Okay, lets see... 
I recall:
Helen: I thought you were...
Klaatu: I was.
Or... 
was that:
Charlie: They said you was hung.
Bart: And they was right.
I must be getting Day the Earth Stood Still... 
mixed up with Blazing Saddles!
Posted on 02/19/2008 11:03:14 AM PST by rjp2005
Where have all the sci-fi films gone?
Those simple, thought-provoking speculative tales about how people respond to something new, what kind of moral choices they make, keeping traditions in the face of technological change. Essentially, the kind of films that were thought provoking and story/character driven - Day the Earth Stood Still, Planet of Apes, 12 Monkeys, Minority Report (more action though but good), etc.
The "Superhero and Fantasy Genre Craze" since Spiderman and LOTR has really eaten up a lot of support for original sci-fi works to film...
For 2008, we have two horror/slasher types "I Am Legend" (Omega Man remake) and "Death Race" (revisiting the 70's version), another superhero film in "Jumper", "Iron Man", which could be a treat, and maybe the only true sci-fi attempt, "Babylon A.D.". There was also "Sunshine", a late 90's disaster film leftover, possibly funded by Global Warming-mongers ;)
Well, they paid to show the existing epsodes, but they cannot make any new ones. Fox stillhas the rights, and they evidently don’t want to play with anyone else where those are concerened. Fox has even gone to the point of shutting down local gatherings of Firefox fans who were getting together to watch the DVDs of the series, even though they weren’t charging for attendance. Fox evidently doesn’t want to do anything with the property, but doesn’t wnat to let anyone else do something with it (as a series at least)either.
IMHO, Dick was one of the best Sci-Fi writers. His strength was in addressing the issues that happen when technology becomes so realistic it displaces reality in our every day lives.
True...but it's not good science fiction.
When the sci fi channel first came on the scene I thought we were going to see lots of old sci fi flicks from years gone by but it is a bust. Nothing but c and d movies lousy acting not worth a dime!
That would be great. Also might add Destinations End.
The point of the series was that it was about characeters who weren't movers and shakers. They didn't set policy, they were crushed by it. The little people that most sci fi projects ignore. Scrupulously observed throughout the series, that was tossed overboard for the film in favor of a pedestrian "save the universe" plot.
Whedon made a Faustian pact, to give the series a second chance at life. I don't blame him for that, or what he had to do to get it. The story that floated around before the film crashed and burned was that, if it was successful and he got another television series, they were going to pick up where the first series left off and ignore the film's continuity entirely.
If I had seen the film first, I probably wouldn't understand either. But the film was a rejection of the themes of the series.
Here’s a fun website to peruse:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/archive.html
Indeed, I am familiar with Dick’s work. He had some serious personal problems, but his writing was usually good and had originality.
GALAXY QUEST was the best Trek film ever, just as THE INCREDIBLES was the best Fantastic Four movie possible.
OMG, Glide, Oatka knows who Meg Foster is too!
Oatka, Glide was freaking out for days trying to figure out who Meg Foster was. He calls her the girl with no eyes.
And they actually pay the first episode instead of starting with The Train Job.
“the Crawling Eye”
Now that one scared the poop outa me as a kid! It was at a double-feature. The other movie was “The Mole People!”
My vote for Larry Niven novel to become a movie: Protector
The Honor Harrington series would be good, too.
Which book is that one? I've not read a lot of Orson Scott Card.
Okay, lets see... I recall:
Helen: I thought you were...
Klaatu: I was.
Or... was that:
Charlie: They said you was hung.
Bart: And they was right.
I must be getting Day the Earth Stood Still... mixed up with Blazing Saddles!
“That’s some of the crap I was complaining about in my last post.”
I enjoy humor! And love it in an SF movie like 5th Element and in music like Zappa’s. Favorite? “Forbidden Planet” The music drives my Chinese-born wife crazy every time I watch it. I find that funny too!
One thing that's weird to me about the Fantastic Four movies is how small the characters seem. They don't have the grandeur or seem larger than life, as characters of that type should. They don't seem heroic; they're just people who happened to get super powers, and there's nothing special about them.
Dick was great. But I also enjoy Jack Vance and A.E Van Voigt.
Philip K. Dick, the best description of his work was “achieved a level of paranoia in the 60’s that most of us are only beginning to appreciate today.”
That could work with John Brunner too.
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