If /sci/ had a movie playlist, what would it be? So far I have: >Europa Report >Source Code >Hollow Man

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Anonymous Wed Jul 31 10:35:41 2013 No.5937308 [Reply] [Original]

If /sci/ had a movie playlist, what would it be?

So far I have:
>Europa Report
>Source Code
>Hollow Man

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 10:54:10 2013 No.5937334 Sunshine, Moon

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:04:09 2013 No.5937345 >>5937334 Checking them out now, thanks Anymore? I hope to build a rather substantial collection

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:26:39 2013 No.5937370 >>5937334 Does Sunshine fit in? >>5937308 Apollo 13, 2001?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:28:39 2013 No.5937372 >Hollow man Why the fuck?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:29:10 2013 No.5937373 Microcosmos.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:38:40 2013 No.5937381 >>5937308 I haven't seen those other two, but Source Code made me rage like few movies have.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:41:40 2013 No.5937384 Are there any good sci do art house films?

>>	Menoetius Wed Jul 31 11:44:39 2013 No.5937387 >>5937308 >Big Bang Theory >Big Bang Theory >Big Bang Theory

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:45:09 2013 No.5937389 >>5937387 good joke

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:47:10 2013 No.5937397

Unfortunately this category of film rarely manages to suspend my disbelief... it's not that I can't enjoy a movie that isn't "scientifically accurate," it's just that sometimes I feel like they've gone out of their way to be ignorant. Of course, some are still quite good--and I even enjoy many of the "objectively" bad ones!

>Mission to Mars (2000)
>Red Planet (2000)
The archetypal "mars movies." Suspiciously similar (movies often come in pairs, this has to do with a form of plagiarism...) and similarly implausible fantasies.

>Sunshine (2011)
Recommended a few times already, the first three quarters (or so) if this movie are excellent, except for the absurd and unexplained "the sun is going out" premise. Overall worth a watch I think.

>Event Horizon (1997)
Roundabout predecessor of Sunshine. Owes much to "Alien," but more fantastical.

>Primer (2004)
Perhaps my favorite /sci/ related film. Shoestring budget time travel movie that you'll have to watch several times to even begin to (really) understand, and that you'll probably want to read all about on the internet to make sense of what you picked up.

>The Cosmonaut (2013)
Another "twisted" independent movie. Not really as good as Primer, but the closest thing since.

>Cargo (2009)
Swiss German "shipboard" space film with a good twist on the usual "locked room mystery" formula.

>Solaris (1972)
The triumph of Soviet film. Andrei Tarkovsky's famous adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's story. A fascinating look at a non-western and Pre-Star Wars conception of space, space travel, etc. Not an easy film to watch (nor to enjoy; this probably ranks more difficult than Primer), but if you can stand film which can also be called "art," then this is the pinnacle of the genre (well, some would say 2001 instead, but why don't you watch them both and decide what YOU think?).

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:50:10 2013 No.5937401 >>5937397 I have yet to see Primer, The Cosmonaut, and Cargo, so I can't comment on those, but otherwise this is good.

>>	Menoetius Wed Jul 31 11:50:13 2013 No.5937402 >>5937397 I liked mission to mars. As long as you assume it will be a bit naff, it's decent

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:51:42 2013 No.5937403 >>5937372 I know it's full of scientific inaccuracies. I saw another thread like this before, and it was suggested. >>5937387 Sheldur, iz dat u?

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:54:09 2013 No.5937407

>>5937402
Those two were probably my favorite movies as a kid. Even they had precious little to do with science at all, they probably influenced my decision to study space formally in university.

I said (or meant to imply, at least) that they were "objectively bad," but that doesn't mean I don't like or recommend them! There are few enough movies dealing with near-future or present-day space travel as it is, so if someone is interested in that sub-genre, they can't avoid watching these films!

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:54:39 2013 No.5937408

>>5937381
What, because they somehow created an entire alternate reality through using quantum physics to access 8 minutes of someone else's memory?
I know, it made no sense.
But it was also suggested in another thread like this.
I never took the time to note all the movies down, so I have the few I committed to memory.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 11:57:40 2013 No.5937414 >>5937370 >>5937373 >>5937397 Thanks, guys. Anyone looking forward to Gravity? And Elysium seems decent.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:00:40 2013 No.5937419 Agreeing with the ones so far, and proposing Contact and Gattaca.

