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Old 27-January-2007, 09:50 PM
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Default Nominations for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Comedy in Cinema

The Rules:

1. Must have been a commercially released film.
2. The work must propose an alteration of reality or a projection into the future; sci-fi/fantasy/woo-woo are all acceptable.
3. It must intentionally be comedy, spoof or satire.
4. Series counts as a single nomination.
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Princess Bride and Galaxy Quest spring to mind.
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Dr. Strangelove. It is borderline sci-fi with the doomsday device. Definitely on the speculative side.
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Spaceballs, the Movie.
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I liked all of those.

Okay, I can think of a lot of these. Here's some of the better ones (in my opinion, of course):


The President's Analyst

Sleeper

Real Genius

Young Frankenstein

Monty Python's Holy Grail

Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Weird Science

Shrek

The Incredibles

Defending Your Life

Ghostbusters

Edited to add:

Back to the Future
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Lots of good ones already.

I'll add Groundhog Day

A personal favorite of mine.
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Old 29-January-2007, 11:49 AM
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Woody Allens "Sleeper"

The Big Bus
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Dark Star might be a dark horse candidate.
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2001: A Space Travesty
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Pirates of the Caribbean
The Incredibles
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2. The work must propose an alteration of reality or a projection into the future; sci-fi/fantasy/woo-woo are all acceptable.
Unfortunately removing Free Enterprise. Unless the version of Shatner in that movie counts as alternate reality.
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Old 30-January-2007, 01:49 PM
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Gillianren read my mind...

For its clever (and I think unsurpassed) spoofs of sci-fi cliches, I say "Galaxy Quest" ftw!
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Old 30-January-2007, 02:43 PM
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So many good ones suggested. How about I just second Young Frankenstein.
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I liked all of those.

Okay, I can think of a lot of these. Here's some of the better ones (in my opinion, of course):


The President's Analyst

Sleeper

Real Genius

Young Frankenstein

Monty Python's Holy Grail

Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Weird Science

Shrek

The Incredibles

Defending Your Life

Ghostbusters

Edited to add:

Back to the Future
Thanks for posting all of my picks
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!
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Airplane II
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Old 31-January-2007, 10:29 PM
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Not as good as Airplane!, though. But A2 is sci-fi, A! isn't.
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Lots of good suggestions.
I'll add Evil Dead 2 & 3
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Bill and Ted's most excellent adventure, of course. Party on dudes!

Oh, and Gremlins.
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Old 07-February-2007, 12:27 AM
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Ice Pirates
Men in Black
Spaced Invaders
Mars Attacks
Time Bandits

only because Princess Bride and Spaceballs were already mentioned.
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