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glucas · Post by **glucas** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 7:54 pm

ahhh...brazil one of my favourite movies of all time...loved it so much i bought a poster of it worth aus$400(my friends dad owned the poster store and that was discounted!). when my house was robbed not only did the bastards steal my entire cd collection (not to mention my ninendo - but i got over that quick!) whilst in Holland they tore the poster in half! Oh well at least they didnt find my signed 7 inch of epic.

How about plan 9 from outer space?? Top film just dont watch it straight!

Blade Runner - another groundbreaking film - if nothing brilliant for providing PWEI with the 'wake up, time to die!' sample

Cube - excellent concept, shame about the acting

yeah Scot, Wizards is cool, love that fluid animation.

Langs metropolis...haunting ground breaking shit..i have been meaning to catch the anime version.

Peter Jacksons Bad Taste - laugh I almost shat myself!

Theremin: An electronic odessey. Ok i know its not Sci-fi, but have you ever heard of a better name for a sci-fi film?

Mad Max 2 (known as the road warrior in the us) Actually went to school with the Bruces Spences(the crazy dude in the gyrocopter) daughter.

Umm i better leave it at that!

well even though its a sci-fi thread i would feel guilty if i didnt mention 2 of my fave films of all time Scorseses After Hours - Absolutely brilliant! And Tornatores A Pure Formality.

Good Night!

Mushroom · Post by **Mushroom** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 7:57 pm

Happy Day's

Ehhhyyyeee

arrakeen · Post by **arrakeen** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 7:58 pm

Rama IS being made into a film - I hope they do the whole series!! w00t! <img border="0" alt="[Love]" title="" src="graemlins/1love.gif" />

http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/rama.html

The Official Site!

http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com/

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Har · Post by **Har** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:00 pm

Kajiki: cool, I'm going to have to try to track La Jetée down then, especially if it's got that "Eraserhead" kind of ambience! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />

(quick bit of "Eraserhead" trivia, by the way: Lynch has said that much of the imagery for it was based on his time living in Philadelphia while going to art school, and the dark, dismal look-and-feel of the various neighborhoods along the Delaware River waterfront....something I can definitely confirm, having grown up in those same neighborhoods! Probably explains why I like industrial so much... <img border="0" alt="[Grin]" title="" src="graemlins/1hihi.gif" /> )

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LighthouseAtDawn · Post by **LighthouseAtDawn** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:01 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Resonance:
What did people really see in 2001: A Space Odyssey?<hr /></blockquote>He he, now that you said it -

I bought the DVD of 2001 a few month ago, because
all the people around me said it was such a
"cult"-film.

And I remembered that I saw a film that I found
very cool when I was a teenager - and thought
it was 2001.

I talked my wife into watching 2001 on DVD with
me and we both were bored to death! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

I think one has to be stoned to really see something in it. But that's just my opinion.

Btw. the film I really saw back then was 2010.
I bought that DVD also and - personally - I
thought it was much better SF than 2001.

Even if (or maybe because) it was not a "Polanski".

Best,
Lighthouse

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:04 pm

...and anime, BUT scifi: AKIRA ! Still have to see another anime movie with the same quality, both in story and in production (I have several myself too, Ghost in the Shell is nice, but not THAT good).

Har · Post by **Har** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:04 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by LighthouseAtDawn:
Even if (or maybe because) it was not a "Polanski".<hr /></blockquote>Um..."Polanski"...?

sCAB · Post by **sCAB** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:10 pm

I still have to see this:

The Ring

Supposed to be scarier than Blairwitch...

paul minot · Post by **paul minot** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:11 pm

Personal faves:

1. "Dune"

Sure it wasn't faithful to the book, but it's David Lynch after all--think of it as the dream that Lynch had after reading the book. The byzantine complexity of the story, the Gothic details, the grotesquery, the great casting (Kyle McLachlan's debut, first unbelievable then believable as the Messiah--and Sean Young has never been as good). Marred only by the horrendous soundtrack by Toto (with a brief respite by Eno). "Long live the fighters!!!"

2. "The Thing" (John Carpenter's version)

Purists tend to prefer the '50s original, but I think Carpenter preserve the claustrophobia of the original, and added modern meat-market effects and allegorical allusions to AIDS (e.g. the computer modeling the spread of the "virus") that made it work in spades for me. Carpenter's soundtracks are simple but delightfully creepy.

