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dreibel · Post by **dreibel** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:38 pm

Dingo865 wrote:
dreibel wrote:and Futurama (yes, it's a sendup of science fiction, but there's some scifi gold in some of those episodes like "Why Must I Be A Crustacean In Love?" and "Parasites Lost")....
I just LOVED when they touched down on the planet with the 'edible alien children'...
Fry: "Another M-class planet."
Leela: "Maybe we can find some rodenberries..."

...

"My Problem With Popplers" - I still loved the scene with the hippies who claimed they had taught a lion how to eat tofu - and especially when Lrrr later ate one of those hippies....

Jaidy · Post by **Jaidy** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:04 pm

Forbiden Planet

(Robbie the robot)

Planet of the Vampires

(leather vixens)

The Creeping Terror

(Mystery Science Theatre Fare)

Caltiki, the Immortal Monster

(great dissoved hand scene)

last but not least:

The Atomic Submarine.

(what happens when you poke a giant eye)

Dingo865 · Post by **Dingo865** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:05 pm

GaryG wrote:I've honestly watched 2001 in it's entirety at least half a dozen times so I've obviously hooked into 'something' about it that I want to understand further. Further viewings needed... And I think it's a wonderful, piece of film making, i'm not dissing it on grounds of it being 'boring'.

Uh, sorry if I came across a bit curt; I got the impression from your message that you never managed to see it in its entirety. If you did and it still escaped your admiration, c'est la vie - we cannot all like the same thing. 2001 has aged a bit, after all - and it's quite a different experience to have seen it, say, in 1980 vs. 2004.

GaryG wrote:
Dingo865 re: The Matrix wrote:It managed to fuse concepts from Nietzsche, Kant, Kierkegaard, Sarte, and many-many others, into a single spectacular, escapist, multi-layered action movie. It has done more to introduce very heavy intellectual constructs to masses of people without education than all other movies during the entire decade.
Do you think it really has introduced people though? [snip] Don't get me wrong, hearing these existential ideas (I've read my share of the guys you mention) in a major action movie was pretty thrilling when I first saw it and it's to be commended, maybe I just don't feel that's the reason so many people rate it, they rate it for a lot of things I don't believe are *that* original.

You are probably right - much of the intellectual content is hidden behind a couple of layers - but I sort of look at it as a comicbook version of philosophy: sure, it's not as good or explicit as the original, but if it gets people thinking (and, heaven forbid, even reading) it served its purpose.

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:39 pm

GaryG wrote:And no mention of 'existenz'!? One of Cronenbergs best for sure

Death to eXiStenZ! Long live The New Flesh!

Groet,Erik

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:43 pm

Anyone seen The Quiet Earth?
Beautiful ending.Great score, too.

Groet, Erik

SuitcaseOfLizards · Post by **SuitcaseOfLizards** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:05 pm

hmm.. I'd go for "Forbidden Planet", I loved the underground Krell machinery!

"Quatermass and the Pit" was good as well, what I recall of it. I need to get it on DVD!

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:30 pm

There was an almost X-rated sci-fi B-flick called 'Forbidden World'

If anyone can find me that one, I'll pay em $100

opiadream · Post by **opiadream** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:06 pm

classic?

metropolis

opiadream · Post by **opiadream** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:07 pm

sickle666 wrote:There was an almost X-rated sci-fi B-flick called 'Forbidden World'

If anyone can find me that one, I'll pay em $100

is that the one where the girl got raped to death by the giant worm?

Motion · Post by **Motion** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:24 pm

Forbidden Planet

Metropolis

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Bladerunner

Dingo865 · Post by **Dingo865** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:47 pm

BTW, talking about hidden gems:

* Ghost in the Shell
* Avalon (from the same guy who did the above, but this is live action)
* Metropolis - the anime version (the storyline is muddled to the extreme, but it is visually stunning)
* Tetsuo and Tetsuo The Bodyhammer

I also liked Stargate (the movie), though it is hardly a classic; and Hellboy (neither sci-fi nor a classic) which, in spite of its terribly action-focused editing, does hide a good movie behind all the explosions... but then, The Chronicles of Riddick (with even worse editing) would qualify with the same qualifiers too...

daizo · Post by **daizo** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:08 pm

My favorites are Existenz, the Matrix of course, Solaris (the original 72 version), and Blade Runner.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:14 pm

Motion wrote:Metropolis

Bladerunner

these...and Flash Gordon

plus Fantastic Planet, that trippy French animation where humans were pets of big aliens...

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:25 pm

opiadream wrote:
sickle666 wrote:There was an almost X-rated sci-fi B-flick called 'Forbidden World'

If anyone can find me that one, I'll pay em $100
is that the one where the girl got raped to death by the giant worm?

No, that was Galaxy of Terror

[I got off on that one when I was like 12..]

liqih · Post by **liqih** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:31 pm

Metropolis +++
Forbidden Planet +++
2001 +++++++++++++
Solaris ++++
Stalker +++++++++
Tetsuo (the first one) ++
eXistenZen +++++
Matrix (not 100% liked) ++

others were nice too, but these ones I remeber now

Scifi fans: what is your favorite CLASSIC SF movie ?