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:22:10 2013 No.5937456

>>5937414
I just saw a preview for Gravity yesterday, looks pretty cool. One thing I was wondering though, when the girl is floating away and she tries to grab the rope it just slides though her hands like there isn't enough friction to slow her down and let her grip it. Would this actually happen? I don' know anything about the gloves of a spacesuit or the ropes they use on spacewalks but it seems like they would have thought about this and made them easier to grab. Maybe she was just going too fast?

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:27:40 2013 No.5937474

>>5937408
>What, because they somehow created an entire alternate reality through using quantum physics to access 8 minutes of someone else's memory?
>I know, it made no sense.

It did make no sense whatsoever, but that wasn't even what made me rage. My problem was that the brilliant scientist who is saving countless lives and who knows what else is somehow the bad guy because he's a little arrogant and insensitive. And the "hero" is a guy who would rather murder and impersonate an innocent man just to steal his girlfriend who he met 20 minutes ago, instead of saving lives and exploring the nature of reality itself.

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:50:10 2013 No.5937537

>>5937456
Gloves on a spacesuit are bulky, so gripping would be difficult.
And there's the materials to consider and their grip (which I'm not knowledgeable in).
In an environment where there's no wind resistance to slow your velocity, I'd imagine that she was probably going too fast.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:51:09 2013 No.5937543 >>5937474 I understand. But it's probably not far from reality, considering the volatile nature of humanity.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 13:27:23 2013 No.5937597 >>5937308 Upside Down

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 13:56:54 2013 No.5937639 Moon and Contact already said, would District 9 fit in?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 14:12:23 2013 No.5937669 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_(film)

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 14:14:53 2013 No.5937671 Primer

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 14:21:23 2013 No.5937690 >>5937597 this.One of the smartest films out there, would definitely recommend watching.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 14:30:54 2013 No.5937717 what the bleep do we know

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 14:43:24 2013 No.5937755 "Erinnerungen an die Zukunft" is an amazing documentary that explains a lot about Earth and the universe in general.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 14:44:23 2013 No.5937758 >>5937755 I thought that was the ancient astronauts book?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 14:49:54 2013 No.5937774 >>5937758 There's also a documentary version of the book, made in the 60's, with a lot of german electronic music.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:00:25 2013 No.5937792 >>5937639 >>5937639 >>5937639 District 9 is one of the worst movies I have seen. >>5937669 Pi isn't that great either and it's pretty boring. Moon and Source Code are bretty cuul

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:01:54 2013 No.5937796 >>5937792 I'm not going to try and convince you that you're wrong, just tell you that I am very surprised that you dislike District 9.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:03:23 2013 No.5937798 >>5937792 I watched Pi last night, after seeing it mentioned on /sci/. I thought it was very interesting.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:14:24 2013 No.5937815 The Obama Deception

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:16:54 2013 No.5937820

Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970)

Colossus: The Forbin Project is a 1970 American science fiction thriller film. It is based upon the 1966 novel Colossus, by Dennis Feltham Jones, about a massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becoming sentient and deciding to assume control of the world

Its like terminator and skynet but from the 70's can be found at kick ass torrents

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:30:54 2013 No.5937843

>>5937820
In a final remark addressed to Dr. Forbin concerning its world control, Colossus states that "freedom is just an illusion" and the machine predicts: "In time, you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love". Forbin replies: "Never"

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:42:53 2013 No.5937865 Pi Moon District 9 Modus Anomali

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:46:54 2013 No.5937870 last week i saw 2010: the year we made contact, its a pretty solid movie. makes you think.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:52:23 2013 No.5937880 >>5937870 2001 was the most boring movie I've ever seen. 2010 is a lot better

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:52:54 2013 No.5937881 >>5937870 I hope you're joking, 2010 was complete shit compered to 2001.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:55:54 2013 No.5937886 >>5937881 well it wasnt as artistic as 2001 but you have to be authistic or a daily /tv/ user to not like this movie.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:55:54 2013 No.5937887 >>5937880 >>5937881 Wh-Which one of you is correct?!

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 15:56:54 2013 No.5937891 >>5937886 It was okay at best in my opinion

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:00:24 2013 No.5937898 >>5937887 just watch it, its worth it.

