{"id":13153,"date":"2005-10-17T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-17T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/10\/17\/sci-fi-movie-canon\/"},"modified":"2005-10-17T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-17T21:46:00","slug":"sci-fi-movie-canon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/10\/17\/sci-fi-movie-canon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Fi Movie Canon"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Scalzi, editor of The Rough Guide To Sci-Fi Movies<\/i><\/a>, has posted about the release of the book.<\/a> Of particular interest is the chapter “Sci-Fi Canon,” in which he includes “Reviews and commentary on the 50 science fiction films you have to see before you die.” Here is the sure to be controversial list:<\/p>\n

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!<\/i>
Akira<\/i>
Alien<\/i>
Aliens<\/i>
Alphaville<\/i>
Back to the Future<\/i>
Blade Runner<\/i>
Brazil<\/i>
Bride of Frankenstein<\/i>
Brother From Another Planet<\/i>
A Clockwork Orange<\/i>
Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/i>
Contact<\/i>
The Damned<\/i>
Destination Moon<\/i>
The Day The Earth Stood Still<\/i>
Delicatessen<\/i>
Escape From New York<\/i>
ET: The Extraterrestrial<\/i>
Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers<\/i> (serial)
The Fly<\/i> (1985 version)
Forbidden Planet<\/i>
Ghost in the Shell<\/i>
Gojira\/Godzilla<\/i>
The Incredibles<\/i>
Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/i> (1956 version)
Jurassic Park<\/i>
Mad Max 2\/The Road Warrior<\/i>
The Matrix<\/i>
Metropolis<\/i>
On the Beach<\/i>
Planet of the Apes<\/i> (1968 version)
Robocop<\/i>
Sleeper<\/i>
Solaris<\/i> (1972 version)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/i>
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope<\/i>
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back<\/i>
The Stepford Wives<\/i>
Superman<\/i>
Terminator 2: Judgement Day<\/i>
The Thing From Another World<\/i>
Things to Come<\/i>
Tron<\/i>
12 Monkeys<\/i>
28 Days Later<\/i>
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea<\/i>
2001: A Space Odyssey<\/i>
La Voyage Dans la Lune<\/i>
War of the Worlds<\/i> (1953 version)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Discuss amongst yourselves…<\/p>\n

via Boing Boing<\/a><\/div>\n

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tags: movies<\/a> scifi<\/a> reference<\/a> literature<\/a> <\/div>\n
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John Scalzi, editor of The Rough Guide To Sci-Fi Movies, has posted about the release of the book. Of particular interest is the chapter “Sci-Fi Canon,” in which he includes “Reviews and commentary on the 50 science fiction films you have to see before you die.” Here is the sure to be controversial list: The … <\/p>\n

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