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RE: Doncha love lists? The Thinking Person's Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies

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C.B.

In Reply to: RE: Doncha love lists? The Thinking Person's Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies posted by Harmonia on January 08, 2009 at 23:47:26

Forbidden Planet not brainy enough? How about the wonderful speech that Morbius gives about the history of the Krell ("adamantine towers of glass and steel...")? More effective for me than a thousand exploding space ships.

I think there are probably many more '50s sci-fi flicks that should be included, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Or is that considered a horror flick?

Or how about Invaders from Mars (the original)? That one creeped me out big time when I was a kid.

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I'm not quite sure... - Harmonia 05:51:35 01/09/09 (3)
...what the personal criteria actually were for the original compiler. He liked some movies more than others, lol.

This much I know - no monster mashes or action flicks masquerading as sci-fi, that I could tell. Can't really disagree. But that leave a wide lattitude.

I adore Forbidden Planet and everything about the Krell fascinated me as a kid. I'm not exactly overjoyed about the proposed remake (into a trilogy no less). I thinl FB was quite thoughtful for its day. In fact, hbris is an equally apt subject today.
- I don't think computer animated FX will improve upon the fantastic - tinear 08:32:27 01/09/09 (2)
  original's, either.
  When the music began as the massive metal steps bent, that was indelible. And that scream.... that scream!
  I'd also mention Anne Francis and her outfit. THOSE were the real, "Forbidden Planet," for the kid I was when I first saw it.
  - Yeah, but do you remember the scene where Altara goes skinny-dipping? - C.B. 10:35:28 01/09/09 (1)
    At the end of the scene, as she climbs out of the pond, you can see, for a split-second, that she's wearing a flesh-colored bathing suit. That's the '50s for you!
    - RE: Yeah, but do you remember the scene where Altara goes skinny-dipping? - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 12:46:50 01/09/09 (0)
      "..as she climbs out of the pond, you can see, for a split-second, that she's wearing a flesh-colored bathing suit. That's the '50s for you!".
      
      At least she did actually climb out of the pond in person, unlike Angelina Jolie in Beuwolf. That's the '00s for you. :0)
      
      Best Regards,
      Chris redmond.

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