Because yeah…that’s what I want in my science fiction. REALISM. (Psst, you guys! Pretty sure super-duper-realistic science fiction is just called SCIENCE.) Anyway, here’s the list!
Most Realistic Films
1. Gattaca (1997)
2. Contact (1997)
3. Metropolis (1927)
4. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
5. Woman in the Moon (1929)
6. The Thing from Another World (1951)
7. Jurassic Park (1993)
The least realistic films after the jump…
Worst Sci-Fi Movies
1. 2012 (2009)
2. The Core (2003)
3. Armageddon (1998)
4. Volcano (1997)
5. Chain Reaction (1996)
6. The 6th Day (2000)
7. What the #$*! Do We Know? (2004)
Kind of sad that all of the least realistic movies are recent ones. Also, “2012” was just plain awful.
Children are our future! American can, should, must, and will BLOW UP THE MOON!
Average year of realistic films: 1963
Average year of least realistic films: 2001
NASA apparently still hasn’t left the bunker they entered during their Kennedy-era heyday. Also, slightly unnerved that alien contact is the plot premise of so many of the realistic films. Uh, is there something you’re not telling us guys?
NASA having Jurassic Park’s back is just about the most awesome thing I’ve ever heard.
“What the bleep…” remain remains one of the most colossal pieces of shit ever put on film.
Screw you, JZ Knight channeling Ramtha.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Z._Knight
Demonstrating conclusively the room-temp IQ’s in NASA’s PR department. Any “hard SF” list that leaves off 2001, 2010, Alien, and Aliens is not worthy of consideration.
#1: I want my tax dollars back!
#2: Since you’re not going to give my money back, quit dicking around with lists, and GET US THE FUCK TO MARS, ALREADY!
In fairness to “What the Bleep,” that scene where she’s in a theater watching herself in a theater watching herself in that theater was pretty sweet – because I was in that theater watching her in the theater watching herself in the theater watching herself in the theater.
Lindy left out the best part of this story which is that NASA released this list because they’ve been inundated with phone calls and emails from people who are freaking out about 2012. No joke!
Awesome. The film about eugenics is their most realistic.
Actually, wouldn’t What The Feck Do We Know count as fantasy, not science fiction? You made bunnies cry by calling that piece of … work … science fiction.
Actually, it’s fictional science.
Or maybe, science fiction fiction.
I’m glad they didn’t forget The Core. Still the only movie I’ve ever walked out of a theater during.