The worst science fiction movies
(big or little screen) of all time.

(and why)

Everyone has at least one sci-fi movie that they just hate - for various reasons. I don't want to spoil all of the fun, so I'll just throw one out there for now.


SUPERNOVA

In this absolute butchering of science the entire plot is based upon our sun going supernova. Yes, that's right. "SUPERNOVA" Now, Chandrasekhar Limit aside, they were also able to predict when it would happen within hours! It was just one of those movies that had me screaming at the TV for the whole show! (not a pretty sight) Yes, I watched the whole thing. It was exactly like hockey or car racing. At each turn, I was watching for them to put the next scientific fact into the wall.

Let's have some fun and bust up some movies!

2010.

But why?
Where was the bad science or whatever it was that made you feel that way?

RED PLANET

I fell alseep while they were walking endlessly through the deserts of Mars and woke up an hour later to see them still walking endlessly through the deserts of Mars.

Now I hear they have turned it into an IMAX so people can get more of the full effect of hours of walking endlessly through the deserts of Mars.

Hey!
I dozed off to that movie too! Twice.
I think I'll skip the IMAX version, thank you!

Plan 9 From Outer Space.
If Fox Mulder really has seen that movie 42 times he must have seriously been affected by his sisters abduction.

Don't know why, but Sci-Fi tends to get badly made

so there are so many of them.

Moon Trap...ehm. That film's a waste of time.

Lost in space...That was really boring kiddie stuff.

StarTrek Nemeis...I love the series, but this was not so great film.

Star Gate...well, I like the series better though. Richard Dean Anderson is better thank Kurt Russel as Captain O'Neil

....Unless you count the fact Richard Dean Anderson doesn't seem like a battle hardened military man, and more like... macgyver

I like stargate the movie, and star trek nemesis to a point.... i would not put that in a list of the all time worst sci fi..... Maybe not in the best, but certainly not bottom of the barrel. See Time Cop with Jean Claude Van Dam for realism on what is at the other end....

Would...tremors count? They are kinda like aliens

Tremors is Sci-Fi, so it counts. This topic is not meant to be limited to just "space" sci-fi.
And yes, "Tremors" sucked!

WEll.... yesterday i watched a movie called "Altered States"...it was rated as horror, but i think it was just some of the dumbest and worst Sci-Fi i've seen in a long tiiime.

and of course "Jason in Space" or Jason X...
and "Dracula in Space"...or Dracula 1001 ???

very very sad....

Wow! I had forgotten about that one. That is way up there in whatever way you define bad!
Yikes!

Geesh... Thanx a lot for reminding me of that. Now I will have to forget it all over again!

I didn't like Mission to Mars. What a boring movie.

And Tremors kicks ass. So did the second one, but not as much. From there....well it's best not to mention it...

Tremors was fantastic!




Tremors 4 was as good as the original! It was Tremors 3 that sucked!

Lost In Space...the only great part about that movie was the end rolling credits

And just for the heck of it I am going to say that the latest episodes from Lucas of Star Wars are no where near as good as episodes - 4,5 & 6

I loved tremors! STAMPEDE EARL! awesome flick. I hated the sci fi remake of war of the worlds. I know, that will probably get me some angry pms, but honestly hated that movie.

"The Core"
My issues are more bad science than bad movies. Hell, I liked "Contact" (not as much as the book) and it was a marginally good movie at best. But I liked the subject, and the way in which they presented it.

I didn't really like The Core. I mean, it was okay, but the entire thing was very far-fetched and kind of stupid.

Kind of?
Man, I want whatever they were smoking!
Interestingly, I think that the farthest into the Earth we have ever drilled is something like 12km. It's something like 6,000km to the center of the Earth.
And they went in like it was a drive cross country!

I hate sci-fi like that!

STAR WARS utter stupidity hated them i am talking aboot EP 1 2 3
oh oh Aliens 3
Core
battlefield Earth
all the taped nasa space launches my dad has

I dont know if its classed as SCI FI but The day after Tomorrow
and Tom cruise made WOW suck

Not sci-fi

oops

Ya had me worried about ya for a sec!
Thought you might be one of those "Moon Landing is a Hoax" folks!

Must we always disagree
Ok, I'm only partly disagreeing. 1 and 2 were pretty awful, but I think ep3 was very good. Too many saber duels, not enough large scale gun fights, but a good movie in its own right. Not a patch on the original though.

Anyhow, my worst sci-fi movie of all time would have to be Sphere. Bored the hell outta me. It had a good concept, and a good cast, but they just...... missed, somehow, if I'm making any sense.

Other notable horrendous flicks - Battlefield Earth, Titan AE, Jason X. It's midnight, my brain's not quite working so I'm sure I've missed some, but this'll do for now.

Regards, PA

I will have to add "I Robot."
I never saw the darned thing but the trailers made me cringe. Also, any sci-fi with what's his name? Will Smith? Fergetaboutit. ID was enuff for me. Yuck!

In addition, Isaac Asimov has been a fav of mine since I was but a tyke. His writng and fidelity to natural laws as we understand them was such a stimulus to learn. To see his work "Will Smithed" was tantamount to blasphemy!

AI. hated that movie. way to much of a downer. and it didn't warn you it would be either. besides second hand lions, osmont hasn't done anything memorable (yes including sixth sense, saw that ending coming...sheesh)

Are you serious? That is such a damn good movie. And the animation is awesome too.

Rykster, I would suggest seeing I, Robot. That was actually a really good movie.

