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Chukma!
Allow me to be the 1st dorkette to post on this thread...
Sci-fi fan from way back - I remember watching the original Star Trek series with my dad when I was probably 4 years old.
Hard to narrow it down on some of these topics, but I'll try...
I did like the Matrix, and thought the 1st one was much better than the sequels, but I would say the best sci-fi film ever was Star Wars, episode 4. This one pretty much singlehandedly resurrected the sci-fi film, basically invented modern-day special visual and audio effects and also managed to bring back the big orchestral movie score - what would we do without John Williams? Consolation prize would go to Minority Report - really great concept, great storyline, awesome chase scenes and some really snazzy effects.
Best effects... hmm... tough one. Terminator 2 had some awesome effects, what with that evil terminator that could shapeshift, so did Blade Runner. As far as scaring the crap out of you, though, Aliens scared me even more than the first Alien movie did. I literally was on the edge of my seat through that one.
Dumbest movie - well I didn't pay to see this one at the theater, but did pay to rent it (does that count?) - Spaceballs with Mel Brooks, et. al. It was funny, but in a stupid sort of way...
Cutting edge movie that looks lame - probably Tron, although I thought it was kind of lame even when it first came out. Disney didn't think so, though, and even had a ride at Disneyland for a while based on the film.
Best series - well, I already mentioned Star Trek, the original. In my series' continuum I would have:
1. Star Wars I through VI, with #1 and #6 being my favorites.
2. Star Trek Voyager - Capt. Janeway royally kicked butt, not as militant as Capt. Kirk, but definitely not as pacifistic as Capt. Picard.
3. Battlestar Galactica - the new Sci-Fi channel series.
4. Star Trek: The Next Generation.
5. Star Trek (original series)
6. Space 1999.
7. Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Never got into Star Trek: Enterprise.
And I guess the campy sci-fi series award would have to go to Lost In Space - why Will Robinson was always in so much danger, I'll never know...
So, may the force be with you, (or the Schwartz), live long and prosper, and boldly go where no one has gone before, and all that...
Great thread! Thx!
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