The guys over at Entertainment Weekly likes making lists, so sooner or later they would stumble across the Top 25 Sci-Fi of the last 25 Years, including movies, TV shows, and other sci-fi moments. As with all lists, this one is pretty arbitrary, and I don’t actually agree with a whole lot of them. For instance, “Galaxy Quest” at #24? I wouldn’t put “Quest” on the list at all; it’s a goofy comedy, not real sci-fi. And Lucas “Star Wars: Clone Wars” at #20? Seriously?

Anyways, here’s the full list (via):

25. V: THE MINISERIES (1983) Created by Kenneth Johnson
24. GALAXY QUEST (1999) Directed by Dean Parisot
23. DOCTOR WHO (1963-Present) Developed by Sydney Newman
22. QUANTUM LEAP (1989-1993) Created by Donald P. Bellisario
21. FUTURAMA (1999-2003) Created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen
20. STAR WARS: CLONE WARS (2003-2005) Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
19. STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) Directed by Paul Verhoeven
18. HEROES (2006-Present) Created by Tim Kring
17. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) Directed by Michel Gondry
16. TOTAL RECALL (1990) Directed by Paul Verhoeven
15. FIREFLY/SERENITY (2002/2005) Created by Joss Whedon
14. CHILDREN OF MEN (2006) Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
13. THE TERMINATOR/ TERMINATOR 2 (1984 /1991) Directed by James Cameron
12. BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) Directed by Robert Zemeckis
11. LOST (2004-Present) Created by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof
10. THE THING (1982) Directed by John Carpenter
9. ALIENS (1986) Directed by James Cameron
8. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987-1994) Created by Gene Roddenberry and Rick Berman
7. E.T. (1982) Directed by Steven Spielberg
6. BRAZIL (1985) Directed by Terry Gilliam
5. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982) Directed by Nicholas Meyer
4. THE X-FILES (1993-2002) Created by Chris Carter
3. BLADE RUNNER (1982) Directed by Ridley Scott
2. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003-Present) Developed by Ronald D. Moore
1. THE MATRIX (1999) Directed by the Wachowski brothers

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” at #17. Um, that’s sci-fi? And the “Terminator” franchise at #13 — not even in the Top 10? This is what happens when you let mainstream critics tackle sci-fi. They have absolutely no idea what sci-fi is. And putting the Battlestar Galatica redo at #2 is so predictable. Every mainstream critic has to say they love this show and put it at the top of their everything list or their fellow critics will beat them senseless.

I haven’t thought enough about this to know what would go on my list if I were to make one, but I certainly wouldn’t put BSG, Heroes, and Lost so high on the list, if at ALL. They still have to prove that they can stand the test of time. I get the feeling that whoever made this list must be 20 years old, and has absolutely no idea why Cameron’s sci-fi works were such works of genius.

And, um, they forgot Stanley Kubrick’s “2001″, but remembered Futurama???? Egads.