I'm always looking for a new sci-fi space epic and am looking for suggestions as to whats worth buying other than the typical star wars / star trek. Is there any hidden gems on LD that I should be looking for???

Check out 2001:A Space Odyssey......
More recent and a bit more obscure "A Boy and His Dog" based on a short story by Harlan Ellison .......
One of my favorites from the vault is "Screamers" also based on a short story by world renowned sci-fi guru Phillip K. Dick !
There ya go !

10-4 on those 3. I have 2001 on LD, CED and HD-DVD, A Boy and His Dog on VHS and Screamers on LD. All are good to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

Other good Sci-Fi's would be Blade Runner, Alien and Forbidden Planet (a classic).

What kind of sci fi films do you like? I agree with all of the above suggestions.

I for one love Solaris (1972) but even I'll admit that it won't be to everyone's tastes, but if you like 2001 then I'd recommend giving it a go. In many ways Solaris is the anti-2001.

Logan's Run is another classic that's worth checking out.

watched this movie when i was a young boy.
war in space 1977, this is a great HK sci-fi movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKGUmZVTGQI

I love that movie. Its Japanese though.

My favorites are those sci-fi films set in space. I have to hold my hands up and admit I've never watch 2001 so might start there. Will check out a few write ups on those other films too.

You may also be interested:
Dark Star (1974) [ID6589VC]
Outland (1981) [12224]

or perhaps any of the Alien movies.

I own the CAV boxsets of alien and aliens and have the normal copies of alien 3 and resurection. First 2 are great films. Other 2 are kinda crap but got them for £2 each so thought why not complete the set.

Dark Star looks like a good laugh so will give it a go.

If you don't expect too much out of it Roger Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars" is a lot of fun - yeah it is a revamping of the "Magnificent Seven" (which itself was a revamping of "The Seven Samurai" ) but it is well done.

Grand Tour - Disaster in Time, while not a space epic, is an interesting time travel movie.

Enemy Mine is worth a look at it,

Forbidden Planet is a true classic if you have never seen it.

This Island Earth (despite being a target of MST3000) is another good early science fiction movie.

A classic cheesy sci fi flick, I love it. Another fun space film is the Last Starfighter!

I have all 4 LD's of the Alien series. I saw Alien in the theater with a cousin of mine. He nearly freaked out.

Dark star is the first DVD that I bought years ago. It was a student film made by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon. It definitely is a hoot to watch.

Logan's Run, Barbarella and Solaris are good films also. Barbarella is an early work for Jane Fonda and Solaris is an early work of George Clooney.

I am pretty sure they mean tarkovsky's solyaris (1972). George Clooney was in later remake by Steven Sodenberg which in my opinion a worthy remake

Clooney was already well established by the time he did the remake of Solaris, it was 2002 I think. I prefer the original but I have to admit that the remake is a lot more accessible (though I hated the remake ending).

Good call on Barbarella! Flash Gordon is always worth checking out too, especially if you're a Queen fan.

Add my typical recommendations to the list

Robocop (1987)
Screamers
Deepstar six
Leviathan
Saturn 3
Thx 1138

Ones I quite like that I think haven't been mentioned yet:

12 Monkeys (1995) [42785]
Blade Runner (1982) [PEL 70008]
Mars Attacks! (1996) [14480]
Star Trek DS9: Triple Tribble Troubles [PLTEB 36231]
(OK, it's Trek, I just love these episodes)
Runaway (1984) [EE 1026]

OK didn't want to post but i'll give a list.
some are cheesy and some are classics, and then some are cheesy classics
and some are more horror/sci-fi

Day of the Triffids, The (1962) [ID7638JO]
Day the Earth Still, The: Limited Autographed Edition (1951) [8739-80]
Fantastic Voyage (1966) [1002-80]
Flash Gordon (1980) [41518]
Fly, The (1958) [0119085]
Incredible Shrinking Man, The (1957) [23004]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Special Edition #8 (1956) [CC1108L]

last man on earth is really the one you want to watch, panic in year zero is alright but not the greatest sci-fi
Last Man On Earth, The/Panic in Year Zero [ID6113OR]
then the remake
Omega Man, The (1971) [11210]

Phase IV (1974) [LV8470]
muscle sci-fi Predator (1987) [1515-85]
underrated cult classic Seconds: Special Edition (1966) [LV066063-WS]
Thing from Another World, The (1951) [ID6996TU]
Thing, The (1982) [42654]
Time Machine, The (1960) [ML102566]
groundbreaking computer generated sci-fi Tron (1982) [6141 CS]
War of the Worlds, The (1953) [LV 5303-2]
only a thousand dollars a day Westworld (1973) [ML100097]

there are always more.
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Sorry about the 1972 Solaris goof. I did not realize that the one with Clooney was a remake. I will self-flagilate for 2 hours for that mistake (rofl).

I have not seen the original (1972 version) so I cannot make a judgement on the ending. All I know is that the movie is a weird Sci-Fi/Psychological thriller worthy of being seen.

Barbarella was one of my first CED's (for what it is worth).

No worries The original is a Russian film so I'll warn you; it makes 2001 look fast paced. I didn't like it much on first viewing but every time I've seen it since I get something new out of it.

I've yet to venture into CEDs, I find them fascinating and would love to get into it but I think the missus would kill me if I brought home another dead format.