Greatest science-fiction movie of all time

[k6bbc]

I was licensed the year “2001: A Space Odyssey” was released - 1968. At the time, my ham friends were gaga over just about everything about the film. Even today, it holds up creatively and stands out as a classic. For me however, I have to vote for “Forbidden Planet” as the great sci-fi movie of all time. I am curious to hear the QRZ community’s opinion on the subject. I am sure there will be many interesting entries.

K6BBC

[KC9ECI]

Forbidden Planet Rocks, as does The Day The Earth Stood Still. There are a lot to choose from. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one that I enjoy, as is The Fifth Element. I honestly don't think I could pin it down to just one...maybe one dozen in no particular order though.

[AB8TM]

Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Oct. 31 2004,19:56)]Forbidden Planet Rocks, as does The Day The Earth Stood Still. There are a lot to choose from. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one that I enjoy, as is The Fifth Element. I honestly don't think I could pin it down to just one...maybe one dozen in no particular order though.
I wouldn't call myself a fan of any genre in pariticular, but I liked The Fith Element too.

[N8CPA]

I have to agree with Forbidden Planet and Day the Earth Stood Still. But I'd add The Abyss, instead of 5th Element.

[AB0SI]

The Godzilla series. Wonderful character development. Brilliant, if complex, social commentary.

OK, I lie. BUT, I DO like the clock sitting on my computer. (Godzilla with a clock in his stomach.)

Forbidden Planet is my favorite.

Paul AB0SI

[KG4ZQZ]

The Day of the Triffids

[ai4ep]

What was the title and year it was made of the movie that.. ( early 1970 s era )

a man gets zapped by radiation, and grows into a HUGE man ( no, not the HULK ), and all appears ok for a while, then his mind goes awry and he tears up power lines, tall signs, etc around the Las Vegas,Nevada area, and some scene or two around the Hoover dam......think there were 2 movies made with same characters in it...

any one know of this movie ?

[ad4mg]

ALIEN

DUNE

Not necessarily the best ever made, but worth a mention!

73,
Luke

[nx6d]

How about

"The Monolith Monsters" ?

WX7B

[K8ERV]

How about any of the political speeches? Oh, you said movie. Only one more day of BS to go!!

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (WX7B @ Nov. 01 2004,09:42)]How about

"The Monolith Monsters" #?

WX7B
Monolith monsters! I always thought that was inspired by someone's coal and salt experiment going wildly awry!
Been a while since I saw it, but I think they solved the problem the same way they stopped the Triffids.

In summer of 1971, National Lampoon ran an article called "Movie Spoilers," in which they revealed the plot of popular mystery and suspense movies. For the sci-fi category, it consisted of two columns.

For example:

Them Flame Throwers.

Brain From Planet X Fire Axe

Doug Kenney is/was a genius!

[kb3cvo]

Quote[/b] (ai4ep @ Nov. 01 2004,15:37)]What was the title and year it was made of the movie that.. ( early 1970 s era )

a man gets zapped by radiation, and grows into a HUGE man ( no, not the HULK ), and all appears ok for a while, then his mind goes awry and he tears up power lines, tall signs, etc around the Las Vegas,Nevada area, and some scene or two around the Hoover dam......think there were 2 movies made with same characters in it...

any one know of this movie ?
The Amazing Colossal Man

It actually had a decent plot and at the end he falls off Hoover Dam. I am not sure of the name of the sequal.

[kb3cvo]

"I know Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel when Tarantula took to the hills and I really got hot when I saw Janet Scott fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills. #Dana Andrews said Prunes gave him the runes and passing them used lots of skill. #But When Worlds Collide, said George Pal to his bride, I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills...."


I just had to do that. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[ad4mg]

This thread really got me thinking ... I'm really into Sci-Fi, but some classics I can think of that are being missed:

"War of the Worlds"
"Contact"
"Frankenstein" # !!!!!!!!!!!!!! #how can we miss this one???
"The Thing"

and some "newbies" seen recently on HBO/Cinemax:

"Dreamcatcher" - based on a Steven King novel ... good flick

"Ghost Ship" - maybe more towards the horror genre

Maybe more to come as the grey matter heats up - it IS Monday ya know!

73,
Luke

[nx6d]

Quote[/b] (kb3cvo @ Nov. 01 2004,06:07)]"I know Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel when Tarantula took to the hills and I really got hot when I saw Janet Scott fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills. #Dana Andrews said Prunes gave him the runes and passing them used lots of skill. #But When Worlds Collide, said George Pal to his bride, I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills...."


I just had to do that. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
"Science Fiction...(woo hoo hoo) Double Feature..."

Richard O'Brien rules...

WX7B

[K3UD]

Been some great ones!

Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still are probably my favorites, I also liked This Island Earth as well as most of the Star Treck movies and Independance Day.

Anyone up for The Creature From The Black Lagoon, or Horror At Party Beach?

73
George
K3UD

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (K3UD @ Nov. 01 2004,11:00)]Been some great ones!

Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still are probably my favorites, I also liked This Island Earth as well as most of the Star Treck movies and Independance Day.

Anyone up for The Creature From The Black Lagoon, or Horror At Party Beach?

73
George
K3UD
"This Island Earth?" Exitor, is that you? Did you bring us the schematic for the interocitor?

Yea, I liked that one, too.

[W3MIV]

Creature from Black Lagoon was a hoot. So, too, was "Them" with James Whitmore before he turned into a gnome with Miracle Gro.

Klaatu, berada nichto!

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[K3UD]

"Gort will turn this planet into a cinder"

73
George
K3UD

[W3MIV]

The most incredible thing about "Day the Earth Stood Still" was the music by Bernard Herrmann.

Given the idiocy of many modern, mindless and blood-soaked sci-fi flicks, the talent put into that movie is still amazing. Even Sam Jaffe (Doctor Zorba—Gunga Din to those of you who are old enough) had a major role.

Few folks today realize that it was one of Hollywood's earlier "political statements" about the atom-frenzied world of the Fifties.

[W4TEY]

Not necessarily my choice but has anyone mentioned the Star Wars movies? How about Planet of the Apes? I'm like a lot of you. The older black and white are really good. Anyone see Kronos? The Day the Earth Stood Still is my favorite b&W I think. I think the later color one that really stands out for me was the first Alien. Good sci-fi with great elements of horror that make you jump in your seat. How many saw John Hurt giving birth to the alien through his chest coming? There have have been many and I am usually one of the first in line at the theater to see them. By the way, watching at home on the video just doesn't quite match that dark theater with the big screen and an aisle seat about 3 or 4 rows from the back. We just went and saw The Grudge last night. More horror than sci fi but a great heart starter. Check out the offerings from Alpha Video. Lots of oldies, sci fi , horror, westerns, mystery, comedy. Very nostalgic and cheap. Now if only they would pay me a commission.

[W4MAJ]

Quote[/b] (kb3cvo @ Nov. 01 2004,07:58)]Quote[/b] (ai4ep @ Nov. 01 2004,15:37)]What was the title and year it was made of the movie that.. ( early 1970 s era )

a man gets zapped by radiation, and grows into a HUGE man ( no, not the HULK ), and all appears ok for a while, then his mind goes awry and he tears up power lines, tall signs, etc around the Las Vegas,Nevada area, and some scene or two around the Hoover dam......think there were 2 movies made with same characters in it...

any one know of this movie ?
The Amazing Colossal Man

It actually had a decent plot and at the end he falls off Hoover Dam. #I am not sure of the name of the sequal.
No, I honestly believe that was Hillary Clinton.

[K7KBN]

I agree with "Forbidden Planet" (Leslie Nielsen in a non-comedic role -- what a concept!).

But a close runnerup, IMO, would be the 1957-ish "The Time Machine".

[kg4kww]

This is what is important not some dumb sci fi move, with all tha's going on in the world.

Important-1 (http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=74697)

Important-2 (http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=74698)

[ad4mg]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Nov. 01 2004,12:24)]This is what is important not some dumb sci fi move, with all tha's going on in the world.

Important-1 (http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=74697)

Important-2 (http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=74698)
Dude, you need to lighten up. #If you have problems with us having a little fun, and discussing something we enjoy, then you need to find something else to do.

NOW GO AWAY ... OFF TO THE POLITICAL THREADS WITH YA!

Geez ... I actually think that SOME people's face would break if they were to smile. #How sad.

[w6ez]

Good grief! I can't choose just one.

Day the Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet
Rodan
20.000 Leagues Beneath the Sea
2001 ( Hey it was the '60s. like wow man.)
Alien
5th element
12 Monkeys

These are just some that come to mind that made an impression on me when I first saw them. (yes I have been around that long..)

[k6pme]

Lord of the Rings trilogy. I've waited for that since I first read the books in 1970.

Stephen King makes some pretty odd movie's. And who could forget the Twilight Zone series?

[WA5KRP]

WOW - what a flood of memories! Other titles worthy of noting:


<u>Silent Running

Andromeda Strain

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

RoboCop

Jurassic Park

Clockwork Orange

The Shining

Rosemary's Baby

The Exorcist

The Omen

Dr. Strangelove

Cocoon

Metropolis

Blade Runner

Fall of the House of Usher

The Raven

The Mummy (1932)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

</u>


I realize I have blurred the line between sci-fi and horror, but hey, what the hell.