3. "Mars Attacks"

f**k "Independence Day," THIS is what a cheesy alien invasion movie ought to be! Did you know it was based on a series of bubble gum cards from the '50s? How cool is that??!! The Martians look and sound hilarious ("Ack-Ack!! Ack-Ack-Ackkk!!"), especially when their heads explode.
Tim Burton at the top of his directorial form (his last good movie, I think), and GREAT casting. Jack Nicholson for President? I am THERE!!

4. "Alien"

Really a Gothic horror story, but great cinematic tone, as usual for Ridley Scott. Great effects, great anticorporate paranoid themes, great casting, and a young Sigourney Weaver in T-shirt and panties doing the "Psycho" shower thing all over again, sort of--only this time the chick wins! Cool.

5. "12 Monkeys"

Wonderful mind-bending plot line (THAT ENDING!!) with yet another great Bruce Willis performance. A very literate film.

6. "Galaxy Quest"

Ok, this is a spoof, but like "Red Dwarf" often does, its comic tone conceals a very effective and even gripping little sci-fi yarn. The breezy tone is led by Tim Allen's surprising charm as an ersatz William Shatner. I hesitated to see this film, but once I finally did I have watched it over and over with pleasure. Check it out if you have ANY affection for Star Trek.

7. "Sense and Sensibility"

Imagine, if you will, a world in which interpersonal relations are guided by tact and exquisite sensitivity to others' feelings, Now THAT is speculative fiction....

LighthouseAtDawn · Post by **LighthouseAtDawn** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:13 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Har:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by LighthouseAtDawn:
Even if (or maybe because) it was not a "Polanski".<hr /></blockquote>Um..."Polanski"...?<hr /></blockquote>Whooops! Sorry, how embarrassing!
Of course I meant Stanley Kubrick! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="redface.gif" />
Best,
Lighthouse

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Loopy · Post by **Loopy** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:14 pm

As far as 2001 goes, I guess you had to be there having never seen anything quite like it before. So many aspects of the movie have been "borrowed" by other directors that I can see how someone not from the time of its release would be bored having experienced all the great stuff in later movies.
My choice for greatest early scifi movie would have to be "Forbidden Planet". I still love that one. Robbie the Robot makes his debut!!!!
That's wonderful news about Rama. I can't wait. <img border="0" alt="[Crazy]" title="" src="graemlins/1eyecrazy.gif" />

Scot Solida · Post by **Scot Solida** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:15 pm

Ooooh, Akira is so good it actually HURTS to watch.

Peter: Do yourself a favor and seek out the Harlan Ellison screenplay for "I Robot" that was published in book form a few years back. Excellent stuff. Any (good) Asimov adaption would be welcome! As both a mystery buff and a Science Fiction fan, I would LOVE to see the R. Daneel Olivaw books made into films! However, I'll also be first in line to see the Rama film!

As for "Theremin; An Electronic Oddysey", I have THAT movie poster on my studio wall! In the USA, it was released theatrically, and played for a week at the theater my wife manged in Arizona. You'd better believe I was there every night...

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sCAB · Post by **sCAB** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:15 pm

As far as sci-fi series go, does anyone around here dig Farscape?

I f**king love that show, I especially just like the overall colour of the series...

Har · Post by **Har** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:17 pm

Oh yeah, definitely have to second "Galaxy Quest".....wonderful film!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />

I was really surprised at how, at the end, Tim Allen actually seemed to work as starship captain...even had that classic Kirk pose in the captain's chair...

"...and what YOU fail to realize, is that I'm dragging mines!!"

...perfect. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />

Kajiki · Post by **Kajiki** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:23 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by crimsonwarlock:
...and anime, BUT scifi: AKIRA ! Still have to see another anime movie with the same quality, both in story and in production (I have several myself too, Ghost in the Shell is nice, but not THAT good).<hr /></blockquote>There's an anime called "Tenshi no Tamago," directed by the guy who made Ghost in the Shell. It was created in 1982, so if you're looking for high-tech anime like AKIRA, you may not like this. But I think this Sci-Fi anime is the best Japanese anime. Basically, it is an anime equivalent of Tarkovski's Stalker, I guess. It's also called "Angel's Egg" in English speaking countries.

Scifi fans: what is your favorite CLASSIC SF movie ?