Saw Star Wars in the theater with my Dad. It was a great experience. I saw War of the Worlds when it first came out. I saw it in a theater at Florida State University. That movie scared and stressed me out as a kid, for some reason . Saw jaws being filmed at Martha's Vineyard while I stayed at my uncle's place in Oak bluffs. Hard to swim in the inner harbor after watching the movie in the theater. Cool thread by the way
Also reminds me of the scene in 'Close Encounters of the First Kind'. That was another good flick I saw in the theater back then.
Duane…I agree, I was 12 and was at the Twin drive in with my brother in his 1970 RS camaro and it was epic, and when it was over we both sat there for a minute or two stunned by what we had just witnessed. Between the anticipation and the sheer advancement in SCi-Fi movies it’s was light years beyond anything previously, even without the THX.
I also grew up reading all of the classics. Heinlien (Sp?) Asimov, Clarke, Pohl, Le Guin and Octavia Butler too... Back in those days it was considered insulting to call it Sci-Fi! That was reserved for schlocky movies (like Buck Rogers). There is lot of amazing stuff out there. 1) 2001 (so weird and futuristic) Based on Arthur C. Clarke's "The Sentinel" In case you want more clarity. 2) Aliens (The second movie) I've seen it too many times to count. Just plain fun. (The above "Nuke the site from Space, it's the only way to be sure" is from this movie" 3) The Empire Strikes Back, I haven't seen all of the Star Wars movies, but this is my favorite. 4) Wall-E (because Pixar) 5 Arrival I have a thing for Amy Adams I love Close Encounters of the Third Kind too, as well as so many more...
I think the term Science Fiction is very subjective, and each person has their own definition of what fits into it or not. I believe Star Wars is SF, Harry Potter is not SF. Stargate is SF, The Hobbit is not.
I like it and to me Star Wars is Real! LOL . Think back to the late 50's and 60's and the gadgets the shows portrayed. People said that would never happen but we uses many of those things in everyday life now. Who's to say what the future holds. The Gov is close to admitting UFO's are real so the sky's or space is the limit!
My "Sci-fi" movie collection encompasses what I would call true Sci-fi thru to some Fantasy and into some of the Supernatural. It has films in it that go all the way from the original Star Trek series episodes, to the Marvel series movies, and Young Frankenstein and Constantine. Constantine is strictly a supernatural movie, where a human is pitting himself against the devil. You can battle about the definitions forever if you like, it doesn't really matter. You can have the same battle about the definition of "Film Noir" which is another of my favorites. Are film noir movies from only the 40's thru early 50's? Some would argue not. George Clooney was in a B&W movie that was shot in the film noir style, is that film considered noir or not. Then you get into the "Neo Noir" movies. Bladerunner is actually a "neo noir" movie with a sci-fi twist thrown in. Parts of it were even filmed in the Bradbury Building in LA, where a bunch of original film noir movies were filmed. I would certainly not consider that a "costume drama". If you don't like these types of movies you are free to do so. You can enjoy whatever you like. The same can be said for our cars. If you don't want a race car you don't have to buy one. If you would prefer a nice driver rather then a "trailer queen", or a resto-mod, then go for it. The bottom line is there are a multitude of vehicle choices out there to pick from and enjoy. I myself do not really fit into a single "category", and think I proved that by building the X-Camino. That car certainly doesn't fit into a specific category. Is it a modified car? Is it a restored car? Is it even a car or is it a truck? Is it a Street Rod? Was it built to mimic what the factory could have done back in the day? Would it be considered as a "home made" version of a design study car? Or is it something that some crazy guy built that had too much time on his hands? Personally I agree with the latter. Duane
I saw Star Wars on the first day (May 25, 1977) in a theater in Norfolk Va. I agree, it was an experience. I still get chills at the opening scene. It's also fun to watch the series in chronological order vs release order!
I liked it and was mad about the cliff hanger ending. I finally located the series on DVD. Watching it now, you can see some weaknesses in the show, but the overall story is good and was ahead of its time as such stories on a TV show go (Earth attacked by a bug-like species, the day-to-day life of the soldiers and the toll the war takes on them, etc., similar to Starship Troopers and others).
Same here. I was in high school when it hit the theaters, and that opening scene was amazing. When the star destroyer comes overhead, it seems so huge and long, you wonder if you'll ever see its rear end. One of my favorite sci-fi moves, besides Aliens & Terminator, is Predator. You've got mean, hard to kill aliens, and you've got lots of action/battle scenes with a human who isn't willing to give up. It's like "Die Hard" with aliens instead of Hans as the bad guy.
The stuff out there now is shoving gender fluidity and other "things" (the politest way I can put it) down our throats. I want space battles, deception and twists, time travel and none of the modern political correctness nonsense that has crept into it. I wanted Firefly (a great show) to run longer than Scorpion (a stupid show). I watched the first half of the Scorpion premiere and quit when they had to jack a network cable from a jumbo jet to a Ferrari because the air traffic control maps were corrupted. I can's suspend belief that long or hard. Ascension was another one that showed promise and had a great premise with an amazing twist that never got to show us what it was all about. I was watching Manifest and it go canceled. Interesting show but it may be resurrected on Netflix or something. I have my fingers crossed.
If you like twists, you need to see the episode of the newer Outer Limits called "The Light Brigade." Unless you've already seen it. One of the guest stars in that episode is good old Will Wheaton (Wesley Crusher). Firefly was indeed amazingly good, and I didn't want it to end. Adam Baldwin sure did a good job making his character interesting. For some reason I didn't like the Serenity movie quite as much. In some ways, "The Expanse" seems to have a lot of similarities to "Firefly/Serenity."
I love the Expanse. I was so relieved when they got a new lease on life streaming. It has been a great series. I think they deal with acceleration and gravity in one of the most realistic of any I've seen. Star Trek and Star Wars invented gravity plating to do away with a bunch of that hassle.
Wife stumbled on that show on Netflix. I watched the first 3- 4 episodes and liked the idea of the show but after that it turned into the same old thing show after show. I just wanna know where the plane went for 5 years. Shes watched the first two seasons but cant find any more free content
Just got 2 old sci-fi movies and watched them; The Puppet Masters and Supernova. The Puppet Masters was written by Heinlein and was a pretty good movie. Kind of reminded me of the original Star Trek episode where Spock gets one of those amoeba things stuck to his back. Supernova was OK, but it has Spada in it, whom I don’t really like. It was kind of like a blending of several well known movie plots all stuck together. Duane
I Googled it and found that indeed May 25,1977 was the date Star Wars premiered, and now I'm confused as hell. The problem is that I took the bride to see that film in the now-gone Milford (MA) theater on May 8 which is her birthday. I am absolutely positive of the date. The only possible explanation is that at least one theater jumped the gun.
No. You did see it on May 8th. That is the day it premiered in the alternate timeline. I was there, and then I wasn't...