WA5KRP
Texas

[K9QJ]

" The Day the Trolls Invaded QRZ."

[K9STH]

KRP:

You beat me to the original The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This is considered by many "experts" to be at least among the top 10 science fiction movies of all times.

It is really the "low key" of the entire film that made it so great.

The remake starring Donald Sutherland was, to put it bluntly, pure garbage!

Glen, K9STH

[WA5KRP]

Quote[/b] (K9STH @ Nov. 01 2004,13:32)]KRP:

You beat me to the original The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. #
I didn't see it until 1960. A local TV station had a Friday late night program called "Project Terror" that showed all the seminal horror movies of Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, and Vincent Price. As a kid those black and white films seemed ancient but they made me miss a lot of sleep. Now I can see the genious behind the film makers' use of light and shadows.

Relatively speaking, Invasion of the Body Snatchers was a new movie with a modern setting - it takes place in an average American town. No castles or dungeons. I watched it with two friends that were over for the night. We were SCARED SHEETLESS when it was over.

Sleep? What sleep?


WA5KRP
Texas

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (K3UD @ Nov. 01 2004,11:09)]"Gort will turn this planet into a cinder"

73
George
K3UD
"...this earth of yours will be reduced to a burned out cinder."

However, his previous paragraph made it clear that Gort, or a similar robot, would be the one to do it. "Their power is absolute, and cannot be withdrawn."

It may be an urban legend, but supposedly Ray Bradbury wrote a script for The Day the Earth Stood Still Part II, in which the main character is Klaatu's son. Has anyone heard of that?

[AG3Y]

You mean to tell me that no one is going to nominate "The BLOB" ? ? ? #

How about "IT Came From Outer Space" ?

I remember one that scared the willikers out of me, and is almost never heard of today. #I sometimes wonder if I dreamt the whole thing:

"First Man Into Outer Space" #story about a test pilot that flew an X-15 type plane into the fringes of space, and came back a monster, irradiated by some strange cosmic rays ( or something ! ) that horribly disfigured him!

I still get the hots for Anne Francis in "Forbidden Planet"!

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

73, Jim

[WA5KRP]

Quote[/b] (AG3Y @ Nov. 01 2004,14:29)]You mean to tell me that no one is going to nominate "The BLOB" ? ? ? #
That was Steve McQueen's first movie. For some reason that movie didn't work on me. Maybe I ate too many jelly sandwiches.


WA5KRP
Texas

[K8ERV]

Did anyone read/see Mysterious Island? Sequel to 20,000 Leagues.

[n0nwo]

I just read Mysterious island 2 months ago for the first time. Very good.

For those who liked jurassic park movies, read the books. You'll hate the movies after you do.

My favorite startrek is First Contact and I absolutely loved the TV searies, Babylon 5 (but that is not a movie. )

Minton

[k0ews]

Interesting thread. I'm not all that up on the sci-fi movies, but would have to go with 2001, the original Star Wars, for the special effects alone. I also liked the John Landis version of the Twilight Zone he did in the 80s. It was interesting. BBC, since you are in the biz, perhaps you could answer this; what was the name of that really OLD silent movie about going to the moon? I think it was made by some French guy. I'd heard of it; it was pretty ahead of it's time for when it was made. Good post, interesting thread, and something other than politics is refreshing. 73

[N0KLT]

"2001: A Space Odessy" is still the best true SciFi movie ever done but there was a post nuke holocost movie I haven't seen in years that was a favorite of mine also. I can't remember who wrote the book that it was based on but it was good also. The movie as I remember was On The Beach. Most of the story took place on a submarine. As I remember it starred Gregory Peck and Fred Astaire. There were others who I don't remember. The book was far better but the movie was pretty good. I am not sure when the movie came out, I want to say late 50's or early 60's.

The LOTR is a great set of movies and amazingly true to the books but I do not consider it to be SciFi. It is an alternate universe fantasy. It is also one of my all time favorite movies, since I really consider the 3 movies as just installments of the same movie.

Gary NØKLT

[KC9ECI]

If you want to talk all time greatest Sci Fi TV Series, a few years ago I'd have said ST:TOS, followed by ST:TNG, ST:Voyager, ST:DS9, ST:Enterprise. Now I'd have to say Farscape.

[k6bbc]

Quote[/b] (AB0SI @ Nov. 01 2004,06:03)]The Godzilla series. Wonderful character development. Brilliant, if complex, social commentary.

OK, I lie. BUT, I DO like the clock sitting on my computer. (Godzilla with a clock in his stomach.)

Forbidden Planet is my favorite.

Paul #AB0SI
Hey, I produced the American footage of Ray Burr for the 1985 version! Thanks for the mention.

K6BBC

[k6bbc]

Quote[/b] (k0ews @ Nov. 01 2004,16:51)]#BBC, since you are in the biz, perhaps you could answer this; what was the name of that really OLD silent movie about going to the moon? #I think it was made by some French guy. #
follow this link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0000417/
A TRIP TO THE MOON

also not mentioned - THX1138 - pure sci-fi

K6BBC

[K9STH]

KLT:

The original On the Beach (black & white version) which starred Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, etc., had the scene where they put a guy ashore on the coast of California to try to find out where a CW signal is coming from. When the fellow finds the source (a "Coke bottle" that was caught on a window shade) he sends exactly what is written out by the radio operator on the submarine in very good hand sent code.

I first saw that movie along with K9LHC at the old Fox Theater in LaPorte, Indiana. Since I was more of a CW operator than he was he turned to me and asked if I "caught" what was sent. I then replied something like "Coke bottle tugging on a window shade" (loose approximation of what was sent).

The remake (color version starring Arman Asante' - sp?) wasn't very good, at least to me.

Glen, K9STH

[al2n]

Battlefield Earth.....NOT!

Some of my favorites are:

Dune
2001
Alien
Enemy Mine
The Abyss
Them

[WA5KRP]

On The Beach was a total BUMMER. It is a story based on the end of the world following a nuclear holocaust, where nations not directly attacked fall prey to radioactive fallout and die a slow death. You know things are not going well when parents give small kids a lethal dose of medicine......the adults are afraid they will die before the children and nobody will be there to feed them.

This movie made suicide seem like a great idea.



WA5KRP
Texas

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (K9STH @ Nov. 01 2004,23:46)]KLT:

The original On the Beach (black & white version) which starred Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, etc., had the scene where they put a guy ashore on the coast of California to try to find out where a CW signal is coming from. #When the fellow finds the source (a "Coke bottle" that was caught on a window shade) he sends exactly what is written out by the radio operator on the submarine in very good hand sent code.

I first saw that movie along with K9LHC at the old Fox Theater in LaPorte, Indiana. #Since I was more of a CW operator than he was he turned to me and asked if I "caught" what was sent. #I then replied something like "Coke bottle tugging on a window shade" (loose approximation of what was sent).

The remake (color version starring Arman Asante' - sp?) wasn't very good, at least to me.

Glen, K9STH
There's a special place in my heart for "On the Beach," beyond Morse. The strangest place I ever saw it was in what can best described as a little diner in the Pyrenees, somewhere in Andorra in 1972. I was taking a bus from Valencia, Spain to Paris, to catch my plane home. The bus stopped at the place for dinner/relief, in the middle of the night.

Only rarely had I seen a TV during my travels through Europe. So my eyes were on the screen as I waited to pay for my "jamon bocadillo--", their version of a ham sandwich. I had only seen the movie once, years before in English, but the version on the screen was dubbed in Spanish. I can only say it looked strange when Sparky discovered the signal and told the Captain, "Que 's eso? No lo comprendo." At the time, that was all the Spanish I knew.

Now, every time I see that movie. I think of the Pyrenees, and a country that few Americans had ever heard of at the time.

[W3MIV]

Nevil Shute's novel, On the Beach, was of the very same atom-frenzied genre as Day the Earth Stood Still.

It is hard now to remember accurately how the advent of the "hydrogen bomb" (now reduced to the more sterile title "thermonuclear device") terrorized people.

During the 1950s the threat of nuclear warfare was taken very seriously because the memories of the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were far stronger than now and the Soviet Union was very aggressively waging their side of the Cold War. The invasion of Hungary after that country's brief foray into some independent reforms strongly reinforced this threat. People built bomb shelters in their basements and backyards, air raids sirens screamed in periodic tests, air raid drills were as much a part of school curricula then as fire drills are now.

It is hard now to remember that the Soviet Union in those times was somewhat unstable politically after the death of Stalin in 1953(?), and it took a few nervous years before power coalesced in the hands of Khrushchev. Relatively unknown "strongmen" stepping up to the leadership of an aggressive nation make for nervous time. Remember Bulganin, anyone?

Whacko days fed the kind of "nuclear winter" notions that formed the main plot of On the Beach.

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Nov. 02 2004,08:41)]Nevil Shute's novel, On the Beach, was of the very same atom-frenzied genre as Day the Earth Stood Still.

It is hard now to remember accurately how the advent of the "hydrogen bomb" (now reduced to the more sterile title "thermonuclear device") terrorized people.

