Greatest scene in science fiction film history?

[SoxFan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVZUVeMtYXc

[Blue_Tires]

1. time to go home...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7U4EQXFMBE

[Morning Dew]

15. that's a good scene.

Do you think they'd allow that much time for a scene like that in a movie today?

[Frank Cannon]

16. Here's another classic scene from the era that took its own sweet time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IguzgGx7y-8

They just don't make science-fiction movies like they did back then. I blame George Lucas.

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Horror! Thrill! Suspense!

What could be better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH0vrb3hrd4

[southpaw]

3. Tears in rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_saUN4j7Gw

[mix]

6. yes, great great scene, so sad n/t

[redqueen]

11. I'm torn... I love the opening scene, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaR5wVL9x2I#t=57s

[charlie and algernon]

4. the 15 minute straight camera shot in Children of Men

can't find a video of it. Youtube must've pulled it.

[Archae]

5. 8:15 on this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAAl2zfk684

"Here it comes." :nuke:

[pokerfan]

8. you can now cue youtube vids

YouTube will now allow you to send users to a specific point in a video by appending a short tag to the end of a video’s URL. It’s pretty surprising that this functionality wasn’t available earlier, as Google Video introduced the same feature over two years ago. YouTube users have been forced to rely on third party services like Splicd to do the same thing.

To specify a point, append a tag to the end of your video link with the following syntax: #t=XXmYYs

For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAAl2zfk684#t=8m15s

:hi:

[redqueen]

12. Thanks!

:hi:

[jobycom]

14. Certainly beats a dancing alien.

:rofl:

[pokerfan]

7. I was going to say the Alien chestburster before I even clicked

Extended version of the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JehjqlzXwIQ

And the opening sequence of Contact is the best ever even if they totally screwed up the technical details. (It's the thought that counts.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNAUR7NQCLA

[LanternWaste]

9. Climatic sequence at the end of Close Encounters...

Climatic sequence at the end of Close Encounters... get me every frikkin time. :P

[Mike 03]

10. Last two shots of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Star Child. I can't even think of any other image

that comes close. Not just in terms of sci-fi, but one of the greatest images in the entire history of cinema.

Other than possibly the final scenes in Silent Running.

[bamademo]

13. Several scenes from the finale of Battlestar Galactica

Firing on the Cylon ship and the last jump they made when they found Earth.

[nuxvomica]

17. Best monster attack, IMHO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaxwv1rndPI&