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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2008 at 11:14
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Speaking of John Carpenter, They Live was a lot of fun...
The longest fist fight in movie history with Roddy Piper. These wrestlers actually learned a lot about acting from their wrestling careers Shocked.
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The Progtologist has one of my faves on his list THX-1138 Here`s mysynopsis from my web-site :
It`s the world of the future and the computers have taken over. Humans are forebidden tohave emotionsand are force fed sedatives and assigned numbers. THX-1138 played by Robert Duvall falls in love and together with his mate takes on the computers. Very Orwellian.

An examole of great sci-fi without all the unnecassary special effects.
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2008 at 11:05
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Some of my favs:

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Planet of the Apes

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Which? The original(s) or Tim Burton's comedy version?
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

The last great Sci-Fi film I saw was Children of Men, but I've not read the original book by P.D. James, which apparently is also very good.

I thought the Tom Cruise War of the Worlds was abysmal, Hollywood seem to ruin things nowadays.

Oh and the original Day of the Triffids was excellent too.

I tend to also like dystopian and/or intelligent sci-fi.  I don't like Space Operas that much to be honest.

I am still waiting to see some of the film adaptations of some Kurt Vonnegut books, I believe there is some.

There is quite a good movie of Slaughterhouse 5, directed by George Roy Hill.

I just finished reading that, excellent book, though the sci-fi element is definitely not major.
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And how about Mad Max trilogy (eben when the last one is at least regular) and Waterworld??? I have to recognize that Waterworld still amaze me and is a very decent sci fi apocaliptic movie... at least much better than The Postman
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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Thanks for remminding me Doc, The Butterfly Effect is a brilliant film.Thumbs%20Up
 
Maybe not brilliant but at least far better than The Sound of Thunder (based on a Ray Bradbury short story)... The story is really amazing but the movie is really bad...
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2008 at 10:55
Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

The Matrix Trilogy(fave:Matrix Reloaded)

Your list was nearly flawless (except you left off Brazil, you naughty person), but I'm having such a hard time taking you seriously after this. LOL

 
Quote I love movies based on comics,but I don't know why I don't count them as sc-fi.Some of my faves:
 
Spiderman trilogy(fave:Spiderman 2)
X-Men trilogy(fave:X-Men-The Last Stand)
Batman
Batman Returns
Blade trilogy(fave:Blade 2)
The Crow
Sin City
Daredevil(ONLY the Directors Cut,which is awesome)
Superman Returns

No love for Hellboy? I think it's right behind Sin City and Spidey 2 in terms of best comic films (even though Guillermo takes some big liberties with the graphic novels).
 
If asked to name my favorite Matrix movie a year or two ago I would have named the first one,but I have watched it A LOT and my enthusiasm has cooled a bit.Quite a bit is revealed in Reloaded,and it contains two scenes that I absolutely love:the Burly Brawl and the freeway chase scene.
 
I didn't care much for Hellboy,I'm not a big fan of the comic.Ron Perlman was excellent in the role,though.


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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2008 at 10:32
Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

I always remember two of the older SF movies:  The day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.  The first film of War of the Worlds has always stuck in my mind too, although it's probably not a great film.  It was more my age at the time and the situation when I saw it.

Logan's run always seemed to me to be interesting social comment but it was definitely of an age.
 
Brian Singer,who directed X-Men and Superman Returns,is remaking Logan's Run.I wasn't a big fan of the movie,because the book is so much better.
 
One of the big differences is that in the book Lastday is on your 21st birthday,not your 30th like in the movie.Also,the endings in the book and moive are VERY different.There is also a very good sequel(in book form),called Logan's World.

Singer seems like a good choice for a remake of this movie, his work in the first two X-men is great, you can really see he was missing in the third one!

I see Metropolis is getting quite a lot of love, that�s good. I don�t like it that much, but on the other hand I�m not a big German-Expresionism fan either...

Brazil is great, 1984 done with humor, excellent!

As for Twelve monkeys, I�ve never seen it from start to finish... will have to rent it one day

And Im very interested in the new final cut of Blade Runner, seems to be very good


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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

No love for Hellboy? I think it's right behind Sin City and Spidey 2 in terms of best comic films (even though Guillermo takes some big liberties with the graphic novels).


Hellboy's a curious movie; I bought it just to complete my Guillermo Del Toro collection. Ron Perlman is excellent in it, but I suppose not knowing the comic background, I've never been able to get 'into' this movie. Don't dislike it as such, just... not sure.