During the 1950s the threat of nuclear warfare was taken very seriously because the memories of the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were far stronger than now and the Soviet Union was very aggressively waging their side of the Cold War. The invasion of Hungary after that country's brief foray into some independent reforms strongly reinforced this threat. People built bomb shelters in their basements and backyards, air raids sirens screamed in periodic tests, air raid drills were as much a part of school curricula then as fire drills are now.

It is hard now to remember that the Soviet Union in those times was somewhat unstable politically after the death of Stalin in 1953(?), and it took a few nervous years before power coalesced in the hands of Khrushchev. Relatively unknown "strongmen" stepping up to the leadership of an aggressive nation make for nervous time. Remember Bulganin, anyone?

Whacko days fed the kind of "nuclear winter" notions that formed the main plot of On the Beach.
Yep! I rmember the duck and cover drills in elementary school, and wondering if we'd be incinerated while walking home in October '62. I remember all the pamphlets about bomb shelters, the stockpiles of supplies stored in the stairwells of buildings with the CD triangle, the same triangles on broadcast radio sets.

And I remember how chilling it was to see news footage of folks chanting, "Nagsaki, Hiroshima, why not Tehran?"
during Mr. Peacenut's administration.

[W7WV]

Forbidden Planet gets my vote.
It was the "Star Wars" of it's day.
It set the mark for producers of future scifi.

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (K9STH @ Nov. 01 2004,21:46)]KLT:

The original On the Beach (black & white version) which starred Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, etc., had the scene where they put a guy ashore on the coast of California to try to find out where a CW signal is coming from. When the fellow finds the source (a "Coke bottle" that was caught on a window shade) he sends exactly what is written out by the radio operator on the submarine in very good hand sent code.

I first saw that movie along with K9LHC at the old Fox Theater in LaPorte, Indiana. Since I was more of a CW operator than he was he turned to me and asked if I "caught" what was sent. I then replied something like "Coke bottle tugging on a window shade" (loose approximation of what was sent).

The remake (color version starring Arman Asante' - sp?) wasn't very good, at least to me.

Glen, K9STH
Thank you sir, for the fill in of the holes in my shaky memory. I never did know what the CW was saying in reality. That's is still one of the better movies I have seen. I didn't know anyone had remade it, and from what you say, I am real glad I didn't. Somehow remakes are never as good as the original, can you say Psycho boys and girls, I knew you could. That remake alone should stand as an example of why remakes should never be done.

Gary NØKLT

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (k6bbc @ Nov. 01 2004,20:59)]Quote[/b] (AB0SI @ Nov. 01 2004,06:03)]The Godzilla series. Wonderful character development. Brilliant, if complex, social commentary.

OK, I lie. BUT, I DO like the clock sitting on my computer. (Godzilla with a clock in his stomach.)

Forbidden Planet is my favorite.

Paul AB0SI
Hey, I produced the American footage of Ray Burr for the 1985 version! Thanks for the mention.

K6BBC
I just caught the orignal Godzilla movie over the Halloween weekend. I ran across it by accident on cable. I had forgotten what a good 'monster' movie it was. For those days, it was very well made as far as special effects, etc. Great to see it again. Been a long time. So long, I had forgotten that Raymond Burr had ever been that thin. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Kudos to anyone that had a hand in making the movie.

Gary NØKLT

[w6ez]

The funny thing about threads like this is that when you look at some "other guy's" list you think " OH MAN! I should have included that one in my list."

I just love SCFI. It's all good.

[AG3Y]

Lets not forget some of the old classics like
"Metropolis"
Metropolis Review (http://imdb.com/title/tt0000417/)

I'm curious, though, was George Orwell's "1984" ever turned into a movie ? I certainly can remember the Apple Computer commercial that was shown during a big football game ( Rosebowl? ) that was a huge takeoff on the main theme of the story; all those men shuffleing along in their drab outfits and sitting down in a theater to watch "Big Brother's" latest diatribe, when . . . well, I won't reveal the ending, just in case you have never seen it before. Go to some place like a Museum of Broadcasting or this web site:
1984 Apple Commercial (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/1984.html)
and see some great stuff !

73, Jim

[n3ijw]

Yep (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/).

Twice (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048918/), actually.

[AG3Y]

Here is a more concise explaination of the famous "1984" Apple ad, Enjoy !

1984 Apple Ad history (http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm)

[KA9VQF]

For me the one that really sticks in my head was called "Voyage To The End Of The Universe" it was originally titled "Voyage to the Green Planet".

I did a web search to find the actual name and found out it was a Czech film and the American voices were dubbed in later for the American release.

Crack in the Earth -- disaster/scifi flick


Wasn't there another movie about giant ants (besides "Them")? Watched it as a kid (late 70's) and couldn't sleep for weeks ...

[AG3Y]

Oh, giant ants, giant spiders, giant cockroaches, giant worms, you name it, they have probably made a move about a giant version of it ! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[w6ez]

Quote[/b] (AG3Y @ Nov. 02 2004,09:39)]Lets not forget some of the old classics like
"Metropolis"
Metropolis Review (http://imdb.com/title/tt0000417/)

I'm curious, though, was George Orwell's "1984" ever turned into a movie ? #I certainly can remember the Apple Computer commercial that was shown during a big football game ( Rosebowl? ) that was a huge takeoff on the main theme of the story; all those men shuffleing along in their drab outfits and sitting down in a theater to watch "Big Brother's" latest diatribe, when . . . # well, I won't reveal the ending, just in case you have never seen it before. #Go to some place like a Museum of Broadcasting or this web site:
1984 Apple Commercial (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/1984.html)
and see some great stuff !

73, Jim
That was a great add. I remember seeing it when it ran and I was videotaping at the time so I had a copy of it for years. (..wife put days of our lives over it years later and I almost puked..) The add was very good but IBM and their clones prevailed unlike the add predicted.

I just didn't like the way the lady was dressed. She looked to be wearing the uniform of one of those red brigade groups... but then I am always looking for lurking commies..

The movie(s) 1984 were very good, but I read the book at a very early age and I never thought the movies did the book justice.

How about &quot;The Invasion of the Neptune Men&quot;?http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[w6ez]

Well I will not be adding the latest Star Wars movie to my list.
Ok, so now we know how Darth Vader ended up in his black suit but that movie was a real waste of time.
It least it is all over now.

[K8ERV]

Quote[/b] (AG3Y @ Nov. 03 2004,08:30)]Oh, giant ants, giant spiders, giant cockroaches, giant worms, you name it, they have probably made a move about a giant version of it ! #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
While all these may not be insects, here is your lesson for the day. Now #you can go back to sleep--

Giant insects cannot exist. Insects breathe thru their skin, and as they get bigger their body mass (therefore their oxygen requirements) gets large faster than their skin area, so they would suffocate. Or maybe grow oxygen tents.

Mammals solved the problem by developing lungs, fish developed gills, and monther's-in-law developed large-area worts--



Lesson over

TOM K8ERV #Montrose Colo

[kf4eyr]

Metropolis best pre 1950s film,,,, star wars all episodes,,,,

[KB2AK]

&quot;The Day The Earth Stood Still&quot; of course--probably the best sci-fi movie Hollywood did. Never heard of the sequel plans, but is probably just as well that it never will happen.
The beginning with Walter Winchell sets the tone and continues throughout.
I heard it on the Lux Radio Theater (they were radio dramatizations of current movies) when I was 10 years old before I ever saw the actual movie. It was enhanced by the announcement by the local station of a tornado watch just at the close---very rare indeed in the 50's in New York.
Klaatu berada nichto

[wa9cwx]

No particular order.

The Day the Earth Stood Still, Gorgo, War of the Worlds, The Fly (Both), The Blob (Both), Alien, The Thing (Second only), And my ALL TIME favorite, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (first one).
ALL time WORST 'Serious' Sci Fi.....&quot;Brazil&quot;.
Best 'Ground Breaking' &quot;2001&quot;.
Worst 'Ground Breaking' &quot;Star Wars&quot; (Think about the 'plot'...??)
Coolest ....Tie by &quot;ID4&quot; and &quot;Close Encounters&quot;.
Most disappointing from book to movie....&quot;1984&quot; (actually one of many)
Best thing to HAPPEN to bad Sci Fi...&quot;MST 3000&quot;
Best thing for Sci Fi. Special effects.
Worst thing for Sci Fi. Special effects.
Hate when they get in the way of the plot, or used as a substitute for ACTING.
The computer ad was from Pink Floyd, &quot;The Wall&quot;.
I believe it was only shown ONCE....Quite a life and image.

[k7unz]

Put me down for &quot;The Thing&quot;....the origional version with Jim Arness in the monster suit...followed closely by &quot;Them.&quot;

As for more recent, I too would have to go with &quot;The Fifth Element.&quot;

So many great ones over the years, &quot;The Crawling Eye&quot;, &quot;The Killer Tongue&quot;, and who could forget &quot;Attack of the Killer Tomatoes&quot;

Classics all!

Jim/k7unz http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[wa3fkg]

I was born the year &quot;The Day The Earth Stood Still&quot; was released so I did not see it until years latter on late night television. I was immediately taken with the movie and it has remained one of if not my favorite space movie of all times. Even though it has been surpassed in special effects many times over I still enjoy it enough that I purchased it on DVD for my movie collection. One of the movie's &quot;tag lines&quot; has become part of the culture, well maybe the geek culture. That being &quot;Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!&quot;. Trivia note, did anyone else notice that in the movie &quot;TRON&quot; in the scene with the cube farm there is a bumper sticker on the wall of one of the cubicles with this quote on it?