Any movie made by and for the Sci-Fi Channel. I think they are intentionally bad; at least I hope so.

And I agree:

Haha I actually liked I, Robot. But Battlefield Earth was Sucksville.

Well, there you go. The "Smithness" is kept to a minimum and his character is actually interesting. They story is also good, although it is the typical "I told you so!" plot where only one guy predicts the coming danger.




Personally, I like the prequels. I think it was the more physical comedy that pulled 1 and 2 under. In the original triliogy there was comedy, but it was mostly verbal and between Han and Leia. Also all of the exotic locals were too bright compared to the dark, grittyness of the old movies.

Sphere is not a bad sci-fi movie. I think the problem was that it tried to be scary and have sort of a 2001 feel to it, but it wasn't suspenseful enough. Timeline has a similar "missed" feel to it, and the book is much better.

Bad Sci-fi (in no order)
1. Armageddon (Everything that can go wrong, does. Constant explosions for two hours.)

2. War of the Worlds (Spielberg version: Has little to do with the novel, a vehicle for special effects. )

3. Treasure Planet (I dislike this mainly because Disney officially can't think of their own ideas. Example:Treasure Island IN SPACE!)

4. Mysterious Island (Any Version: Nothing to do with the novel, except the name. A couple of versions add giant creatures to "improve" the story. If people can watch Castaway, then they can watch a true-to-the-source version.)


There are other "So-bad-it's-good" movies that I enjoy watching, because they are so hokey and lame. For instance, in a movie called the Angry Red Planet, a group of astronauts land on the jungle-covered Mars (yes, jungle-covered)and reach a lake. The leader dips his hand in and says, "It looks like water." To which another says,"I'll go back to the ship and get the boat." A Boat? Why would anyone bring a boat to Mars?!!

Thanks for your contribution. I enjoyed it. Really!

Bring a boat to Mars?! That is rich!

Maybe if "I Robot" were a movie standing on its own things would be different. I just get ranckled when they bastardize the work of Isaac Asimov. Maybe it's just me, but if I knew there were an afterlife, Isaac would be screaming at the top of his lungs. "NO, NO, NO!!! Arrggghh!"

The worst sci-fi's

1. Slipstream (1989) - This movie was soo bad........ it's hurts to remember it....
Slipstream
2. The Time Machine - ugh!!! I loved the old one then they had to f*%$ it up!
The Time Machine
3. Battlefield Earth - I went to the theatres to see this and I feel asleep. Did you guys know that L. Ron Hubbard wrote the book which this movie is based on... talk about bad sci- fi
Battlefield Earth

Independence Day and Armageddon. They bored the pants clean off me. Lost in Space sucked big style.

Ha talk about these one's Hell comes to frog town, space hunter, and tankgirl, wait did i like them or hate them ah who care's. haha

Yeah I know what you mean...films like Mars Attacks! that was pretty lame, but there's something about it that was pretty attractive

Yeah Time line...I feel so sorry for that french guy. And the ending was very predictable. hmm.

Time machine...well, well. those things just reminded me of Lord of the Rings. and the story was pretty boring.


I, Robot was ok. It's not the worst you can get. Same with Armaggedon and ID4. It was bearable if you think it's some action adventure stuff.

Aliens Ressurections...that was very lame. It was sick and boring at the same time.

does movies like Event Horizon count as sci-fi?...it was pretty scary stuff but it was boring.

Minority report / War of the worlds...Tom, Tom, Tom... sigh.

Jurrasic park 2 and 3...the first one had some surprize effect, so it was ok, but 2 and 3 was not good.

Riddick/Pitch black...ehm.


did anyone like Dark City (with Kiefer Sutherland) ? I thought it was ok, but some might not like it so much.

Pitch Black and Riddick are extremely awesome movies....especially Riddick.

Alien Ressurection was pretty good..not great, but entertaining. It's nowhere near as bad as AVP.

Event Horizon was cool. I agree, kinda boring in some parts, but it was fairly creepy and gory.

I liked all 3 Jurassic Parks. 3 was really damn short though.

Also, I don't understand why so many people are against War of the Worlds. I thought it was amazing.

Actually, I was talking about 1950s-60s B-movies. Mars Attacks! is in the same vein, but it is making fun of itself, while the old movies were trying to be serious. I mean MST3K kind of stuff.

I am quite surprised I have not seen "waterworld" mentioned...

'Subtemperate':

I can't comment on Waterword.
I have never gotten through it without falling asleep!

You're most welcome !!...lol

Don't worry ...it will sink in the depths of your memory as deep and fas t as WATERWOLRD !

Waterworld...I think I saw that in the theater. Damn, that is a long movie. Some of it's pretty cool, but it's a lot longer than it should be...and pretty boring for the most part.

I thought Independance day & Armageddon rocked...though I have to agree with you on the Lost in Space that was pants

So bad you have to love it. Space Hunter: Adventure's In The Forbidden Zone
Peter Struass and Molly Ringwald never looked better.

The best line... The Amazon warrior women capture him and they say amongst themselves that they bet mating with them would kill him. He says..... I'll take that bet.

Lost in Space was silly....but still a pretty fun movie.
I don't remember much of ID but I thought Armageddon was awesome.

Tank Girl was an odd movie. But I liked it enough to watch it 3 times. But her voice makes me cringe. I liked jet though.

Species III...sucked arse.

So did 2. The first one was the only good one out of the series.

I hated number one aswell, not as bad as part 3 but still pretty stinky.

it did not

I just watched 2001.........it had some good parts, but overall too slow to get to the point and boring as hell!