zardoz
Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.Title:
ZardozDate: 1974
Vitals: A casualty of LSD-influenced cinema,
Zardoz is the premiere trippy, campy SF flick everybody loves to mock. Some sort of time-travel/alternate universe thingie happens to
Sean Connery, who wears a mini-skirt/speedo while trying to figure out why a bunch of white kids are doing drugs apathetically while heading toward a vaguely apocalyptic class war. Whoa, man, pass me a tab of blue sunshine.
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io9
Long before there was Armageddon or Deep Impact, or even the fear of our own falling spy satellites, there was Meteor. Sean Connery goes into full science mode as he tries to stop a huge meteor named Orpheus from crashing into the Earth. The good news: he's partially successful. The bad news: Oops, sorry about that Hong Kong and New York. The opening scene, where astronauts watch the cosmic ballet of a comet striking an asteroid just before it obliterates them and their ship, is worth the price of admission alone.
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