We have two movie theaters here in Pittsburgh that get prints of old movies and run them on the big screen. I missed a showing of &quot;The Day The Earth Stood Still&quot; at one of them last year. If it comes around again I will make time to see it. For what its worth that is my two cents on the subject.

[W2ILP]

My vote is for &quot;The Day the Earth Stoodf Still&quot;.

Somehow the old black and white films seemed more interesting than the more technically advanced color cinemascope extravaganzas that followed.

So much has become reality these days that I must admit that some of the old classics are campy. The Buck Rogers serials are so amateurish that they can only survive as comodies.

It is increasing harder to write sci-fiction or to make sci-fiction flicks these days because so much of what has been fantasy in the past is now technically possible. An underlying plot must be relative to some theme that is not related to the mundane wonder of space travel or star wars but is unique to some basic social satire.

Carl Sagan's &quot;Contact&quot; was a flop. So was Asimov's &quot;I Robot&quot;.
Both of these men were better at writing science facts than writing Sci-Fiction...and their movie plots were relatively pointless, in spite of their desperate attempts to present a meaningful message.

Truth is stranger than fiction. GWB now promises to send a man to Mars, while cutting funds to NASA and giving tax cuts and borrowing money for a war.

Wheeew...Is that factual Science Fiction?

Bob w2ilp (Ice Loving Plutonians?)...far out!

[W2ILP]

Oh I left out another of my favorites.

It was &quot;The Illustrated Man&quot;, which was based upon a SciFiction book of short stories by Ray Bradberry. The movie starred Rod Steiger.

One of the Bradberry's short stories was &quot;The Velt&quot;. This was written in the early 1930s. It predicted virtual reality video, as we now know it...and it also showed how children who are of a &quot;new age&quot; can defy their parents, and be turned into uncaring robots by a super media of reality.

w2ilp (Illustrated Lions Pounce)

[k9kxq]

The original &quot;The Thing&quot; with James Arnes as the space Alien,the remake with Kurt Russell was just as good..

kxq

[KI4FCP]

One word Spaceballs. and im proud to say i've never seen Star Wars....Yes i said it.


&quot;Im your fathers, brothers, cousins, bestfreinds former roomate&quot; Dark Helmet

&quot;What does that make us?&quot; Lone Star

&quot;Absoluely nothing&quot; Dark Helmet

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[k6bbc]

Quote[/b] (w6ez @ May 28 2005,14:46)]Well I will not be adding the latest Star Wars movie to my list.
Ok, so now we know how Darth Vader ended up in his black suit but that movie was a real waste of time.
It least it is all over now.
I knew my youth was passed after viewing the latest installment. Young A. Skywalker was so easily tricked as to be laughable. Should have been great, but was far from. Harrison Ford where are you!!!http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

K6BBC

[n2nh]

Quote[/b] (KB2AK @ May 29 2005,10:55)]&quot;The Day The Earth Stood Still&quot; of course--probably the best sci-fi movie Hollywood did. Never heard of the sequel plans, but is probably just as well that it never will happen...
Never say never... if Hollywood hears there's a script it just might get made. If the Sci-Fi channel tries to make it, they might not even need a script (they sure can't act/direct).

Agreed on The Day the Earth Stood Still, it's the best of all then there's also, 2001, Star Wars, Day of the Triffids (Joanna Lumley version), A Clockwork Orange and The Fifth Element. When there used to be taglines on messages, a friend and I did the entire &quot;Spaceballs&quot; movie in taglines at the end of our messages. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[G8ADD]

......Carl Sagan's &quot;Contact&quot; was a flop. #So was Asimov's &quot;I Robot&quot;.
Both of these men were better at writing science facts than writing Sci-Fiction...and their movie plots were relatively pointless, in spite of their desperate attempts to present a meaningful message......


For what its worth. I reckon &quot;I, Robot&quot; to be one of the greatest SF books of all time.

The BBC did a very creditable and accurate dramatisation of &quot;Little Lost Robot&quot; which I would love to see again.

Great films of the future - how about outdoing Star Wars with Asimov's &quot;Foundation&quot; double Trilogy?

73

Brian G8ADD

[W1SMC]

Forbidden Plant
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Invaders From Mars

[kf6rdn]

Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Seriously, too many to mention.

[N8CPA]

The night I saw &quot;The Day the Earth Stood Still.&quot;

The first &quot;scary&quot; movie I ever saw was &quot;The Day the Earth Stood Still.&quot; And it might explain why to this day, I am not a fan of most horror movies. I'm lucky that I wasn't put off Sci-fi completely. And it all goes back to Klaatu and Gort, and the fact that I snuck in to see them.

I was 8 years old at the time, spending a very long year in the hospital recovering from an accident. I felt a bit jealous of kids 10 years and older. Every Wednesday night, they would take the lot of them, in beds, iron lungs, Stryker Frames, wheelchairs, guerneys, etc. to the physical therapy gym and show them a movie. Well, I liked movies too and it didn't seem fair that I wasn't allowed to go. So I decided to do something about it, rules be darned (Hey! I was a kid.)

It didn't require much planning. All I had to do was absent myself from the ward, wheel my chair over to the gym and peak through the door. Brilliant simplicity! The single risk involved was getting caught by the queen B# of the floor's NW nurses' station, Mrs. L.

Mrs. L. was legendary for not only hating kids, but for spending each and every waking hour conjuring new unspeakable cruelties to unleash on those she caught or even suspected of misbehaving. There were oodles of tales about what went on behind locked doors when she was in the room. If you saw her wheel a kid out of the ward, disappear into the treatment room, the door closing behind, you trembled in empathy for him. If you got any kind of treatment involving needles, foul tasting medication, surgery itself, it was because SHE had commanded it be done. So the quaking whispers ran.

Even today, when I meet a new person with that same last name, if they've been local for a while, I can't help but ask if they are related. Few names in my life have affected me that way.

So Wednesday night came. I saw the older kids being wheeled out. Once the ward was clear of all the 10 and older crowd, I got into my chair. A buddy of mine asked me where I was going. I put my fingers to my lips and gestured. He reminded me that Mrs. L was on duty, and suggested that I not go. I invited him to come along, but he shuddered at the suggestion and declined.

I made my way along the corridor, stopping at each corner, long enough to make sure that no one could see. I made it to the gym door just as the cartoon (&quot;Boy Meets Dog&quot;) was ending. The screen blanked as they changed the reel. I took advantage of the lull to actually enter the gym, and hide myself next to an iron lung. The lights went out, and the screen flashed to life, &quot;5, 4, 3, 2, 1,&quot; and the Theramin music began.

I stayed there in the darkness, next to the iron lung, quiet as a mouse, all the way through the movie. I was half watching the screen, and hiding my eyes during only a few &quot;scary&quot; scenes--I had never seen a film like that before--and half looking out to not be caught.

I was okay until the scene where Patricia Neal has to say the &quot;magic&quot; words. Gort had already disappeared the two guards, he was staring into Neal's face. His &quot;face&quot; shield was up, and the beam was gathering itself in the visor and about to diasappear Patricia Neal---------------------------------------------------------------when I suddenly felt the hand land on my shoulder. I turned and faced the nighmare staring into my eyes, &quot;What are you doing here?&quot; Mrs. L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did not answer--I must be the only kid in the history of Columbus Childrens' Hospital who managed to peel rubber in a manual wheelchair. My skid mark led the way to the gym door. I screamed my way down the hall back to the ward. I climbed into my bed, covered my head, and cried and shivered myself to sleep, in mortal dread of what undoubtedly awaited me. I suspected what Gort did to the guards was pretty close to what Mrs. L. would do to me, but more slowly and with more glee.

I shivered my way through breakfast, lunch, and dinner the following day. I shivered my way through school and physical therapy sessions, in morbid fear of the start of Mrs. L's shift. I just knew it was my turn to disappear into the treatment room, probably never to re-emerge. My wardmates all day long had not spoken directly to me, but whispered among themselves and looked at me with sympathy for my inevtiable fate, shaking their heads.

Mrs L. found me as she made her way to the NW nurses' station that evening. She quickly grabbed the hand grips of my chair to keep me from fleeing. I was too frightened to emit a single sound, but looked at her and waited for my sentence. The eyes glared into mine, the taut mouth opened and the words rang into my ears, &quot;That was one of my favorite movies. Maybe you'll get to see it all the way through some day.&quot; Then, she patted my head, and walked on to the station to begin her day. And for the rest of the time I was in the hospital, the light in her eye that I had always seen as a glare became a gleam.

[KW4MW]

I just browsed through all 8 pages of this thread.
Unless I missed it, nobody mentioned:

# &quot;ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES&quot;

# #Probably one of the greatest because it is so bad.

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/killtomato/
(Includes sound bite from the movie theme song)

[AD5UD]

I have to agree with all who listed &quot;The Day The Earth Stood Still&quot;, to this day it's one of my favorites.

One that should have been much better than it was is &quot;Fahrenheit 451&quot;. Although it didn't do justice to Bradbury's book I applaud the attempt.

