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Blade Runner Is The Best Sci-Fi Film

Posted by michael on from the like-tears-in-rain dept.

Delchanat writes "Now there's scientific proof: according to 60 of the most influential scientists in the world, including British biologist Richard Dawkins and Canadian psychologist Steven Pinker, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) is the best science fiction film. Late Mr. Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) finished 2nd, followed by George Lucas' Star Wars (1977) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980)." There are several other stories as well: favorite authors, the basics of science fiction, and an excerpt of a new Iain M. Banks novel.

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  1. omg by OddRob · · Score: 0, Troll

    Any poll that puts 2001 in the top 10 is suspect.

    1. Re:omg by jackb_guppy · · Score: 1, Troll

      Any that poll with Blade Runner is in the top show payola was used in the voting.

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 0, Troll

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Re:2001 sucked. by john_smith_45678 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Clockwork Orange? Sorry, but the only people I know who like that movie almost always take (lots of) drugs before/when watching. I think that movie is pretty much a piece of shit with no redeeming qualities.

    Just another trip into Kubrick's mangled mind, but I think in this case you just needed a little too many drugs to appreciate it. Good for the swinging 60s I'm sure, but I'm just a little too sober for it these days.

    That statement totally applies to Clockwork Orange.

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  4. Re: Thoses guys by Oligonicella · · Score: 0, Troll

    "...according to 60 of the most influential scientists in the world,..."

    You mean, the guys that seldom get out?

  5. Blade Runner???? Come ON now. by Mulletproof · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ok, I'll give it points for concept and visulization, but my God, the acting and excecution of this movie stank to high heaven. I know we're all Gibson freaks and the like here, but am I the only one that thinks this movie is possible one of Harrison Ford's absolute WORST perfomances?? I mean cool AI concept aside, this movie bored me to freakin' tears as it shambled from one scene to the next.

    I mean, if we're calling out the best based on concept and SFX (for the day), maybe (and I stress "maybe") this movie qualifies, but there are so many other areas this movie falls down in that it shouldn't even be considered in the top five. Obviously we're considering 'cool sciencey feel' here more than overall content.

    IMfuckingO, of course.

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