Who says tax dollars and great minds go to waste? – Cuz hey! Mix the two together in a strange bastard coupling, and you’ve got yourself a movie list! That’s right! Apparently, some really smart chaps in London, England figured that naming the Best Science Fiction Movie was something worth doing – rather than other stupid things like… oh…. examining the floppy “String Theory” or curing cancer, to name a couple.
Right-o then… 56 International Scientists ranging in fields from Zoology to Quantum Physics all took part in the poll.
You could read through the entire breakdown, but I’ll summarize it and give you the Top Ten Films right here., all righty? Good. Ready then? And, .. Go!
1) Blade Runner – Noted for its questions about what it is to be human.
2) 2001: A Space Odyssey – Mr. Kubrick.
3) Shared: Star Wars & Empire Strikes Back – Return of the Jedi failed to make the Top Ten list (Sigh..we’re gonna hear about this one)
4) Alien – Ridley Scott’s got 2 in the Top 5… OooOOoohhh…
5) Solaris – the 1972 version.
6) Shared: Terminator 1 and 2 – Terminator 3 failed to make the Top Billion.
7) The Day the Earth Stood Still – I’m happy I own this. Also known for that wonderful phrase……………
8) The War of the Worlds – Good ol Mr. Wells, Empire of the Ants didn’t make it though… Funny that.
9) The Matrix – Not the Trilogy. The First one. Just the First One. Only the First One.
10) Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Because the Fourth Kind is just way too kinky.
There you are. Disagree if you want, they’re only Nuclear Quantum Mechanics Professors. or, well, something like that. Mind you, they did leave out Back to the Future. Sigh. Poor Marty.
