Reply #90: I know it's kind of weak, but I also liked the inclusion of Lou reed

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:)

And yeah, DeFoe was a great addition. Then again, so was Natassja Kinski :P

The first movie to come to mind for this list was Aliens. Then I thought of 2010, but I did not like Cameron's work on that one. I've never read it, partly because I don't think Clarke really thought through just how much a second sun would have screwed up the environment on Earth. The other thing is that a "star" made out of Jupiter wouldn't last very long at all ;)