple 2 years, 1 month ago

email issues all day yesterday, but hey it ain't like you all haven't been warned. Bunker is prepped, everything locked and loaded. Bring it. . Oh, the question. Even though Sigourney Weaver is anti gun I can't help but like her in "The Alien" series of films. Rock it Ripley!

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 1 month ago

A Boy and His Dog.

Elrond 2 years, 1 month ago

Tastes like chicken

tomatogrower 2 years, 1 month ago

Wow, LO, finally something on which we agree.

Peacemaker452 2 years, 1 month ago

Great story, on several levels. Also, the only TV series I have ever purchased on DVD.

snap_pop_no_crackle 2 years, 1 month ago

Flesh Gordon

dulcinea47 2 years, 1 month ago

Skynet became sentient back in 1997. Stick with the right movie timeline, people. (The 2011 date is from the failed tv show of a few years ago.)

labmonkey 2 years, 1 month ago

Sarah Connor Chronicles was a very good show. I was sad to see SYFI not pick it up.

Elrond 2 years, 1 month ago

2001 Nothing else comes close.

RushIsRight 2 years, 1 month ago

Dark Star

Bunny_Hotcakes 2 years, 1 month ago

We have to just pick one? Bah. In the spirit of the OTS question, I'll go with my favorite sentient/malevolent computer movie, then.

Colossus: The Forbin Project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus...

Also, you must read "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison. You'll never want to say mean things to your computer again.

Joe Hyde 2 years, 1 month ago

"The Andromeda Strain". Nonstop suspense. I about jumped out of my skin when that particle of lethal material captured by the satellite's filter screen twitched to life under the microscope!

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 1 month ago

T_O_B, A happy Ridvan to you too!

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 1 month ago

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somedude20 2 years, 1 month ago

how in the world did Whitney and her mildly evil band of chimps not catch that ^

he_who_knows_all 2 years, 1 month ago

Christmas On Mars

CWGOKU 2 years, 1 month ago

I can't think about this now, not with the Royal wedding so close...

hitme 2 years, 1 month ago

FTW

somedude20 2 years, 1 month ago

"Aliens"...why don't you put the kid in charge, man "Event Horizon" "The Fly"...remember the Seth Brundle Museum "Blade Runner" is great I liked "The Last Star Figher" as a kid

Marty_McFly 2 years, 1 month ago

Back To The Future

he_who_knows_all 2 years, 1 month ago

My favorite scenes are the ones with Steve Burns from Blues Clues in them.

CWGOKU 2 years, 1 month ago

The kids made me watch the new Tron Sunday night. yawn... I like the original Star Wars. But give me the first Alien movie, I love it when the alien comes out of that dudes stomach. Suspensful movie.

he_who_knows_all 2 years, 1 month ago

Sigourney is hot.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 1 month ago

'One time she told me "You look really pensive."' - Spacehog

I think she was being nice, because using the word "ruminative" would have made you appear more bovine.

he_who_knows_all 2 years, 1 month ago

I saw Steve Burns drinking a beer before his concert at The Bottleneck. That was a great show and his album "Songs For Dustmites" is great.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6259233830042316596#

snoozey 2 years, 1 month ago

Barbarella for frivolity, Blade Runner for noir, Alien for scaring the most hell out of a theater audience, and Star Wars for classic adherence to the genre all get my votes - and in homage to snap, I will drag out my copy of Flesh Gordon tonight.

somedude20 2 years, 1 month ago

Must not forget "The Omega Man" and "Lifeforce." The female vampire from "Lifeforce" was so so beautiful and nude the whole movie. It has zombies in it, destroys Angland and the lady is still naked. Great movie!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeforce_(film)

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 1 month ago

CWGOKU, Have you seen Princess Di's wedding dress at Union Station?

To - Die - For!

Andini 2 years, 1 month ago

Frequency.

Frequency Original Movie Trailer by AL4000K

This movie is one of my favorites of all time.

Royals 2 years, 1 month ago

The 2011 Royals season thus far.

CWGOKU 2 years, 1 month ago

LOL, no Ret I have not... I'll take your word for it and thanks for the heads up. I'll put that on my list of things to do, right after watching paint dry.

