Reader: My top five sci-fi films

Dan Landes loves sci-fi. And he'll prove it on Friday, when he hosts May the Fourth Be With You -- a sci-fi extravaganza complete with costume contest, live music and movies -- at his restaurant, City, O' City. Landes wouldn't reveal what costume he'll be wearing, but in anticipation of...

By Patricia CalhounMay 2, 2012

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Dan Landes loves sci-fi. And he’ll prove it on Friday, when he hosts May the Fourth Be With You — a sci-fi extravaganza complete with costume contest, live music and movies — at his restaurant, City, O’ City.

Landes wouldn’t reveal what costume he’ll be wearing, but in anticipation of that orgy of nerdness, he did offer up his list of the top five sci-fi films.

Which inspired this from scumfuck:

1. Solaris (1972)

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey

3. Alien (More of a horror movie but sooo much better than Aliens)

3a. The Road Warrior

4. Alphaville

5. World on a Wire

What are your favorite sci-fi movies? Post them in the comments section below.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame (probably for her bar tab). She’s received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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