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:00:24 2013 No.5937899

>>5937887
It depends on which type of movie you prefer I guess. But it true that 2001 can be boring if you don't like that type of movie, because there's practically no dialogue and not necessarily a lot of action; it's mostly a visual/artistic movie. I do however recommend it if you want to listen to a really good and realistic sci-fi movie.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:04:53 2013 No.5937912 File: 60 KB, 800x522, propervillain+rolls+44+Dubs+and+the+guy+behind+her+is+_f6aa53cc4a9880d75e3d5781ea622118.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OP still here, noting down any new suggestions you guys give

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:26:24 2013 No.5937963 Existenz From Beyond The Lawnmower Man Lawnmower Man 2 Screamers Brainscan Cube 2 Pandorum They Live Splice Twelve Monkeys

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:33:54 2013 No.5937977 >>5937963 Cube Cube 2: Hypercube Cube Zero

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Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:48:54 2013 No.5938000
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Why is Sunshine taken so seriously? It has stupid scientific inaccuracies up the arse, is a bog standard disaster film and devolves into slasher faggotry in the last third. No offence, but I always felt only laymen wishing to appear sciencey rave about it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:50:54 2013 No.5938005 File: 598 KB, 1000x707, 1366381193120.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Not a movie, but... Steins;Gate

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:52:24 2013 No.5938008 Is Europa Report any good? The trailer made it seem like it might not be bad

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:54:23 2013 No.5938013 >>5938000 I don't know anyone who takes it seriously, and i agree with you about the inaccuracies and 'slasher faggotry' but i still think that it is a really good and entertaining movie

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:56:53 2013 No.5938020 >>5938008 /sci/ is rarely ever correct about anything. Watch it for yourself and find out

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 16:58:23 2013 No.5938023 >>5938020 well if any one has seen it i would appreciate you saying your opinion on it before i go out and spend the $ on it

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:00:53 2013 No.5938027 >>5938023 I saw it and enjoyed it, but I really like the thought put into it rather than the plot. It's not great as a thriller, but it's good as hard science fiction. I'd give it 7/10.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:02:53 2013 No.5938034 >>5938027 thank you anon

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:07:23 2013 No.5938040 Would gattaca be science enough? You should watch it regardless OP.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:10:53 2013 No.5938045 Prometheus

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:15:54 2013 No.5938056 >>5938000 I agree with all the problems you've identified, but what I like about it is the treatment of the sun itself as an object of both wonder and fear. The psychological part of the movie is excellent. The "space zombies" part is shit.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:18:24 2013 No.5938059 >>5938056 i had to watch it twice before i fully understood what was happening in the end with the 'space zombies'(i was on drugs)

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:19:23 2013 No.5938062 Blade Runner Total Recall

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:21:53 2013 No.5938064

OP here, already had The Thing (1982), brilliant movie.
Just a thought about Europa Report: at several points the ice breaks on Europa, enabling the creatures to get at the humans.
Due to space being a vacuum and thus having no pressure, water vaporises instantly when exposed to the vacuum.
Why did the water not erupt out from the fissure and flash boil, probably killing the creatures nearby?
This process, the fissuring, is a regular occurrence on Europa: the ice cracks, water vaporises, it builds up above the moon, condenses in the form of ice crystals and then falls back upon the moon; then I imagine the crack would freeze over again after some time.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:25:23 2013 No.5938069 >>5937308 Stargate Stargate "Children of the Gods" Stargate "Rising" Stargate "Air" Stargate: The Ark of Truth Stargate: Continuum

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:25:53 2013 No.5938070 >>5938064 does Europa have an atmosphere?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:25:53 2013 No.5938071 >>5938064 already have The Thing* Motherfucking past and present-tense.

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:28:23 2013 No.5938074

>>5938056
>what I like about it is the treatment of the sun itself as an object of both wonder and fear

I did get the impression that this was what they were going for, but fairly soon any sense of wonder was overshadowed by LOOK HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG ARE WE ARMAGEDDON YET and any further attempt at it felt forced to me. I feel Moon conveys the sense of vastness and loneliness much better, and it 'only' deals with our small satellite.