Very funny!

shotgun 2 years, 1 month ago

Blade Runner!

Sigmund 2 years, 1 month ago

riverat (Joe Hyde) says… "The Andromeda Strain". Nonstop suspense. I about jumped out of my skin when that particle of lethal material captured by the satellite's filter screen twitched to life under the microscope!"

Which version? The original gets added to my top 5, the TV miniseries is terrible. "What Happened at Piedmont?" http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/sigmu...

Yahweh 2 years, 1 month ago

Space Balls!

rockchalker52 2 years, 1 month ago

Forbidden Planet The Day The Earth Stood Still Close encounters of the Third Kind Mars Attacks Return of the Jedi Plan Nine from Outer Space Planet of the Apes Dune

Also looking forward to Cowboys & Aliens

guess_again 2 years, 1 month ago

Ding Ding Ding, a winner.

Plan Nine from Outer Space! The Day the Earth Stood Still Forbidden Planet

rockchalker52 2 years, 1 month ago

Fantastic Voyage Journey to the Center of the Earth The Terminator series Men in Black

townie79 2 years, 1 month ago

night of the comet

somedude20 2 years, 1 month ago

Nice!!! I had a thing for Catherine Mary Stewart back in the day....."Weekends at Bernies"

labmonkey 2 years, 1 month ago

Anything Terminator, Fifth Element, Mars Attacks, Any Star Trek, and the old Twilight Zone series.

somedude20 2 years, 1 month ago

Sounds like Lawrence. B.O.- the many many hippies and bums that do not clean themselves and stink. People around me do not pick up mr dog's poo and many of the people here are not keen on Mericans

Ahhhhh...I am just being a middle aged grump since I heard that KK Downing was leaving JP

H_Lecter 2 years, 1 month ago

The streets are filled with the poop of the French people, not just dogs. More than once I witnessed the public defecation. I also witnessed public urination that would get us arrested in the USA. I was eating lunch in a park once when a class of primary students appeared with their teacher. The teacher pointed to a wall and every boy in the class lined up and left their mark. Subways, doorways, public streets & alleys. The French are a dirty little people. France is a beautiful country...if we could just get rid of the inhabitants.

BigPrune 2 years, 1 month ago

An Inconvenient Truth, science fiction made to look plausible for the gullible in order to swindle money from and create new industries for suckers including governments.

hujiko 2 years, 1 month ago

Enemy Mine

cait48 2 years, 1 month ago

This!

CWGOKU 2 years, 1 month ago

Happy Hump day

melott 2 years, 1 month ago

Run Lola Run Forbidden Planet War of the Worlds (50's version) The Time Machne (1960 version) 2001 Terminator Alien Starman The Blob (50's)

somedude20 2 years, 1 month ago

10 minutes until 4:20 SpaceHollis

ranger73 2 years, 1 month ago

Oh yeah Spaceballs! "Ludacris speed!"

deec 2 years, 1 month ago

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

cait48 2 years, 1 month ago

I don't think I have ever seen a movie that effected me more than Enemy Mine. The Day the Earth Stood Still comes close to the same theme but it's overly pedantic. Forbidden Planet is a great film and story but it darn well better be. It's Shakespeare. I loved a lot of cheesey fifties SF movies when I was a kid; Them! and War of the Worlds among them. But I never got into the Japanese "Godzilla" style movies. (Will never forget that, in one of them, Godzilla picks up a truck and as the animation moves his arm up to smash the truck down you can clearly see the word "Tonka" on the bottom of the truck.)

Armored_One 2 years, 1 month ago

Good Gods, is no one going to mention Star Trek: The Movie?? V-Ger was just awesome. Excellent metaphor for how we are destroying our future with the technology of today, and yet the technology of today is massively influenced by Star Trek:TOS...

There are movies like Dune, Them, Night of the Lepus (killer, people eating bunnies are just awesome), Maximum Overdrive, The Blob (Steve McQueen version), The Day After (comeon, how many low budget movies actually influence world politics), When Worlds Collide (especially since rogue stars are real, but was only just a theory when the movie was made), Repo, the Genetic Opera, The Faculty, and Ice Pirates...