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Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:45 am
by Kuokkanen
What are the movies that have both scifi and war elements, and we can agree to be war movies? Some I know:
War of the Worlds
Independence Day
Starship Troopers
Battle: Los Angeles
And I think Star Wars ones are closer to adventure movies...
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:11 pm
by requiem_12
[&:]
The Final Countdown
Space Battleship Yamato
Battleship
alien 2
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:46 pm
by barkman44
"The Box"set during the civil war and "The Citadel"set during ww2 in the Balkans.
It starred Jurgen Prochnow,had a nice sdkfz 251.
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:48 pm
by gradenko2k
Edge of Tomorrow is a really good recent sci-fi war film with some very explicit references to contemporary warfare.
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:20 pm
by Curtis Lemay
Star Wars [8D]
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:59 pm
by Kuokkanen
ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay
Star Wars [8D]
Closer to Indiana Jones type adventure than war
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:06 pm
by rodney727
So the clone wars is not really a war?[:D]. I'm sure the Germans thought that "their" tour in Russia was not war but an adventure too! No one was mentioned the terminator movies yet.
ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen
ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay
Star Wars [8D]
Closer to Indiana Jones type adventure than war
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:52 pm
by fodder
Off the top of my head there is or are...
Earth vs the Flying Saucers
The Last Starfighter
Enemy Mine
The Land That time Forgot
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:56 pm
by TulliusDetritus
ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000
Edge of Tomorrow is a really good recent sci-fi war film with some very explicit references to contemporary warfare.
Wow, I have missed this one (I have seen all the others mentioned). IMDB score: 8,2 [X(] That's a LOT.
Thanks, to my watch list [&o]
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:09 pm
by Twotribes
Edge is JUST out go see it now.
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:22 pm
by nicwb
Wing Commander - not highly recommended
War of the worlds
And if you aren't hard core about the sci- Fi requirement but can extend to horror/vampires - "The Keep"
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:41 am
by Capt. Harlock
What are the movies that have both scifi and war elements, and we can agree to be war movies? Some I know:
"Mars Attacks!", though clearly a spoof, did have a number of combat sequences.
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 1:06 am
by Kuokkanen
ORIGINAL: rogo727
So the clone wars is not really a war?[:D].
Do you mean
the computer made animated serie? That could count as war, but it's not movie...
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 1:10 am
by aaatoysandmore
The Soldier? the one with Kurt Russel?
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 2:46 am
by gradenko2k
ORIGINAL: nicwb
Wing Commander - not highly recommended
Wing Commander is a lot funner if you imagine it's actually a U-boat film in space.
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:54 am
by mbar
ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000
Edge of Tomorrow is a really good recent sci-fi war film with some very explicit references to contemporary warfare.
I saw EoT last weekend and it is very good. I was a bit skeptical because the trailers show the future soldiers using power suits. I thought they might distract me from the story but really they blend right into the background as "equipment" and the story and characters stand right out in front.
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:15 pm
by jday305
Dune...though not a very good movie compared to the books still have a couple of battle scenes.
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 4:07 am
by nicwb
Gradenko - Wing Commander as a boat film set in space? Weird but I guess it can't make it any worse.
I'll add to my earlier list: Dr Who and the Dalek invasion of earth
Predator -
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:20 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: mbar
ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000
Edge of Tomorrow is a really good recent sci-fi war film with some very explicit references to contemporary warfare.
I saw EoT last weekend and it is very good. I was a bit skeptical because the trailers show the future soldiers using power suits. I thought they might distract me from the story but really they blend right into the background as "equipment" and the story and characters stand right out in front.
Saw it today after reading the good reviews online. It was good. Kind of a "Starship Troopers" meets "Aliens" meets "Groundhog Day".
RE: Scifi war movies
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:49 pm
by TheGrayMouser
The Matrix Trilogy