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FReeper Canteen ~ What Is Your Favorite Outer Space Movie ~ October 16, 2007
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Posted on 10/15/2007 5:59:18 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

 

 

 
~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~


What's Your Favorite Outer Space Movie?
 

Welcome to the FReeper Canteen! It's great to have you with us!!
Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and their families for allowing us to entertain you!

 

 

 


Your Opinions Please!

 

What is your favorite Outer Space Movie?

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Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film and a subsequent novelization by W.J. Stuart. The film features a number of Oscar-nominated special effects, groundbreaking use of an all-electronic music score, and the first screen appearance of the famous Robby the Robot.

In this film, "quantum mechanic" is a job description. The starship has a "quanto-gravitic" Q-G drive system that allows travel over the 16 light year journey distance in about a year. The crew must place themselves in "DC Stations" (Deceleration tubes) as the ship comes out of light speed — a form of stasis in order to avoid injury or death from such braking forces. 

This was the first film in which humans constructed a flying saucer and used it to travel in outer space.

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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, released in 1977, is a landmark science fiction film, not only for its special effects, but also for its portrayal of UFO occupants as benign, even kind, which was a sharp departure from the "evil monster" style of most earlier films. It popularized a number of UFO motifs, many of which had earlier been reported in conjunction with UFO sightings, such as alien abduction, small and thin aliens ("greys"), and UFOs covered in lights rather than the disc shapes popular in the 1950s and 1960s.

The enigmatic title refers to the three "kinds" of "close encounters" with UFOs, as categorized by the noted astronomer UFO investigator, Dr. J. Allen Hynek who defined Close Encounters of the First Kind as "Sighting," the Second Kind as "Evidence," and the Third Kind as "Contact."

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Also released in 1977, Star Wars IV, A New Hope, was ground-breaking in its use of special-effects. This first Star Wars movie is one of the most successful films of all time and is generally considered one of the most influential as well.

George Lucas finished a draft of the screenplay in May 1974. As the draft developed, the characters evolved significantly. Early in development, Luke Skywalker's character changed from a 60-year-old general to a member of a family of dwarfs; the Corellian smuggler, Han Solo, was envisioned as a large, green-skinned monster with gills. Chewbacca was inspired by Lucas' Alaskan malamute dog, Indiana, who often acted as the director's "co-pilot" by sitting in the passenger seat of his car. The Force, a mysterious energy field, was initially conceived as the Kyber crystal, a "galactic holy grail."

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In the wake of Star Trek's popularity in the early 1970s as a result of newborn Trek fandom and syndication, there were several failed attempts to produce a Trek feature film, starting in 1974. "The Planet of the Titans" was nearly produced as the first Star Trek motion picture. Written by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant, the script involved the crew of the Enterprise rescuing the starship Da Vinci from a disaster. During the rescue, Kirk suffers a shock to the brain causing him to go mad and disappear.

By the end of 1977, Star Wars had become a huge box-office success, and Paramount put The Motion Picture into pre-production. Rather than follow the space opera feel of Star Wars, Star Trek The Motion Picture  instead emulated the mood and format of the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Alien became a success, spawning a Hollywood media franchise of literature, video games, merchandise and three official sequels. By featuring a strong heroine the film itself also proved unconventional for the action genre. While the Alien (referred to in spin-offs as a xenomorph) proved a popular aspect of the film, the story of Ellen Ripley became the thematic thread that ran through the series. Together with the films of David Cronenberg from the 1970s Alien emerged as a central work in the development of the body-horror subgenre.

 Publicity for the film used a tagline which became famous: In space no one can hear you scream.

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Total Recall explores the question of reality versus delusion, a recurrent theme in the author's works. The plot calls for the lead character and the audience to question whether the character’s experience is real or being fed directly to his mind.

There are several visual and informational clues which point in both directions. The director and the writer play up the intentional ambiguity to the very end,  and the viewer is left wondering whether or not the events actually happened, if the entire story is simply the memory purchased at Rekall gone terribly awry, or if in fact Rekall had simply delivered on its original promise of “action” and “adventure.”

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Independence Day's success was partially credited to an extensive marketing campaign which began in the United States with a dramatic commercial during Super Bowl XXX. The movie was scheduled for release on July 3, 1996, but due to the high level of anticipation for the film, many theaters began showing it on the evening of July 2, 1996, the same day the action in the film begins.

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Come tell us about your favorite Outer Space Movie!!

 

 

 




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To: Kathy in Alaska

Don’t look now but there are little aqua men with pink polka-dots following you around! :D

Thanks, Kathy!