[k6bbc]

Quote[/b] (w1smc @ May 31 2005,04:38)]Forbidden Plant
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Invaders From Mars
A true sci-fi aficionado. Great films, each.

K6BBC

[W2ILP]

I thank N8cpa for his well written account of his early viewing of &quot;The Day the Earth Stood Still&quot;. Steve, IMHO we need more long posts like yours here...not just short flames, without any logical reason like we get from some posters.

Speaking of SciFict, the question arises sometimes as to what exactly makes a movie a SciFict movie. It is debatable whether movies that predict the future may all qualify. Some think that SciFi movies must have E.T. (alians) or at least rocket ships to qualify...others are more broad in their opinion.

IMHO the Charlie Chaplin film &quot;Modern Times&quot; can be considered a SciFict movie because it predicted the extremes of mass production factory work, that was only beginning to be seen as a threat to previous society.

There is a scene in that movie where a red flag falls off the back of a truck. Charlie picks it up and runs after the truck, in an attempt to give it to the trucker...BUT he finds himself running in front of a group of picketing union workers and gets picked up by police for inciting a riot!

This movie predicted the red herring situation that years later became part of the McCarthy era. It also predicted mass production efficiency, that had Charley being feed by a machine, which rotated a corn cob, during his short lunch break. This comody was an extreme example of mechanized automation.

w2ilp (Industrial Labor Production)

[kl7aj]

THX-1138

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (W2ILP @ May 31 2005,11:03)]I thank N8cpa for his well written account of his early viewing of &quot;The Day the Earth Stood Still&quot;. # Steve, IMHO we need more long posts like yours here...not just short flames, without any logical reason like we get from some posters.

Speaking of SciFict, the question arises sometimes as to what exactly makes a movie a SciFict movie. #It is debatable whether movies that predict the future may all qualify. #Some think that SciFi movies must have E.T. (alians) or at least rocket ships to qualify...others are more broad in their opinion.

IMHO the Charlie Chaplin film &quot;Modern Times&quot; can be considered a SciFict movie because it predicted the extremes of mass production factory work, that was only beginning to be seen as a threat to previous society.

There is a scene in that movie where a red flag falls off the back of a truck. #Charlie picks it up and runs after the truck, in an attempt to give it to the trucker...BUT he finds himself running in front of a group of picketing union workers and gets picked up by police for inciting a riot!

This movie predicted the red herring situation that years later became part of the McCarthy era. #It also predicted mass production efficiency, that had Charley being feed by a machine, which rotated a corn cob, during his short lunch break. # This comody was an extreme example of mechanized automation.

w2ilp (Industrial Labor Production)
Isn't there also a scene where Charley sits on the driving rod of a locomotive, just before the train pulls out of the yard? And the movie ends with a profile of the train going down the track, Charley oscillating along on the rod.

[ac3p]

&quot;The Amazing Colossal Man&quot; circa 1958. I remember seeing that one in the movies.

There was also the &quot;Incredible Shrinking Man&quot;.

Also &quot;The Invisible Boy&quot; (1957). That's one where a kid's father is working on a supercomputer that wants to take over the world.

Sort of a precursor to &quot;The Forbin Project&quot;.

I would have voted #for &quot;2001&quot; in 1969 but here it is 2005 and there are no bases on the moon, no manned flights to Jupiter and Pan-AM went bankrupt.

As for &quot;2010&quot; there is no US-Soviet conflict to stir up problems for a mission and the closest thing to monoliths crashing into Jupiter was Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994. Even after that the old planet did not turn into a star.

Like 1984 it's best not to tie a story title to a specific year.

One good film is &quot;Shape of Things to Come&quot; made in the 1930's with Raymond Massey. It predicts the future up to 1970, I believe.

One I would like to see is &quot;Destination Moon&quot;. It was an early 1950s flick about the first lunar mission. I don't know why that one isn't shown on TV.

[kb2vxa]

Hi spacemen,

&quot;...but they forgot one thing Jim, monsters, monsters from the id!&quot;

I guess you could say that a great sci-fi flick like Forbidden Planet would make one heck of an impression on an 8 year old kid having sat through the Rockettes and stage show at Radio City. Yeah, my number one favorite of all time.

&quot;In 24 hours you must be 100 million miles out in space...&quot;

That thing could FLY even after that bipedal lion tore the hell out of it's klystron relays (whatever THEY are). Now what about Leslie Nielsen in a serious role? You're looking at him backward, remember that was 1957, he hit his stride with comedy and never looked back.

You guys beat me to it with listing all of my favorites, (Gort, Klatu barada nikto.) but basically I like anything featuring a Japanese guy in a rubber monster suit or flying '56 Buick hubcaps. (Earthmen are stupid, stupid STUPID! &gt;&gt;&gt;POW!&lt;&lt;&lt; Right in the kisser.)

Then there were the movie serials later made into feature films and those silly rocket man (before the Bell rocket pack) movies, Leonard Nemoy had a walk through as a Martian in one, his first Hollywood appearance. Then Captain Kirk shot a gremlin tearing the wing of an airplane before he met Spock and the rest. That's right, TV had some great shows like The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits.

Speaking of TV, there was Elvira on the West Coast and Zacherle &quot;the cool ghoul&quot; on the East, Saturday night at 11:00pm had me glued to WPIX-TV channel 11 watching Chiller Theatre. Zack showed the wackiest old horror movies Hughes (the GM) could lay his hands on, anything featuring Tor was a hoot. He had no compunctions about electronically sticking his nose into them either and totally cracked me up.

Check out those movies and TV shows on the web, take a trip back in time. I must say the movie stills of Forbidden Planet are impressive and if you remember most of those props showed up in every MGM related production well into the 80s.

I'll leave you with this thought. &quot;Listen to the children of the night and the wonderful sound they make.&quot; Sleep soundly my dear, muahahahahaaaa.

[kb2vxa]

Me again,

&quot;Great films of the future - how about outdoing Star Wars with Asimov's &quot;Foundation&quot; double Trilogy?&quot;

I PRAY that will never happen! There's NO WAY they could compress 30,000 years of galactic history beginning with Caves Of Steel into a movie series even if they did one each year for a decade. I mean really, one of Azimov's best, Nightfall fell flat when it got put on the screen, it stank on ice. BTW, R. Daneel Olivaw's Zeroth Law was worked nicely into the Star Trek movie, &quot;remember&quot;.

BTW, it's not a &quot;double trilogy&quot;. It started out as a series of short stories in Amazing Stories published by Wm. Gaines, the one who later published MAD Magazine. Later they were sorted in order and compiled as a trilogy, Azimov seeing his death coming near and so dedicated to his fans wrote a fourth novel tying the loose ends together. That's where we once again meet R. Daneel Olivaw but I won't give it away for the sake of those who haven't read one of the best sci-fi works of all time.

I forgot to mention my (sort of) personal involvement with The Blob. It was filmed in and around Pottstown PA where I visited relatives frequently so I was very familiar with what I saw on the screen. Years later I had the great fortune to aquire an RCA VHF base station that I converted to 2M, the very same as the one the cop on the overnight used to play Chess with his counterpart over in Downingtown. The movie is accurate inasmuch as those nearby towns shared the same frequency at that time.

Today the movie stills can be seen displayed behind the cashier at the New Downingtown Diner. No, the one in the movie was demolished sometime back in the 70s and replaced by one of those stainless steel wonders you have to approach with welder's glasses on a sunny day. Pottstown has changed so much you'd never recognize Main Street, the Aztec Theatre is long gone and I never could find that supermarket anyway.

Funny, nobody mentioned another classic, maybe because it's in the horror genre but then again so was The Blob. I'm thinking of The Night Of The Living Dead filmed on a $40,000 budget by a commercial photographer in Harrisburg who didn't know what else to do with his new 35mm movie camera. Those &quot;body parts&quot; they were munching on came from a local butcher, I suppose they made tasty snacks and they didn't even have to take a lunch break. (;-&gt;) Well, I once saw one made by another bored photographer in his basement in Cranford but that's another sort of New Jersey Chainsaw Masacre. Then too I watched the filming of The Ametyville Horror in Bayville NJ, they couldn't get a permit on Long Island. FYI, that body of water behind the house is the Toms River, you won't find even a small stream in Ametyville.

'Scuse me, time for dinner, a nice juicy roast leg of man.

[kf6rdn]

Since it started as a movie post, but has delved into books, I'd have to put my vote for a book to screen for the Lensmen series by EE &quot;Doc&quot; Smith.

As great as the Asimov's foundation series is, as has been mentioned, I don't think it would translate to the screen that well. Where the Lensmen series would... Pure space opera action.

[G8ADD]

......BTW, it's not a &quot;double trilogy&quot;. It started out as a series of short stories in Amazing Stories published by Wm. Gaines, the one who later published MAD Magazine. Later they were sorted in order and compiled as a trilogy, Azimov seeing his death coming near and so dedicated to his fans wrote a fourth novel tying the loose ends together. That's where we once again meet R. Daneel Olivaw but I won't give it away for the sake of those who haven't read one of the best sci-fi works of all time.......


I suppose you are right, it shouldn't be called a double trilogy, but I was thinking of the link to &quot;The Caves Of Steel&quot; and its sequel, having forgotten that &quot;The Stars Like Dust&quot; is in the same universe.

