FabSwingers.com forum: Your favourite sci-fi movie or movies?

By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

I was watching Alien, the 1979 movie by Ridley Scott last night. First time I have watched in years. Will watch Alien: Romulus and the TV show Earth sometime this week.

The first Alien is just an all time great. One of those movies, I could over and over and over again. Ages like fine wine.

What is your favourite sci-fi movie or movies?

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By *ensuallover1000Man
24 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The original Star Wars trilogy 😃

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By *heron ShanMan
24 hours ago

Durham

Star Wars TOT, completely changed my life when I was a child seeing them at the cinema.

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

"The original Star Wars trilogy 😃"

Empire Strikes Back is my favourite in the original trilogy 😀

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By *verlasting funMan
24 hours ago

Newquay

The Martian.

More than Alien or Blade Runner, this was easily Ridley Scott's finest hour.

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

"Star Wars TOT, completely changed my life when I was a child seeing them at the cinema. "

I can only imagine what it must have been like to see the original trilogy in the cinema.

I remember seeing Episode 2 and 3 in the cinema. Just amazing really.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
24 hours ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Blade Runner.

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

"The Martian.

More than Alien or Blade Runner, this was easily Ridley Scott's finest hour. "

It is tough for me. I like the Martian and Blade Runner but Alien for me edges it. Especially as I think it was just a masterpiece of creepiness and being absolute terror.

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By *aughtywelsh681Man
24 hours ago

Talbot Green

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By *aughtywelsh681Man
24 hours ago

Talbot Green

All original Star Wars films

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By *MandMMCouple
24 hours ago

Welwyn

Fifth Element, Blade Runner

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By *ANiCURETV/TS
24 hours ago

Winchester

"I was watching Alien, the 1979 movie by Ridley Scott last night. First time I have watched in years. Will watch Alien: Romulus and the TV show Earth sometime this week.

The first Alien is just an all time great. One of those movies, I could over and over and over again. Ages like fine wine.

What is your favourite sci-fi movie or movies?"

Romulus and Earth are my favourites. That eyeball octopus in the sheep was a masterpiece!

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By *007ManMan
24 hours ago

Worthing

The original Star Wars before Lucas added cgi.

For my friends and me it was a game changer as far as cinema goes.

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By *avenwrexham75TV/TS
24 hours ago

Wrexham

I like Alien, but preferred Aliens more.

Maybe it's because I was discovering WH40k at the time and the film had that vibe.

I also love Star Wars...big geek.

Event Horizon was pretty good.

Predator original. Though the recent Prey was also top notch.

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

"I was watching Alien, the 1979 movie by Ridley Scott last night. First time I have watched in years. Will watch Alien: Romulus and the TV show Earth sometime this week.

The first Alien is just an all time great. One of those movies, I could over and over and over again. Ages like fine wine.

What is your favourite sci-fi movie or movies?

Romulus and Earth are my favourites. That eyeball octopus in the sheep was a masterpiece!"

I've never seen Romulus or Earth just yet. Going to watch Romulus tonight and then Earth over the weekend x

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

"I like Alien, but preferred Aliens more.

Maybe it's because I was discovering WH40k at the time and the film had that vibe.

I also love Star Wars...big geek.

Event Horizon was pretty good.

Predator original. Though the recent Prey was also top notch.

I get that. I think I prefer Alien over Aliens as I feel like Alien is more spooky and creepy. But both are great.

Event Horizon is amazing too

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By *avrick72Man
24 hours ago

Pontypool

Battlestar galactica and star wars

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By *eekySweetheartWoman
24 hours ago

Hampshire

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By *i-subhubby.Man
24 hours ago

Ballasalla.

Old B movies sci fi,

The Forbidden Planet

This island Earth.

War of the Worlds.

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By *avenwrexham75TV/TS
24 hours ago

Wrexham

Imo Romulus was good until the last segment..I'm not going to give spoilers but those who have seen it should know the scenes I'm on about..

