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Sci-Fi's top 25 movies and TV of the past 25 years: 1. "The Matrix" (1999)
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JediANGELA
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1/7 4:57pm
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Sci-Fi's top 25 movies and TV of the past 25 years: 1. "The Matrix" (1999)
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25. V: THE MINISERIES (1983)
Created by Kenneth Johnson
Giant fascist lizards from outer space — it sounds like something you'd see on Mystery Science Theater 3000. But this parable of tolerance is far more complex and frightening than it seems. While the ''Visitors'' say they ''come in peace,'' they really want to drain Earth's water supply. Just in case you still don't get the point, their insignia looks suspiciously like a swastika.
POP CULTURE LEGACY Besides spawning an equally engaging sequel — 1984's V: The Final Battle — V gave Robert Englund (a.k.a. Freddy Krueger) his big break.
THE BEST BIT In one of the best TV reveals ever, lizard queen Diana (Jane Badler) — still disguised as a sultry brunet human — unhinges her jaw and stuffs an entire guinea pig in her hideously elongated piehole. —Kristen Baldwin
I've heard of this, but being that this came out two years before I was born, I've never seen it. 
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Zaz
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I haven't either, but that's what DVDs are designed for...
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VadersLaMent
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I'm old. I saw it.
It was a lot of fun and one of those things we talked about in school the next day. The fights were minor, it was intrigue and decent trojan horse story. The birth of the...uh, as I type this I don't want to make a spoiler. Let's just say a human and a Visitor get togther and the birth scene is classic.
And Marc Singer has done two good things in his entertainment career; V and The Beastmaster.
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dp4m
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Woooooooooooooooooooo!
V gets some love finally! And I should post what I sent in for the top 100 TV threat about V, though it didn't make it...
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Darth_Omega
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I'm as old as the opening post and I've seen V. Reruns ftw. As for being in t he top 25 Sci-Fi of the past 25 years? Not even remotely close.
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yankee8255
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VadersLaMent posted:
I'm old. I saw it.
It was a lot of fun and one of those things we talked about in school the next day. The fights were minor, it was intrigue and decent trojan horse story. The birth of the...uh, as I type this I don't want to make a spoiler. Let's just say a human and a Visitor get togther and the birth scene is classic.
And Marc Singer has done two good things in his entertainment career; V and The Beastmaster.
Totally. It was a fun miniseries. There is apparently going to be a new sequel that is an alternate to the "Final Battle".
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JediTrilobite
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Is this the EW list? It's a horrible one, they miss so much from SciFi Movies and TV.
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Darth_Omega
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JediTrilobite posted:
Is this the EW list? It's a horrible one, they miss so much from SciFi Movies and TV.
They did make a "How could you have miss that" list, which was rather amusing to read.
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dizfactor
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JediTrilobite posted:
Is this the EW list? It's a horrible one, they miss so much from SciFi Movies and TV.
Really? You know, I never like lists like this, but overall... this is actually a great list. I mean, I would quibble with some of the placements, but I don't see any especially glaring omissions. I would probably have included Primer instead of V, and I might very well be missing something really obvious, but for once, I'm not horrified by one of these lists.
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darthdrago
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Yeah, Primer should be on the list. After I rented it, I couldn't believe that more people haven't been talking about that film. That short little indie film had me on the edge of my seat. The concept of cause & effect has rarely been portrayed like Primer did it.
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dizfactor
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I know, I know. It's brilliant. A classic example of how to make a compelling movie on a shoestring budget.
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You're dead to me, diz... 
Replacing V with anything...
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24. GALAXY QUEST (1999)
Directed by Dean Parisot
In this pitch-perfect parody, the cast of a canceled cult TV show much like Star Trek — featuring an egocentric commander (Tim Allen), his alien sidekick (Alan Rickman), and a buxom lieutenant (Sigourney Weaver) — gets enlisted to help save an alien race, who, thanks to intercepted broadcasts, think the actors are real space-faring heroes.
POP CULTURE LEGACY It seamlessly stitched together sci-fi clichés with adventure and nostalgia (not mockery).
THE BEST BIT Sam Rockwell's cocky ''red shirt,'' killed in his first and only episode of the TV show, who spends most of the film fretting over whether he'll get bumped off for real. —Erin Richter
I saw this in theaters and I absolutely hated it. But it does have a lot of big names in it, I have to see it again. I saw it when I was in middle school. Reserving judgment.
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Zaz
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I loved this one. It parodies ST, but with genuine affection. A damn good comedy.
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Well it is a lot of fun, to be sure, and has a great cast.
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It's so funny when they talk. It was either "Weee neeed your hellllp" or "Youuu are our laaast hoope"
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