This is a great list, but to choose just ONE, hands down it's "Forbidden Planet". Without question, the most impressive Sci-fi film ever produced by a major studio (MGM), it more than holds up today. Watching my blu ray every so often, I always say "how did they do this in 1956?" Script, actors, story and of course special effects are still remarkable. Here's a clip of some of the recent special effects giants commenting on the special effects in the film.... Also, the electronic tonalities created by Louis and Bebe Baron for the soundtrack pushed the film to a level of greatness, that, for me, has never been equaled...
How the hell can it be accurate, according to the film it should have happened already and we are not even close to that doomsday scenario. BTW, I like the film.
Probably Robocop A science-fiction retelling of Frankenstein* against a backdrop of 1980’s privatized dystopic Detroit of the future** •The first movie to get an X rating for violence, was cut for a theatrical R (but the deleted shots are available on Blu-ray/DVD). •Kurtwood Smith steals the show as the greasy psychopath baddie. Who doesn’t want to watch That Seventies Show’s grumpy dad kneecap a yuppie? •A stop-motion walking tank adds a nice Harryhausen element •Score from Basil Poledouris blends synthesizer and orchestra. Musical themes will be rehashed in his later works for Starship Troopers and Free Willy *Yes, I know Frankenstein was already science-fiction, you know what I mean. *Which is now the past(?)
" You have 10 seconds to comply...." Somebody told me they once slo-motioned that scene and that poor bastard was shot by the ED -209 seventy-eight times.
I keep think of new ones! LOL...The Amazing Colossal Man/War Of The Colossal Beast...why oh why can't we get them on BD!!!!
Too many to pick just one favorite, but here are seven wide ranging classics that come to mind first... The Day The Earth Stood Still ('51) klaatu barada nikto (in homage to our tireless gorts) The Thing ('82) John Carpenter's film is much closer to John W. Campbell's original 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" (written under the nom de plume Don A. Stuart) The Abyss ('89) James Cameron, ...and I'm still hoping there'll be a Blu-ray of this epic film released someday. Starship Troopers ('97) Veers ...or rather Verhoeven's... away from the Robert Heinlein novel, but this is still the ultimate alien bug movie! Metropolis ('27) Mysterious Island (twofer, both versions '29 and '61) Note: link to vintage lobby card below... The Mysterious Island (1929 film) - Wikipedia Cat
Well, you must not think much of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or pretty much any other futuristic fiction. No one knows the future. To say a prediction is the "most accurate" is not the same as saying that the prediction is absolutely accurate. It's just better than other predictions. I suspect you know that. You're just being Internetish, aren't you? Sorry to have to explain this, but my "Honorable mention" comment was tongue-in-cheek. In the movie, they eat PEOPLE! PEOPLE! IT'S PEOPLE!!!! Seriously, no one thinks that's going to be a thing for at least a few more decades.
