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Post by Zeph on Nov 20, 2001 22:08:02 GMT -5
OK some of us are "old timers" and some of us are "new" to sci fi. Recommend a few movies you think we all should see. Also warn us of any bad ones you have rented and wish you had not. As for me I recommend: Classic 50s....The day the earth stood still 70s Logan's run 80s Final Countdown,or Philadelphia Experiment All time fave: Blade Runner Stay away from....Moon trap...staring Walter Koenig....just gross  Next we recommend a Sci-Fi book  |
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Post by Elric3960 on Nov 21, 2001 0:44:48 GMT -5
On behalf of the "old timers" let me recommend:
"It-The Terror From Beyond Space"-"Alien" before the fact!
"Forbidden Planet"-Robbie the Robot and Anne Francis(need I say more?)
"Creature From The Black Lagoon"-My favorite rubber-suit monster and Julie Adams in a one-piece bathing suit!(do you detect a pattern here?...NAH!)
"Planet of the Apes"-The Original(the "retelling" was ok but it tried too hard to please both audiences and didn't completely succeed)(besides, the ladies can drool at the "Heston Moon" scene while we guys can gape at Linda Harrison(HOOrah!))
"Planet Earth"-the second attempt on Roddenberry's part to sell a new series after his Star Trek success, Genesis II was the first(the star is John Saxon playing a 20th century scientist named Dylan Hunt who thawed out in the 22nd Century and fought "genetic supersoldiers" called Kreegs). I was really sorry it didn't sell. I liked it.
"A Boy and his Dog"-I got a kick out of seeing a Harlan Ellison novella adapted on screen. The ladies might like to see a young Don Johnson. If you ever wondered what became of Tiger from the Brady Bunch, this was his last on-screen appearance. Scary, hunh?
I'll leave it up to the "young whippersnappers" to recommend the new films and I'll put in my two cents as to whether I thought they were good or not. Even the truly bad SF films I've seen, like Robot Monster and Fantastic Planet(sorry, the ending put me off, I'll explain if asked to elaborate), I can't discourage anyone from watching. As MST3K has taught me, even an awful film can entertain you if you're willing to watch it.
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Post by UltimateTrekker on Nov 21, 2001 8:43:56 GMT -5
Contact!!!
Contact!!!
Contact!!!
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Post by Qab on Nov 21, 2001 9:00:37 GMT -5
LOL, UT that is one of Zeph's favorites. ;D Not that I enjoy him drooling over Jodie Foster...  |
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Post by Zeph on Nov 21, 2001 9:29:38 GMT -5
What she is trying to tell you is like other men i have dream girls too.......
ok i zeph love jodie foster and helen hunt....grrrrrrrrrrrrr
ok Qab at least im over the kirstie alley thing in the vulcan ears and uniform......your ears dont itch anymore from me making you put on the ear tips do they......opps said to much(p.s.)most of this is a joke for qab, you guess what parts real.
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Post by Elric3960 on Nov 21, 2001 10:40:01 GMT -5
Contact!!! Contact!!! Contact!!! Like Jurassic Park, I made the mistake of reading the book before watching the movie. Good, but the "alien contact" scene was a disappointment. Just me, I guess. If Zeph is a Jodie Foster drooler, look for "Bugsy Malone." It's not SF, but you get an early hint of her femme fatale potential from her "gangster's moll" portrayal. Also, you get to see familiar faces as kids. Even Bonnie Langford, Melanie Bush from Dr. Who, is in this! |
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Post by Peter_Pevensie on Nov 21, 2001 11:23:51 GMT -5
I also enjoyed both Jurasic Park and Contact. I saw JP (the movie) before I read the book, and believe it or not, I liked the movie far more than the book. I thought it was a tighter story, and I really enjoyed the characterizations, especially Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcom (this is before he was so terribly typecast...is the guy doomed to play Ian Malcom clones forever now or what?).
I read Contact the year Sagan released it and enjoyed it tremendously, but I think the movie stands on its own two feet as well. There were so many huge modifications made to the storyline to bring it to the big screen that it almost seemed like a different story to me.
Contact, the movie, also failed to portray Sagan's berserker intolerance for religion in general and Christianity in particular in the way the book did. The fundamentalists who sabotaged the Machine ended up looking like something from beyond the lunatic fringe, while Matthew McConaughey's Rev. Palmer Joss ("a man of the cloth, without the cloth," one of my favorite movie lines of all time) came across as likable and real, with a viewpoint at least as valid as Ellie Arroway's. Sagan must have been spinning in his grave... (If you doubt this, read his finis opus, "A Candle in the Dark.")
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Post by Andorian_Incident on Nov 21, 2001 11:37:39 GMT -5
Contact
Men in Black
Independence Day
Galaxy Quest
I'm sure that there are others that I've enjoyed recently, but I can't think of them off hand.
