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EssentialCoffee, in Favorite sci fi film (thats not Star Trek)?

It’s impossible to name just one, so here’s a couple.

Metropolis

Equilibrium

Jurassic Park

Galaxy Quest

Robo Cop

Face/Off (This one might be stretching a little, but it’s not possible without the sci-fi aspect, so I’m counting it).

palitu, in Favorite sci fi film (thats not Star Trek)?

I do love the fifth element. Absolite classic, with what seems like ageless cinematography

ShranTheWaterPoloFan, in Favorite sci fi film (thats not Star Trek)?

Coherence - a great small film.

Gattaca - fun sci-fi film that feels ignored

Moon - fantastic performance from Sam Rockwell

Primer - confusing but the best time travel movie ever

Dark City - I love this movie. It has problems, but it’s such a cool ride

Existenz - very matrix like but unique and surprisingly good

The institute - not sci-fi per say but a really cool documentary

NuPNuA, in Favorite sci fi film (thats not Star Trek)?

2001- A Space Odyssey.

Especially_the_lies, in Favorite sci fi film (thats not Star Trek)?

Back to the Future (the whole trilogy)

Alien (the first two, anyway)

Ghostbusters I & II (I know it’s a comedy with horror elements, but the proton packs are definitely sci-fi, and so is the whole city of NY coming together in harmony during the 2nd movie)

The Matrix (just the first one)

essigvater, in Favorite sci fi film (thats not Star Trek)?

Dune (1984) is a glorious mess and I love it.

effinstephen, in Why are so many Star Trek/Sci Fi YouTubers far right?

Block, block, block. You have to beat Youtube with a hammer to steer the algorithm, but it’ll catch on eventually. And one thing to avoid is hate-watching. Youtube doesn’t care if you’re only watching it because you hate it, it just cares that you’re watching it.

And right-wingers get into Star Trek for similar reasons to liberals–because it’s entertaining, and it reflects their values. Only, they don’t see the space communism, the egalitarian society, the infinite diversity in infinite combinations. They see the mighty starships roaming a war-ridden galaxy, essentially stand-ins for American Navy vessels (as every “Constitution” class ship makes clear in its name). They see simple morality plays where a majority-white-male crew consistently demonstrates the superiority of their wits and values over other races, while also hooking up with alien women. It’s a myopic view of the franchise, but it can certainly describe a lot of the original series, a fair amount of nineties trek, and the whole Abrams trilogy, too.

ccryx, in PSA - DMing on Lemmy - encryption and element.io

Just fyi, while it’s possible to have end to end encrypted chats in telegram, they aren’t enabled by default.

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