SciFi Films from the history
Science Fiction Films are usually scientific, visionary, comic-strip-like, and imaginative, and usually visualized through fanciful, imaginative settings, expert film production design, advanced technology gadgets (i.e., robots and spaceships), scientific developments, or by fantastic special effects. Sci-fi films are complete with heroes, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic places, great dark and shadowy villains, futuristic technology and gizmos, and unknown and inexplicable forces. Many other SF films feature time travels or fantastic journeys, and are set either on Earth, into outer space, or (most often) into the future time. Quite a few examples of science-fiction cinema owe their origins to writers Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.
Through the years Science Fiction films had been evolved a lot. If you take a closer look at the science fiction films from the earliest time of its development you will see more often those are motivated by present cultural and political weather too. For example- during the cold war i noticed most of the science fiction was some evil communist plan, and western hero. Good god! even the Alien and space dudes become political symbol. Anyway that is not our concern, i want to introduce you some early days science fiction movies/feature films that is must seen if you really love Science fiction. Those film may not had the serious computer generated special effects, but i can assure you those are no less when it comes to Vivid scientific imaginations.
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My first choice would be a 14-minute ground-breaking masterpiece with 30 separate tableaus (scenes). Did i say this was created 102 years ago from now? It was French film called Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon). This masterpiece was created by imaginative, turn-of-the-century French filmmaker/magician Georges Melies, approximating the contents of the novels by Jules Verne (From the Earth to the Moon) and H.G. Wells (First Men in the Moon). If you see this short film, and imagine a century ago a old man imagining something ahead of his own time, you will be amused.
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My second pick is none other then Star Wars(1977)-aka Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. one of the most popular, profitable, entertaining, and successful science fiction/action - adventure/fantasy films of all time. The film, shot mostly on location in Tunisia, Guatemala and Death Valley (California), advanced special-effects technology to a degree unseen before, with computerized and digitally-timed special effects. It ultimately helped to resurrect the financial viability of the science-fiction genre, a category of films that was considered frivolous and unprofitable, and brought the phrase "May the Force be with you" into common usage. Though those special effects are now child's play, but nevertheless that film was a milestone in SciFi films.
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Science Fiction without Jules Verne is just incomplete. In one sense he was the father of science fiction.If the film based on his writings like Journey to the Center of the Earth how you will avoid that. The film Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) based on Verne's 1864 novel, a fascinating exploration into the earth's core by way of an Icelandic volcano, led by a Victorian scientist (James Mason) and a star-studded group of travelers. I read this book six times still i would love to go through that once more. The film itself maybe oldish in todays sense but you won't be disappointed when you will feel rush of blood in your vain.
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Alien (1979) is 20th Century Fox's extremely suspenseful, space science-fiction horror film about a menacing, unstoppable, carnivorous, stowaway, hermaphroditic Demon beast. The grisly, claustrophobic, action-oriented film without a lot of dialogs contains some very suspenseful, tension-filled moments (deliberately drawn out with slow pacing), visceral thrills and shocks, and special effects and visual effects techniques. I still have this in my collection. I consider this was the beginning of super special effect era.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), without this the classic science fiction film list would be incomplete. is a landmark, science fiction classic - and probably the best science-fiction film of all time about exploration of the unknown. It was released, coincidentally, at the height of the space race between the USSR and the US. It appeared at the same time as NASA's exploratory Apollo Project with manned Earth orbiting missions - a prelude to orbiting and landing on the Moon with Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. And it prophetically showed the enduring influence that computers would have in our daily lives. The film is enriched by stunning, pioneering technical effects, and featured orchestral music, presented in movements like in a symphony.
These five films i consider as milestone of different SciFi film era. If you don't have at least one of these in you collection, trust me you don't love SciFi.
Through the years Science Fiction films had been evolved a lot. If you take a closer look at the science fiction films from the earliest time of its development you will see more often those are motivated by present cultural and political weather too. For example- during the cold war i noticed most of the science fiction was some evil communist plan, and western hero. Good god! even the Alien and space dudes become political symbol. Anyway that is not our concern, i want to introduce you some early days science fiction movies/feature films that is must seen if you really love Science fiction. Those film may not had the serious computer generated special effects, but i can assure you those are no less when it comes to Vivid scientific imaginations.
[1]
My first choice would be a 14-minute ground-breaking masterpiece with 30 separate tableaus (scenes). Did i say this was created 102 years ago from now? It was French film called Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon). This masterpiece was created by imaginative, turn-of-the-century French filmmaker/magician Georges Melies, approximating the contents of the novels by Jules Verne (From the Earth to the Moon) and H.G. Wells (First Men in the Moon). If you see this short film, and imagine a century ago a old man imagining something ahead of his own time, you will be amused.
Le Voyage Dans La Lune
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My second pick is none other then Star Wars(1977)-aka Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. one of the most popular, profitable, entertaining, and successful science fiction/action - adventure/fantasy films of all time. The film, shot mostly on location in Tunisia, Guatemala and Death Valley (California), advanced special-effects technology to a degree unseen before, with computerized and digitally-timed special effects. It ultimately helped to resurrect the financial viability of the science-fiction genre, a category of films that was considered frivolous and unprofitable, and brought the phrase "May the Force be with you" into common usage. Though those special effects are now child's play, but nevertheless that film was a milestone in SciFi films.
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope
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Science Fiction without Jules Verne is just incomplete. In one sense he was the father of science fiction.If the film based on his writings like Journey to the Center of the Earth how you will avoid that. The film Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) based on Verne's 1864 novel, a fascinating exploration into the earth's core by way of an Icelandic volcano, led by a Victorian scientist (James Mason) and a star-studded group of travelers. I read this book six times still i would love to go through that once more. The film itself maybe oldish in todays sense but you won't be disappointed when you will feel rush of blood in your vain.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Alien (1979) is 20th Century Fox's extremely suspenseful, space science-fiction horror film about a menacing, unstoppable, carnivorous, stowaway, hermaphroditic Demon beast. The grisly, claustrophobic, action-oriented film without a lot of dialogs contains some very suspenseful, tension-filled moments (deliberately drawn out with slow pacing), visceral thrills and shocks, and special effects and visual effects techniques. I still have this in my collection. I consider this was the beginning of super special effect era.
Alien (1979)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), without this the classic science fiction film list would be incomplete. is a landmark, science fiction classic - and probably the best science-fiction film of all time about exploration of the unknown. It was released, coincidentally, at the height of the space race between the USSR and the US. It appeared at the same time as NASA's exploratory Apollo Project with manned Earth orbiting missions - a prelude to orbiting and landing on the Moon with Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. And it prophetically showed the enduring influence that computers would have in our daily lives. The film is enriched by stunning, pioneering technical effects, and featured orchestral music, presented in movements like in a symphony.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
These five films i consider as milestone of different SciFi film era. If you don't have at least one of these in you collection, trust me you don't love SciFi.
