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    50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers

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    Image of Infernorhythm Infernorhythm
    06/13/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    No Sunshine? Shame on you. One of the best intro voiceovers ever.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/13/09

    @Infernorhythm: Oh yeah! I love that movie.... totally awesome stuff. Can't believe I forgot it. Oh well. I think maybe now that we're close to 60 intro voiceovers, I'm going to stop adding new ones...
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    Image of steam23 steam23
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    Oh man, I would pay some serious dough to get all those on vinyl! The scratchtastic possibilities are actually endless!
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    Image of steam23 steam23
    06/12/09

    @steam23: OK I jut took a closer listen to some more of the list, and I take it back. I absolutely NEED to have these on vinyl! I'm going to go and find someone with a record press and get this shit on wax !!!
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @steam23: If you make any cool remixes, send them to us!!
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    Charlie, once again you have proven your genius. This is a stunning achievement of nerdy mania. Also, we need to watch Gene Generation.
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    I always loved The Road Warrior's intro:

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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/12/09

    @John Hazard: Shit. I guess I'll be adding this back to netflix.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @John Hazard: Oh man... so great! See, this is what I was hoping would happen. People could point out the stuff i'd missed, and post clips. This post will be like the clearinghouse of great opening monologues. Thanks so much!
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    Male announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.


    Female announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.


    Male announcer: [later] The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone.


    Female announcer: No, the white zone is for loading of passengers and there is no stopping in a RED zone.


    Male announcer: The red zone has always been for loading and unloading of passengers. There's never stopping in a white zone.


    Female announcer: Don't you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for stopping!


    Male announcer: Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit again.


    Male announcer: There's just no stopping in a white zone.


    Female announcer: Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.


    Male announcer: It's really the only sensible thing to do, if its done safely. Therapeutically there's no danger involved.

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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/12/09

    @NotChoinski: LOL that's a great one.
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/12/09

    @NotChoinski: + 1, surely.

    (and Betty's right about the white and red zones)
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    06/15/09

    @NotChoinski: What is this from?
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    06/17/09

    @Trystero: Airplane!
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    The 1953 version of War of the Worlds, with Sir Cedric Hardwicke, is all the voiceover intro you'll ever need

    + Watch video



    _from=PL&index=27
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @SCROGGS!!: Yay thanks for posting this!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    06/12/09

    @SCROGGS!!: How wonderful. Yours is an intellect vast, cool yet quite sympathetic. Much thankfulness!
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    Image of Clarox Clarox
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    Missing monologue: "My name is Chev Chelios, and this is the day that I died". Ok, some of you may argue that it's not sci-fi, but really, it's not THAT far.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @Clarox: Punching Stuff Until It Blows Up: Yeah that totally belongs. Is it on Youtube?
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    Image of AvenueOfTheStrongest AvenueOfTheStrongest
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    You know, everyone vilifies it, but I always had a soft spot for Harrison Ford's narration in the non director's cut Blade Runner. "I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life, my life."
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @AvenueOfTheStrongest: Oh man, I tried to get this. Do you know how hard it is to find a copy of the theatrical release of Blade Runner nowadays?
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/12/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Charlie... come on. [www.amazon.com] No fan didn't get this and it has every possible version of that film you'll ever need and then some.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Oh, now I feel inadequate.
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/12/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: I even have it in BaaaloooooRay!
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/12/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Wow, how could you have not purchased this Charlie.


    The blu-ray is worth it.

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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    Wow, comprehensive good one, and has introduced me to a couple things I need to watch. But...No love for Charlton Heston's Armageddon intro though?


    ...it will happen again. WHOOSH.

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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    06/12/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Moses is telling you the world is going to end. You'd damn well better listen.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    anyone care to comment on the noticable abscense of the pitch black intro monologue?
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/12/09

    @tetracycloide: A travesty!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    06/12/09

    @tetracycloide: that's a truly great one -also Chronicles of Riddick has a great one too.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    But "Plan 9 From Outer Space" is left out, and it's got one of the most screwy intros ever.


    "Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. You are interested in the unknown... the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you, the full story of what happened on that fateful day. We are bringing you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimony, of the miserable souls, who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, the places. My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts of grave robbers from outer space?"

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: I really wanted to include that... but it's not a voiceover. It's a guy sitting at a desk talking to us. There's a difference.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    06/12/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: I think this is from that Nigerian Prince guy...
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    Image of kalenoble kalenoble
    06/12/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: WTF??


    What was the Dune clip then?!?


    And Ultraviolet was just a voice over from a trailer!


    Your standards: FAIL!

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @kalenoble: Oh fine. Insist on logic, why don't you? I included Dune because I had the miniseries in there and I wanted the movie for comparison. Yeesh. Did you really want me to put up SIXTY clips!?
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of agentgray agentgray
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    ...niverse!"


    I'll finish that for you. Geesh. Like hearing a music with a note missing.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @agentgray: Let me see if I can fix that.
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of diverguy diverguy
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    Agreed with NotArthurPDragon...


    You're also leaving out Cate Blanchett's amazing introduction to the Lord of the Rings.

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    diverguy was starred diverguy was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @diverguy: Actually, LOTR is in there. Why don't you check before making scurrilous accusations???
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    Image of NotArthurPDragon NotArthurPDragon
    06/12/09

    In reply to 50 Glorious Scifi Movie Intro Voiceovers
    Does your urban fantasy rule apply here, because you left out Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Mako for Conan The Barbarian.
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    NotArthurPDragon was starred NotArthurPDragon was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @NotArthurPDragon: Hey, Underworld is in there! As for Conan, not really urban fantasy. Although I did throw in LOTR.
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    Image of NotArthurPDragon NotArthurPDragon
    06/12/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Because I'm stupid, I didn't realize I had to actually click onto a link. I thought this was your list. Sigh. It's Friday. That's my excuse.


    And Red Planet should have been on the 2727 list.

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    NotArthurPDragon was starred NotArthurPDragon was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    06/12/09

    @NotArthurPDragon: Ooh, thanks for the reminder. I actually made a clip of "Red Planet," but I forgot to stick it in. It's in "personal monologues," because Carrie Ann Moss talks about herself and her crew. But it could have gone in 2727, for sure.
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/12/09

    @NotArthurPDragon: I concur with the Conan comment.


    I know it's not urban fantasy, but it's amazing.


    Also: um if I might add one more

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