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Watch a film in 9 of the following decades:

• 1890: The Mechanical Butcher (1895) (Y)
• 1900: The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) (Y)
• 1910: Frankenstein (1910) (Y)
• 1920: * The Lost World (1925) (D)
• 1930: * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (B)
• 1940: * Cat People (1942) (D)
• 1950: Godzilla Raids Again (1955) (Starz OD)
• 1960: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) (C)
• 1970: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) (Starz OD)
• 1980: * Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (B)
• 1990: * Mimic (1997) (B)
• 2000: * Alien vs. Predator (2004) (D)
• 2010: * Predators (2010) (B)

Watch films in at least two languages other than English:

• First language - Lithuanian: Vanishing Waves (2012) (AP)
• Second language - Japanese: Attack on Titan: Part 1 (2015) (AR)

Watch a film in 9 of the following categories:

• Animated Fy SF: * Big Hero 6 (2014) (Dig)
• Based on a novel: The Maze Runner (2014) (N)
• Commentary: * Deadpool (2016) (B)
• Criterion Collection Fy SF: * Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (B)
• Documentary feature Fy SF: Unacknowledged (2017) (NWI)
• Featuring a laser shot going into the sky or down from space: * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) (B)
• Film and at least two sequels:
  • * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) (D)
  • * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (D)
  • * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) (B)
• Film and its remake/reboot:
  • Flatliners (1990) (N)
  • Flatliners (2017) (Starz OD)
• Hugo Award (nom/won): * Arrival (2016) (B) -or-
  • Saturn Award (nom/won) Fy SF: * Interstellar (2014) (B)
• Low budget: * Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) (D)
• MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic/Hosted version: MST3K: The Return: Cry Wilderness (1987/2017) (NWI)
• Special effects by Ray Harryhausen: * Clash of the Titans (1981) (B)
• Future passed: * Predator 2 (1990) (D)

He's dead, Jim. Watch 4 out of the following:

• Written by/inspired by/or related in some way to the late:
  • Gene Roddenberry: * Star Trek: Beyond (2016) (B)
  • Jules Verne: Master of the World (1961) (Y)
  • Richard Matheson: * I Am Legend (2007) (B) -or-
    • H.P. Lovecraft: * From Beyond (1986) (B)
  • George A. Romero: Monkey Shines (1988) (AP)
  • H.G. Wells: * War of the Worlds (2005) (D)
  • C.S. Lewis: * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (B) -or-
    • JRR Tolkien: Born of Hope (2009) (Y)
  • Alan Rickman: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) (AP)
  • Margot Kidder: * Superman: The Movie (1978) (B)
  • David Ogden Stiers: Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time (2017) (AP)

Watch 10 films directed/produced/written by:

• Duncan Jones: Mute (2018) (NWI)
• Fritz Lang: Destiny (1921) (NWI)
• George Lucas: * Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) (B)
• Georges Méliès: A Trip to the Moon (1902) (Y)
• Hayao Miyazaki: Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (NWI)
• J. J. Abrams: * Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) (B)
• James Cameron: * Aliens (1986) (B)
• James Whale: * Frankenstein (1931) (D)
• John Carpenter: * The Thing (1982) (D)
• Luc Besson: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) (AP)
• Richard Fleischer: Soylent Green (1973) (N)
• Ridley Scott: * Alien: Covenant (2017) (B)
• Robert Wise: The Andromeda Strain (1971) (N)
• Steven Spielberg: Ready Player One (2018) (V)
• Terry Gilliam: * The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) (B)
• The Wachowskis: * The Animatrix (2003) (B)
• Tim Burton: * Big Fish (2003) (D)

Watch a film in 7 of these ratings:

• Unrated (pre-MPAA): Beginning of the End (1957) (Y)
• Approved: * King Kong (1933) (D)
• G: * The War of the Worlds (1953) (D)
• GP: Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) (Roku)
• PG: * Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) (B)
• PG-13: * Independence Day (1996) (B)
• M: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) (N)
• R: * Alien 3 (1992) (B)
• NC-17: Evil Aliens (2005) (N)
• X: Robocop (1987) (TMC)
• Unrated (post-MPAA): * AvP: Requiem (2007) (B)

Watch a film in 11 of the following subgenres (link link 2):

• Alien invasion: Skyline (2010) (N)
• Based on fairy tale: * Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) (B)
• Christmas in July: * Batman Returns (1992) (B)
• Comedy: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) (AP)
• Comic Book: * Ant-Man (2015) (B)
• Dark Fantasy: * The Dark Tower (2017) (B-U)
• Disaster: Geostorm (2017) (C)
• Dystopian Society: The Handmaid's Tale (1990) (N)
• High Fantasy: * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) (B)
• Horror: * Life (2017) (B)
• Immortality: The Man From Earth (2007) (AP)
• Kaiju: * Pacific Rim (2013) (B)
• Mad Scientist: The Twilight People (1972) (AP)
• Mutants (Critter or otherwise): Rupture (2016) (MAX OD)
• Paranormal: * Crimson Peak (2015) (B)
• Post-Apocalyptic: * A Quiet Place (2018) (B-U)
• Prehistoric: Prehistoric Women (1950) (D)
• Psychological Sci-Fi: Primer (2004) (N)
• Robot/Android: * Alien: Resurrection (1997) (B)
• Space Themed: * Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) (D)
• Sword and Sorcery: Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011) (N)
• Time travel: From Time to Time (2009) (AP)
• Urban Fantasy: Bright (2017) (NWI)

Watch a film starring 15 of the following actors:

• Akira Takarada: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) (Starz OD)
• Amy Adams: Her (2013) (N)
• Andy Serkis: * Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) (B-U)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: * Predator (1987) (D)
• Benedict Cumberbatch: * Doctor Strange (2016) (B)
• Boris Karloff: * The Mummy (1932) (D)
• Charlize Theron: * Prometheus (2012) (B)
• Chris Hemsworth: * Ghostbusters (2016) (MA)
• Chris Pine: A Wrinkle In Time (2018) (N)
• Chris Pratt: * Jurassic World (2015) (B)
• Christopher Lloyd: My Favorite Martian (1999) (N)
• Faith Domergue: The Atomic Man (1955) (R)
• Gary Oldman: * Lost in Space (1998) (D)
• Harrison Ford: * Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) (B)
• Sir Ian McKellen: Richard III (1995) (MGM HD)
• James McAvoy: * X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) (B)
• John Astin: * The Frighteners (1996) (D)
• Keanu Reeves: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (AP)
• Keith David: Sons of Liberty (2013) (AP)
• Kurt Russell: * Stargate (1994) (B)
• Liv Tyler: * Armageddon (1998) (B)
• Milla Jovovich: * UltraViolet (2006) (B)
• Morgan Freeman: * Dreamcatcher (2003) (D)
• Patrick Stewart: Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017) (NWI)
• Peter Jason: Dreamscape (1984) (R)
• Roddy McDowall: Circle of Iron (1978) (AP)
• Samuel L. Jackson: * Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) (B)
• Scarlett Johansson: * The Island (2005) (D)
• Sigourney Weaver: * Alien (1979) (B)
• Vincent Price: * The Last Man on Earth (1964) (D)
• Will Smith: * i, Robot (2004) (D)
• Zoe Saldana: I Kill Giants (2017) (H)

Personal:

• Anime: Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) (NWI)
• Found Footage: Phoenix Forgotten (2017) (H)
• Musical: Bang Bang Baby (2014) (AP)
• TV Miniseries: Angels In America (2003) (AP)
• TV Movie: * Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (D)
• TV Series: * Babylon 5: Season 1 (1994) (D)