I'm craving some sci fi tonight

agnes · 18 Dec 2013 at 15:29

Suggest a good film/documentary, anything to do with stars, space, galaxies, fictional, non fictional, just anything.

I won't mention what I've seen, I love documentaries that are decent and factual. I love stuff about space!

Kosmiche · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:03

mavity
Moon
2001
Apollo 11
Wall-E
Titan AE
Event Horizon

...just some random ones off the top of my head.

schnoodles · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:08

Forbidden Planet :cool:

lokiss · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:24

Watched Contact last week. If you can manage the slow pace of things, it's not that bad.

Same story with the the europa report. Two films i wouldn't watch again, but kinda glad i did so to speak.

Domo · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:25

lokiss said:
Watched Contact last week. If you can manage the slow pace of things, it's not that bad.

Same story with the the europa report. Two films i wouldn't watch again, but kinda glad i did so to speak.

I think Contact is a great film

Lysander · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:26

schnoodles said:
Forbidden Planet

+1 for this. One of my all-time favourites. An intelligent, atmospheric sci fi.

Or watch Ancient Aliens repeats from the History Channel on Youtube. Lots of interesting factual stuff.

RTXIII · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:36

Domo said:
I think Contact is a great film

Is it just me or does the opening sequence on Contact leave me feeling amazed at how insignificant we all actually are? :cool:

twist3d0n3 · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:51

pandorum

agnes · 18 Dec 2013 at 16:57

Good suggestions, I guess I too am a sucker for eye candy as well, so as much as I love a classic here and there, tonight is a night for eye candy

PaddyMC89 · 18 Dec 2013 at 17:24

Domo said:
I think Contact is a great film

And an even better book.

In relation to that, with more emphasis on the sci and less on the - fi, Sagan's Cosmos is still the best science series ever made.

HungryHippos · 18 Dec 2013 at 17:27

Adding sunshine to the mix.

Steampunk · 18 Dec 2013 at 17:32

PaddyMC89 said:
And an even better book.

In relation to that, with more emphasis on the sci and less on the - fi, Sagan's Cosmos is still the best science series ever made.

It's good, but a bit out of date by now. They didn't even know there's a super-massive black hole at the centre of every galaxy back then! Dark energy, brane theory, variable speed of light, etc, all new since Cosmos.

schnoodles · 18 Dec 2013 at 18:16

Lysander said:
+1 for this. One of my all-time favourites. An intelligent, atmospheric sci fi.

Babylon 5 was heavily influenced by it.

VaderDSL · 18 Dec 2013 at 18:20

If you can, get a hold of From the Earth to the Moon

Was an HBO mini series which details the early American space program, Mercury > Apollo and is pretty damn amazing! Very good production values and in the style of the film Apollo 11 with some pretty big names playing various characters.

CaptainCrash · 18 Dec 2013 at 18:28

schnoodles said:
Forbidden Planet

I first saw that when I was about twelve years old, and it absolutely scared the bejeezus out of me.

Pigeon_Killer · 18 Dec 2013 at 19:14

agnes · 18 Dec 2013 at 20:27

I just finished watching Contact, and wow... What a brilliant film!

agnes · 18 Dec 2013 at 20:31

Pigeon_Killer said:

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SexyGreyFox · 18 Dec 2013 at 20:43

Domo said:
I think Contact is a great film

I've seen it at least 10 times.

Pigeon_Killer · 18 Dec 2013 at 21:04

agnes said:
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only watched the top one and the Stephen Hawkin video but anything made by National Geographic is worth a watch.

I'm craving some sci fi tonight

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