Another sequence features a creature that resembles a beach ball causing trouble in the air vents. In sci-fi, the possibilities are endless. On one level, it's The Poseidon Adventure in space, but on another, it's a beautiful tone poem on humanity's timeless force of will. Each exhaust pipe has a restricting nozzle with a tiny hole to allow fuel through to the exhaust. Richard Berendzen, author of Pulp Physics, to figure out the science behind his premise.
When she gets out, Earth Two looms large in the sky, and there are plans to send a commercial rocket there. One of the French new-wave master's few work-for-hire films and his only one in English , Francois Truffaut's on Ray Bradbury's fascist parable is far better than it seems on the surface. It is certainly of a piece with Cronenberg's earlier Videodrome even if I'm not completely sure what happens at the end of either. All they have in common is their infinite imagination. On Stranger Tides also became the fifth film of to surpass the billion-dollar milestone, breaking the previous record of four films in , in , in , and in during the.
Cillian Murphy and a starship crew are mankind's last chance for survival. A father and daughter who communicate through another dimension. Bremner even picked up some new skills. The 100 2014-present How many post-apocalyptic shows starring attractive young people do we really need? Magnet will release The Troll Hunter this spring. Yet the 2500-year journey comes with unexpected dangers, and in order to save humanity, a group of young people in this age of a wandering Earth fight hard for the survival of humankind.
Black Mirror 2011-present Each installment of 's addictive anthology takes a current techno-social phenomenon -- topics that range from to -- to its extreme and asks whether human nature can coexist with it. The Twilight Zone still speaks volumes. The dialogue can be really on the nose, while the ending some see as jumping the shark. If we were ranking the top sunglasses-related, never-ending fight scenes, we'd list this film much, much higher. This film has gone on to influence filmmakers and visual effects artists alike for over a century. How can one keep fighting in the face of insurmountable odds? Take a look below and let us know your favorites in the comments. But this movie isn't simply a story about virtual reality and how people will use the technology in the future.
He directed the sci-fi feature film , starring , as well as the acclaimed sci-fi short film. What are all these flashy lights for? Yes, there are weird flashbacks to Russia. What, and whom, are you willing to sacrifice in support of the greater good? Set in Geneva, it tells of a fateful encounter between a sensitive young woman and a reclusive, misanthropic elderly judge. It's a concept that July, who wrote and directed the film, came up with from experience. No one said science-fiction satire came without repercussions.
But back then Disney had no idea how to make live-action movies, and the result is a strange hodge-podge of kid-friendly robots, awesome special effects, 2001-esque psychedelic freak-out see video above and Ernest Borgnine in zero gravity. So we said, let's put another Earth there! Some of these recordings are innocent—like a person walking on a beach—while others are dark and sinister. Expanding the list was also interesting, insofar as noting how much or how little our feelings have changed over the past few years. The point of the project was to show off the visual effects capabilities of the open source Blender 3D software. Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987-1994 After a string of The Original Series-inspired movies and miscalculations on how to revive the sci-fi franchise for television, Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek boldly went where no concept had gone before with The Next Generation, a shinier, headier, all-around better yeah, we said it saga in the United Federation of Planets' history. What would you do if you could meet yourself? This is the directorial debut for Wallin, who is a professional concept artist. We just turn our minds off to where electricity comes from and what the consequences are, and to whom those consequences are most pernicious.
The film follows cellular biologist Lena Portman as she ventures into the Shimmer, an anomalous electromagnetic field that looks a bit like a jellyfish screensaver. I guess our disease is a fictional disease, but it's interesting—when I mentioned the disease to the the chief scientist for the Scottish environmental protection agency, I think it was, he was like, oh, what would I do about that? In reality, it always has been, even back to the days of and in the early 1900s. These names include legendary filmmakers like , , , and , as well as major visual effects artists like , , and. Either way, here are the 50 films of this millennium that represent the absolute best that the king of genres, science fiction shh! This is the question posed by Another Earth, directed by Mike Cahill. Some claimed the picture his worst , some thought it was a vision from the heavens, and as usual, when the dust has settled, more mannered judgments have taken root more of a.
But there was no smoke. We're gonna do this the Scanner way. Infamously chosen over Spielberg's E. Mixing big-budget action sequences with a time-loop twist turned into a surprisingly awesome film. Physicist Kip Thorne acted as science adviser on the film, and he had a say in how the wormholes and black holes in the film looked. Think of it as Inception in space. Abrams undoubtedly has a feel for what audiences want from mainstream entertainment that few can match.
The organic-looking ships and laser sound effects set the aesthetic tone for many films to come. The film features hideous beasts, massacres, and loads of nudity. Science allows you to take the same story and see it from a new perspective, because the science is always new and fresh. The fact that its studio gave this film basically no distribution or marketing push only goes to further prove the film's premise of human foolishness. He then uses his wealth to recreate a fragment of memory down to the most obsessive detail, assisted by a resourceful and discreet factotum Arsher Ali. For sequences of pure earth annihilation, though, few films from the era can compare.
Bonus: If you want to watch this one legally, for free, right now,. As sci-fi films move from being campy B-rated films to massive blockbusters, many filmmakers and visual effects artists are getting their start by putting together great short films. The film is currently being developed into a feature film, which will be the second feature for Robinson. While protecting the last surviving plant life, Bruce Dern scoots around a giant spacecraft and plays cards with fun helper robots. But this one is still the best. You're really annoyed and mesmerized by Maggie.