From: DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@DEADSPAM.COM   
      
   "SanFrancisco2019"  once tried to   
   test me. I ate their liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti   
      
   > T2, well, might have made you think, if you thought about doing so.   
   > But it looks pretty amazing, so I say maybe.   
      
   I think both T1 and T2 do clever things with the joys of messing with   
   the time line, the joy of paradox, explored with guns, so it ticks both   
   boxes, and so I'm happy with T2 being on the list.   
      
   > Body Snatchers, bullshit.   
      
   Ooh isn't this a scary sci-fi idea, aliends replacing all the people in   
   the world with copies...ooooohhh scary!!!! A) why would they do   
   that....B) why WOULD they do that????   
      
   > Forbidden Planet's take on Shakespeare tackled tougher philosophical   
   > questions, without using near mindless organic replicas.  Back to the   
   > Future was totally fun, totally puffy, and will never be worthy of   
   > being in any sort of serious top ten film list. Silent Running was a   
   > better, far more thoughtful film and I would watch it any time as long   
   > as I could mute Joan Baez. You want family-friendly, give me The Black   
   > Hole, not ET. You want the breakdown of society, give me The Road   
   > Warrior, not Clockwork Orange. Terror and paranoia? I'll take   
   > Carpenter's The Thing over Bodysnatchers. Time travel? What the hell   
   > is wrong with Pal's The Time Machine?   
      
   The problem with The Time Machine was fixed with the remake, the   
   original was just this observation of time travel, and was totally dull.   
   He invents a time machine, goes for a wander, and interfears a bit in   
   natural evolution, as a man from the 19th century is going to be much   
   smarter than anything from the future now...The remake has more going   
   for it. He invents a time machine to try save his girlfriend's life, but   
   the paradox means he never can, so he runs away into the future, and   
   then has to make a choice about his future and the future's direction.   
      
   If I was to look at films that should make the list, I agree with Silent   
   Running, I would have that there.  I would have Forbidden Planet, and   
   maybe the Incredible Shrinking Man (which is down for a 2010 remake)   
   and/or "Them". I would also have the original Matrix   
      
   There is a story that should have a film on the list, but to date, any   
   attempts to film it has resulted in a mess. "War of the Worlds" We need   
   someone to make the original story as a film, and maybe have Jeff   
   Wayne's music ;-)   
      
   IGN has a better top 5 that is more in with my thinking...   
   http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/677/677739p5.html   
      
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