The Sci-Fi Movie Tournament

[roshiq]

__Mad Max__

[Disease]

OOooh, Arrrr.

Donnie Darko

[jaybomb]

mad max...

[urgeok2]

mad max.............

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by neverending

I can't vote for a non-sci fi film in a sci fi tournament, so Mad Max it is.

Before the tourney began, I sent out PMs to 10 random HDC members and asked if Donnie Darko should be included under Sci-Fi.

All 10 answered yes. And it has won its way to Round 5 too.



6-1, Mad Max has a strong lead over Donnie Darko.

More votes needed to decide this one...

[urgeok2]

i consider DD to be sci-fi ... no matter what else it involves time travel..

science + fiction

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

i consider DD to be sci-fi ... no matter what else it involves time travel..

science + fiction

Agreed. Wormholes hardly make for "Non-scifi" material

Oh, and My vote goes to Donnie Darko

BTW, out of the two, Mad Max is way less sci fi. its set in the near-future and has some bad-ass cars, but aside from that, it is the story of a cop who stops a bad guy and gets his family murdered as a result, then gets revenge. The general setting makes it sci-fi and nothing else.

[neverending]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

i consider DD to be sci-fi ... no matter what else it involves time travel..

science + fiction

Time travel does not neccessarily science fiction make. The Once and Future King by T.H. White includes a time traveling character. Does that make it a science fiction book? Time travel in Donnie Darko is not presented in a scientific manner. It's presented more as a magical act. The book he reads is The PHILOSOPHY of Time Travel.

There's a vast difference in the way time travel is presented in Donnie Darko & The Time Machine. I love Donnie Darko- I just can't vote for it as sci fi.

[The Flayed One]

Mad Max .

[Disease]

Originally Posted by neverending

Time travel does not neccessarily science fiction make. The Once and Future King by T.H. White includes a time traveling character. Does that make it a science fiction book? Time travel in Donnie Darko is not presented in a scientific manner. It's presented more as a magical act. The book he reads is The PHILOSOPHY of Time Travel.

There's a vast difference in the way time travel is presented in Donnie Darko & The Time Machine. I love Donnie Darko- I just can't vote for it as sci fi.

Yes, the book is science fiction.