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#739164
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The Scifi Films of 2014
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Not a bad year for Sci-fi after all.


Guardians of the Galaxy was frigin' awesome.

I loved Edge of Tomorrow - I'm actually really sorry I didn't go see it in the theatres, because based on the trailers, it looked like another mindless action sci-fi with Tom Cruise but it turned out to be a really interesting story.

I've only recently seen the new Planet of the Apes and thought it was really good too, albeit the apes still looked too CGI.

And I think most comic book movies are sci-fi at their core (someone getting super-powers due to scientific experiments or genetic mutations is a very sci-fi concept) so I would count the new Captain America and the new X-Men among the really good sci-fi films of this year.

And then there's Interstellar of course - I didn't think it was all that amazing but there were some really good parts, plus it gave me an opportunity (possibly the last ever) to see a movie in IMAX 70mm (the Prague IMAX re-asembled their already decommissioned 70mm projector for it) and that was amazing!

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#738689
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What is your favorite versions of the following movies: Apocalypse Now, Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner and Terminator 2?
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Erik Pancakes said:

The Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition

The Two Towers - Extended Edition

The Return of the King - Theatrical Cut

ROTK is just too bloated in it's EE form, but the first two movies benefit greatly from their extra scenes.

 I agree, though I could go either way with Fellowship as I think that while the added scenes are nice and very interesting in on themselves, they don't necessarily make the experience of the movie better (nor worse). TTT is another thing completely - the EE is a vastly superior movie experience. And ROTK EE is not only bloated but a lot of the added stuff is kind of stupid (falling skulls, spoiling the reveal of the fleet being taken over by the dead army, Mouth of Sauron and much much more) plus the effects on the added stuff are kind of cheap looking.