Fan, I take it you read Girl Genius also? I love that comic strip, as the main character (Agatha) looks EXACTLY like this hot, red headed chick I used to know....and she was a scientist also.
Now, for my top fave sci-fi/sci-fantasy movies
1. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
2. Star Trek (2009)
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
4. ALIENS
5. Alien
6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country/Star Trek Nemesis
7: Dune (2001)
8: Dune (1985)
9: Battlestar Galactica (current version)
10: Battlestar Galactica (1978)
11: Children of Dune
12: Forbidden Planet
13: 2001: A Space Odyssey
14: Starship Troopers