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In Reply to: RE: Doncha love lists? The Thinking Person's Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies posted by Harmonia on January 08, 2009 at 23:47:26

There are only a handful of movies that are real scifi. It's a rarity.
2001, Contact, a few others.
Not really enough to make a list.
Which raises the question as to what is real scifi. Scifi is about the effect technology, or changes related to some development related to tech.
In 2001, we explore the solar system and encounter an alien race.
We could get that far out with current technology. We aren't culturally
ready; but we could have done it years ago.
In Contact, Sagan imagines a message from Space. I liked the book and loved the movie. Want to guess how many movies dive into the politics of science? The movie shoves the uncertainty and questioning front and center.
There are a bunch of movies that live on the border. Clockwork Orange, Andromeda Strain, etc. I really shouldn't exclude Andromeda Strain.
If it wasn't written by you know who I probably would put it on the list, cheese and all.
Clockwork Orange is in with a bunch of dystopia films. One of my favorites is Cherry 2000 :) Now there's a classic... The problem with the ones like Clockwork Orange is that they are more of the same. Brainwashing is hardly new.
The problem with may of the others is that they are dead ends. Yes, civilisation could collapse. But you have to remember I have been reading dystopia fiction for over 40 years. That's a long time, and enough books to sink the Titanic, and dys ain't dat, if you get my drift...

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