Incidentally, Del Toro's being mooted as likely to direct the final Harry Potter movie (now that I'd sign a petition for )


I'm not a comic guy either, but Del Toro did a phenomenal job with it. He reminds me of Ridley Scott in that he makes worlds that you want to live in even though they are horrible places. Ridley's 2019 Los Angeles was a pollution-filled, overpopulated clusterf**k, yet it was so beautifully created that it was alluring. Del Toro did the same with Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth. Ditto on the Deathly Hallows. Once his name was mentioned I could think of no one else to direct it.
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Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

I always remember two of the older SF movies:  The day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.  The first film of War of the Worlds has always stuck in my mind too, although it's probably not a great film.  It was more my age at the time and the situation when I saw it.

Logan's run always seemed to me to be interesting social comment but it was definitely of an age.
 
Brian Singer,who directed X-Men and Superman Returns,is remaking Logan's Run.I wasn't a big fan of the movie,because the book is so much better.
 
One of the big differences is that in the book Lastday is on your 21st birthday,not your 30th like in the movie.Also,the endings in the book and moive are VERY different.There is also a very good sequel(in book form),called Logan's World.


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Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

Logan's run always seemed to me to be interesting social comment but it was definitely of an age


I know, good film, but it looks terribly dated these days - just as well the society depicted never came to pass - the Grey Room'd be empty!

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I always remember two of the older SF movies:  The day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.  The first film of War of the Worlds has always stuck in my mind too, although it's probably not a great film.  It was more my age at the time and the situation when I saw it.

Logan's run always seemed to me to be interesting social comment but it was definitely of an age.
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Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

No love for Hellboy? I think it's right behind Sin City and Spidey 2 in terms of best comic films (even though Guillermo takes some big liberties with the graphic novels).


Hellboy's a curious movie; I bought it just to complete my Guillermo Del Toro collection. Ron Perlman is excellent in it, but I suppose not knowing the comic background, I've never been able to get 'into' this movie. Don't dislike it as such, just... not sure.

Incidentally, Del Toro's being mooted as likely to direct the final Harry Potter movie (now that I'd sign a petition for )

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For some reason, I really enjoy sci-fi movies, even the bad ones like Battlefield Earth (with John Travolta). Remember that one? Sometimes those crappy, cheaply-made ones on the Sci-Fi Channel catch my attention too. I must be a nut.
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Oh yes, I forgot Brazil too, that's a wonderful movie.  I fell asleep through Twelve Monkeys though (not purposefully) and I missed Sin City the other day because my girlfriend apparently said she'd seen it and didn't like it... which isn't true, 'cause it was the British Television Premier... oh well, I'll have to wait 'til next time.

I think we watched Krull on video instead. LOL


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Jody's list is pretty much mine, though I would add Brazil.

My top ten:

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Blade Runner- The Final Cut (watch all the versions; this is clearly king. It finally made me realize what a masterpiece this movie is)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. A New Hope
5. Brazil
6. A Clockwork Orange
7. Alien/Aliens (they're both so good, and Cameron made a smart move not trying to make another horror film since Sir Ridley got it so perfect the first time)
8. The Matrix
9.Terminator 2: Judgment Day
10. Metropolis
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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

The Matrix Trilogy(fave:Matrix Reloaded)

Your list was nearly flawless (except you left off Brazil, you naughty person), but I'm having such a hard time taking you seriously after this. LOL

 
Quote I love movies based on comics,but I don't know why I don't count them as sc-fi.Some of my faves:
 
Spiderman trilogy(fave:Spiderman 2)
X-Men trilogy(fave:X-Men-The Last Stand)
Batman
Batman Returns
Blade trilogy(fave:Blade 2)
The Crow
Sin City
Daredevil(ONLY the Directors Cut,which is awesome)
Superman Returns

No love for Hellboy? I think it's right behind Sin City and Spidey 2 in terms of best comic films (even though Guillermo takes some big liberties with the graphic novels).
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2008 at 22:45
Maybe Dun's Eros album as a soundtrack?  You get the Dune reference and the Zeuhl at the same time.
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Points: 8890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2008 at 22:01
I've only read Dune once, so I could be wrong, but I'd imagine semuta music would be a cross between raga and krautrock.   Tongue
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Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:


I am a fan of Dune. And I don't think the movie is that bad. Do you know that originally it was Alexandro Jodorowsky who was to make the film? He wanted Salvador Dali to play the emperor Shaddam IV and Pink Floyd to compose music. That would've been something! See: http://www.hotweird.com/jodorowsky/dunestory.html.

Wow, they considered Gong, Tangerine Dream, Oldfield, and Magma too.  That would be amazing, even if the film sucked at least the soundtrack would be amazing.  Certainly better than Toto. Wink


I always thought the artwork on the Magma album Attahk resembled something out of Dune, either Harkonanns, the Space Guild or Tleixian face dancers or something
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