Two SF movies I ain't never seen, but I ordered 'em to correct that mistake...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, November 13, 2010 07:39
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I found Six String Samurai & eXistenZ on DVD for cheep, so I'll be seein' 'em soon.
Think I'll be disappointed?
And, are there any SF films y'all SHOULD have seen, but haven't yet?
The Handmaid's Tale, anyone (it was awesome)?
Blood Of Heroes? A Boy & His Dog?
Fess up!
A Boy and his Dog is an acquired taste. Unfortunately, I hated it.
OF all the Sci-fi classics I've seen you list, or mention over the years I don't think you have ever shown love to Robinson Crusoe on Mars. An absolute classic. Please tell me you've seen it.
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Quote:Very good recommendation, AU! It IS awesome, and I DO own it.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
And as a reminder, because it got so little attention, I'd strongly suggest anyone who has not seen 'Moon' yet, go rent it. Good flick.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by OPPYH:
OF all the Sci-fi classics I've seen you list, or mention over the years I don't think you have ever shown love to Robinson Crusoe on Mars. An absolute classic. Please tell me you've seen it.
Oh yeah I seen it. MANY times. It's a classic!
Don't own it (yet). The Criterion DVD is a little on the 'spensive side...
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by Storymark:
I saw 2001 for the first time about a year ago....
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:Very good recommendation, AU! It IS awesome, and I DO own it.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
And as a reminder, because it got so little attention, I'd strongly suggest anyone who has not seen 'Moon' yet, go rent it. Good flick.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
The laughing Chrisisall
I would highly recommend Moon to anyone as well.
I remember A Boy And His Dog being quite good but it was many many years ago when I saw it.
I can say that I've never seen Forbidden Planet or any version Journey To The Centre Of The Earth.
Come to think of it if you want to class it as (loosely) scifi I've never seen The Wizard Of Oz either. I saw a live stage version and I've seen the video of a stage version with Jewel and Joel Grey but I've never seen the classic movie.
And possibly my biggest non-watch may be Soylent Green. I really can't be sure about this one, I sometimes remember watching it late at night during my teens but I can't remember anything about it and I'm usually pretty good at knowing what I've watched.
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yes I second,or third, or whatever,the recommendation of "Moon". fabulous movie.
I've had a copy of district 9 on my HD for probably a year now, haven't watched it yet..
as for the gist of this thread, i have yet to make it through(only 2 attempts)"plan 9 from outer space"
i remember bits and peices of soylent green airing on cable early in my teens.
caught the last 10 or so minutes of forbidden planet a few years ago, but have yet to see it again.
have never seen either version of "the day the earth stood still"(replace a robot with keanu reeves? perfect casting!)(actually the robot probably had better emotional range)
still need to sit down and watch the old "apes" movies. saw them back in my teen years on cable, over the summer.( i think the channel may have been doing a Chuck Heston Marathon or something.... i remember virtually nothing)
i was born in august of 79, and there aren't a whole lot of films made before then i have actually seen...
other than star wars, the only ones that jump to mind are old jimmy stuart flicks (it's a wonderful life, & Harvey), and mabye a couple old Elvis movies one summer...
any suggestions?
I was a Lima loser for 29 years before "glee" introduced us to the term. -ME
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chris,i went through a similar phase about 2 years ago, where there was this list of movies, that were out there in the public consciousness (mostly non sf) that i had never seen for whatever reason, so i sat down one day and put as many as i could think of in my netflix queue.
those next few weeks,i burned through
the godfather films
full metal jacket
apocalypse now
dr strangelove
taxi driver
scarface
goodfellas
a clockwork orange
just to name a few.
I was a Lima loser for 29 years before "glee" introduced us to the term. -ME
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Quote:That is a MUST-WATCH. A really great film very much like the original Rollerball (same writer).
Originally posted by lwaves:
And possibly my biggest non-watch may be Soylent Green. I really can't be sure about this one, I sometimes remember watching it late at night during my teens but I can't remember anything about it and I'm usually pretty good at knowing what I've watched.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Haven't seen it myself. I haven't seen Rollerball since I was a kid, but I didn't much care for it. Probably should give it another shot, see if it plays better as an adult.
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Originally posted by Storymark:
Haven't seen it myself. I haven't seen Rollerball since I was a kid, but I didn't much care for it. Probably should give it another shot, see if it plays better as an adult.
Story, yer killin' me here!!!
The laughing Chrisisall
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