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  1. Jack Briggs

    How do you see the state of SF on TV and in Movies?

    From everything I have read about Gravity, that was my thinking as well (I've seen clips from the film).
  2. Jack Briggs

    How do you see the state of SF on TV and in Movies?

    Meanwhile, about The Martian: Though I have not seen the film, I have read the book. And the book, unfortunately, in my opinion, is only so-so. For one thing, Martian dust storms are not that violent and cannot be due to the planet's atmosphere (a fact to which the author -- whose name I forget...
  3. Jack Briggs

    How do you see the state of SF on TV and in Movies?

    As usual, Walter, you've posted another good 'un. I have not seen Interstellar, but as soon as my arrangements in life are settled, I certainly look forward to it. Ex Machina also is on that list. (So, I take it that my post still fits in this thread. But I am still reading the rest of it.)
  4. Jack Briggs

    How do you see the state of SF on TV and in Movies?

    Oh, and Bob: Are you aware of HTF's role in getting Zardoz onto DVD in first place? An interesting story that I (proudly) took part in, along with another HTF member now deceased. I do not have links for you, but look into the forum's past for the full story (you might look at a thread that was...
  5. Jack Briggs

    How do you see the state of SF on TV and in Movies?

    Tarkovsky! Thank you, Bob. Lem, of course, hated the film -- but what did he know? :)
  6. Jack Briggs

    How do you see the state of SF on TV and in Movies?

    I have only read the first couple of pages of this thread (so far), but I would like to add to it based on my long experience with science fiction -- literary SF, that is. I have attended three Worldcons and numbers of regional SF cons and have met many of the genre's most celebrated authors...
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