Favourite Monster/Scifi Movie?

[carlsagan]

Jeepers Creepers 1 and 2!<br /><br />http://www.myspace.com/jonathanbreck

 

[vogon13]

The Omen (the seventies one)<br /><br />Alien and Aliens (the rest suck)<br /><br />The ultra contrived death scenes in Final Exit 1 and 2 were good.<br /><br />Viewed as a time travel entry, Memento is incomparable.<br /><br />Best 'creepy' aliens (as opposed to 'scary') would be the ones in Dark City.<br /><br />The movie that does the best job of making human beings seem alien would be David Cronenberg's Crash (not the Crash that did best picture last year)<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

Not so sure I would consider Memento a time travel movie... just a unique way of unraveling the storyline. Fantanstic movie, btw. Have you seen Primer? Low budget, but unique way of looking at time travel.<br /><br />Combining both genres, I would 2nd Vogon's pick of Alien. I also like Jurassic Park if you consider dino's as monsters.<br /><br />Stand alone Sci-fi: Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, 2001, but If I had to pick only 1, I would go with Contact.<br /><br />Good old fashioned monster movie? Kinda hard to pick as I'm not a huge fan, but The Fly (Goldblum remake) was cool, though that's a bit of a sci-fi/monster combo. Can I pick Silence of the Lambs?... Lecter was quite the monster. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[drwayne]

Lector/Hopkins does an excellent job of being what they call in wrestling parlance (yes, I am falling back on a pro wrestling term for sci fi here) - a "cool heel".<br /><br />Hopkins pulls it off much better than the other guy who played Lector in "Manhunter"<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

Memento is certainly open to interpretation.<br /><br />I saw it as time itself messing with Mr. Shelby.<br /><br />There is a Star Trek: Voyager episode with a character that feels time is out to thwart his plans to resurrect a lost wife.<br /><br /><br /><br />Just like the time travel genre and thought Memento could be looked at as a particularly bizarre entry into a category already rife with oddiments.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[Aetius]

Gamera! The rocket-propelled, 300 meter-long flying turtle from outer space is my favorite.

 

[drwayne]

I loved the Gamera movies when I was a kid.<br /><br />Always wanted to see Gamera versus Godzilla.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[qso1]

Started my science fiction interest on monster movies. My childhood favs were "The Creature from the black lagoon trilogy, Beast from 20,000 fathoms, Forbidden Planet. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[Aetius]

The final episode of MST3K made a reference to "The Crawling Eye", right at the end of the show. I somehow think they covered that one. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[avidgamer]

I have to go with:<br />Body Snachers<br />Godzilla.<br />And<br />The Thing.<br />

 

[vagueship]

Tammy Baker of Joan Rivers

 

[Aetius]

Tammy Faye Bakker in full 1980s makeup! Stephen King himself couldn't think of anything so terrifying! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[ladyleviticus]

Well my favourite movies are Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, Revenge Of The Sith. Star Trek Movies, Planet Of The Apes.

 

[Aetius]

Yeah, as sci-fi movies go, I'd have to say "The Empire Strikes Back" is really my favorite.<br /><br />But Gamera's <i>still</i> my favorite movie monster.