Fred, I watch sci-fi movies all the time, anywhere from the 30’s to present. The first sci-fi book I ever read was “The Gods of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs. After that I was hooked. Duane
Did any of you Sci-Fi guys read "Magnus Robot Fighter" comic books? I still have all mine packed away in a box.
Ah! I read "Make Room! Make Room!" (loved that book) and never watched all of "Soylent Green", It was hard to watch after reading the novel, as I am very visual and some movies tend to be a let down. (Older, especially some of the late 60s, early 70s stuff), but newer movies have been better and some even great cinema.
Wow, I don’t know how to get into this thread but I think I belong. I personally think this is way off base but my favorite movie of all time was 6th Sense. Only the first time I saw it because it totally took me to the end without knowing what was going on. I don’t know that I am in the same Scifi as you guys. When I was a kid I loved going to the library and read every Edgar Allan Poe novel they had. Pit and the Pendulum was the best. And there was also that story about the heart that wouldn’t stop beating under the basement floor. Don’t remember the title of the story. Scifi I don’t know. I flat out loved Soylant Green!!! Very interesting movie. Sometimes think we ought to try it right now. Sorry, off subject. As a kid I loved the Planet of the Apes series. I like Independence Day a lot but that’s kind of kids stuff UFO stuff. One time I went to the University Alabama for a science workshop. About four of the women I knew, the other 25 I didn’t know. We all went to the movie and saw Species. HILARIOUS!!! All this sex going on and these married women I’m with. Some were seriously embarrassed. Of course I was laughing my ass off. Yes, I do believe I like science fiction.
Telltale Heart If you like Poe, you may well like Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe by "George Eliot" (Mary Ann Evans, GE was her pen name)
I got a copy of "Them" the other day. You just have to love those B-rated 50's sci-fi movies. I mean who doesn't like a movie about giant ants crawling around in the desert? Just finished watching the original 1933 "The Mummy" movie with Boris Karloff. Sometimes you need to look at the old movies to appreciate how good the new ones are. I didn't know about "Make Room! Make Room!", but now that I do I'll have to find a copy. Speaking about books. Did you know when Frank Herbert first wrote "Dune" that he couldn't find anyone to publish it. Finally he spent $1000 of his own money and got Chilton to make a small run for the first edition. Yep Chilton, that published all the Auto-repair Manuals. I was never able to buy, as in could not afford one, but did manage to hold one in my hands once. It is a friend of mine's prize possession. Duane
I watched a lot as a kid. Who can remember James Arness as "The Thing From Outer Space." Keep watching the skies."
I really enjoyed Passengers, John Carter, V for Vendetta, Paycheck, both Bladerunner movies, the list goes on and on. (I read the books so I knew Decker was a replicant. Once you know that everything makes sense, or if you look at the director's cut of the first movie, with the ending he wanted to put in.) When Decker is asked, "Have you ever retired a human by mistake." now has a whole new meaning. They made the Bladerunners out of replicants for just that reason. The neat thing about the DVDs, is all the special features they have. If you are into these movies and special effects, many of them show how they were created. How they made the special effects for "Gravity" is simply mind boggling. (It was more interesting then the movie.) For those interested in this type of thing, by looking at the progression of how they made the effects over time, it's simply amazing how far they are today. Just look at how they did everything in say "Silent Running" vs today and you will see what I mean. If you watch just the movies you will never know how they were created. Fascinating stuff. Duane
Always loved the "Body Snatchers". "What's causing all this?" "Mass hysteria in our new nuclear age". "Let him go, no one will believe him." The outside stairs the Doc. and his Lady ran up still exist today
If I'm not wearing a car related T shirt its a Star Wars themed T shirt! Been a Sci-Fi geek from the first time I saw Star Trek on the little black and white TV we had as a child in the 60's. When I first saw the trailer for Tomorrow War first thought was of that Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow. sad this wont be on the big screen. Picard is a great show as well . To bad Covid pushed back the new episodes a yr
I thought Seth McFarland's The Orville was a better Star Trek than some of the actual Star Trek shows. I haven't seen it since it went Hulu or wherever it disappeared off network TV.
I like that The Orville cuts past the sanitized and "perfect people" of Star Trek style characters. It is simply to plastic, and The Orville, even though it is comedic in nature, it does provide more realistic character attitude and voice. But I am not hating od Star Trek. Have watched all the series, all the movies and a few of the animations, and still gained a lot from them. Sort of like a mouthwatering prime steak. You might leave a bit of fat and bone that you cannot eat, but -boy! what eating!
I liked it, more for the mystery-solving and betrayal related elements than the SF. My wife did not like it, but she isn't a SF fan. We had to force her to watch the Avengers movies.
The DVD of "2001" has special features about the making of the movie that were interesting. Ditto the "making of" features on "Edge of Tomorrow/Live Die Repeat" DVD or Blu-Ray. My family thinks I am weird because I like "Edge of Tomorrow" so much I have watched it 8 times and wouldn't mind watching it again. Some great funny dialogue, and good acting from Cruise, and Bill Paxton as the Master Sergeant.
It was some good suspense for its day, but the Carpenter remake with Kurt Russell is guaranteed to make you paranoid.
That is cool that you met those brilliant authors. My 20-y.o. son is pressuring me to read the "Foundation" series because he likes them. I like Heinlein's books. One of the first SF novels I read was "The Puppet Masters." I have the movie on DVD and it's not a bad movie.
“ Jeepers creepers where’d you get those peepers?“ A few years back we used to always go to the drive-in theater on Friday nights to hang out, drink beer, and sometimes watch a movie. I think it was 73 or 74, a bunch of buddies and me went to the drive-in theater to watch the Exorcist. I think I had way too many mushrooms on my hamburger. Wait a minute, what hamburger? Anyway, that movie scared the **** out of me! I probably went to church on Sunday.
