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Netflix Finally Has a Stellar SCI-FI Section

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@DarrenVanDam10 months ago SCI-FI on Netflix:
20. Extinction
19. Warriors of Futur ="buttons">e
18. Tau
17. Level 16
16. Vivarium
15. Jung_E
14. ARQ
13. The Wandering Earth
12. Beyond Skyline
11. Project Power
10. Underworld
9. Mirage
8. Warm Bodies
7. Gamer
6. Space Sweepers
Honorable Mentions: Hardcore Henry, Code 8, Sleight
5. What Happened to Monday
4. Pitch Black - Riddick
3. Starship Troopers
2. Annihilation
1. Terminator 2
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@DannyDangerOz6 months ago There' s so much i like about your channel and the obvious amount of thought and work you put into it.
the fact you list and timecode the films but then when you talk about the films, you' re often careful to give additional context to your viewers, telling them that if they prefer this or that, then maybe this film isn' t for them. That' s so rare! I used to work in a video library and taking people' s differing tastes into account when makingwas really import.
i only found you channel recently, but it' s fast become a fav. Thank you for all the time, love, and hard work you put in - it shows and it' s appreciated. ...Expand 6
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@goldenappel10 months ago One of my first memories of being online was finding a movie discussion forum where a large number of folks were unaware that starship troopers was satire. 73
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@ilshaguides10 months ago I appreciate how accurate your subjectively objectivedescriptions of movies are. There is no one better at describing whowill enjoy whythey will, whatthey will, amp; how muchthey will. You are appreciated, sir. Thank you. ...Expand 45
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@Rex00310 months ago In my opinionshould have been on your list. One of my favorite movies of all time and i believe a netflix original. 248
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@Tsenngu10 months ago Warm bodies is a fantastic movie. I loved this one. Had absolutely zero expectations going in to this one but it is so nice. Mostly from the main actors that make it work so well. 33
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@danielwilliamson618010 months ago There' s one netflix sci-fi i' m looking forward to. But, it' s not out until the end of 2023. Rebel moon. Pitch black is a classic and i love starship troopers and terminator 2: judgment day. Such great movies. 16
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@scotth882810 months ago I remember watching what happened to monday on yourcrap! I was hoping to see spectral here but there is only so many spots. My netflix list always expands when you do sci-fi or weird-wtf movies and i' ll keep watching as long as you keep making them. ...Expand 9
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@darwinjina10 months ago My favorites are from china, japan and korea. Netflix needs to license more of them. Some watched for this year of netflix, 65, delete, yakitori soldiers . ...Expand 9
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@NikkiC-hl3bg10 months ago Im glad you included what happened to monday. I was pleasantly surprised by how much i enjoyed it. Ive been telling people for years to check out this great movie. 35
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@mszoomy10 months ago I' m so glad to see you give pitch black a good rating, it' s one of my favorite movies.
great list darren, theres a few on the list i havent seen yet so ill be cbecking them out this week. 4
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@RyanEglitis10 months ago List w/ imdb ratings
20. Extinction - 5. 8
19. Warriors of future - en12"5. 6
18. Tau - 5. 8
17. Level 16 - 6. 1
16. Vivarium - 5. 9
15. Jung_e - 5. 5
14. Arq - 6. 3
13. The wandering earth - 5. 9
12. Beyond skyline - 5. 3
11. Project power - 6. 0
10. Underworld - 7. 0
9. Mirage - 7. 4
8. Warm bodies - 6. 8
7. Gamer - 5. 7
6. Space sweepers - 6. 5
honorable mentions: hardcore henry - 6. 7, code 8 - 6. 1, sleight - 5. 9
5. What happened to monday - 6. 8
4. Pitch black - 7. 0
3. Starship troopers - 7. 3
2. Annihilation - 6. 8
1. Terminator 2 - 8. 6
the ratings remind me on why i haven' t seen so many of these. I don' t thiink i' d count underworld or warm bodies as sci-fi, though they' re both good (the adam project probably fits better here than either) i think the top 4 are super solid, the rest seem fine if you just want to watch some sci-fi. ...Expand 2
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@TheLisandro198710 months ago Im still saying " wtf" whenever i think of vivarium. I watched about a year ago. 6
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@amaurypineda183410 months ago Such an uotstanding list. I really like that you introduce us to movies that are not the usual suspects. Per youri watched " what happened to monday" and i loved it. I have been putting it off, even though you have recommended before, but this time i watched it and i' m glad i did. It is pretty good and noomi rapace delivered as usual. Keep up the great work bro!. ...Expand 6
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@wanderlking863410 months ago Saw vivarium a few years back and it absolutely has stuck with me. I wouldn' t describe it as a pleasant experience, but it is one that kept me thinking . ...Expand 20
