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Lots of my favorites have already been mentioned. A recent movie that was not mentioned that I thougth had merit is "Minority Report." I thought there were real some possibilities for US culture in the next 50 years. Not the fortelling of the future, but the constant marketing/advertising, identification and tracking of individuals, virtual computer interfacing. I thought the transportation/freeways were interesting, but that'd require serious investment in infrastructure.
As far as books, I've really enjoyed Orson Scott Card recently. David Weber's Honor Harrington series was fun. If you are into "social science fiction" I think Octavia Butler is amazing with her Parable series. She passed away back in 2/06. Real loss to the genre.
Worst sci-fi movie: There are so many, but a recent example that I haven't seen mentioned here has got to be "Signs". As with most bad science fiction, the concept was pretty cool, but it fell totally apart at the end. I have to believe that a people that can develop the technology for interstellar travel, would have the ability to determine that 3/4 of the world they are trying to invade is covered in poison.
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...sometimes I find it in the music.
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