I go along with the Lensman suggestion and would add the Skylark set as another good prospect. In fact almost anything by &quot;Doc&quot; Smith would go down well with the &quot;Star Wars&quot; audience! For a more advanced taste, how about some of Larry Niven's stories?

73

Brian G8ADD

[kf6rdn]

I haven't read that much Larry Niven for some reason.

But another one, as much as &quot;Tarzan&quot; has been done, another series by Edgar Rice Burroughs - the Mars/Barsoom series would make for good movies.

Also on the Lensman, I think someone did an Anime type version of it. I've never seen it though.

[N8CPA]

Maybe someone in this thread can help refresh my memory. 40 something years ago, there was a movie popular on late night TV shows that looked almost exactly like the tech details of ID4, an &quot;Earth vs. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif&quot; type title. Some of the details of the earlier movie I recall are:

--It featured an international cast, many Japanese actors.

--The alien ships had a vertical fin at the rear of the ship.

--Humans discovered that the aliens had a base on the moon, launched an international effort to confront them there.

--The international ships carried wheeled (or tracked?) assault vehicles similar to the Landmaster of &quot;Damnation Alley.&quot; The vehicles were capable of leaping over lunar obstacles.

--They manged to blow up the alien moon base, but alien ships retaliated on earth.

--One human crewman got his mind taken over by the aliens and sabotaged the mission. He finally got control of himself and stayed behind on the moon to provide cover fire while the international crew lifted off to return home. His last words were an apology to his shipmates as he fired away at the alien base.

--When the aliens retaliated, they used a kind of turbine on the bottoms of their ships to levitate buildings, people, etc.

--The humans figured out how to disrupt the ships' control systems using a kind of beam, launched from microwave type dishes.

--The victory scene of the movie included a picture of the US Capitol Building burning with the fin of a crashed saucer sticking out of the dome.

In many details, ID4 was a copy of that movie. And--daggone it--I cannot recall its title. If I hear it, or read it, I will know it. Thanks for the memory jolt, in advance.

[wa9cwx]

I was raised in the Chicago area, anyone remember 'Shock Theater' with ? and his wife &quot;Dear&quot;.
He was a local DJ I think....just cannot remember his name. This was on Sat eves on WGN.
GREAT monster movies.
Also remember the &quot;Invaders&quot;? Roy Thinnis (sp?)
And the British series &quot;The Prisoner&quot;??
PS NO monsters knew CW in those days. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[n8yx]

Interesting commentary in this thread...my favorite SCI-FI film has to be Blade Runner, which of course was based on the novellette &quot;Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?&quot; by Phillip K. Dick

But most of Dick's best short stories never made it into a screenplay .&quot;AutoFac&quot; - a post-nuclear-holocaust tale of Us vs. Machine - would have been a good candidate for a feature film.

As previous posters have pointed out, Larry Niven (along with partner Jerry Pournelle) has turned out a number of yarns which would do very well if made into movies.

Orson Scott Card and Mildred Downey Broxon are two others whose works I would really love to see in the theatre.

[n2nh]

I'd really like to see some of Pohls' books done into film - especially &quot;Narabedla&quot;. There are always rumors that Heinleins' &quot;Stranger in a Strange Land&quot; is being done... that would take some doing I imagine.

[N8CPA]

Quote[/b] (n2nh @ June 02 2005,02:13)]I'd really like to see some of Pohls' books done into film - especially &quot;Narabedla&quot;. #There are always rumors that Heinleins' &quot;Stranger in a Strange Land&quot; is being done... that would take some doing I imagine.
Grok!

I READ THROUGH ALOT OF THESE AND THE BEST SCIFI MOVIES OF ALL TIME ARE NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE.:#1HEAVY METAL
#2,3,4:SPAWN SERIES
#5:HEAVY METAL2000(WAS NOWHERE AS GOOD AS THE FIRST):cool: http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[wa9cwx]

Let me guess, you are under 20............a LOT under (?) http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[k7unz]

I have already cast my vote, but just wanted to add that there is an addittional pleasure I get from watching the really old sf/adventure movies. #Seeing the cars, and the radio gear, that show up in so many of 'em.

Lots of the old Saturady matinee &quot;serial&quot; types are great for this, and I have noticed that some are now being released on DVD, as collections. Such titles as &quot;Flying Dics Man From Mars&quot;, &quot;King of the Rocketmen&quot;, &quot;Zombies of the Stratosphere&quot; are just great! #Old Hallicrafters gear all over the place. #It's even kinda funny 'cos you often see them talking with a mike plugged into a Hallicrafters receiver! #

By the way, Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock) made his first screen appearance in &quot;Zombies of the Stratosphere.&quot; #A supporting roll as an alien bad guy.

Jim/k7unz

[AG3Y]

Quote[/b] (N8CPA @ May 31 2005,12:01)]Quote[/b] (W2ILP @ May 31 2005,11:03)]I thank N8cpa for his well written account of his early viewing of &quot;The Day the Earth Stood Still&quot;. # Steve, IMHO we need more long posts like yours here...not just short flames, without any logical reason like we get from some posters.

Speaking of SciFict, the question arises sometimes as to what exactly makes a movie a SciFict movie. #It is debatable whether movies that predict the future may all qualify. #Some think that SciFi movies must have E.T. (alians) or at least rocket ships to qualify...others are more broad in their opinion.

IMHO the Charlie Chaplin film &quot;Modern Times&quot; can be considered a SciFict movie because it predicted the extremes of mass production factory work, that was only beginning to be seen as a threat to previous society.

There is a scene in that movie where a red flag falls off the back of a truck. #Charlie picks it up and runs after the truck, in an attempt to give it to the trucker...BUT he finds himself running in front of a group of picketing union workers and gets picked up by police for inciting a riot!

This movie predicted the red herring situation that years later became part of the McCarthy era. #It also predicted mass production efficiency, that had Charley being feed by a machine, which rotated a corn cob, during his short lunch break. # This comody was an extreme example of mechanized automation.

w2ilp (Industrial Labor Production)
Isn't there also a scene where Charley sits on the driving rod of a locomotive, just before the train pulls out of the yard? #And the movie ends with a profile of the train going down the track, Charley oscillating along on the rod.
I don't remember any scene like that in a Chaplin movie, but I do seem to remember Buster Keaton doing something like that in his famous Civil War movie &quot;The General&quot;. Anybody else remember that ?

[w4rot]

I love Buster Keaton Stuff...
Glad to read ya Jim,
RocksComingDowntheHill,NC
w4rot

[KC0KBH]

My favorite is:

Invasion of the Neptune Men. MST3k style.

Hilarious! (if you saw the movie) (http://www.zianet.com/area51/mst3k/819/yesterday.wav)

[KL7FZ]

Did anyone mention &quot;War of the Worlds&quot;? I see a remake is about to be released.
KL7FZ

[N8CPA]

One thing about War of the Worlds. It was adapted into one of the stupidest TV series ever aired [Fox, 1988-89]. &quot;To life immortal!&quot;
Yea, right!

[k4ah]

My favorite was &quot; Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman&quot;

It was a hoot.

Steve (K4AH)

[KC0KBH]

Didn't you leave QRZ? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[k4ah]

Quote[/b] (KC0KBH @ June 10 2005,01:54)]Didn't you leave QRZ? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Yes but I decided what the heck. Why let a bunch of pooh pooh heads run me off. So I decided to post but not let them get to me. Of course the Lexapro helps a lot too! Hi Hi.

Steve K4AH

Quote[/b] (wa9cwx @ June 09 2005,14:49)]Let me guess, you are under 20............a LOT under (?) http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
actually , no.I am 35 will be 36 in dec.i was just a late bloomer,so to say anyways even straight and sober they are still good.reality is a condition brought on by an alcohol deficiency(sp?) they are still funny though.on a serious note I really liked &quot;I ROBOT&quot;

[al2i]

I am a HUGE fan of the genre.

Prophetic: As far as being technically ahead of its time, I think the mid-30's film Transatlantic Tunnel was stupendous. The casual use of mobile videophones is enthralling for a 1935 release. The dialog and acting is not what we have come to expect however.

Scientific: As far as being technically accurate, Destination Moon totally takes the cake. Heinlein worked with a super-tiny budget to help make the special effects as scientifically accurate as possible. It is my second favorite Sci-Fi for its sense of life. The best treat of the film is the educational cartoon.

Coolest at the Drive-In: It Came From Outer Space is the best date movie. I watched this movie at least 10 times, but I can only wish they were all frightened and clingy dates.

Personal Favorite: When Worlds Collide Now you will know I am weird when you learn that I have watched this movie more than 20 times. Look for the &quot;Differential Analyzer&quot;. George Pal used the little clip of the &quot;Analyzer&quot; in two different movies that I own. I own all of the movies in this list, BTW. Also, it is planned for a 2006 remake. Yes!

Best of All Time: Forbidden Planet. If you haven't watched this, you don't know sci-fi. The amazing legs of Anne Francis are what started me on a lifetime of appreciating the female form. Leslie Nielsen as a humorless lead is somehow so funny in retrospect, but at the time of my first viewing, he seemed like a cool spaceship captain. A robot with personality, and the definitive use of a Theremin are highlights here.

