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And that's when they completely lost me. I wanted more than a technically impressive film. I didn't get it. They may as well have stuck them on a desert island or in the middle of the ocean for all the good the "science" was.

Your posts absolutely fit. The thread has mutated since I created it - to the point I've been considering asking a mod to change the title to something more appropriate. Along the lines of "Let's talk SF in movies and TV".

Nope... had no idea so I looked it up. For those interested, here's a link to the post you made. At that time I'd have not been interested in a BR of Zardoz as I was DVD only and still watching on my 32" CRT with composite inputs. A year or two after that BR came out I decided I "needed" a BR...

That's an excellent list, Jack, with several I totally forgot about. I discovered Phase IV with the "recent" disc release and really enjoyed it. I also, unlike you, like Gattaca - it's very underrated. I've only seen Zardoz once but do own a copy so it'll be watched again at some point. I...

I became aware of The Fantastic Journey sometime in the summer of 2019. I really don't recall where (possibly a Star Trek thread after Fontana passed) - just that it was discussed and, having never heard of it, looked it up. I found episodes on youtube and started watching them. It's...

It's a surprisingly good series. When I first saw it I had trouble getting past the Henson puppets (those things always take me out of something) but the characterizations were good and that helped tremendously. It's currently available on Amazon Prime streaming free for Prime members. I'm...

That's a good one. But I have an affinity for movies based on stories from PKD. The only thing I know of I've not yet seen is the Amazon series "Electric Dreams." It's on my watch list but I've not yet made time for it.

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I'd agree with that assessment. I don't think Elysium came off quite as heavy handed as District 9 though.

Elysium is OK... but nothing all that great. It's of the "The rich have it all and live in an exclusive place while everyone else scrapes by to support them" type movie. Enter our hero who takes on a mission to infiltrate and end the inequality of Elysium. Overall I thought it was somewhat...

I watched a bit of Earth Final Conflict when it originally aired but didn't care for it. Been a while so my opinion could easily change. Andromeda now has a complete series release on both DVD and BR. I purchased the region free BR release (which is quite inexpensive and only a few $$ more...

I've never heard of it... for me "Midnight Special" is a late night rock/comedy program from the 70s. Looked it up. It got a mostly positive review from the guy who runs Moria.nz - I dropped a copy in my Amazon cart for possible purchase.

I agree - and that's mostly proven by worldwide box office numbers. The super hero movies seem to do very well because they're mostly ADD/Action movies with simplistic dialog and plots. Even so, I still mostly enjoy them for what they are even if I do become bored with all the CGI. I'm far...

For me, the comic movies typically only get rewatched when a sequel shows up (for a refresher). They're just too much like the comics have become - very disposable entertainment with no lasting consequences for anyone. I can't tell you a single super hero comic I've reread in the past 20 years...

I think what upset lots of people is This is one of those series where having a love for the original can hurt your enjoyment. So many things are changed. I wasn't a huge fan of the original so didn't give those changes any examination/attention. I'd read about one and think "OK... so it's...

I'll 2nd Walter's comments on Battlestar Galactica 2004. In spite of knowing how it ends, which I didn't find objectionable (and had figured out before it hit - it was the only logical way for it to end), I've found it quite enjoyable on the 2 repeats I've given it since its original airings...

I'm glad I'm not the only person who felt that way about this series. It had great promise in those first couple of seasons. I stuck it out simply because I'd done a blind buy on the entire series so felt compelled to watch it to the end. Had I not done that I'd have bailed at the end of S3...

I've found far more enjoyment and variety in SF/Fantasy TV series in the past 20 years than in theatrical releases. That's not to say there's not been good SF/Fantasy in the theater as there have been some spectacular films. The thing is the theatrical release films seem to take fewer chances...

It was only recently that I found out 12 Monkeys was a remake. I'm not sure how badly I want to see the original since it's a short and not feature length - plus is a series of stills (with one exception) that tells the story. The only physical I've found is a Criterion and is paired with...

Close... I turn 65 in a few months. I grew up watching a local horror host program that featured 50s and 60s SF and horror titles - 3 per week in "late night" at 10:30pm Friday and Saturday (which was a double-feature). It started 1962 and ran about 10 years. I discovered it around 1964 and...

I'd be happy with a BR release of that one. I own a BR copy of the theatrical cut and find it quite watchable. It's certainly better than the DVD. You can get the region free "Stardate Collection" (theatrical cuts of all 10 movies - TOS and TNG) from Amazon UK for around $33 US - shipped. I...

Are there any *remakes* of classic SF movies you like? Here are the ones I feel are worth viewing: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Body Snatchers (1993) Both of these are very good remakes although I don't watch 93 version nearly as often as the original or the 78 version. The Fly...

I didn't much care for Carpenter's The Thing when I first saw it. My reaction was much like many critics - it had gore for the sake of having gore and it served no real purpose. Over the years I've come to like it enough to give it regular rewatches. It's one of a small handful of remakes of...

I never watched X-Files during the original run simply due to it being so over hyped. There's something about shows/movies that get over hyped that just turns me off and, usually, makes me completely disinterested in viewing it. Buffy the Vampire Slayer falls into that vein as well as the...

**UPDATE** Looking it up on Amazon I see it has a DVD, but no BR, release and it's $4.00. Ordered. We'll see just how bad it might be...

Somehow I never heard of that one. I tend to like Luke Wilson so would watch it just because he's the lead. It also sounds like it could be fun.

I don't know that I've ever read that particular Heinlein story. I'll have to look both up. I, too, enjoyed Lynch's Dune. It's not as good as the TV mini-series but *is* a fair version of an extremely complicated book. I also read more when I was younger - as much as a couple of novels per...

Hopefully I've not steered you wrong... In any event, I'm glad you're going to give it a try.

There's absolutely no accounting for taste... I know for sure I have some SF movies and TV shows I love that are just not that good. God help me... I actually like The Starlost, cheap effects, lacking stories, and all. I absolutely see why Harloa Ellison had his name removed from the...

I absolutely agree but also argue that Gojira is a completely different type of film than what the franchise devolved into in the 60s. The original Japanese cut is a very dark movie that does not have that cartoony/camp stuff that crept into the series following the Americanization of Gojira by...