[Jimmy]

Duke 3D and Doom have about the same amount of story. There are cutscenes at the end of each episode (though in Doom they aren't visual, just a few paragraphs explaining what happened and what's coming up next.) It's really about the same.

[ReaperMan]

Jeff, on 02 February 2012 - 03:55 PM, said:

I just received a beta invite to test a very special game that's coming out in March I believe. My brother was so jealous when he found out.

Whats the game?

[Jeff]

Diablo 3

[Hendricks266]

I did some research, and the Australian version of Duke 3D actually has a difference in the title screen:

[Lunick]

[Micky C]

Makes me want a mini-mod where the screen sans HUD is flipped upside down

[Green]

What's a kick ass sci-fi movie?

[Micky C]

Galaxy Quest is a pretty good parody of Sci Fi shows like Star Trek, it stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman. It's mainly a comedy, but has its moments with Action scenes as well.

[Sangman]

A person asks for good sci-fi movies and the first thing that pops up (while it's an ok movie, don't get me wrong) Galaxy Quest? Really?

12 Monkeys
Children of Men
Dune
Escape from New York
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Oddyssey

These are just a few that come to mind right now

[Jimmy]

Sang mentioned some good ones, but the first to come to mind was Alien. It's hard to really pick out a good list though, because sci-fi is such a varied genre. I mean They Live and Starman are both sci-fi... but very dissimilar!

[Kathy]

It was a magical experience. I never thought I would see a movie so grand in scale yet so pure in art form. When I first saw it in 2004+ my jaw dropped. I can't imagine what people in 60s experienced while watching. The movie looks so fantastic that it visually stood the test of time. Which is unheard of for a sci-fi movie in space. Even today you can recommend it as a perfect looking sci-fi movie.

[The Commander]

Hendricks266, on 03 February 2012 - 12:00 AM, said:

I did some research, and the Australian version of Duke 3D actually has a difference in the title screen:

What?
No, slouch hat, shrimps on the barbie or Dingos with babies?

Also he isn't holding a Fosters...

[Mike Norvak]

Sangman, on 03 February 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

A person asks for good sci-fi movies and the first thing that pops up (while it's an ok movie, don't get me wrong) Galaxy Quest? Really?

12 Monkeys
Children of Men
Dune
Escape from New York
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Oddyssey

These are just a few that come to mind right now

Has almost nothig to do with the ones you listed but don't forget Gattaca. Yeah also Alien.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

Cody, on 03 February 2012 - 10:56 AM, said:

Also he isn't holding a Fosters...

That doesn't come as a surprise to me. I don't think anyone would be caught dead holding a Fosters.

[Ronin]

Green, on 03 February 2012 - 01:05 AM, said:

What's a kick ass sci-fi movie?

I highly recommend "Moon" by Duncan Jones (David Bowies son). Its a good story presented well.

[LeoD]

Green, on 03 February 2012 - 01:05 AM, said:

What's a kick ass sci-fi movie?

You should have made a new thread for that.
Here's my list (alphabetical, to be completed...):
2001
The Andromeda Strain
Blade Runner
Dark Star
District 9
Gattaca
Metropolis
Solaris (1972)
Total Recall
Welt am Draht (1973, German), after Daniel F. Galouye's Simulacron-3 (later film: The 13th Floor)
Westworld
X-Men

Most SF movies do not age very well since they usually reveal much more about the present than the future.

I think science fiction is more a setting than a genre. There is horror, action, comedy, ... and Flesh Gordon.

When I was a child I once watched a Russian(?) SF movie on East German TV about a boy who discovered a stone containing a million year old extraterrestrial probe. Does anybody know the title?

[ReaperMan]

LeoD, on 03 February 2012 - 01:02 PM, said:

... and Flesh Gordon.

I don't even want to know.

[Green]

ReaperMan, on 03 February 2012 - 01:22 PM, said:

I don't even want to know.

[Kathy]

 LeoD, on 03 February 2012 - 01:02 PM, said:

Solaris (1972)

Quite honestly I would recommend both of them. Soderberg's is quite mesmerizing.

[Jeff]

Guy impersonates Hulk Hogan

This is hilarious.

[ThePinkus]

 Sangman, on 03 February 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

A person asks for good sci-fi movies and the first thing that pops up (while it's an ok movie, don't get me wrong) Galaxy Quest? Really?

12 Monkeys
Children of Men
Dune
Escape from New York
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Oddyssey

These are just a few that come to mind right now

STAR WARS
(the original trilogy)
(the podrace in Episode 1 is also pretty cool)

[Jeff]

 ThePinkus, on 04 February 2012 - 11:04 PM, said:

STAR WARS
(the original trilogy)

The original trilogy is only available on VHS I believe. The current trilogy is the one with the new effects/scenes (for DVD and Blu-ray).

[Micky C]

I'd be very, very surprised if the original star wars trilogy wasn't released on at least DVD at some stage.

[Kathy]

It was released several years ago on dvd with source being laserdisk versions(which are old) with a shitty letterbox. Pretty much unwatchable now. The logic in not releasing it in a good quality is beyond me. For example, all versions of BladeRunner were remastered and released in HD. Even the so-called shitty one.

Bottom line, I'm now buying SW blu-rays. Change in RotJ is unbearable.

[Master Fibbles]

Which change in RotJ? I know I saw that they swapped puppet Yoda in the pretrilogy for CGI, did they do the same in the original trilogy? I also know that they cut the original Anakin Skywalker actor out and shopped whatshisface from the pretrilogy into the final scene.

Also, everyone knows that Han shot first in A New Hope, because he is a badass.

[Hendricks266]

 Mr.Flibble, on 05 February 2012 - 08:50 AM, said:

Which change in RotJ?

See Helel's video one post down.

Spoiler

They made Darth Vader say "No.... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" before throwing the Emperor down the shaft, instead of him staring and suddenly turning against his master.

[Kathy]

 Mr.Flibble, on 05 February 2012 - 08:50 AM, said:

Which change in RotJ? I know I saw that they swapped puppet Yoda in the pretrilogy for CGI,

Only for the 1st episode(the other two had cgi Yoda already). The puppet was shittier looking than in original trilogy thus good riddance.

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I also know that they cut the original Anakin Skywalker actor out and shopped whatshisface from the pretrilogy into the final scene.

Yep, they did it for dvd release, but it's nothing compared to what they did with the culmination of RotJ in the Throne Room. It's like Lucas tries to come up with more sinister ways to alter the movie just to enrage people.

You have been warned!

Spoiler

P.S. Oh, Hendricks would you mind deleting your description of the moment? I'd like for people to actually see the change without knowing. So much more hurting...

[Inspector Lagomorf]

 Hendricks266, on 05 February 2012 - 08:55 AM, said:

They made Darth Vader say "No.... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" before throwing the Emperor down the shaft, instead of him staring and suddenly turning against his master.

I happen to think that change was made simply to spite the original trilogy fans.

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P.S. Oh, Hendricks would you mind deleting your description of the moment? I'd like for people to actually see the change without knowing. So much more hurting...

I thought it was common knowledge anyway.

[Master Fibbles]

Eww.

[ThePinkus]

Don't forget Jar Jar Binks' final line at the end of RotJ