Hello :)

I was wondering if you could answer these questions.
If I could get your name and if you are an teenager, adult... that would be great and if you don't want too say that, then thats okay too.

These are the questions:
1. What is the most impressive sci-fi movie of all time?
2. Three words to describe the movie?
3. Why was the film impressive?


Thank you very much

KBizz

1. What is the most impressive sci-fi movie of all time? Altered States
2. Three words to describe the movie? Trippy, interesting, thought-provoking.
3. Why was the film impressive? Just watch it, you'll see why.

Timer

ok cool

Timer

ok cool

Kyrcant

2001: A Space Odyssey.
Evocative, accurate, breathtaking.

Bradley P

I'm Bradley, an Adult male. More info is in my Answers Profile.

And I'm torn, between an old favorite and a new inspiration. It's a tie.

The Old Favorite:

1) _Blade Runner_.
2) Decadent and Gritty.
3) This movie impressed me because the setting was *so* well-conceived and realistic. Every detail was attended to, everything was in place as if the city and its people had been there for years, living there. And the plot and characters were challenging--the edits of the movie that stayed closer to the novel's ending really did make you think about what makes a human being a *person* and not a machine. Oh, and the machines....yummy. Slick, decadent and very well done. For years (as a kid) I wanted to be a replicant when I grew up. Then (as a man) I wanted one for my girlfriend, never mind the "expiration date".

And....the tie.

The New Inspiration:

1) _The Matrix_. (mainly the first film though you can count the second as well)
2) Futuristic, Philosophical Kung-Fu. OR.... Indirect _Terminator_ Sequel.
3) It opened up a whole new *genre* of film, really: The Cerebral, Futuristic Kung-Fu Film. It did that and did it passably well (for the first two movies at least). And, on top of that, the film dared to have it all: To be a Thinking Man's film that did in fact entertain as well. That was and is a rarity these days. _The Matrix_ got people talking about philosophy who hadn't been talking about it for decades, the movie made it hip to know what Plato's "cave" was, what the whole "heads in jars" business meant. And it almost single-handedly brought the kung-fu movie back from the dead. And it also offered timely commentary on this internet and what it means for the real world "outside".

It was a big, ambitious movie that did a lot of things passably well, at least at first. That was its only flaw really--it was too ambitious and there was no way in hell the third film could live up to its own hype. But what a way to go out, eh?

That's it for me. My apologies if other, darker films (2001, the _Alien_ trilogy) didn't make it, but honestly...I rather like my sci-fi to be thoughtful *and hopeful* too.

john

Blade Runner - based on Philip K. Dick's "do androids dream of electric sheep"

Next is Total Recall - strangely enough another Philip K. Dick. I didn't the movie was that great but there were some really cool parts that tricked you.