Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

If you consider yourself a "cineaste", then you need to know Edward D. Wood, Junior., named the ‘Worst Director of All-Time’ in 1980 by the Golden Turkey Awards and his entire filmography is a list of the worst films of all time, the most infamous being Plan 9 from Outer Space, a Sci-Fi B-movie (Well, it’s more of a Z-movie) flick made on a budget of $60,000 and unrelated footage of Bela Lugosi. Despite the fact that the film has been named by numerous critics as the worst film ever made and is about as culturally bankrupt as a television series that celebrates Paris Hilton’s “celebrity” lifestyle, it is still an enjoyable film. It is the quintessential ‘so-bad-it’s-good’ film, where you laugh at the film’s incompetence and awful special effects and you should really see it, because words are hard to describe why this film is good, which I will try.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

I absolutely love 1950’s Science Fiction B-movies. I love the corny, cheesy and usually swearword and blasphemy free dialogue, the simplistic plot that’s either about the dangers of nuclear radiation (Them, Tarantula) or how Communist/aliens are invading our wholesome American way of life (Invasion of the Body Snatchers). Some can be intelligent or thought provoking like The Day the Earth Stood Still, but the majority are fun and entertaining popcorn films. Just like Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, a Sci-Fi B-movie I absolutely fucking love.

Blade Runner (1982)

Out of all the film genres I enjoy, my most favourite has to be Science Fiction, or Sci-Fi, and its subgenres. I enjoy the classic golden age of cinema Sci-Fi films that either make the year 2000 the most futuristic and technologically advance we will ever get, with hover cars and space travel being similar to a road trip or a B-movie where the aliens are a thin sheeted allegory for "Godless Communists" and I equally enjoy recent Sci-Fi films that are usually bleak and dystopian, where aliens are barely serving our space bars, let alone trying to conquer the Earth. But my most favourite of the Sci-Fi genre has to be the ‘smart Sci-Fi’ film, a visually stunning and entertaining Sci-Fi film that is also intelligent and thought provoking, a film that says to you, “I know you’re intelligent, so I’m not going pander down to you with flashy secial effects like you're some retarded magpie”.
One film that is constantly associated with this subgenre is Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. A smart epic Sci-Fi with an exciting atmosphere, an intelligent premise and the acting talents of Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer all tossed together and it was brilliant.