Didn't really think they were needed .

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By *evious daveMan
24 hours ago

cheshire

the thing kurt russell

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By *ensuallover1000Man
24 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"the thing kurt russell"

And Escape From New York (the sequel, ‘LA’ not so much)

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By *veragecouple2000Couple
24 hours ago

South Wales

The Running Man or Predator I can watch over and over again. Also Demolition Man is another I can watch anytime xx 😘

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By *hunky GentMan
24 hours ago

Ely

Star Wars - all of them.

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By *arrenhertsmanMan
24 hours ago

Hatfield

Rogue one

But maybe top …” Armageddon”. Totally rewatch able film

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By *eardyBikerMan
24 hours ago

nr stonehaven

Forbidden planet

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

"The Running Man or Predator I can watch over and over again. Also Demolition Man is another I can watch anytime xx 😘"

All great stuff. Running Man is just amazing x

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By *ensuallover1000Man
24 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Two modern ones I really liked: Equilibrium with Christian Bale and Predestination with Ethan Hawke (which was also the finest mind fuck I think I’ve ever witnessed in a film)

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
24 hours ago

Lancashire

"the thing kurt russell"

Ohhh how could I forget about that masterpiece

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By *iddlesticksMan
24 hours ago

My nan’s spare room.

The original Star Wars film episode IV but for this thread I’m going with the original Planet of the Apes.

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By *007ManMan
23 hours ago

Worthing

"The original Star Wars film episode IV but for this thread I’m going with the original Planet of the Apes. "

Great choice. I managed to watch it without knowing the ending.

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By *ormalfornorfolkMan
23 hours ago

Norwich

I think Blade Runner. I love the atmosphere and the visuals and the dystopia suits my soul. And I think they may be Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer’s finest hours.

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By *hortieWoman
23 hours ago

Northampton

Robocop.

The original sci fi, with drama, action, satire and horror all neatly tied up in one thoroughly satisfying bundle.

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By *imon_hydeMan
23 hours ago

Stockport

Bladerunner, it's head and shoulders above all other SF films.

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By *arand25Couple
23 hours ago

Crowborough

Watch Project Hail Mary, I think it's on Prime Video, a lot of similarities to the classic The Martian.

Very unusual film but superb!

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By *eltCuteMightDeleteWoman
23 hours ago

Reading

Arrival

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By *avenwrexham75TV/TS
23 hours ago

Wrexham

"Watch Project Hail Mary, I think it's on Prime Video, a lot of similarities to the classic The Martian.

Very unusual film but superb!"

Yes, I enjoyed it a lot...all of the emotions xx

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By *ensuallover1000Man
23 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Arrival"

Is that the Charlie Sheen one?

That was brilliant as I recall 😃

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By *ensuallover1000Man
23 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Fire In The Sky and Communion were both superb (and downright creepy!) alien themed films 👽👽

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By *egnMaxCouple
23 hours ago

East Midlands

Moon. Really underrated and a great performance by Sam Rockwell.

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By *ikerabbits!Couple
23 hours ago

Surrey

Children of Men

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By *avengerMan
23 hours ago

maldon

All of startrek, star gate ,babylon 5 ,

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By *entlemanFoxMan
23 hours ago

North East / London

As a general rule SciFi film I would choose the 1950s War of the Worlds.

As a film that made me think, I would choose Silent Running

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By *dstefiMan
22 hours ago

Solihull

"Watch Project Hail Mary, I think it's on Prime Video, a lot of similarities to the classic The Martian.

Very unusual film but superb!"

Too much Ken In Space and Ryan Gosling being self-consciously cute and funny for my tastes, and while I was excited to see a non-humanoid alien in Rocky, once their jerryrigged universal translator kicked in it became just a.n.other buddy movie with lots of hokey dialogue and the science part of sci-fi taking yet another back seat.