Sorry I might be rambling, but I was fairly hyped for Sunshine and felt it didn't deliver.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:29:54 2013 No.5938076 >>5938070 Barely

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:33:54 2013 No.5938087 >>5938076 well that is the only excuse i could see for why nothing happened in the movie

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:42:54 2013 No.5938100 >>5938087 Unless they just got it wrong, thus ruining a an otherwise solid movie. Europa's atmosphere pressure is 0.1 μPa, a fraction of the Earth's. I'd imagine that's beyond the critical point.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:43:54 2013 No.5938104 >>5938087 Unless they just got it wrong, thus ruining a an otherwise solid movie. Europa's atmosphere pressure is 0.1 μPa, a fraction of the Earth's. I'd imagine that's beyond the triple point.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:45:26 2013 No.5938107 >>5938104 well i thought the chance of them just being wrong was obvious, but there is not other explainable reason for it

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 17:47:24 2013 No.5938111 primer made me feel really smart. even though i didn't know what the fuck was going on.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 18:00:54 2013 No.5938123 >>5938064 You never even seen the water exposed to vacuum, so how do you know it wasn't boiling?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 18:05:26 2013 No.5938129 >>5938123 It would erupt into a huge plume of gas

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 18:11:24 2013 No.5938147 >>5938129 >It would erupt into a huge plume of gas Says who?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 18:12:54 2013 No.5938153 >>5938147 because that is what happens when water boils... it turns to gas.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 18:20:54 2013 No.5938171 >>5938153 Yes, but why would it be a huge eruption that kills everybody? Have you ever put a glass of water in a vacuum jar? It doesn't just explode.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 18:25:55 2013 No.5938190 >>5938171 i wasn't aware they were suggesting that it would kill everyone. i just saw they says who to the post saying the water would turn to gas

Anonymous Wed Jul 31 18:34:55 2013 No.5938220
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>>5938123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOYgdQp4euc
Imagine this, but multiplied by hundreds of thousands of times.
>pic related, it's a real picture of the phenomenon aptly named 'cryovolcanism'

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 19:05:24 2013 No.5938271 >>5938220 ok so i think the movie was just wrong

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 19:18:25 2013 No.5938313 Having seen Europa Report I can confirm it was fantastic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 07:05:25 2013 No.5939340 Anymore good sci movies?

Anonymous Thu Aug 1 10:50:26 2013 No.5939634
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Alright, I've just watched Europa Report and I'm disappointed, again. Please, can anyone on /sci/ recommend a space exploration film that isn't a ham fisted distaster movie? I want to feel that awe and wonder and fear, not annoyance at stupidity of a bunch of supposed professionals. I've already seen Moon, and loved it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 10:51:26 2013 No.5939636 Armageddon >but it's got so many errors That's why it's on the list.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 10:53:55 2013 No.5939638 >>5939634 http://youtu.be/N68U3eYQ_Cg

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 11:02:55 2013 No.5939651 >>5939638 Thanks anon, I'll check it out.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 11:02:55 2013 No.5939652 No love for The Fifth Element? Or probably my favourite scifi, Starship Troopers? Not a movie, but Battlestar Galactica is good, or the first 3 seasons anyway. Ending is a total letdown though

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 11:05:25 2013 No.5939656 ctrl+f matrix >0 k

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 12:32:25 2013 No.5939762 >>5939656 Surprising alright

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 12:33:55 2013 No.5939763 >>5939762 >muh 1 hour bump

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 13:24:25 2013 No.5939809 >>5939763 >Anonymous You know it

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 15:05:25 2013 No.5940023 >>5939763 >posts in this thread >doesn't contribute Stay pleb.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 15:15:25 2013 No.5940048 File: 37 KB, 317x448, What-The-Bleep-Do-We-Know.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5937717 This Best ever, really showed me how to world works ٩(●̮̃•)۶

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 15:30:57 2013 No.5940079 >>5940048 5/10 would rage again GTFO, troll

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 15:43:25 2013 No.5940095 >>5940048 Seen this on netflix, it looked dire. Think I lasted about 5 minutes before I had to turn it off. Is the Day The Earth Stood Still any good? See the original has good ratings and the new one terrible, either of them worht a watch?

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 15:46:56 2013 No.5940104 >>5937308 what the bleep do we know + sequel spirit science: the human history Thrive does anyone have the pic with the other /sci/ movies?

