Science Fiction Movies

[Semmy]

Check it out, Tynan slipped the Firefly inspiration in there without warning us here. I knew this thread should have included shows too. I mean, that show is pretty much like one 18 hour movie anyways. Just felt like it deserved mention here. I mean, I'm sure I'm not the only who pretends to be flying the Serenity in FTL and feels a tiny pang of guilt every time Jane mysteriously gets suffocated alone in the antechamber.

not only in ftl.

* Semmy points to star command

[LobsterSundew]

c (299,792 kilometers per second) was a crowdfunded film that used no CG. It was all physical ship models, sets and props. It is not a long film so it feels over too soon.
http://vimeo.com/19954125

Below are some Japanese Sci-Fi films you may not have heard of. The history of how film creators in Japan and North America cross-pollinated ideas is something I have an interest in. Now that Hollywood is trying to adapt properties like Alita and Akira the North American audiences may start getting a lot more Sci-Fi films this decade.

Megazone 23 is not as widely known as it should be since this direct to VHS film was a big source of inspiration for Ghost in the Shell and The Matrix. The plot is very similar to The Matrix franchise and after seeing Megazone 23 the second and third Matrix movies make a bit more sense for where ideas for some story elements came from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DCgY0CGiI

Grey: Digital Target is another buried gem of a film about a supercomputer controlling the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmb5wkL8jbQ

There is a big-budget film reboot of Space Pirate Captain Harlock this year which is a franchise that helped shape Sci-Fi in the 1970s. Early reviews say it is too nerdy for mainstream audiences with the Star Trek like technobabble and like 3DCG Final Fantasy films the character's faces fall into the uncanny valley. I'm still as excited for this film as I was for Pacific Rim even though the new Harlock film likely won't be a masterpiece. I've liked the first 12 minutes preview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1oIG9yusS8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-tXVvubOwI

I mean, I'm sure I'm not the only who pretends to be flying the Serenity in FTL and feels a tiny pang of guilt every time Jane mysteriously gets suffocated alone in the antechamber.

You should look at the Serenity mod for FTL if you haven't seen it yet.