 March 24, 2008 - 1:23pm | I just posted something that brought back some great memories of one of my favoritehard sci-fi movies of all time: Runaway, with Tom Selleck as a bomb squad cop and Gene Simmons (of KISS) as one of the best terrorist villains in cinema hisory. I must have watched that movie a few hundred times when I was a kid. I wish I owned it on DVD. We're just barely one step removed from that today. Other favorites of mine include the obvious: Blade Runner, Alien, Aliens, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Serenity, and I'm sure there's plenty others that aren't coming to mind at the moment. |
 November 15, 2010 - 3:29pm | I think you mean John Carpenter's The Thing "Hey guys I wonder what this does"-Famous last words "Hey guys, I think it's friendly." -Famous last words "You go on ahead, I'll catch up." -Famous last words "Did you here that?" -Famous last words |
 November 20, 2010 - 3:53pm | D'oh!! Yeah.  View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
 December 8, 2010 - 9:20am | BooYah! No kidding! I was going to add that one, along with: Robinson Crusoe on Mars. You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley |
 December 9, 2010 - 6:15pm | I am jumping into this late but seems we had gotten way off subject. Quick look at definitions we find: Hard science fiction, or "hard SF", is characterized by rigorous attention to accurate detail in quantitative sciences, especially physics, astrophysics, and chemistry, or on accurately depicting worlds that more advanced technology may make possible Many of the movies listed above while quite good and not hard SF. Aliens, Terminator, Tron, Star Trek, Serenity, Babylon 5, The Last Starfighter all are soft science fiction which may describe works based on social sciences such as psychology, economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. And I will say it again (I say it alot) Star Wars is a fantasy of dualing wizards fighting over the heir with help from the princess and a couple of rogues, a sidekick and a jester. It should NEVER be considered Sci Fi of any kind. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
December 14, 2010 - 12:06pm | BooYah! No kidding! I was going to add that one, along with: Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Hah! I beat you to it on the previous page.  View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
 May 5, 2014 - 3:52pm | Ok this is a bit of parody and cheese lampooning Star Trek, sTar Wars, and Alien and I never saw it. Reading the plot in wikipedia was a little bit painful... However I LOVE this movie poster Its very Boris Vallejo and Princess of Mars in its vibe.  I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 May 7, 2014 - 11:45am | For me, my "hard" sci-fi selection are:
 Hands down, the sexiest movie poster would be the unproduced Hammer film When the Earth Cracked Open. (I wish they made something of it) Damn, that is one sexy outfit!  |
May 7, 2014 - 6:31pm | @ Malcadon: I got to dispute with you about "When the Earth Cracked Open", Hammer clearly liked putting boob out there on his movie posters but then he was operating in Great Brittain. for me the difference between something like "Galaxina" and "When the Earth Cracked Open" based just on the movie posters is the difference between a beautiful nude and a Penthouse centerfold. Each will have interest but one I might pay the price of admission to view at a museum. I'm not sure that Galaxina is the sexiest movie poster ever but I'm pretty sure its sexier than a Hammer movie poster for the simple fact that it doesn't show boobs where as most Hammer posters simply put the boobs out there and bare and not much effort in making the image artistic. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
May 7, 2014 - 10:19pm | Cool your jets, Jedion. It was a joke. I thought you would enjoy the eye-candy and a laugh an that spacesuit that is barely even a bikini (no prop, as long she has a space helmet, she'll do fine LOL). By the way, one beef I had with the Star Trek movie reboot — besides all that distracting lens-glare — is that the new Kirk was completely unrepeatable to me. He comes off as a smug douchebag. It is like he is trying too hard to be like the original Kirk, but without the charm, or humility that rounded him out. He almost feels like a Garry Sue with how Pike elevates him as a guy with great potential to be a great starfleet captain, to the point of being given command of an entire starship despite being a wet-behind-the-ears cadet. I found the first villain (whoever the hell he was) to be a more developed and repeatable character then him, and that guy was just a forgettable piece of cardboard cut in the shape of a man and marked with greasepaint! Besides the those flaws, I still found the movie enjoyable, and the rest of the cast were a great selection — especially Karl "The Nerd Trifecta" Urban, who ate up the scenery. |
May 8, 2014 - 1:20am | OK, I suppose I should have realized that you were serious. RE: Carl Urban My youngest has hasnt yet realized that Eomer of LotR is Dr. McCoy, though we just had a moment last night when Pirates of the Carrib was on and she said, "that guy sounds like Legolas" I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
