The initial fad for science fiction movies started earlier than that - it was the aftermath of the atomic bomb that really kicked off films like Gojira (1954) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). Indeed, Stephen King writes about being in a theater, watching a science fiction film, when the manager interrupted the show to tell the audience about Sputnik.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Agree.
Need to watch.
Beautiful.
Freakin' amazing. And it was done on such a small budget. And that cast!
Overrated dreck.
Loved it. Modern setting, but it may be the best recent one, along with Bone Tomahawk.
Don't know that one.
Surprised you didn't like it. I thought it was great. That could indeed be the best segment, but the one I liked just as much was "The Gal Who Got Rattled."
Need to watch.
"We got boiled apple slices, bacon 'n' biscuits!" "Well, put the bacon on the biscuit and LET'S GO!" Classic. And...Bruce Dern. 'Nuff said.
Really, all Star Wars was, was a space western. So while the popularity of Westerns waned during the space race, and through today, the Western movie theme lives on in different settings. I'm sure, if I didn't have movie amnesia, I could think of several street crime movies that directly compare to the Western theme, while featuring no cowboys.Originally Posted by Hal...
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Yeah, I've heard that before. I remember someone referring to Star Wars as "High Noon in space" (it might not have been High Noon, it might have been another western, but you understand my point). I've also heard it referred to as a "Space Opera".
Another good example is Battle Beyond The Stars, which is sometimes referred to as a "Star Wars rip off", but really it's Seven Samurai/The Magnificent Seven in space. Robert Vaughan even plays essentially the same character he played in The Magnificent Seven.
Brian Dennehy: "I'm now 80 and I'm just another actor and that's fine with me. I've had a hell of a ride," ... "I have a nice house. I haven't got a palace, a mansion, but a pretty nice, comfortable home. I've raised a bunch of kids and sent them all to school, and they're all doing well. All the people that are close to me are reasonably healthy and happy. Listen, that's as much as anybody can hope for in life."
I did see Hostiles. I had to look it up to see who was in it, because the title no longer rings a bell. Christian Bale. Good western.
I want to revisit Outland. It's been years since I saw that.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Yeah, that's the one with that line was attached to. I remember hearing that lien even at the time, even before I knew what it was supposed to mean, really.
But I remember a similar line being applied to Star Wars at the time, but I forget which movie "in space" it was supposed to.
Hostiles seemed pretty slow to me, well made but didn't grab me.
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
A great Western from like 10 years ago or so is Seraphim Falls It went under the radar, but was really good! It stars Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. Similar in storyline to The Revenant Here is the trailer...
I'd definitely recommend it. Those two dudes give great performances.
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Alien?
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Yeah, it was definitely Alien. It was playing at the theater when I started my first job there as a kid.
I said I wasn't that thrilled with it. Big difference. Overall, I'd give the movie a B–.
The problem with the movie for me was it was kind of a downer; all but one of the shorts, I think, did not have a happy ending. Even "The Gal..." (which I thought was great) didn't. And "Meal Ticket" (the one with Liam Neeson) was just downright depressing.
Certainly. Altho, someone called it a glorified movie version of a '40s serial.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Alien. I remember that clearly from it's original release. I also remember the Alien action figure/doll that they put out, which flopped. I saw the commercials on TV, and I'm sure I saw it that year's Sears Xmas catalog (or was it the Montgomery Ward catalog?), but we could never find it at any of the stores around us (probably because it was a big flop). That's what happens when you put out toys based off an R rated movie!
I also remember seeing a parody of the poster for the movie in Starlog. It looked like just the like the original, but in place of the Xenomorph egg was an onion, with the tagline, "In space, nobody can you hear you cry". Naturally, this for something called Onion. I don't know if this was the entirety of the parody, or if this was done to promote some sort of Mad magazine or Hardware Wars style parody, but it always stuck in my mind.
You did read the part where I said I couldn't remember which western it was that was used in the "...in space" quote, right? I never said it was like High Noon. I just said that I remember Star Wars being likened to a western, set in space. I think this was in something I saw on TV, where they were talking about adapting existing stories into a different genre.I always thought Star Wars was more a swashbuckler in space not High Noon. SW is in no way similar to High Noon. That would be the excellent Outland.
I recall someone saying that there's really only 10 different stories in the entire world, and everything else is just a variation on one (or more) of those 10 stories. I thikn that's mentioned on one of the Doctor Who DVD audio commentaries (where they're talking about the mid 70's era when they were lifting a lot of stories off classic horror movies).
Though there would have been a market for a life size Ripley doll in the tighty whities she wore in the final scene.I also remember the Alien action figure/doll that they put out, which flopped
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
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