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@CoastalWheels10 months ago Probably the most well put together movie countdown type of video ive ever seen, good job and thanks for the. 2
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@reeldeal322710 months ago I' d also add anon, a visually stunning cyberpunk crime thriller. The score remains on high rotation in my electronica listening list. 2
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@ClaymateDesigner10 months ago Wandering earth done properly is called1" 2" andby james follett and is a multi part radio adventure i thoroughly recommend. The books are great too. 2
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@travist.727910 months ago A bit off-topic (and a bit honorable mention) there is as sci-fi novel that i am surprised was never made into a movie. Is anyone here, familiar with id="hidden16"hammer" it fits more into the disaster epic category, than sci-fi. Though it is a bit formulaic, it still would have made a great big-budget movie. Think of a sequel toor " deep impact" if the efforts of the astronauts had been unsuccessful. Even more surprising, this novel was published back in the late 70' s!. ...Expand 3
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@danwake443110 months ago Came to the comments to ask why someone who has t2 and starship troopers and what happened to monday on their list (they are all on my list too) didn' t . ...Expand 3
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@master2uall8810 months ago I watched every single one of these movies and you are right they are all fantastic. 2
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@ademozkum271610 months ago All of these movies are great. There' s something on this list for everyone. One that i was a bit surprised wasn' t on this list is spectral. 6
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@thehauteedit39546 months ago You have great taste! Really appreciate how you quickly break all the movies down without giving anything away. And love that my all time favorite movie t2 made it to number 1. 1
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@zxxz98756 months ago Thank you for making this list herr flick. Subscribed.
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@bellissimo45206 months ago For t2, cameron had a special type of laser printer developed that would allow them to print the digital imagery directly on the film in order to avoid . ...Expand 2
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@auribusteneolupum29778 months ago I would like to add as a great sci-fi movie, if you don' t mind cg animation: blame! Its based on a popular japanese comic book (manga) and without it also features some awesome designs in a. ...Expand 3
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@paulbaumeister774110 months ago No list is ever going to be all-inclusive, but another fantastic netflix original sci fi is spectral. Very much worth a watch. 2
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@JimiJamma10 months ago Vivarium is a strange movie no doubt, but absolutely great at the same time. The movie ends with a awesome song by xtcs complicated game. I thought i id="hidden21"t was a fairly recent song but when i looked it up, it came out over 40 years ago in 1979. ...Expand 3
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@th00perman_10 months ago 65 is also out on netflix now, pretty fun watch. 1
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@bigsarge208510 months ago Killer list! Netflix ramping up the library, but i' m biased. I love scifi. Was excellent, watched it when it originally released. 2
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@terrycmartin10 months ago Spectral 2016 needs to be on your list! 2
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@wistfulvista102010 months ago This is an excellent list. A few of these i' ve never heard of. Thanks for the groundwork.
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@bobbyg41008 months ago Your list its spot on. Ive worked on 4-movies in special effects and love science fiction. I was on the matrix reloaded set and was live on the courtyard fig . ...Expand
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@gavinfinch23937 months ago Youre really good at this. I know thats not specific or descriptive, but i just love watching your videos!
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@jd3106810 months ago What happened to monday is fantastic. Thanks for the list, there are a few i' m going to check out.
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@PimptatoPCs10 months ago I' ve beenabout annihilation for the last 5 years later. And still don' t know what the hell was going on in that movie. 2
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@tom429610 months ago Another micro budget (3m) but still good is " time trap" maybe not top 20 but good enough for an honorable mention. 1
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@Russty196910 months ago Great list. Thanks for putting starship troopers in; so many people can it but i love it. 1
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@manleeman521210 months ago Dude i love you put pitch black where you did. Great picks all around i wrote down several i havent seen or didnt even know about.
