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Favorite Science Fiction Movies
inspired by sleeper-has-awakened | Sunday, August 14, 2005 | all interested FReepers

Posted on 08/14/2005 8:45:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv

Dune (1984) would be up there, if you read the book first.

2001 is also a notable achievement. I saw that 4 times before I read the book. Never understood it until I read the book. A. C. Clarke was a genius. His "songs of distant earth" needs to be made into a film.

Planet of the apes does not deserve mention, IMO.


61 posted on 08/14/2005 9:18:37 PM PDT by mmercier
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To: endthematrix

I think THX1138 was maybe Lucas' best film...and Duvall in his first lead showed he had the right stuff to carry a movie!

Anyway, I have this crazy thing for dystopian stories...


62 posted on 08/14/2005 9:20:01 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

I heard that the BBC version of Day of the Triffids is excellent-much better than the 1963 movie, in fact. The BBC has made lots of excellent SF productions,with the Quatermass serials being the best and best known but sadly, many of them are now forever lost.


63 posted on 08/14/2005 9:20:02 PM PDT by RightWingAtheist (Creationism is not conservative!)
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To: RightWingAtheist
Warren Oates

Along with Gene Hackman, one of my favorite character actors.

64 posted on 08/14/2005 9:20:04 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: SunkenCiv
One thing that sets most off is the long "real time" filming. It attempts to cast apprehension but may also bring on extreme boredom.
65 posted on 08/14/2005 9:20:26 PM PDT by endthematrix ("an ominous vacancy"...I mean, JOHN ROBERTS now fills this space!)
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To: softwarecreator

There was a Village of the Damned, and I have seen it, but it didn't stick in my mind much....


66 posted on 08/14/2005 9:20:37 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: tortoise

5th element....if only for the hot chick.


67 posted on 08/14/2005 9:21:05 PM PDT by trubluolyguy (The defense of our nation should begin at the borders...Mr President?.....George?)
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To: SunkenCiv

If there was a bad SF movie they could show on TV, it got shown in New Orleans on Sunday mornings when I was growing up, and I watched them every week....


68 posted on 08/14/2005 9:21:41 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Re: dystopian stories

Post-nuclear, apocalyptic, Zombie...it's ALL good!
69 posted on 08/14/2005 9:23:18 PM PDT by endthematrix ("an ominous vacancy"...I mean, JOHN ROBERTS now fills this space!)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

A DVD of Attack of the Mushroom People (under the original title, Matango) was finally released, and instead of being campy, I found it to be a very good and creepy film, sort of a cross between Lord of the Flies and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It features some excellent extras, including an interview with one of the FX men.


70 posted on 08/14/2005 9:23:20 PM PDT by RightWingAtheist (Creationism is not conservative!)
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To: softwarecreator

;-)

We had it on VHS. I can't seem to find it at the moment though. hehe... just as well I suppose.


71 posted on 08/14/2005 9:23:55 PM PDT by kenth
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
There was a Village of the Damned, and I have seen it, but it didn't stick in my mind much....

I remember some kid with a very creepy stare.  I think I'll try to rent this one again ... almost forgot about it.

72 posted on 08/14/2005 9:24:19 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: RightWingAtheist

I liked Postman, and I liked Waterworld, too...haven't read Waterworld, but Cosner can capture a certain tone pretty well. I'd like to see him tackle Norman Spinrad's Songs from the Stars. When I read it, Clear Blue Lou has Cosner's face in my head...


73 posted on 08/14/2005 9:24:37 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: quantim

Yeah, I like Trek movies, although I don' t have any of them on DVD anymore. I agree, IV remains my favorite. My preference, in order:

IV, III, VII, VIII, II, VI, IX, X, V, I

I really, really hope there are no more.


74 posted on 08/14/2005 9:25:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

The license plate on the Deuce Coupe in "American Graffiti" read: THX 138


75 posted on 08/14/2005 9:25:19 PM PDT by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
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To: endthematrix

I do like post-nuclear and apocalyptic a lot...but I have trouble with zombie...

Nobody's mentioned A Boy and His Dog...sort of Mad Max meets Dr. Strangelove, in a way...


76 posted on 08/14/2005 9:27:09 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: softwarecreator

Yup. He was also apparently a real conservative. I read an interview with him where he would always preface the word "liberal" with "weirdo pinko". Just one more reason we need more actors like Oates.:)


77 posted on 08/14/2005 9:27:09 PM PDT by RightWingAtheist (Creationism is not conservative!)
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To: Clemenza

Logan's Run starts well, but starts to drag.

THX-1138 (similar plot, dunno offhand which was first) is out in a new DVD version.

Minority Report, another adaptation of PK Dick, isn't bad, but isn't Dick.


78 posted on 08/14/2005 9:28:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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To: kenth

"flaming globes!"


79 posted on 08/14/2005 9:28:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

"Alien Nation", the movie of which was well shot, great fun, and made sense. Like the Stargate series, the Alien Nation series was gawdawful.


80 posted on 08/14/2005 9:29:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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