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"The Day Of The Triffids" - 1963; "The Time Travelers" - 1964; "The Last
Man On Earth" - 1964; "Crack In The World" - 1965; "Fahrenheit 451" - 1966;
"Planet Of The Apes" - 1968; "Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun" - 1969;
"The Andromeda Strain" - 1971; "Escape From The Planet of the Apes" - 1971;
"The Terminal Man" - 1974; "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" -1977;
"The Black Hole" - 1979; "BattleStar: Galactica" - 1979; "Flash Gordon" -
1980; "Outland" - 1981; "E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial" - 1982; "Tron" - 1982;
"Starman" - 1984; "The Last Starfighter" - 1984. - AH
One of my all time favorite.
that isn't the pathetic Patrick Stuart number was it? PLEASE tell me no.
Actually, I sort of liked Dune. It is pretty much of a mess but has some good moments. I can't imagine anyone who hasn't read the book making any sense whatsover from the film though. My biggest gripe about it was that it made Baron Harkonen into a complete buffoon.Another sci-fi film that I don't think I've seen mentioned in this thread is Silent Running(1971). It's a good one.
If you watch a video copy of Dune - especially pan and scan - it fails miserably as science fiction. But it succeeds brilliantly as a comedy!"The tooth... the tooth..." (and nothing but the tooth?)
... the plot's integrity was left on the editor's cuttingroom floor, which I suspect was the demise of Mission Impossible too. I kept waiting for Director's Cuts for continuity but to no avail. These films aren't w/o potential nor vision, just poor execution.
Actually I do like Dune, especially after seeing it on DVD, which plays out better than I remember it in the theater - probably the small screen speeds up the pacing.Dune was supposed to be written and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, who did El Topo (now THAT'S a kinky film - and truly unforgettable!). He has a singularly pecular vision that IMO would have made for a spectacular film, but he was fired by Dino DeLaurentis and David Lynch was hired to replace him.
All things considered, Lynch did a pretty good job condensing the massive novel into a 2 hour movie - with about 7-1/2 hours left on the cutting room floor.
I'd probably rather sit through the 1st 5hour some odd version, than endure the endless 2hour version again. my $.02 anyway.
Mentioned it. Tnink Baez did a song for this.
Shame on me for forgetting the original Terminator (not the abysmal remake) - a superb take on time travel.I'll add Escape from New York and Superman to the list just for fun.
Now enuff of the oldies, lets see if you can name any decent sci-fi from the 90's!
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Geez...... I forgot Star Trek II and III - 1982 and 1984 releases. Forgive me trekkers!Time to move on to another category I think..............
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