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@judsdragon10 months ago Absolutely cracking list and thankfully for a change the vast majority of those that piqued my interest are on the uk netflix, the only one in ur list . ...Expand
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@RobMacQ9 months ago Can' t believe i am mother is not on this list. Also pitch bkack is a classic. And aliens is the best si fi thriller of all time. 1
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@andreashaynes334610 months ago That was a great flick connection, darren. Particularly as you have terminator 2 as your #1. Many thanks for sharing with us. 3
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@markzambelli4 months ago Starship troopers was based on robert a. Heinlein' s book so already had an amazing take on a possible future. The film had a superb foundation and we see this played out on the big screen. Still one of my faves.
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@mehdishirazi310 months ago Warm bodies is way underrated. This is such a great film. 1
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@Non-Serviam30010 months ago Underworld is definitely just a badass movieand i agree its the best one of the series. 9
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@charlessomerset97548 months ago Thanks for listing annihilation. Hands down the mostmoments ever put on film, especially the final scene in the lighthouse with the mimicking entity. Great film. 2
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@lorensims484610 months ago When you said great sci-fi on netflix i was just holding my breath for space sweepers.
i saw that one a while ago and i still think about it. It' s it is a wild ride about salvage operators in a very crowded low earth orbit that just presents so many new and interesting features and is a high-action hoot! But ultimately with a lot of heart!
starship troopers was an early robert heinlein novel from the mid-#39; 50s and follows the usual ' space marines vs. Space aliens' theme that was so popular in those days. Fortunately, robert heinlein could certainly write so the story holds together much better than the rest of that ilk. Paul verhoven studied the films of lili reifenstahl to get the pure fascist uber-alles look he wanted. The political satire is just delicious!
annihilation is an absolute mind trip and definitely not what i was expecting. Yeah, it' s a pretty deep think piece but with plenty of really weird eye candy. It really does deserve a second watch.
yes, pitch black is by far the best of a very good bunch of riddick movies, maybe because it doesn' t feature riddick quite so prominently.
t2 - what can i say? Sarah conner never looked better. I' m a long-time linda hamilton fan and i was delighted to find that she was in terminator. She is absolutely at the very top of her game in this movie. The tension is high throughout, and yes, the cgi was groundbreaking at the time.
as an old atari computer fan i really enjoy the way young john uses an off-the-shelf atari portfolio hand-held computer to jack atms.
that thing ran on aa batteries and had dos 2. 2 in rom (dos 3 needed to update the disk too often to be able to be used in rom) and could definitely do everything the kid has it do in the movie. ...Expand 6
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@CurseTheDarkness6 months ago Thanks for keeping the name of the film onscreen the entire review. It makes it so much easier to find the movie im interested in.
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@facetiouslyinsolent831310 months ago Ed skrein was great in game of thrones. He is an underrated actor. 1
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@robertbare100710 months ago Fantastic list. Ive seen many of these, but you definitely gave me a few more to check out. Great job.
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@charlesajones7710 months ago Surprised you didn' t have spectral on here. For having a fairly ridiculous premise, it was surprisingly good. It involves bose-einstein condensate, . ...Expand 135
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@moomoo303110 months ago Just signed up again to see these. Practically none of them come up on the sci fi genre, so have to type names in search, so ty for finding them!
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@dirgemcelvoy258310 months ago Thank you, great breakdown i really enjoyed it.
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@admaerable5 months ago
Every time I see a mention of this film, I cant help but remind that t he plot is taken from the French book Fleeing Earth (by Franois Bordes 1960). .. ...Expand
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@marcodebruin537010 months ago Of the movies i have seen, your comments are spot on with my opinion on them - which means the ones i haven' t seen yet i feel i can rely on your view . ...Expand
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@bertieborough10 months ago No liquid metal robots in terminator 2 without the abyss, a james cameron movie that just seems almost impossible to find these days and possibly the best sci fi movie ever made in my opinion. 3
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@scoobyflew6 months ago Working my way through these, really great.
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@TherealVinnie10 months ago Great list, but i really would think spectral would have made the list as well. I loved it. Maybe could be added as honerable mention. 2
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@pavXX10 months ago Good list. Love the riddick character and franchise. Great banter in those as well.
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@CYI3ERPUNK10 months ago The skyline series is so underrated, the first movie is so good. 1
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@chriscolley22294 months ago I enjoyed your picks, presentation, and nice hair.