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 15:52:26 2013 No.5940113 File: 196 KB, 450x264, 1374813974029.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5938069 Stargate is the most science in this thread

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 15:53:26 2013 No.5940117 >>5940048 >>5940079 It has math on the front cover. It must be good.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:03:25 2013 No.5940143 >>5940117 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdulFAR0-Aw Watch it. Then read the comments :)

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:11:25 2013 No.5940170 >>5938005 This. I'd recommend it to anyone, even if they haven't watched anime at all.

Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:14:26 2013 No.5940183
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OP here.
Holy shit, this thread is still going.
Noting down new suggestions now.
Watched Contact (1997), great movie, thought-provoking, thanks to the anon who suggested it.

>>5940048
Is this worth watching?
>>5940095
Seen the new one, it's certainly worth a watch, Keanu Reeves plays his part of a cold, calculating alien pretty well.
>>5940170
I will check it out, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:18:55 2013 No.5940191 >>5937308 Iron Sky (2012) - IMDb www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314/

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:33:56 2013 No.5940211 >>5940183 >Is this worth watching? No. Most definite no.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:38:25 2013 No.5940217 >>5940170 another anime worth watching is Planetes, for near term space settlement.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:39:55 2013 No.5940220 >>5940183 that movie was ass compared to the 1950s version.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:46:56 2013 No.5940235 >>5939638 Also the series "Defying Gravity" was inspired by this BBC docudrama. I'm sorry it was cut short before it visited even one planet.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:47:26 2013 No.5940239 >>5940217 I'll also recommend Time of Eve (a movie) as another near-future hard sci-fi anime. /sci/goers might also be interested in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, especially the "Standalone Complex" TV series.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:47:26 2013 No.5940240 >>5939652 Fifth Element was like a Heavy Metal magazine brought to life! You could really tell Mobius was the main designer.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:48:26 2013 No.5940244 The Man from Earth

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 16:49:56 2013 No.5940246 >>5940191 Moon Nazis! How could you go wrong?

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 17:04:25 2013 No.5940270 My interest about space began with Silverhawks, a cartoon from the 80s.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 17:10:56 2013 No.5940280 Traveling Salesman A movie where P=NP. Has yet to be given a decent release so I havn't seen it yet, but it looks really good.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 17:51:25 2013 No.5940353 >>5940239 >>5940217 Those are more aimed towards people that are used to anime. Not to sound pretentious or anything. Steins;Gate has a more western "touch" so to say.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 18:15:56 2013 No.5940406 If you don't watch Planetes you don't know shit about sci-fi media

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 18:30:25 2013 No.5940464 >>5937401 >I have yet to see Primer Doing it wrong man, watch that shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 18:33:57 2013 No.5940476 >>5940464 Not him but I literally just finished watching it. Am I supposed to google more information about this movie? I have no clue what I just watched.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 18:34:25 2013 No.5940478 >>5940476 I just finished watching it too. I have no idea what I just watched

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 18:38:26 2013 No.5940500 >>5940476 Try watching it again. Can be hard to follow. Have a think (or a google) about how the time travel works, once you understand that its easier to understand the movie as a whole.

Anonymous Thu Aug 1 18:41:56 2013 No.5940515

>>5940500
I'm fairly sure I get the "mechanics" behind the method of time travel the movie presents. I'm also fairly certain that some of the doubles are actually originals, if that makes any sense.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. It doesn't make much sense to me either.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 1 18:55:57 2013 No.5940556 >>5938111 speaking of which, can anyone suggest more movies like primer in the sense that it has engineers discussing their work? The scene where they talk about magnetic fields or w/e motivated me to brush up on basic physics.

Anonymous Thu Aug 1 22:02:56 2013 No.5940943

>>5940353
I don't want to be argumentative because I do think yours is a good general purpose recommendation, but I rather heartily disagree. Steins;Gate is full of anime "tropes" and even Japanese memes from Japanese-language message boards and imageboards. Time of Eve is basically Asimov, and Ghost in the Shell will be instantly familiar to any western viewer who has seen The Matrix, or read any Gibson.