My wife loved it obviously, and I still haven't persuaded her to watch Solaris (1972 Tarkovsky Russian version, not the shite Clooney remake), a film that genuinely addresses the sheer alien-ness and inscrutability of the other, and humanity's confusion when presented with it.

Also by Tarkovsky, Stalker is a mesmerising and even longer watch.

For more Hollywood style of sci-fi, I think Pandorum is a hugely underrated horror style pic, loads of tension building, shock moments and a brilliantly satisfying twist at the end.

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By *dstefiMan
22 hours ago

Solihull

"As a film that made me think, I would choose Silent Running "

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By *oris and doris wolvesCouple
22 hours ago

Wolverhampton

Star trek first contact, Gates McFadden is stunning in it

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By *adame BootsTV/TS
22 hours ago

Tetbury

The Star Wars films, the back to the future films, loved the tremors films as well.

I do most sci fi but struggle with fantasy fiction, if it has a dragon in it I will fall asleep pretty quickly.

Never liked Harry Potter and wouldn't give that woman a penny now.

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By *heron ShanMan
22 hours ago

Durham

"Two modern ones I really liked: Equilibrium with Christian Bale and Predestination with Ethan Hawke (which was also the finest mind fuck I think I’ve ever witnessed in a film) "
Equilibrium is a great movie, good choice.

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By *rinceless PrincessWoman
22 hours ago

Serenity is my all time favourite.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
22 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The 1953 version of, Invaders From Mars: Some might cite it today as a rather heavy handed allegory of America’s contemporary fear of communism but it’s a cracking (and scary!) watch either way 👍🏻

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By *ensuallover1000Man
22 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

The Blob: The 1988 remake is for me, the best version (and I usually hate remakes!) but all versions are a fun watch (and the unnaturally happy song at the end of the Steve McQueen original is blooming awesome!) 😁😁

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By *ools and the brainCouple
22 hours ago

couple, us we him her.

"Moon. Really underrated and a great performance by Sam Rockwell. "

Quality film

Dune part 1 and 2.

And yes I'm a fan of the original

Sunshine is great apart from when it turns into a slasher movie.

Dredd is brilliant.

Not a film but Foundation and The Expanse.

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By *erdyHollyTV/TS
22 hours ago

In a galaxy far far away

Mars Attacks

"Ack Ack"

Especially the bit when their heads explode

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By *hamallamadingdongMan
22 hours ago

London

Predator

Star Wars

Star Trek

Stargate SG-1

Stargate Atlantis

Alien

Jet Li's The One

The Matrix trilogy

So many more...

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By *onin25Man
22 hours ago

Durham

Blade Runner

Alien

Original Star Wars trilogy

The Matrix

John Carpenter's The Thing

Predator

Event Horizon

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By *onin25Man
22 hours ago

Durham

"Moon. Really underrated and a great performance by Sam Rockwell. "

Part of a trilogy, another film and a graphic novel set in the same universe. All written and directed by David Bowie's son.

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By *rizonanMan
22 hours ago

Swindon

"Old B movies sci fi,

The Forbidden Planet

This island Earth.

War of the Worlds. "

Don’t forget Plan 9 From Outer Space or Santa Clause Conquers the Martians

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By *adyBugsWoman
22 hours ago

not local even if it says I am

I just watched the Riddick movies again.

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By *dstefiMan
22 hours ago

Solihull

"Serenity is my all time favourite. "

Good film but a little hobbled by having to be the closure for the frustrated genius that was Firefly, that really should have run for at least a couple more seasons.

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By *-HULLHEREMan
22 hours ago

Hull

Forbidden planet, classic SciFi

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By *rinceless PrincessWoman
22 hours ago

"Serenity is my all time favourite.

Good film but a little hobbled by having to be the closure for the frustrated genius that was Firefly, that really should have run for at least a couple more seasons. "

Oh i completely agree! Firefly was incredible!

