Category: BEST OF

Palace of Ultimate Badasses- Vote Now! Then Read Opposable.

To celebrate Opposable being chosen as a finalist for the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) EVVY awards, we’re opening a new wing here at Badass Sci Fi. Help me choose the first class! The Palace of Ultimate Badasses (PUB) will honor the best of the best actors, directors, protagonists,...
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Badass Sci Fi’s Independence-Day-less ’90s Top Ten.

Alright, here we go. After way too much research and time spent trying to get the perfect screenshots, here are the ten best Badass Sci Fi movies the ’90s have to offer. I enjoyed my little trip back through the ’90s, a decade widely considered inferior to the ’80s...
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Badass Sci Fi Best of the ’90s- #11-20

First, let’s recognize the also-rans, #21-50, in chronological order. #20 SPECIES (1995) Species, directed by Roger Donaldson (Dante’s Peak, Cocktail), just beat out Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic (1997), and Peter Hyams’ The Relic (1997) in the mid-’90s creature feature explosion category. First, it’s got a great cast, including Ben...
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5 Badass Sci Fi Guilty Pleasures (And One Great Deal)

I’m not abandoning my series on sci fi movies in the ’90s (entirely), but after stumbling across an interesting article, I had to respond. Plus, the Opposable ebook will be available for free for five days starting tomorrow! 1 am MST to be exact. I’ll be up. Will you?...
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5 Early ’90s Badass Sci Fi Gems That Deserve Another Look

All right, back to business. As the temps enter the ’90s, and we see the 30th anniversary of Total Recall‘s release (June 1, 1990), lets take a look at some less successful (yet no less entertaining) movies released in the early ’90s. This will kick off a series of...
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Which Badass Sci Fi Film Franchise is Healthiest…Now?

. Here’s some more viewing options as the storm clouds of Martial (not Marshall) Law approach. Heck, since we’re gonna be here a while, let’s dive into some franchises! Everyone knows my favorite day of the year is the day most of us observe the start of daylight saving...
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The Money Shot: Badass Cinematic Decapitations

***WARNING!  READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!*** This my Badass Sci Fi top cinematic decapitation list.  There are many like it, but this one is mine. -Taken from The United States Marine Corps Rifleman’s Creed and Full Metal Jacket. Head trauma is literally the coup de grace of movie violence. ...
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GUNS! GUNS! GUNS!

This my top Badass Sci Fi firearms list.  There are many like it, but this one is mine. -Taken from The United States Marine Corps Rifleman’s Creed and Full Metal Jacket. I scoured the internet and found dozens of lists.  There’s even the IMFDB; The Internet Movie Firearm Database. ...
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TOR-GNAT-O!, FLY-CERATOPS, AND CAT-ASTEROID-OPHE!

Watch the skies, especially during the eclipse (but not without your special eclipse glasses)! I know I’m a little behind the curve (Hey, I’ve been working…kind of…on this site.), but I recently started watching the new-ish MST3K.  When I got to Episode 4- Avalanche!, Jonah, Tom Servo, and Crow...
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