Anonymous Thu Aug 1 22:04:56 2013 No.5940945

>>5940500
>>5940478
Yes, you need to watch it two or three times at least. Luckily it's only 70 minutes long. There are a few timelines you'll find by googling that differ in subtle ways, but it could be very helpful to have a look at the basic ideas of one or two of them before having a second watch of the film itself--just the realization that there are two or three "versions" of all the characters interacting at any one time, operating with different ideas and information, will help make a lot more sense of it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 2 02:20:55 2013 No.5941275 From the master director Andrea tarkovsky Solaris(1970s version) Stalker And the sacrifice

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 2 08:47:13 2013 No.5941691 >>5940280 I hear they're still working out the optimal distribution to theaters.

Anonymous Fri Aug 2 20:31:25 2013 No.5943065
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OP here.
Watched so far:
>Moon
Great movie. A simple DNA test could have proved that Sam, who escaped the facility on the Moon, was indeed a clone; thus destroying the company that was responsible. Yet, you hear people questioning it over the radio.
Hell, you could just put the real Sam Bell and the clone in a room together and determine that they're genetically similar.
>mission to mars
Enjoyed this movie.
Although, not sure how the atmosphere inside the greenhouse-esque part of the base on Mars would have been maintained when there were holes exposing it to the Martian atmosphere.
Or when Woody removes his helmet in the vacuum, he seems to freeze-solid instantly.
Whereas in real life he would have either asphyxiated or his lungs would have exploded whilst his eyes boiled in their sockets.
>Event Horizon
Brilliant, twisted and leaves you with a feeling of hopelessness; especially considering the fact that in that movie universe, all attempts at jumping through space-time may produce the same events and humanity will never achieve a feasible means of travel to another star system without it costing several generations.
And I'll ignore the fact that the astronaut who is blown hundreds of thousands of miles out of Neptune's atmosphere manages to find a way back to the Event Horizon, even though it would be impossible in reality, considering he had to navigate manually and use his supply of oxygen for propulsion.
>Pandorum
Probably the only worthwhile movie Paul W.S. Anderson has ever been involved in, even as a producer.
Great story, enjoyed the twist at the end.
Would love to know what happens, how the survivors - if they do - manage to get the samples of Earth's biosphere out from the Elysium to colonise Tanis.
And how they would deal with the indigenous life forms.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 2 20:58:54 2013 No.5943109 "Alien" only briefly mentioned, not even recommended? son, i am disappoint. might also watch 2,3 and 4 while you're at it, though the first one is by far the best. leave hands off the alien/predator crap, that's an insult to the series.

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>Splice
Great movie and a huge wtf (you know what part I'm talking about)
Would have been good to see more of Dren and how she views the world around her.
Also, I don't think her needs for a substantial amount of food, considering how fast she grew, were expressed well enough in the movie.
And I would assume that since her metabolism (due to her exponential growth-rate) would've been extremely high compared to ours, she would have a higher body temperature than humans, and would probably need periods of cooling down to prevent her organs from overheating, which I don't think this was expressed adequately enough either.
I mean, they had the huge vat of water for her, but wouldn't it have been a major concern for the scientists? considering it could kill their creation.
>Iron Sky
Moon Nazis... Moon-Fucking-Nazis, what can I say? It doesn't really get any better than that.
But, I'd like to know how it seemed to take them minutes to get to Earth from the Moon and vice versa.
Also, where did they get those huge asteroids (used in the meteor blitzkrieg) from without Earth learning about their existence?
>Ghost In A Shell
The first anime/movie I have ever watched, brought up some interesting questions about the implications of a machine becoming sentient.

Anonymous Fri Aug 2 21:12:54 2013 No.5943130
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>>5943109
Already have them all.
Aliens is one of my favourite movies.
The very fact that faggots think that the Alien vs Predator franchise has anything to do with the Aliens universe really rustles my jimmies.

Anonymous Fri Aug 2 21:17:24 2013 No.5943140

>>5943121
>I mean, they had the huge vat of water for her, but wouldn't it have been a major concern for the scientists? considering it could kill their creation.
Damn, I didn't word that very well.
I meant the high metabolism could kill their creation, not the water, as she had aquatic lungs.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 2 21:54:26 2013 No.5943194 >>5943065 allegedly event horizon is loosely based on the warhammer universe

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 2 22:06:55 2013 No.5943212 >>5943194 Source?

