Check out our Top 10 sci-fi films on Blu-ray

[Andy Clough]

With Star Trek out on Blu-ray this week (and fabulous it is too!), we've put together our list of Top 10 Blu-ray sci-fi films for you to enjoy.

No doubt some of you will have others you'd like to recommend, so let us know what you'd put in your Top 10.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Are you saying Star Trek is better than transformers for picture and sound then?

Thanks

 

[Andrew Everard]

It's a list, not a ranking.

 

[Andy Grange]

Are you judging the list on the quality of the movie itself, or the transfer? Or both?

 

[Frank Harvey]

Serenity?

2001?

Moon?

Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)?

The Thing?

Sunshine?

 

[hammill]

Andy Grange:Are you judging the list on the quality of the movie itself, or the transfer? Or both?Well "I Robot" is on the list so it cannot be the quality of the movie

 

[dcanham001]

have to say 2001 and The Thing are excellent transfers and films - should definately be ahead of the majority in the list

havent seen Moon yet but have heard great things about it

noones gonna agree with me but i think The Fountain is a great sci-fi flick and a decent transfer

 

[Andy Clough]

Andy Grange:Are you judging the list on the quality of the movie itself, or the transfer? Or both?

Main emphasis is on the technical quality of the picture and sound.

 

[The_Lhc]

Andy Clough:Andy Grange:Are you judging the list on the quality of the movie itself, or the transfer? Or both?
Main emphasis is on the technical quality of the picture and sound.

S'funny, I thought 2001 was near the top of the list every other time you've done this kind of thing?

 

[Oldboy]

2001.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th anniversary edition).

Both should've been on the list but then it would've been a top twelve so you have to draw a line somewhere....besides the top ten list i totally agree with and the Star Trek bluray is brilliant, a total must buy!

 

[Tonya]

As a footnote:

Funniest SciFi film - "Morons from outer space"
Worst SciFi film - "Starcrash"
Strangest SciFi film - "Howard the duck"

Most underrated SciFi film - "The man who fell to Earth"

Is it just me or does John Duncan look like Valerie Singleton?

 

[The_Lhc]

Tonya:Is it just me or does John Duncan look like Valerie Singleton?

It's just you, he looks nothing like her.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Is it just me, or does Tonya look like Claude Rains in The Invisible Man?

 

[The_Lhc]

Andrew Everard:Is it just me, or does Tonya look like Claude Rains in The Invisible Man?

Don't be silly. oldboy on the other hand...

 

[professorhat]

Tonya:Worst SciFi film - "Starcrash"

Never!

 

[Garth Man]

WallE

Dark City

2001

Moon

The Fifth Element

Iron Man

The Matrix

Serenity

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

I am Legend (hmm)

The Incredible Hulk (hmm)

Hellboy 2

Akira

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2009)rubbish by the way....

Starship Troopers

Aliens Vs Predator Requiem (worst film ever?...)

come on theres loads of other Sci Fi discs!!

 

[matengawhat]

what about knowing - i was really impressed with the transfer both the picture and sound track ard absolutly superb- really impressed me

 

[Andy Grange]

Yeah, isn't the plane scene in Knowing meant to be one of the best scenes on any blu-ray? Surprised that's been left off the list.

 

[Andy Clough]

Have to say I didn't get on with Knowing at all. Nicolas Cage just can't act. But yes, technically it's a good disc.

 

[matengawhat]

Andy Clough:Have to say I didn't get on with Knowing at all. Nicolas Cage just can't act.

but you said was about the transfer picture and sound not quality of movie or personal dislike - are we to believe some products when reviewed could be treated same way ie don't like that manufacturer????

Slippery slope!

 

[Clare Newsome]

But Andy didn't write the list. The team wrote the list. Like the team write the reviews, so an individual's opinion doesn't hold sway....(Plus products are reviewed purely on a performance-per-pound basis; there's not the same issues as with music/movies).

Personally I enjoyed Knowing apart from the last @30 minutes, which were daft. Awesome Blu-ray in terms of quality, too.

 

[matengawhat]

Clare Newsome:

But Andy didn't write the list. The team wrote the list. Like the team write the reviews, so an individual's opinion doesn't hold sway....

Personally I enjoyed Knowing apart from the last @30 minutes, which were daft. Awesome Blu-ray in terms of quality, too.

was only messing

Spoiler alert

but comp agree with the above - i really enjoyed the movie, great sound track actually quite errie in places then the whole aliens meets noah ark, tree of knowledge rubbish kind of ruined it

 

[Clare Newsome]

Andy Grange:Yeah, isn't the plane scene in Knowing meant to be one of the best scenes on any blu-ray? Surprised that's been left off the list.
I think the issue here is genre-definition. This list is from the Ultimate Guide to Blu-ray, which has these different categories:

Sci-fi

Thriller

Kids

Horror/Cult

Drama

TV Shows

Comedy

War

Western

Action

Classics

So, Wall-E comes in the Kids line-up; The Things comes in Horror/Cult; Battlestar Galatica in TV shows; Iron Man in action, etc, etc.

We'll be bringing you more of those lists to discuss and debate between now and Xmas. Or the Ultimate Guide to Blu-ray is still on sale in WHSmith and other good newsagents

 

[Andy Clough]

At least we've got a good debate going! Always fun.

 

[professorhat]

Plenty of debates to come I reckon (such as how Crank 2 managed to get in the Action Top 10...

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