Honorable Mentions: Invaders From Mars, The Time Machine, Gattica, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Back to the Future (all of the series), Contact, Twenty Million Miles to Earth, A.I., Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Blob, The Thing, 2001 A Space Odyssey, THX1138, Star Wars Episode IV, Them!, Men in Black, Earth vs the Flying Saucers, The Abyss, The War of the Worlds, ET, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Day of the Triffids (This was the first SciFi story I ever read BTW), Starship Troopers, Blade Runner, Jurrasic Park, Predator, The Day After, Frequency, Independence Day, King Kong, Pitch Black, I Robot, The Invisible Man, The Fifth Element, The Postman, The Terminator, The Andromeda Strain, The Predator, Minority Report, The Road Warrior, Godzilla (original and 1985), Kronos, -- and so many more that I am forced to stop!

[al2i]

Quote[/b] (al2i @ June 12 2005,05:28)]Personal Favorite: When Worlds Collide Now you will know I am weird when you learn that I have watched this movie more than 20 times. Look for the &quot;Differential Analyzer&quot;. George Pal used the little clip of the &quot;Analyzer&quot; in two different movies that I own. I own all of the movies in this list, BTW. Also, it is planned for a 2006 remake. Yes!
I forgot to mention that I am named after the lead in this film, so I think my parents liked it as well. heh.

[N3LGN]

WOW!!! So many I have enjoyed I realy can't name a &quot;Best&quot; I realy liked CONTACT. all the Star Wars and Star trek were good. GATTACA &lt;sp&gt; was good. The TV Mini series of DUNE was good. (Much better than the one with Sting) Some of the older SciFi was good as well. I am waiting with bated breath and hoping Lucas and Speilberg &lt;sp&gt; will get together and make a move out of &quot;The Dragon Riders of Pern&quot;

[kl7aj]

Anyone see &quot;Galaxy Being&quot;?


Eric

[al2i]

Quote[/b] (kl7aj @ June 13 2005,14:45)]Anyone see &quot;Galaxy Being&quot;?


Eric
I think I saw an original series black and white Twilight Zone that was about a &quot;Galaxy Being&quot;, but I don't remember any such movie.

[ab8ma]

al2i
Dave, you said it all. I read your entire entry very closely, and agree on every point. Good work. Excellent post.

[KE7CWB]

My personal favorite would be Dune (the one WITH sting). Yes I know the mini series was closer to the book, but to me the original movie which quite possibly could have one of the most complex plots ever devised for a movie was more of what my image of that world was like.

Peiter De Vries is still one of my favorite movie villans, master mainipulator and creepy as hell (BTW that same actor does the voice of chucky and played Grima Wormtounge in LOTR). I liked the mini-series but thought they spent more time dealing with mysticism than plot development.

I did like Gattica for the weird factor and a decent plot. Though it was a decidely strange movie.

I actually liked Contact quite a bit.

Liked all of the Star Trek movies. Liked all of the ST series though DS9 is my favorite.

[N8CPA]

&quot;The Galaxy Being&quot; was the premiere epsisode of &quot;Outer Limits&quot; 40 years ago. Someone might have expanded it into a movie since then, but not a very high profile one.

[KI4CIA]

What, nobody mentioned The Time Machine … or did I miss it? I've always thought of that as a classic. (NOT to be confused with the series the Time Tunnel)

Also like The Blob (original, not the remake) and King Kong.

When Worlds Collide -- Haven't seen it 20 times yet, AL2I, but I would probably be close except that my taste in movies and the hubby's taste varies, and since he's the man of the house, he gets to watch what he wants http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Excited about the 2006 remake … didn't know they were doing that, I just hope they do it justice. Thanks for the info!!

One of the cheesiest (but a favorite when I was a kid) -- Battle Beyond the Stars … anybody remember that one? Came out about the same time as the original Star Wars trilogy.

I'll admit I'm a War of the Worlds fan … have watched every movie and series - even the &quot;documentaries&quot;, read the book, and have heard the original radio broadcast too. (I'm not THAT old, but if I remember correctly, a local radio station replayed the broadcast in the 80's) I haven't made up my mind if I'll watch the new film at the theatre or wait and rent/buy the DVD. Not all remakes are &quot;good&quot;.

The most recent movies: The Abyss, Contact, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Star Wars (of course), Stargate (series too), Star Trek TNG movies, Lord of the Rings

Also have most of the Star Wars books, though most of the books are not that good (mediocre at best). Yes, I'll admit they're cheesy, but it feeds the monster http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole are the only writers of the series of any account though.

But haven't heard of most of those other movies that have been mentioned ... looks like I was born in the wrong time period. Maybe I can catch the reruns on the tube.

Melinda
KI4CIA

[al2i]

Quote[/b] (KI4CIA @ June 14 2005,10:56)]I'll admit I'm a War of the Worlds fan … have watched every movie and series - even the &quot;documentaries&quot;, read the book, and have heard the original radio broadcast too. (I'm not THAT old, but if I remember correctly, a local radio station replayed the broadcast in the 80's) I haven't made up my mind if I'll watch the new film at the theatre or wait and rent/buy the DVD. Not all remakes are &quot;good&quot;.
KI4CIA: If you can get ahold of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds rock opera, it is a real treat. Great music with great narrative evoking vivid mental imagery. Perfect entertainment for those longer family drives.

73,
Dave/al2i

[ac3p]

Hmmmm. Nobody mentioned &quot;Barbarella&quot; http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[N8CPA]

Wasn't &quot;Battle Beyond the Stars,&quot; aka John Boy the Astronaut?

[w8znx]

hello

to quote Ted Sturgeon
&quot; 90% of everything is crap
that includes science fiction

when it comes to science fiction
hollywood vill almost never gets it right
take great story and turn it into trash

most so called science fiction movies and tv
is horror as in BEMs,
cowboys in space, or war in space,
ect ect

only a hand full of science fiction movies
worth your time

Fritz Lang's Metropolis
( Lang,s #M is also a must see but it not science fiction )

The Brother From Another Planet

The Thing #( not the remake )
from story by John Campbell, jr.
Who Goes Their
Campbell almost single handed changed the face
of science fiction writing
by being Editor of # # Astounding Science Fiction
later renamed #Analog

Things To Come

Forbidden Planet,
some claim it to be based on Shakespeare'S The Tempest

2001 and 2010

Silent Running

small box
was not always science fiction
but it had good acting
and great writing #Twilight Zone
Outer limits sometimes hit the mark


not on my list
any thing from the franchise universe
treck, war ect
or the abomination called Dune

there are lots of movies I have not
listed here that were enjoyable
for one sitting
or when was younger

same for books
as a kid loved ERB's mars and venus stories
but not now,
each and every one
of ERB's stories
is exactly the same

standard example of ERB work

Man has his woman, stolen by the fish men
goes on quest to recover his love
picks up side kick on the way
after fighting their way across few hundred miles
reaches city of the fish men
kills a mess of fish men
out wits the rest of the fish men
hops on air boat
heads home

even some of the better
science fiction authors
haven't aged well for me
example Heinlein's later work

present favorite movie
not realy Science Fiction
Dr. Strangelove

yours truly

mein fuehrer I can walk !

[n0jaa]

My personal SF movie favorites are &quot;Destination Moon&quot; and &quot;This Island Earth.&quot;

[n0jaa]

Quote[/b] (N8CPA @ Nov. 01 2004,11:04)]Quote[/b] (K3UD @ Nov. 01 2004,11:00)]Been some great ones!

Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still are probably my favorites, I also liked This Island Earth as well as most of the Star Treck movies and Independance Day.

Anyone up for The Creature From The Black Lagoon, or Horror At Party Beach?

73
George
K3UD
&quot;This Island Earth?&quot; #Exitor, is that you? #Did you bring us the schematic for the interocitor?

Yea, I liked that one, too.
One of my favorite quotes from &quot;This Island Earth&quot; is when the scientists are reviewing the interocitor plans, and Dr. Meacham's assistant, Joe, says:

&quot;Here's something my wife can use in the kitchen -- an interocitor incorporating an electron sorter.&quot;

Paul, N0JAA.

[n0jaa]

Quote[/b] (n2nh @ June 02 2005,02:13)]I'd really like to see some of Pohls' books done into film - especially &quot;Narabedla&quot;. #There are always rumors that Heinleins' &quot;Stranger in a Strange Land&quot; is being done... that would take some doing I imagine.
What I'd like to see is A. Bertram Chandler's &quot;Commodore Grimes&quot; series of books made into a series of movies. I think those would make an excellent addition to the genre.

Paul, N0JAA.

[KI4CIA]

Dave, AL2I -- thanks, I'll check into the CD. Hopefully it won't be hard to find. I'll probably be forced to wear the headphones while on those family drives though http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Steve, N8CPA -- yep, John Boy was the astronaut / hero. George Peppard (Hannibal from The A-Team) was also in the movie as the &quot;space cowboy&quot;.


Great thread ... !!