Anonymous Fri Aug 2 23:52:25 2013 No.5943312

>>5943065
>mission to mars
>[list of scientific inaccuracies]
There is no explaining it. The movie has no interest in presenting itself as scientifically well-researched. Eyeballs popping out of the sockets and blood boiling would've been just as dramatic and "finalizing" a death scene as the freezing and cracking thing, they really just didn't know any better because they couldn't be bothered to open an encyclopedia (which is a "waste of time" in their view, because 95% of their viewers won't know the difference, or at least won't care enough not to watch the movie).

As for the greenhouse thing, are you sure it had parts exposed to the Martian atmosphere? It wasn't pressurized, so the sides flapped in the wind, but I was under the impression that it was air-tight, or at least water-tight enough to keep nearly 100% of the moisture respirated by the guy living in the room. Of course it wouldn't have to be completely air-tight to keep an oxygenated atmosphere, since if it weren't pressurized, the plants could [for the purposes of the plot, be said to] maintain enough oxygen output to make up for oxygen lost through diffusion and brownian motion. Of course, then you need a way to explain away the fact that a human is breathing an oxygen atmosphere at a tiny fraction of standard atmospheric pressure.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 2 23:54:57 2013 No.5943313 >>5943121 >Ghost in the shell I just want to stress that most people agree that the TV series is much more interesting and enjoyable than the movie.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 00:13:54 2013 No.5943330 so much fiction no one mentions Apollo 13 The Astronaut Farmer October Sky Inherit the Wind (scopes trial movie) The pirates of silicon valley i am disappoint /sci/

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 00:15:56 2013 No.5943336 >>5943330 also gorillas in the mist or whatever that movie was that was based off of the monkey woman

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:02:05 2013 No.5944169 File: 59 KB, 510x755, primer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I've got 2 primer infographs which explain a lot. This pic is just the DVD cover, however.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:03:34 2013 No.5944171 File: 57 KB, 650x600, Primer Time_Travel_Method-2.svg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Needless to say, these images contain spoilers for the movie Time travel in Primer

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:05:05 2013 No.5944173 File: 1.57 MB, 2791x1745, primer timeline.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Complete plot explanation separated into all the different timelines. Lots of spoilers in this one. That's all the ones I have.

Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:10:04 2013 No.5944177
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This thread is fucking garbage

Only good "science" films in this thread:

Solaris
Ghost in the Shell
2001

The test should be whether or not plausible theory is employed, and if the focus is on that or "hurr look a monster"

Havent seen Primer so cant comment

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:10:33 2013 No.5944180 >>5944177 Oh, and Gattaca, I suppose, since the film is about ethical responsibility

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:30:05 2013 No.5944193 File: 42 KB, 500x500, dzaba.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5940945 Sounds just like Homestuck. Well, I think I will give it a try.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:45:03 2013 No.5944208 no star trek?

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:50:05 2013 No.5944213 >>5944208 If this surprises you, you should go.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:55:34 2013 No.5944218 >>5944213 what happend to nerds?

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:57:33 2013 No.5944219 >>5944218 Normal people started saying "was just watchen Star Wars OMG such a nerdd!!!"

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 12:59:03 2013 No.5944221 What about Carl Sagan's Contact?

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 13:00:04 2013 No.5944225 >>5944219 >compare star trek and star wars

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 13:02:03 2013 No.5944227 >>5944225 Late 90s kid I'm guessing? A substantial proportion of the US population watched the original series of Star Trek.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 3 14:04:34 2013 No.5944305 October Sky for younger folks

Anonymous Sat Aug 3 14:28:03 2013 No.5944338

>>5937397
primer was probably the most "enjoyable" film i have watched, just watching a group of normal dudes sitting around do the science, and the "oh shit" moments which the result gave me such a nerdgasm, if there is someway to jack off your brain i would have been mopping brain juice all day.
but then i also liked transformers in kind of a similar but not looping, and not as a movie but because frame by frame, the CGI spam gave my fucked up brain something to constantly calculate how to recreate the scene / action in reality. a minigun fire rate physics test if you will.

favorite scifi film is Dune; the future holds awkward clothing, steam derived technology, sultry kids, society separated down lines of being overweight and ginger.
it's like what the best of men would imagine the worst of life to be

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