5 weird Sci-Fi movies you need to see/analyze before you die

Just so you know, there are going to be some really weird choices on this list. Some you'd expect, and some you may not have even heard of... All are placed here in alphabetical order since I do not want to make it look like I prefer one of these over the others. This one is also going to be brief and direct. I don't feel the need to go on and on about a bunch of sci-fi movies, even if I am a bit of a nerd.

2001: A Space Odyssey

After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000. Slow-paced. Has some truly amazing special effects. Has been repeatedly analyzed ad nauseam by film students and scholars since its initial release in 1968. Will mess with your mind a LOT, even if you aren't stoned.

Donnie Darko

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes. Involves Time Travel paradoxes and LOTS of mind-fuckery. This movie deserves to be more than just a cult favorite. You might also need to brush up on your philosophy for this one. It can get really deep into morality & determinism. You can see the whole movie for free on YouTube here.

Forbidden Planet

A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors, one of them harboring a deadly secret. THE CLASSIC Sci-Fi film of the 1950s. Influenced Star Trek, Star Wars & Babylon 5 in numerous ways. (Probably many others as well.) First appearance of Robby the Robot. First all electronic soundtrack in film history. 10/10, would recommend to anyone.

Logan's Run



A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth. Has scenes of a post-apocalyptic underground society that is completely ignorant of the outside world. Lots of weird shit. Last great epic sci-fi movie before Star Wars changed everything in 1977.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is determined to be on a course for Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept the intruder. 

This film tends to cause division among the fan base. Some say it's brilliant, others think it's too slow-paced and dull. I think it's slow-paced AND brilliant.

It has some of the best visuals of any Star Trek adventure ever made and easily the best soundtrack. The Enterprise never looked more beautiful than she does in this film. This film is also as close to hard sci-fi as Star Trek ever got. Go into this one with an open and curious mind, and you will be rewarded with a truly thought-provoking tale.

Also, I got to see this one in theaters in 2019, as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of its release. It was the original theatrical cut. The pacing actually felt right and the visuals still looked absolutely amazing on that silver screen. I love this movie, haters be damned!

- Lord Publius

Possibly controversial Star Trek opinions

Time to make some nerds REEEEEEE for no reason other than my own amusement...

1.) I prefer the on-screen version of the Ambassador class to the prototype version.

The prototype design that Andrew Probert created just looked weird to me. It could still have worked as one of many ships in the Starfleet, but not as a hero ship bearing the name Enterprise. The version that Rick Sternbach created for Yesterday's Enterprise works better in that role. It looks and feels like the kind of Federation heavy cruiser that would be produced as a successor to the Constitution and Excelsior classes. (While still retaining a lot of influence from both of them...)

Oh yeah... That there is sexy... 

2.) I liked the Kelvin Timeline movies. I hope they continue. It's nice to have the characters of Captain Kirk and his crew back in the movies.

This one is going to trigger the ever-lovin' shit out of quite a few people... That being said though, Discovery still sucks.

I would have done something different with the deflector dish and
spaced out the nacelles more. Other than that, this design was nice.

3.) I liked the story behind TMP as well, just because it was so damned weird. 

Not to mention it was as close to hard sci-fi as any of the Trek movies ever got. Haters be damned, this was a great story and movie, it just wasn't quite what fans had expected. They thought it would be as action-packed as a typical TOS episode. Roddenberry never had any intention of making that kind of movie. So, to the people who constantly criticize this film, all I have to say is that I am...

Leave it up to a legendary Shitlord like me to find a way to turn
the Enterprise going to warp into an insulting animated GIF meme...

4.) I liked Enterprise from the start.

I liked the design of the ship too, even if it was heavily inspired by the 24th century Akira class. That was all too easy to ret-con in canon. Just say the Akira was inspired by the NX-01. Problem solved.

Although, I do have to admit that the theme song of that show just plain sucked.

This was actually a pretty cool-looking ship.

5.) I liked Voyager BEFORE they got a buxom blonde with curves in all the right places onto the show in season 4. 

Also, I really wish they did more with the Starfleet/Maquis conflict among the crew. That was never explored in any great detail.

By the way, I am not complaining about 7 of 9 being on the show at all. I am very fond of that character. She was Voyager's equivalent to Spock, Data & Constable Odo: the alien outsider that in some ways is more Human than any of the other characters. Jeri Ryan did an amazing job with her on Voyager. Too bad that shitbag hack Alex Kurtzman ruined the character in that awful Picard show.

This character should have been named 10 of 10.

6.) The Federation does NOT have a Socialist economy. 

Anyone who thinks that is both pretty ignorant of economics and Star Trek trivia. I'll go into more detail about this topic in a separate blog someday. 

That being said, how could you think that the Federation was Socialist when the government does NOT have control over the means of production? For that matter how could the Federation's government take control over the means of production? With everyone having a replicator in their home, they could conjure just about anything they need or want out of thin air.

- Lord Publius