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Topic	Gauntlet Crew Ranks Science Fiction Films I
scarletspeed7 11/10/18 12:03:44 PM #1:	Every night as a young child, my father would tuck me into bed while regaling me with the tales of Isaac Asimov and Larry Niven. He retold these stories of grand empires and spaceships, aliens and supernovas, cultures facing major tipping points in their lifespans. For me, science fiction was bred into me at a young age, and I marveled at the worlds that could be. As an adult, I look for science fiction to ask questions that could bog down modern society. Science fiction at its best explores the issues of the next decade and the next century. It shapes our understanding of what may be to come, and it reframes the problems of now in a petri dish where asking the question isn't met with hostility. For nearly 100 years, filmmakers have taken to the genre of science fiction and consequently it has evolved yearly, shaping both filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Whether the outlook is bright and bleak, science fiction serves as the prognosticator for our hopes and our fears in a way that no other genre can really embody. Starting today, Gauntlet Crew will rank 40 science fiction films on the first of what will eventually be multiple science fiction film lists. This particular list brings a snapshot of science fiction from across history, starting with films from 1925 and reaching all the way until today. Here's a list of the films we watched together, in chronological order: Metropolis The Day The Earth Stood Still When Worlds Collide Forbidden Planet Fantastic Voyage Barbarella 2001: A Space Odyssey Planet of the Apes Westworld Soylent Green Logan's Run Invasion of the Body Snatchers Alien Outland Blade Runner (Watch 2007 version if possible) The Terminator Back to the Future Aliens RoboCop They Live! Total Recall Terminator 2: Judgment Day 12 Monkeys Independence Day Gattaca The Fifth Element Men in Black Dark City The Matrix Donnie Darko Equilibrium Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sunshine District 9 Moon Attack the Block Gravity Interstellar Edge of Tomorrow Ex Machina The participants included: charon Genny Inviso Johnbobb JONA Karo KBM Scarlet Snake Stifled Wickle I hope you stick around to hear our thoughts and share your own as we travel through science fiction history together. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:912160580] in Gauntlet C... [t:77189347]...</cite> <quote>Every night as a young child, my father would tuck me into bed while regaling me with the tales of Isaac Asimov and Larry Niven. He retold these stories of grand empires and spaceships, aliens and supernovas, cultures facing major tipping points in their lifespans. For me, science fiction was bred into me at a young age, and I marveled at the worlds that could be. As an adult, I look for science fiction to ask questions that could bog down modern society. Science fiction at its best explores the issues of the next decade and the next century. It shapes our understanding of what may be to come, and it reframes the problems of now in a petri dish where asking the question isn't met with hostility. For nearly 100 years, filmmakers have taken to the genre of science fiction and consequently it has evolved yearly, shaping both filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Whether the outlook is bright and bleak, science fiction serves as the prognosticator for our hopes and our fears in a way that no other genre can really embody. Starting today, Gauntlet Crew will rank 40 science fiction films on the first of what will eventually be multiple science fiction film lists. This particular list brings a snapshot of science fiction from across history, starting with films from 1925 and reaching all the way until today. Here's a list of the films we watched together, in chronological order: Metropolis The Day The Earth Stood Still When Worlds Collide Forbidden Planet Fantastic Voyage Barbarella 2001: A Space Odyssey Planet of the Apes Westworld Soylent Green Logan's Run Invasion of the Body Snatchers Alien Outland Blade Runner (Watch 2007 version if possible) The Terminator Back to the Future Aliens RoboCop They Live! Total Recall Terminator 2: Judgment Day 12 Monkeys Independence Day Gattaca The Fifth Element Men in Black Dark City The Matrix Donnie Darko Equilibrium Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sunshine District 9 Moon Attack the Block Gravity Interstellar Edge of Tomorrow Ex Machina The participants included: charon Genny Inviso Johnbobb JONA Karo KBM Scarlet Snake Stifled Wickle I hope you stick around to hear our thoughts and share your own as we travel through science fiction history together. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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