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rijir
03-12-2006, 03:56 PM
What are some of your personal sci-fi favorites that are generally panned by fans and critics?

I'll start.

Saturn 3
maskull
03-12-2006, 03:58 PM
Alien 3: Theatrical Cut
gunner
03-12-2006, 04:19 PM
Laserblast
Golgo13
03-12-2006, 04:23 PM
Super Mario Brothers.
Noto
03-12-2006, 04:26 PM
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maskull
03-12-2006, 04:43 PM
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You mean there's people that didn't love this movie????? Bunch of idiots!!:fire:
Golgo13
03-12-2006, 04:54 PM
Avant garde cinema?

LOL!
MorallySound
03-12-2006, 05:26 PM
Super Mario Brothers.
Yes!

Others: Tank Girl (also already mentioned)
The Beastmaster 2: Through The Portal of Time
V
V: The Final Battle
Class of 1999
Class of 1999-II: The Substitute
Godzilla 1985
I Come in Peace
The Kindred
The Thirteenth Floor
The Faculty
Xtro
Golgo13
03-12-2006, 05:52 PM
I don't consider V a guilty pleasure. It's pretty fucking solid (well, the miniseries at least). I guess that's the shitty thing about being created in the 80s, everyone is ashamed of the stuff they liked.
Hellbilly
03-12-2006, 06:42 PM
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Three sci-fi guilty pleasures of mine.
Myron Breck
03-12-2006, 07:02 PM
Barbarella
Def-con 4
Leviathan
Lifeforce
Outland
DrHerbertWest
03-12-2006, 07:18 PM
I Come in Peace
Xtro

Hell yes.
Shokk
03-12-2006, 07:32 PM
Def-con 4


Nice choice!

Starcrash

Alien 2 (Ciro Ippolito)

The Borrower
Shannafey
03-13-2006, 12:39 AM
Saturn 3 is a great flick!!
_pi_
03-13-2006, 01:49 AM
It's not space or future sci-fi, but Congo is definately science fiction and a big guilty pleasure of mine. It has Laura Linney, Tim Curry and music by Jerry Goldsmith. It doesn't get much better for me.

Oh, and it also has the best phrase ever: "What about them?"
"Put them on the endangered species list!" And Ms. Linney blows them all to hell.
rijir
03-13-2006, 03:37 AM
Laserblast

I love my MST3K version of this one. Fun flick.
rijir
03-13-2006, 03:38 AM
Yes!

Others: Tank Girl (also already mentioned)
The Beastmaster 2: Through The Portal of Time
V
V: The Final Battle
Class of 1999
Class of 1999-II: The Substitute
Godzilla 1985
I Come in Peace
The Kindred
The Thirteenth Floor
The Faculty
Xtro

I love The Faculty.
Erick H.
03-13-2006, 06:52 AM
The original TRANCERS was one I always got a kick out of."Dry hair is for squids !"
One that frequently gets ignored as Sci-Fi,but which I love is REPO MAN,that film kills me.
While not what I'd call "good",I sort of love Luigi Cozzi's STARCRASH and CONTAMINATION.I wonder how big a check you need to cut to get Christopher Plummer to pop up in your flick ? His big scene at the end of STARCRASH slays me.As to CONTAMINATION,I had to give 'em credit for shooting gore scenes like a 4th of July fireworks display,people blowing up in unison !
Luna
03-13-2006, 07:08 AM
Class of 1999 had me rolling in the theater. I thought someone was going to come and pummel me because I was laughing so hard when the teacher (was this Malcolm McDowell? I haven't seen this since the theater so I am hazy here) was robo-spanking one of the students, oh it KILLED me.

This one wins, though, because it has Malcolm McDowell and Stacy Keach, AND because of the soundtrack, Nine Inch Nails, 24-7 Spyz and the end credits song, "Come The Day", by Midge Ure.

I cannot wait till this one hits DVD in R1... and they'd better hurry up with it, too! This movie isn't a guilty pleasure though... no shame in my game.
Copyboy
03-13-2006, 07:32 AM
Deep Star Six - this movie has always been a blast for me

Legend - theatrical cut w/ Tangerine Dream score - I generally HATE fantasy with a few exceptions, but there's something about this movie - the director's cut was too long and Goldsmith's score didn't work for me - probably because I'd enjoyed the theatrical version for so long
_pi_
03-13-2006, 09:57 AM
Legend - theatrical cut w/ Tangerine Dream score - I generally HATE fantasy with a few exceptions, but there's something about this movie - the director's cut was too long and Goldsmith's score didn't work for me - probably because I'd enjoyed the theatrical version for so long

That's kind of funny because over here in Europe, Ridley Scott's "director's cut" was the theatrical version and I'm so used to the Goldsmith score (and in love with it) that I've resisted watching the US theatrical cut ... maybe I should give it a try ;)
Marclar
03-13-2006, 04:35 PM
I didn't know that MST3K did Laserblast.....
KillerCannabis
03-13-2006, 05:54 PM
Equilibrium. Strange Invaders. Invaders From Mars (80's). The Faculty. Puppet Masters. Anything Godzilla.
rijir
03-13-2006, 06:53 PM
I didn't know that MST3K did Laserblast.....

Yep. I have a copy on DVD. Just watched it a few weeks ago.
maskull
03-14-2006, 11:01 PM
The Faculty, Waterworld, Strange Days...actually not really guilty about them. I love them all.
_pi_
03-14-2006, 11:06 PM
Strange Days

I wouldn't call Strange Days a guilty pleasure at all. It's a fantastic movie - and it got some great reviews. I think it tanked at the box office, though ... Still, it's one of my favorite "futuristic" action movies.
maskull
03-14-2006, 11:08 PM
I wouldn't call Strange Days a guilty pleasure at all. It's a fantastic movie - and it got some great reviews. I think it tanked at the box office, though ... Still, it's one of my favorite "futuristic" action movies.
Yeah I think it would fall into more of the "no one's seen it" category. Either way it's a movie I've always loved.
Jamm
03-15-2006, 02:36 PM
Don't we have a Sci-Fi specific forum?

Anyway, since it gets so much backlash, one of my guilty fave's would have to be Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Also, post apocalypse flicks (Mad Max type stuff) may not be considered sci-fi by some, but one of my guilty pleasures among that genre is A Boy and His Dog.
bigdaddyhorse
03-15-2006, 04:39 PM
Although I'm not ashamed or feeling guilty about it, I love Galaxy Of Terror.

I'm sure that would be considered a guilty pleasure by some (even my GF, who refuses to watch it despite my ravings.:rolleyes: )
geeare
03-15-2006, 05:05 PM
one of my all-time fav's:

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Doombear
03-16-2006, 12:27 AM
Star Crash
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn
Shokk
03-16-2006, 12:31 AM
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn

In 3-D no less!:D
maskull
03-16-2006, 11:00 PM
Star Crash
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn
I loved that one when I was a kid but haven't seen it in years. I'd like to see it again. I assuma it'll be bad....

also: Solar Babies
Robot Jox
tobaccoman
03-16-2006, 11:08 PM
Many of the movies on the Cult Video label are good cheesy fun. All those bimbo movies are great.

Short Circuit is a bad movie. Seriously!
aoiookami
03-16-2006, 11:23 PM
Of the perviously mentioned titles, The Faculty, Satrun 3, Deep Star 6, all great titles imo, I love them.
I'll add Robot Jox
maskull
03-16-2006, 11:35 PM
Of the perviously mentioned titles, The Faculty, Satrun 3, Deep Star 6, all great titles imo, I love them.
I'll add Robot Jox
Bah! I already added Robot Jox two posts up. Giant robots rule!