1.) The year the movie was released. 2.) Alphabetical Listing. 3.) Groups of five were broken out in the previous sorting order.
This is important to note on the polls, as entries are pitted roughly against contemporary rivals. A notable split is Forbidden Planet 1956 and Invasion of the Bodysnatchers 1956. The alpha split determined that they were not on the same list.
The Rules
There are 50 entries to the series of polls.
There will be three rounds, and each round will last one week. The First Round will be a series of ten polls, producing 10 winners, and taking place from March 27, 2004 to April 2nd, 2004. The Second Round will be a semifinal series of two polls, producing two winners, and will take place April 3rd, 2004 to April 9th, 2004. The Final Round will square off the two finalists in the Ultimate Grudge Match of Science Fiction Moviedom, taking place from April 10th to April 16th.
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I think you got some dates wrong... don't know whether that matters to you at this point or not.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still-1951 30% [ 3 ] The Thing From Another World- 1951 0% [ 0 ] War of the Worlds-1953 60% [ 6 ] 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-1954 10% [ 1 ] Forbidden Planet-1956 0% [ 0 ]
Star Crash-1979 0% [ 0 ] Star Wars: Episode V (TESB)-1980 53% [ 7 ] Blade Runner-1982 30% [ 4 ] John Carpenter's The Thing-1982 0% [ 0 ] Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan-1982 15% [ 2 ]
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Who are these people that cast a vote for Back to the Future as one of the best SF films of all time?!?
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As an update there's been quite a bit of voting since yesterday and in Heat 9 Back to the Future is in joint lead with 12 Monkeys.
Also in Heat 8 Stargate and Terminator 2 are in joint lead.
The good news is Soylent Green has knocked Planet of the Apes of the top spot.
Subliminal message to all who have not yet voted: "Heat 4 - Vote Logan's Run, Vote Logan's Run". I know CE of the TK is better but LR had a big impact on me pre adolescence. I didn't see CE to much later and its incredibly long winded.
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I barely remember it because I was just a little nipper. I have very vivid memories of the circus where they got rid of the 'old' people. I sometimes think about how I would be dead if I were living in that world. Heh.
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Don't be badmouthing Back to the Future. It is a contender for best film of the 80's. It is easily one of the best films in these polls.
That is, if you define a "good film" as one that is so much fun that you want to watch it over and over again. There are several movies on those lists that I saw once but would never be able to sit through a second time.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still-1951 27% [ 5 ] The Thing From Another World- 1951 0% [ 0 ] War of the Worlds-1953 44% [ 8 ] 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-1954 16% [ 3 ] Forbidden Planet-1956 11% [ 2 ]
Star Crash-1979 0% [ 0 ] Star Wars: Episode V (TESB)-1980 47% [ 11 ] Blade Runner-1982 39% [ 9 ] John Carpenter's The Thing-1982 0% [ 0 ] Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan-1982 13% [ 3 ]
The Day the Earth Stood Still-1951 27% [ 5 ] The Thing From Another World- 1951 0% [ 0 ] War of the Worlds-1953 44% [ 8 ] 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-1954 16% [ 3 ] Forbidden Planet-1956 11% [ 2 ]
Star Crash-1979 0% [ 0 ] Star Wars: Episode V (TESB)-1980 48% [ 12 ] Blade Runner-1982 40% [ 10 ] John Carpenter's The Thing-1982 0% [ 0 ] Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan-1982 12% [ 3 ]
War of the Worlds-1953 6% [ 1 ] 2001: A Space Odyssey-1968 31% [ 5 ] Soylent Green-1973 0% [ 0 ] Close Encounters of the Third Kind-1977 12% [ 2 ] Star Wars: Episode V (TESB)-1980 50% [ 8 ]
Total Votes : 16
Among others, Hobbes dispairs that Episode V is winning....
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You know, the whole "over eighty members" thing seems less impressive when you realize that 18 of them have no posts at all, and 34 have five or fewer.
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Oddly, I think I picked the most popular in each heat of round 1, but neither of my choices for round 2 is in the lead. Posts: 6394 | Registered: Dec 1999
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War of the Worlds-1953 4% [ 1 ] 2001: A Space Odyssey-1968 33% [ 8 ] Soylent Green-1973 8% [ 2 ] Close Encounters of the Third Kind-1977 12% [ 3 ] Star Wars: Episode V (TESB)-1980 41% [ 10 ]
War of the Worlds-1953 4% [ 1 ] 2001: A Space Odyssey-1968 33% [ 8 ] Soylent Green-1973 8% [ 2 ] Close Encounters of the Third Kind-1977 12% [ 3 ] Star Wars: Episode V (TESB)-1980 41% [ 10 ]
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Star Wars is gonna win not necessarily because it's better than the other two, but because it's purer sci-fi with none of that mind-trip stuff. Or rather, the mind-trip stuff is a sub-genre of sci-fi and thereby less complete than the traditional "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" set-up.
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Star Wars: Episode V (TESB)-1980 55% [ 10 ] 12 Monkeys-1995 11% [ 2 ] The Matrix-1999 33% [ 6 ]
Total Votes : 18
Whether or not it's "good" Science Fiction, The Empire Strikes Back obviously holds a place in our popular imagination. The influences it has made on popular culture is obvious, but how deep does that go?
Joseph Campbell loved what Lucas had done with Star Wars. I think it's pretty special too.
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