I'm gearing up for a new SF campaign (dusting the old books off after 20+ years), and I've been compiling a list of movies that help set the tone for SF. Some have definitely influenced SF as they have all of sci-fi: Star Wars and Star Trek. Although the SF setting is different from both, there are elements of both that are clear inspiration for SF. Others range from the bad (Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared-Syn) to the great (Serenity/Firefly and Farscape). Here follows a list of movies and TV shows that I feel help influence SF specifically (at least in some small fashion):<br />Star Wars (all)<br />Star Trek (all)<br />Alien (all)<br />Dune<br />Battle Beyond the Stars<br />Forbidden World <br />Forbidden Planet<br />Ice Pirates<br />Enemy Mine<br />Moon 44<br />Soldier<br />Starship Troopers<br />Fifth Element<br />Babylon 5<br />Farscape<br />Firefly & Serenity<br />Pitch Black<br />Outland<br />Space 1999<br />Total Recall<br />Bladerunner<br /><br />I avoided anything that dealt with attacks on Earth or Earthmen from the 20th century in space, or that has too much of a magic/fantasy aspect. Anything I may have missed? Any comments?
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