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By *onin25Man
22 hours ago

Durham

"Serenity is my all time favourite.

Good film but a little hobbled by having to be the closure for the frustrated genius that was Firefly, that really should have run for at least a couple more seasons.

Oh i completely agree! Firefly was incredible! "

I never watched Firefly. Sort of just passed me by. Might give it a go

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By *dstefiMan
22 hours ago

Solihull

All this talk of films makes me think of the absolutely unfilmable novels, like Stephen Baxter's Xeelee sequence. The one featuring aliens so vast and incomprehensible you literally couldn't fit them onto a screen. That's the genius of literature, making pictures in your mind that can't translate to a 2D representation.

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
21 hours ago

Lancashire

"I just watched the Riddick movies again. "

Damn. Haven't watched those in years

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By *adyBugsWoman
21 hours ago

not local even if it says I am

"I just watched the Riddick movies again.

Damn. Haven't watched those in years "

It was fun! They’re trashy but I love it. I think it was on sky movies

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By *hortieWoman
21 hours ago

Northampton

"Moon. Really underrated and a great performance by Sam Rockwell.

Quality film

Dune part 1 and 2.

And yes I'm a fan of the original

Sunshine is great apart from when it turns into a slasher movie.

Dredd is brilliant.

Not a film but Foundation and The Expanse. "

Check out the film 'Solis'

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By *oul_Man_501Man
21 hours ago

Kent

E.T

☎️ 🏠

🚲 🌕

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By *e-OptimistMan
21 hours ago

Stalybridge

Them

This Island Earth

Conquest of Space

It came from Outer Space

Invasion of the Body Snatches (both)

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By *hoenixxFeatherWoman
20 hours ago

Teesside

Interstellar

Inception

War of the Worlds (1953)

Back to the Future

Starship Troopers

Independence Day

Jurassic Park

Ready Player One

Edge of Tomorrow

A Quiet Place

Shout out for the recent War Machine, too - I thought it was brill.

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By *heekywelshguy87Man
20 hours ago

cardiff

"Interstellar

Inception

War of the Worlds (1953)

Back to the Future

Starship Troopers

Independence Day

Jurassic Park

Ready Player One

Edge of Tomorrow

A Quiet Place

Shout out for the recent War Machine, too - I thought it was brill. "

Yeah… marry me!? 😂 great list of films!

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By *recklesAndGym OP Man
18 hours ago

Lancashire

"Interstellar

Inception

War of the Worlds (1953)

Back to the Future

Starship Troopers

Independence Day

Jurassic Park

Ready Player One

Edge of Tomorrow

A Quiet Place

Shout out for the recent War Machine, too - I thought it was brill. "

Really great choice there. All classics

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By *artorialMan
18 hours ago

weymouth

Avatar - all of them

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By *0ng0 furyMan
18 hours ago

Birkenhead

dark star

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By *elvet RopeMan
18 hours ago

by the big field

Another fan here of Moon- If only for Clint Mansells soundtrack (but the film is just excellent all round)

Glad to also see a lot of love for Forbidden Planet. As important in the history of sci-fi and visual effects as SW, but often overlooked (and a far more cerebral film IMO)

Little disappointed not to see 2001 mentioned much, a true classic in the genre and also film in general

Quatermass and the pit is a great old thriller.

The original Solaris is rather interesting, sometime a little difficult as it can be slow at times, then add in the cultural and language difference of Russia to the west, but certainly a good watch

Repo Man is somewhat strange but very engaging- as you'd expect from a collaboration between Alex Cox & Mike Nesmith

Attack the block proves the brits can still make an excellent and very different sci-fi

Loved The Abyss when it came out, although the effects did look rather dated when i saw it recently

Fahrenheit 451 is now looking oddly prophetic for how America is heading- and most excellent.

