Name your fave vintage sci-fi movie...

[nerdgineer]

...I still have memories of the girl with two belly buttons....

I don't remember any girl with 2 belly buttons in "Time Machine". I do however remember the first (rarely aired) pilot episode of Gene Rodenberry's "Genesis II" where Mariette Hartley played the mutant babe in a bare midriff outfit who was showing hero Dylan Hunt (played by Alex Cord, and yes Gene did re-use the name for Andromeda) around a future, semi-dystopic earth. She had 2 belly buttons (arranged vertically, maybe 3" apart), a sign of her mutant adaptation, and very nice features above and below.

The pilot was re-done in '74 as another pilot called "Planet Earth" starring John Saxon as Dylan Hunt. Saxon was such a pompous dork in that one....

 

[scott.cr]

Dang... I don't think I could've asked a better group of people this question.

I see a lot of votes for Forbidden Planet!! Great movie... the one movie that turned me onto "collecting" vintage sci-fi. I never even heard of it until I saw the DVD special edition pack at Costco, and after reading the box, I added it to my Christmas list.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

I'm not a huge fan of and don't watch a lot of Sci-Fi.

But I remember liking "The Thing" (the one with Kurt Russel) and "Aliens" (oh baby Sigourny Weaver!!!!)

I will watch Blade Runner if I come across it and also 2001.

 

[nobody]

THX-1138

 

[Lightmeup]

Did anyone mention Dune?

 

[David_Campen]

Forbidden planet. teenagers form outer space. The moon men.
beyond the stars. 100000 miles from earth.
Great B moves.

You call Forbidden Planet a B movie and put it in the same class as something called Teenagers From Outerspace? Remind me to never listen to your opinion on anything.

 

[David_Campen]

One I haven't seen mentioned is "Lathe of Heaven".

Edit:
Looking at the Wikepedia entry; the version I saw and liked must be the 1979 PBS version titled "The Lathe of Heaven".

 

[rainyday]

Lathe of Heaven? TB sent me some tubes off of that!

How about Silent Running? (No, it's not DSpecks new lifestyle)

 

[Reaper]

Can't believe that no one hasn't mentioned "When Worlds Collide" yet.
Original King Kong's a good one but how come no ones mentioned the sequel to it - King Kong's white furry son?

 

[dalekcommander]

Another vote for Soylent Green here!
The way my mind works, I can't see anything made out of tofu without thinking of that movie. I know, soylent green was chips, but tofu is just as suspicious!

 

[nerdgineer]

scott.cr should provide a date for what he considers the cutoff for "vintage" movies. I was thinking no later than Star Wars the first (1973?)...

 

[COMMANDR]

Another vote for Bladerunner, 2001 and Forbiden Planet. Dune is right up there also.

Gary

 

[nerdgineer]

Forgot about (more recent, but maybe still vintage enough):

The Quiet Earth
Dark City
The Last Starfighter
My Stepmother is an Alien
Millenium
Zardoz
Starman
Coccoon
Terminator I
Final Coundown
Rocketeer
Deep Impact
12 Monkees
X the Unknown
Back to the Future

 

[LowBat]

scott.cr should provide a date for what he considers the cutoff for "vintage" movies. I was thinking no later than Star Wars the first (1973?)...

They began production in 1973, but the release date was 1977.

 

[geepondy]

Is Blade Runner considered sci-fi?

 

[aikiman44]

Anybody mention the following?
The Bride of Frankenstein
Them
Things To Come
And Blade Runner is definitely science fiction.

 

[will]

how about the Birds ?

 

[aikiman44]

Most decades have a couple of classics.
Remember World Without End or The Man From Planet X?

 

[TheMechanic]

I agree with many of the choices already made, adding in:

Fahrenheit 451
Metropolis
Sleeper (OK, maybe it's not quite vintage and not really scifi, but I like it anyway)
Tron (does it make the vintage cutoff?)

While not science fiction, AlphaTea mentioned Dracula (Bela Lugosi, 1931.) In that vein I'd add the original "Nosferatu", and the SPANISH version of the Bela Lugosi classic - shot on the SAME set using the SAME script at the SAME time, but with a different director and cast.

The star of the Spanish version (Carlos Villar) was not nearly as engaging as Lugosi, but everything else about film - from the supporting actors to the cinematography - is superior. Widely available on DVD, it is a "must" for anyone into the genre.

-=[ Grant ]=-

 

[aikiman44]

Okay, now we're talking vintage 30's/40's, not strictly sci fi, but what the hell: Invisible Man, already mentioned, Dracula's Daughter, The Wolfman, Island of Lost Souls (Are we not men? Lota the Leopard Woman, the House of Pain)

And I completely agree with the Dracula/Lugosi info.