Stay away from Lost in Space.
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Post by UltimateTrekker on Nov 21, 2001 11:57:25 GMT -5
Yes, Contact (the movie) was much less anti-religious that the novel. But what I like is that it is a true atheistic movie in that it doesn't say either God or non-God is correct. It simply states that we are only people and don't know, CAN'T know the truth. It's just important that we keep an open minda and answer those questions for ourselves. And, yes, I too play the scene were Foster is getting dressed in slow-mo HOPING to catch a glimpse.  As for Jurrasic Part? Saw the movie and thought, "What's the big deal!?" It's not that I really hate the movie, but I think there was no reason for it to be the craze that it was and THAT'S what I hated about it. |
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Post by star3 on Nov 21, 2001 18:38:52 GMT -5
Spaceballs!
Just got the DVD a week or so ago. It's one of my all-time favorites.
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Post by Elric3960 on Nov 21, 2001 22:16:02 GMT -5
Yes, Contact (the movie) was much less anti-religious that the novel. But what I like is that it is a true atheistic movie in that it doesn't say either God or non-God is correct. It simply states that we are only people and don't know, CAN'T know the truth. It's just important that we keep an open minda and answer those questions for ourselves. I can agree with the stated views of how the movie told a less "preachy" story than the book, but I guess it's just my view that if you can't respect the author's story structure enough to be true to what message he conveyed, no matter how "unfavorable" how, in all good conscious, can you call it "Contact" based on Dr. Sagan's novel instead of inspired by Dr. Sagan's novel? Picayune, maybe, but would "Mein Kampf" be "Mein Kampf" without Hitler's anti-semitic views expressed in them? Tasteless example but it makes my point clear IMO.Understandable, but a wasted effort, UT. TPTB in Hollywood pay their film editors gobs of money to study every frame to prevent that from happening! Better luck next time! Thank you for making my point so eloquently about JP the movie. The velociraptors in the book were more numerous and far more terrifying than they were in the movie! Two raptors attacking a T-rex, c'mon! TWENTY raptors attacking one T-rex, shredded T-rex anyone? And where were the military that detained the archeologists on the island for "security reasons" in the movie? They were in the book! And Muldoon, the Aussie grounds keeper, survived in the book, and Malcolm died from the T-rex bite! Of course, they weren't cast as big-name parts when Creighton wrote them, so that says a lot about the "Hollywood System!" Overall, I admit to being biased in my view of Contact the movie, but I'll continue to be disappointed with the cinematic Jurassic Park. |
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Post by Peter_Pevensie on Nov 22, 2001 1:19:45 GMT -5
Stay away from Lost in Space. Okay, I'm going way out on a limb here... I loved Lost in Space. - The story was terrific -- especially the time travel twist at the end...
- The special effects were incredible...
- Gary Oldman was a wonderful villian, blackened and bitter to the core...
- The soundtrack rocked...
- Matt LeBlanc was probably at his acting best in this movie, and was a believable Don West...
- And last, but certainly not least, Heather Graham was yummmmmy as *sings from the Jetson's theme* "daughter Judy!" ;D
I mean, seriously, what's not to like about this movie? Okay, I'll admit that the first time I saw it I was a little disappointed...well, to be honest, I threw a bowl of popcorn across the living room (don't worry, it was Tupperware) when they finally get the ship pointed in the right direction, activate the hyper-drive, young Will Robinson says, "Cool!" and then the dang credits started rolling...I was like, "WHAT? Aren't we missing like five minutes of movie here?" But about a year later I rented it again on a whim and really loved it. It's part of my permenant collection now... I'm ready to duke it out with somebody over this one...any takers? |
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Post by Andorian_Incident on Nov 22, 2001 5:45:11 GMT -5
^^^ Not me, since I've only seen it once. I do have a copy of it in my collection, however, I don't know if I obtained it legally or not...
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Post by Zeph on Nov 22, 2001 9:34:44 GMT -5
Wow,Thanks for the reviews so far!!!!!... I want to toss out one and see what you think....Dune the 80s movie not the mini series that was just done on I think sci fi network.
also contact is one of my top 3 movies, which leads me to another idea.....want to expand this to a top ten favorite movie list, any genre, just your personal favorites.
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Post by Christina on Nov 23, 2001 2:46:35 GMT -5
Science Fiction, double feature!
Doctor X will build a creature
See androids fighting Brad and Janet,
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet!
At the late night double feature picture show!
original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (eeek!)
Dark Star (return to the bomb bay please)
2001 (Daisy, Daisy)
Day the Earth stood still (Klaatu barada nikto)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (it's astounding)
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