Logans Run- mainly for the utterly delicious Miss Agutter

The Fog (original) proper spooked me out as a kid

The Fly- both are equally good. Same story but very different movies. The film noir thriller of the original and the slightly over the top version with Mr Goldbloom

THX1138- Arguably a better film than Star Wars, the latter probably wouldn't have happened without it.

Open your eyes- So much better than the Hollywood remake, even with the delectable Miss Cruz in both versions

12 Monkeys- More from the odd mind of Terry Gilliam, think i prefer Fisher King though

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
18 hours ago

Central

Alien too.

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By *heekywelshguy87Man
18 hours ago

cardiff

Nobody has said Spaceballs…

Spaceballs counts right?

Im picking Spaceballs!

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By *onnyJohnMan
17 hours ago

Doncaster

Event Horizon

Battle Beyond the Stars (a knowing wink to those that know😉)

Dreamcatcher (bit of a mix but it's got aliens in it so it's in)

Critters (hilarious)

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By *rizonanMan
17 hours ago

Swindon

"dark star"

Great film

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By *okingham WillMan
17 hours ago

Moon.

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By *ongandthick888Man
17 hours ago

Leeds

"I was watching Alien, the 1979 movie by Ridley Scott last night. First time I have watched in years. Will watch Alien: Romulus and the TV show Earth sometime this week.

The first Alien is just an all time great. One of those movies, I could over and over and over again. Ages like fine wine.

What is your favourite sci-fi movie or movies?"

Great choices. For me I love a bit of dystopian future. so I’d choose

Blade Runner

Artificial Intelligence (Spielberg/Kubrick)

Minority Report

Total Recall

Children Of Men

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By *tannersMan
17 hours ago

stanley

Tremors 😁

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By *vaRoseWoman
17 hours ago

Ankh-Morpork

Aliens

Star Wars - current favourite is the series Andor

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By *vaRoseWoman
17 hours ago

Ankh-Morpork

Oh and I really enjoyed foundation the tv series

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By *om_38Man
17 hours ago

stoke

Just rewatched all of stargate

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By *illwillwooMan
17 hours ago

leeds

Sunshine

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By *rtydeedsdnedrtcheapMan
17 hours ago

Wirral

Flight of the navigator

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By *tannersMan
17 hours ago

stanley

Galaxy Quest too

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By *entlemanFoxMan
16 hours ago

North East / London

"Interstellar

Inception

War of the Worlds (1953)

Back to the Future

Starship Troopers

Independence Day

Jurassic Park

Ready Player One

Edge of Tomorrow

A Quiet Place

Shout out for the recent War Machine, too - I thought it was brill. "

Some great choices there. We should organise a NE cinema trip.

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
16 hours ago

Home

I'm a trekkie so

TOS

TAS

TNG

DS9

VOY

ENT

DIS

PIC

SNW

PRO

SFA

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By *issolvedOrdersMan
16 hours ago

Bristol

Giving District 9 a shout here, don’t think it’s been mentioned yet, great film

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
16 hours ago

Home

Read that wrong

Star Trek 1 The motion picture

Star Trek 2 the wrath of Khan

Star Trek 3 the search for Spock

Star Trek 4 the voyage home

Star Trek 5 The final frontier

Star Trek 5 The undiscovered country

Star Trek generations

Star Trek first contact

Star Trek insurrection

Star Trek nemesis

Star Trek

Star Trek into darkness

Star Trek beyond

Star Trek section 31

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By *teveB45Man
15 hours ago

Tralee

The Fog was so so good .

Serenity based on the show Firefly

First Guardians of the Galaxy

Most disappointing for me was Battlestar Galactica the more recent one

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By *lackadderMan
15 hours ago

Eastbourne

Blade Runner, the original one.

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By *teveB45Man
15 hours ago

Tralee

Andor season two was actually brilliant. My fav recent one .

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By *ilentrunningMan
15 hours ago

Bridgend/Reading/Liverpool &more

Silent Running, somewhat unexpectedly

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