221 posted on 10/15/2007 8:00:07 PM PDT by luvie (Friendship is neither a contest nor a race. What matters is the feeling involved. <3)
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To: Skyraider




*Skyraider*

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

222 posted on 10/15/2007 8:00:13 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: laurenmarlowe; EsmeraldaA; Kathy in Alaska; AZamericonnie; MS.BEHAVIN

Hi, lauren:

I’d have to go very, very Old School and choose the original “Alien”. A little known 1950s classic titled “It! The Terror From Beyond Space”.

Jack.


223 posted on 10/15/2007 8:00:48 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
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To: Texas Songwriter

Good evening! Who would have thought you would like sci-fi!

Hope you and your family are doing well. Haven’t seen you
around for a while!


224 posted on 10/15/2007 8:01:55 PM PDT by luvie (Friendship is neither a contest nor a race. What matters is the feeling involved. <3)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

I ended up at a downtown Chattanooga Hotel(Sheraton Read) this weekend and it was remarkable. The Navy was there and the entire area around was very vibrant! I was very proud of the Navy and their guests, I was very fortunate to be there.


225 posted on 10/15/2007 8:02:19 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: NormsRevenge
The Day the Earth Stood Still

"Klaatu barada nikto"

Also a good one! I would say it is second behind Forbidden Planet.

Third: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Honorable mention in a category by itself, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

226 posted on 10/15/2007 8:02:57 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: holymoly

Good evening holymoly, it’s good to see you!

Thanks for sharing your favorites!


227 posted on 10/15/2007 8:03:41 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Aloha Night Owl!

Well......there's a word for it that won't get past the censors.

But on the bright side Big Blue is leading the Falcons 21-10 in the 4th and they have the ball!
228 posted on 10/15/2007 8:04:44 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: puppypusher

Good evening, puppypusher....hope you had a good Monday.


229 posted on 10/15/2007 8:05:50 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Texas Songwriter

Googled ‘Space Creatures That Injected Alcohol” The movie popped up and also a picture of Ted Kennedy.


230 posted on 10/15/2007 8:06:20 PM PDT by bleach
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To: laurenmarlowe; Kathy in Alaska
Thanks!

Anybody remember Michael Rennie from The Third Man?

231 posted on 10/15/2007 8:06:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: dainbramaged
Howdy dainbramaged, thanks for stopping in
and WELCOME to the Canteen! Awesome movie!


232 posted on 10/15/2007 8:06:41 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: BIGLOOK
But on the bright side Big Blue is leading the Falcons 21-10 in the 4th and they have the ball!

I'm just glad they're playing.

233 posted on 10/15/2007 8:07:47 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: laurenmarlowe

“Missa Deckard, he say you Brade Runnah!”


234 posted on 10/15/2007 8:08:07 PM PDT by Erasmus (My simplifying explanation had the disconcerting side effect of making the subject incomprehensible.)
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To: AZamericonnie

:)(((Hugs)))


235 posted on 10/15/2007 8:10:14 PM PDT by fatima
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Good evening Ruy Dias de Bivar, thanks for stopping in and sharing your Outer Space favorites!


236 posted on 10/15/2007 8:10:25 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe; bruoz

Anyone ever notice that the space ships holding the forests and such were also the same ones destroyed in the TV show Battlestar Galactica?


237 posted on 10/15/2007 8:10:54 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (("democrat" 'one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses.'))
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To: laurenmarlowe
Favorite outer space movie? I'll start by mentioning my least favorite, Silent Running. Bruce Dern plays a treehugger in space. The only good thing about that film were those odd robots, Huey, Dewey and Louie. Oh, and the fact that the ships were later used as part of the original Battlestar Galactica's rag-tag fugitive fleet.

Favorite? That one's tough to nail down, so I'll go with the gold standard of the 1970s (before Greedo shot first):

Still, there are so many other worthy choices:

Whoops! Kinda veered off course with that last one. :-)

238 posted on 10/15/2007 8:11:25 PM PDT by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: Army Air Corps

My wife and I sort-of lost track of MST3K after Joel left. Lots of great ones. A young Kathy Ireland as one of Santa’s Elves in “Santa Claus vs. the Martians” or something! Couldn’t get past her VERY squeaky voice though!


239 posted on 10/15/2007 8:11:55 PM PDT by geopyg (Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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To: NormsRevenge

LOL, I just watched TDTESS a couple nights ago on NetFlix.

Classic SciFi!


240 posted on 10/15/2007 8:12:03 PM PDT by NYTexan
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