Simple and easy to remember

best science-fiction film ever made

Idk about that buddy

We can debate the top rankings, but Alien is in the pantheon for sure. It's practically flawless as a movie. You could argue for 2001, or Blade Runner, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But you would have to at least compare those to Alien to prove they're better in some way.
- All of those except Alien could be argued to have pacing problems.
- The matrix would like a word, as would Jurassic Park, and independence day. All three are far better than alien or aliens. I admit that I have a bias against sigourney weaver. She sucked in that and sucked in avatar. I've never seen a good movie that she was in. But the alien movies are highly overrated.
Honestly, there's also "The Thing" which is also as simple as it gets.
- This is my vote as well. And it fits the prompt!
- Yeah but that was actually good.
- Here's The Thing...
It's certainly in the running, the first two are basically perfect movies

It was reasonably successful for its time.

I remember it being the better of the two open world cowboy games that came out that year.

Sharknado is exactly what it says on the tin

I can never get in to Sharknado.
It just… sucks.
Like I get that it’s supposed to be corny and stupid, but I like my corny and stupid to be a function of the creators incompetence and a $257 budget most spent on aluminum foil.
Like the movie “Independents Day” (yes, ents and not ence).
In fairness, so is Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”.
Sharknado VR was worth the money I spent on it (it was on a 50% sale, so I only paid 50 cents)

You know what a gun is. A lethal weapon

It’s not so much a sci-fi film as a horror film in a sci-fi setting.

Event Horizon is a horror film in a sci-fi setting. Alien is a sci-fi set in a horror situation.
What makes something a sci-fi film?
- The science in the film is fiction. Like jump drives, FTL, or interstellar travel in general, laser zappers and swords, consciousness transfer, etc.
- This really depends. Are we talking about “hard” science fiction (where the science is the main driver of the story, like much of Star Trek where attempts are made to explain the fictional science) or “soft” science fiction (like Dune, where the science is not really explained, more assumed, and serves as the background for the film)? I’d argue Alien falls into the former because the biology of the xenomorph is the major focus of the story.
"its not so much a square, as it is a square inside circle! Aha! points at head"
"I dont understand. Why is it not a square now, exactly? It still has 4 equa..."
"Because....circle...."
"Im not sure you have the firmest grasp on how shapes work."