{"id":40932,"date":"2023-03-27T06:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T17:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40932"},"modified":"2023-03-26T21:57:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T08:57:45","slug":"12-favourite-sci-fi-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2023\/03\/27\/12-favourite-sci-fi-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Favourite Sci-Fi Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently on Twitter, author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garethlpowell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gareth L Powell<\/a> of <strong><em>Ack-Ack Macaque<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Embers of War<\/em><\/strong> fame listed some of his favourite science fiction films \u2013 which got me thinking, of course!<\/p>\n<p>The upshot being my own Top 10 list, as follows \u2013 listed in year of release, rather than order of preference, because that can shift around somewhat from time to time, depending on mode and mood. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forbidden Planet (1956)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-27375\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Forbidden-Planet-104x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Forbidden-Planet-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Forbidden-Planet-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Forbidden-Planet.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Wars \u2013 (1977) Yep, the <em>actual<\/em> first one! (And none of this prequel\/sequel malarkey \ud83d\ude09 )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-27370\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Star-Wars-101x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Star-Wars-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Star-Wars.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alien (1979)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-27372\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Alien-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Alien-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Alien-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Alien.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blade Runner (1982)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-27371\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blade_Runner_poster-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blade_Runner_poster-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blade_Runner_poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blade_Runner_poster.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Terminator (1984)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-11492\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Terminator1984movieposter-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Terminator1984movieposter-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Terminator1984movieposter-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Terminator1984movieposter.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens (1986)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-40933\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aliens2_poster-96x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aliens2_poster-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aliens2_poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Aliens2_poster.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-32760\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Terminator-2-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Terminator-2-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Terminator-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Terminator-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Terminator-2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gattaca (1997)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-27373\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Gattuca-101x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Gattuca-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Gattuca-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Gattuca.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep Impact 1998<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-40934\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/deep-impact-movie-poster-1998-1020203648-97x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/deep-impact-movie-poster-1998-1020203648-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/deep-impact-movie-poster-1998-1020203648-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/deep-impact-movie-poster-1998-1020203648.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matrix (1999)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40943\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Matrix_movie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"149\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serenity (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-27383\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Serenity-101x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Serenity-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Serenity-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Serenity.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrival (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-33664\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Arrival-96x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Arrival-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Arrival-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Arrival-768x1199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Arrival-656x1024.jpg 656w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Arrival.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How about you? Got a favourite or two?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently on Twitter, author Gareth L Powell of Ack-Ack Macaque and Embers of War fame listed some of his favourite science fiction films \u2013 which got me thinking, of course! The upshot being my own Top 10 list, as follows \u2013 listed in year of release, rather than order of preference, because that can shift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funstuff","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40932"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40948,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40932\/revisions\/40948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}