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@Black_Blow_Fly10 months ago Mirage is excellently amazing! The ending is a typical for spanish fares, which is a good thing. 3
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@TheGoodwolfe10 months ago Greatdarren; i' m going to go do a double feature of " space sweepers" and then " what happened to monday" right now! Thanks! 1
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@42Core10 months ago Tau and level 16 are absolutely amazing plotwise, i really enjoyed them. The plot definitely makes up for the lower budget aspect of the movies.
watch them. 1
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@jerryrigger304010 months ago Your lists are great! Always have some that i need to re-watch and some i need to watch.
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@dsirius150010 months ago Congratulation for this amazing journey through netflix syfy movies. Really enjoyed how you made it and how you presented it. Instant subscribe. Keep posting. 1
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@Thatbrutals10 months ago It' s not on this list, but prospect is probably my 2nd favorite sci fy movie of all time. The signal is third. My #1 favorite sci fy movie is galaxy quest. Absolute gold. 2
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@melmartinez70026 months ago I saw arq back when it first showed up on netflix. It is a really underrated movie and when it comes to time travel movies it' s right up there with . ...Expand
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@Kaermon7 months ago Another that i really enjoyed was " i am mother" but great selection and i' ll have to check a few of those out. Thanks for the suggestions!
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@NormanBurney-yq4by7 months ago I love your list of action films, keep up the amazing work & continue to dazzle us!
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@agamblegamble54159 months ago Also these are great: oats studios (scifi shorts) love, death, and robots (scifi shorts) dark (amazing german scifi-ish series)
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@ethanhandel100110 months ago I know this is a movie list but i think it should be mentioned that netflix also has dark which is a fantastic sci-fi show, and the oa even though it didn' t get finished. 8
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@EdCardinal-MindThump10 months ago Superb list! It definitely hit many of my favorite movies in my absolute favorite genre.
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@aks309910 months ago Bro because of u i have watched so many fantastic movies of different genres that i can' t thank u enough of. Keep going. Cheers.
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@JoePrice7710 months ago I met arnold in new london ct where he was the ambassador for the special olympics and they had it there the year after t2 (and the following year) when . ...Expand
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@PaulGio10 months ago In my opinion the old guard should be on that list. I think it' s a great netflix original. 1
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@markob57210 months ago Movies i got in my 4k/bluray library.
- underworld franchise
- gamer
- pitch black (riddick />- terminator franchise
these i' ve watched more then 10x. And then some.
still waitingbook of
- starship troopers. ...Expand
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@jessicahawkins202310 months ago I love yoursci-fi or horror ones. Only one i was hoping to see on here was the tomorrow war. I think i liked it more than most people i 8 more to my list and annihilation is definitely a fave of mine!. ...Expand 6
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@hugorobinson27710 months ago Will go through all of your list because i' ve been pleasantly surprised by extinction which received mixed reviews. Where they saw a cheap action movie, . ...Expand 1
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@NviGWarren10 months ago I' ve watched almost all these movies and there are some new ones i' ll check out. Thanks!
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@racheladkins606010 months ago I like thought provoking movies orthinky! Ive never heard of such a word?
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@ecrusch10 months ago Another power-packed list.
thanks, darren.
u rock.
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@mjholiday55710 months ago Help! I' m being held hostage by my vacuum cleaner! 1
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@joeyh518010 months ago What about spectral? I thought that was an interesting concept. 3
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@fliiguy24710 months ago Another excellent list. Not sure how you keep finding new gems but im glad you do because im depending on you. Great job once again.
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@moley30016 months ago I really, really like how you give pro' s and cons. People rarely do, and if they do, they don' t separate it properly like you do, there' s . ...Expand
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@alterego607510 months ago Pitch black is a well-deserved number one pick. Awesome movie. 1
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@jimmagwojo271810 months ago S always darren your reviews andcontinue to shine. 1
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@georgmclaughlin966110 months ago I' ve seen space sweepers 4 times and it keeps getting better.
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@seanberry265210 months ago Not sure why annihilation didn' t do better. Female lead sci-fi, which folks were asking for at the time. But did not get supported.
watched nice list.
thanks for sharing. ...Expand 3
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@t0mn8r359 months ago You are the best movie reviewer and the only one i trust. Subscribed of course. 1
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@dannadon59766 months ago I have to agree, terminator 2 ranked up there as one of my favorite, all time sci-fi movies. The matrix trilogy are favorites of mine as well. I haven' t seen a lot on this list. I' ll be checking them out.
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@MrRockrobstr6 months ago Every plate would be a sci-fi experience in my house.