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TMP makes Shatner's top SF films

posted a year ago by bozo_500 (13379)
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Yes really

William Shatner’s favourite sci-fi movies

E.T. (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
Star Wars Episodes IV-VI (George Lucas, 1997-1983)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Robert Wise, 1979)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1969)
Apollo 13 (Ron Howard, 1995)
Avatar (James Cameron, 2009)
Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1997)

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/william-shatner-names-his-favourite-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time/

[–] rateater (10241) a year ago

interesting insight into the mind of william shatner.

[–] bozo_500 (13379) a year ago

Probably bc it was the first one and he got to work with a film directing legend, Robert Wise

[–] johnmiller (4011) a year ago

It's the best of the "Star Trek" films. Good choice.

[–] Ace_Spade (9657) a year ago

That's a pretty great list, frankly. Whether ego drove him to put TMP on there or not, I think it's a great sci-fi film and I cannot fault its inclusion.

I find Apollo 13's inclusion stranger, since it's not really a sci-fi film.

Also, not a lot of movies post-2000, and that dodges greats like Children of Men and Arrival, but that's not even a "problem," since I can't fault his list as-is. What would I swap for CoM? Alien? ET?

I think a lot of people would put Wrath of Khan in their top ten, so is Shatner a jerk for including a different classic Trek film?

[–] MaximRecoil (4836) 2 months ago

"I find Apollo 13's inclusion stranger, since it's not really a sci-fi film."

It is if the Apollo missions were a hoax. Maybe he subscribes to that theory.

[–] Ace_Spade (9657) 2 months ago

That would be very funny if he thought that.

[–] samoanjoes (58533) 2 months ago

The Motion Picture isn't even as good as Wrath of Khan or The Undiscovered Country.