Posted on 10/15/2007 5:59:18 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
Aliens
Silent Running
Except for Zardoz, Sean Connery has done mostly pretty good movies.
I saw the original "Invaders from Mars" when I was around 6 and thought it was incredible. I saw it again maybe 40 years later and was disappointed, but then saw it again maybe 5 years ago and it seemed good again.
Although "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was a pretty good movie, I thought it had distinct Communist overtones to it, especially the idea that it was OK to exterminate huge numbers of people for the good of all.
Yup! Thanks. That was the one. Wonder how long befor that shows up in the rotation on Sci Fi.
Adam West, a space monkey, and little "sausages" growing wild in a convenient pool.
I like that one, too and I also like to watch Robinson Crusoe on Mars or whatever the name is. Is that the right spelling for Crusoe? It looks funny.
Happened on earth, but what a crazy flick.
My favorite Outer Space movie was a little piece known as “An inconvenient truth” by Al Gore!
Robinson Crusoe on Mars was just re-released in HD a few weeks ago.
All remastered and supposed to look really good. I liked that movie alot.
Another fav is Enemy Mine!
Good evening LdSentinal, thanks for stopping in and sharing your favorites!
The funny thing about “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is that it’s absolutely nothing like the story on which it’s based. Basically, it goes off on its own right after Klaatu is shot. In the story, he dies. And about the only thing that “stands still” is Gort.
For me it’s a tie:
Aliens
Star Wars
They are both totally different ends of the spectrum.
Other great runners-up:
Alien
Empire Strikes Back
Star Trek II (Wrath of Khan)
Straight downhill with each nominee. Total Recall and Independence Day are two of the worst space movies ever made. (And, neither are actually even space movies. You do remember the twist in Total Recall, doncha?)
Seriously, the list was in order from geeky to stupid. Where’s 2001? If Independence Day and Close Encounters are space movies, where’s E.T.?
Thanks, Sonora, for the perfect woohoo.
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