73,
Melinda, KI4CIA

[k6bbc]

Quote[/b] (w8znx @ June 14 2005,14:24)]Forbidden Planet,
some claim it to be based on Shakespeare'S The Tempest
I met Irving Block just before his death. Yes, he based his story for Forbidden Planet on Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

I would also like to add the Star Trek pilot/two part episode THE MENAGERIE. I believe it won a very prestigious sci-fi award that year for best movie.

K6BBC

[wa4brl]

Mac, thanks for mentioning Silent Running&quot;. It's a low key story (compared to all the shoot-em-ups) but very satisfying. It's one of my favorites.

[KA1UNW]

FOOTFALL ( the book)

Todays' cgi will be needed to make it go as a movie, due to the aliens.... their noses.

[n0jaa]

Quote[/b] (n0nwo @ Nov. 01 2004,19:40)]My favorite startrek is First Contact #and I absolutely loved the TV searies, Babylon 5 #(but that is not a movie. )

Minton
I'm surprised that no one has made a Babylon 5 movie yet. I think I would like to see such a movie.


Paul, N0JAA.

[n0jaa]

A good space opera (in my opinion) is &quot;The Last Starfighter.&quot; #Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) saved the day, as did Dan O'Herlihy as the &quot;gung-ho iguana.&quot; #

I was hoping they would make a sequel of this movie, but I supposed they never will. #They sure left it open for one, though!

Gotta know what Xur was going to do after he escaped.

My favorite quote from that movie is when Alex is in the gunstar, not sure if he wants to go through with the attack or not, and he says: &quot;Teriffic. I'm about to get killed a million miles from nowhere with a gung-ho iguana who tells me to relax.&quot;


Paul, N0JAA.

[AD5UD]

Wow! So many memories.

Let me just throw out for consideration:

&quot;Enemy Mine&quot;

I'm waiting for a well done production of a screenplay by &quot;The Malevolent Elf&quot; Harlan Ellison.

[al2i]

Quote[/b] (wa4brl @ June 15 2005,12:15)]Mac, thanks for mentioning Silent Running&quot;. It's a low key story (compared to all the shoot-em-ups) but very satisfying. It's one of my favorites.
I agree, Silent Running was brilliant. I went to the theater thinking I was going to see a submarine movie though!

The little droids were so cute and lovable. Precursors to R2D2.

73,
Dave/al2i

And the song at the end... a real tear jerker.

The premise of the movie though was complete bull. LOL!

[KA1UNW]

There were people inside those droids.
Only the mechanical arms they had were operated from off camera. The guy inside did the walking, using his hands.

[KA9VQF]

Quote[/b] (n0jaa @ June 20 2005,13:09)]A good space opera (in my opinion) is &quot;The Last Starfighter.&quot; #Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) saved the day, as did Dan O'Herlihy as the &quot;gung-ho iguana.&quot; #

I was hoping they would make a sequel of this movie, but I supposed they never will. #They sure left it open for one, though!

Gotta know what Xur was going to do after he escaped.

My favorite quote from that movie is when Alex is in the gunstar, not sure if he wants to go through with the attack or not, and he says: #&quot;Teriffic. I'm about to get killed a million miles from nowhere with a gung-ho iguana who tells me to relax.&quot;


Paul, N0JAA.
I liked it better when the hero said his bit about how it wouldn't be a battle but a slaughter, meaning his own, and the ‘gung ho iguana said “That’s the spirit”

[al2i]

I just watched Ticks (http://imdb.com/title/tt0108339/) again, this time with my daughter, and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. It has a USA rating of &quot;R&quot;, and although I think it is slightly inappropriate for kids under 15 or so, I took the risk and let my 13 year old watch it without feeling too uncomfortable. The gratituous addition of sexual suggestion and rough language is a problem with so many modern movies that I am beginning to think that they deliberately try get an &quot;R&quot; rating just to pump the ticket sales.

It is a very good 1950's style movie that feels a lot like Them! (http://imdb.com/title/tt0047573/), which was released in 1954, while employing much more modern directorial and special effects. For a supposedly &quot;B&quot; movie it is very strong and much more polished than I would expect. For example, I liked it much better than The Day After Tomorrow (http://imdb.com/title/tt0319262/), despite that movie's huge budget and the fact that a high school buddy was in a couple of scenes. If Ticks is a &quot;B&quot; movie, it is a B+++ IMO. To be fair, I think it is better than most top-billed, big-budget selections on the movie shelf.

I only noticed one minor mistake when I could see a microphone briefly at the top of a scene at the veterinarian's office -- and that was actually a fun Easter Egg to find. If you watch the movie, look for that brief microphone sighting! Other than that, there was a disconinuity right near the end of the movie that seemed strange, but maybe it was just me.

I enjoyed the casting, music, sound effects, big budget feeling visual effects, and was stunned by some of the cinematography. I especially liked it for example when the camera would move slowly with the scene panning left to right and the camera facing right, and then the next view with the camera in the same location and same slow movement with the camera facing left. Little continuities like that were awesome. Also awesome was the lack of some &quot;cutesy&quot; camera effects that I tend to find irritating in low budget modern films.

If you are a ham you get treated to a great boat anchor and the Morse code you'll hear is real - not random beeping. The broadcast station that is tuned in after the code sounds like the BBC to me, which is highly appropriate considering the callsign of the director.

Ticks (http://imdb.com/title/tt0108339/) is one of my favorite movies, but I am nutty for 1950's Sci-Fi, and your tastes may vary.

I might have enjoyed the movie more if the characters were a little less stereotypical or not quite as strongly archetyped. If there is to be an archetype, I always enjoy a heroic scientist who saves the World, but this is a movie with troubled teens who must rise past their emotional baggage to survive a crises.

The apocalyptic element of Ticks (http://imdb.com/title/tt0108339/) was rather attenuated while the horror element was hugely amplified. If you are a horror freak you will be amply and efficiently served. Both my daughter and I really jumped on a couple of scenes, and we are jaded enough by horror flicks to yawn through most of them.

If you haven't seen Ticks (http://imdb.com/title/tt0108339/) I strongly recommend it. Watch it at night and make sure the lights are down. It is brilliantly creepy, and I am not just saying that to lick K6BBC's loafers.

Dave/al2i

[al2i]

BTW, I also saw A Sound of Thunder (http://imdb.com/title/tt0318081/) last night on the big screen and it was a lot of fun. Forget scientific accuracy and just enjoy the movie: I did.

[k6bbc]

Quote[/b] (al2i @ Sep. 05 2005,04:27)]If you are a ham you get treated to a great boat anchor and the Morse code you'll hear is real - not random beeping. #The broadcast station that is tuned in after the code sounds like the BBC to me, which is highly appropriate considering the callsign of the director.
The boat anchor was an HQ 180 and the beeping was performed by me. I believe I was sending my old callsign – WA6LGW.

bbc

[al2i]

The exact code is &quot;6lgw tu guf wa6lgw cq cq&quot;

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[n2nh]

Quote[/b] (al2i @ Sep. 05 2005,07:27)]I just watched Ticks (http://imdb.com/title/tt0108339/) again, this time with my daughter, and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. ...
Dave/al2i
I caught The Cave at a theatre recently and thought it was very good. Great premise and contrary to what some critics have said, not like Alien. Rating unknown.

Strange Invaders was an excellent flick too. I suppose I'll be trying to get it on DVD if it's out there.

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[KI6ADA]

Best Sci-fi? lots, the most interesting was Logan's Run. The scariest one was Alien. The funniest was Attack from Mars. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[k6bbc]

Quote[/b] (KI6ADA @ Sep. 11 2005,17:15)]Best Sci-fi? lots, the most interesting was Logan's Run. The scariest one was Alien. The funniest was Attack from Mars. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
Logan's Run is being remaid. The book was MUCH better than the movie and I believe it is the book story that is being used.

[KE5CAX]

1961 Vincent Price MASTER OF THE WORLD
rarely shown but a wonderful movie.

[KI6ADA]

Quote[/b] (k6bbc @ Sep. 11 2005,21:37)]Quote[/b] (KI6ADA @ Sep. 11 2005,17:15)]Best Sci-fi? lots, the most interesting was Logan's Run. The scariest one was Alien. The funniest was Attack from Mars. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
Logan's Run is being remaid. #The book was MUCH better than the movie and I believe it is the book story that is being used.
cool http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif Amazon, here I come........... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[kd7msc]

Does Frequency count?

[KI6ADA]

Quote[/b] (kd7msc @ Sep. 11 2005,23:33)]Does Frequency count?
&quot;Dad are you there&quot;? Sure its a great movie;Besides this is a ham radio site. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[kd7msc]

Quote[/b] (KI6ADA @ Sep. 11 2005,23:36)]Quote[/b] (kd7msc @ Sep. 11 2005,23:33)]Does Frequency count?
&quot;Dad are you there&quot;? Sure its a great movie;Besides this is a ham radio site. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Good. I like that movie too. Not much of a sci-fi fan here. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[K7KBN]

N0JAA and others: next time you watch &quot;The Last Starfighter&quot;, note the character known as &quot;Granny&quot; -- the one with the shotgun in the trailer park.

You might know this actress better as &quot;The Magistrate&quot;, the immensely powerful psychic being on Talos IV from the old Star Trek series. Specifically, from the 2-hour long pilot episode, &quot;The Menagerie&quot; (aka &quot;The Cage&quot;).

Her name was Meg Wyllie.