Empire's S-F ten movies

[Goater]

Absolutely, Ace. Equally as puzzling is why they remake with the same ending or plot devices all the time. I rate Tim Burton as a director with a lot of imagination but 'POTA' is just a massive let down. Why not totally reinterpret them without losing the core

[Goater]

Cannot agree at all with that mate

[DC]

Not my choices as such, but those featured in a suppliment issued with Saturday's Indy newspaper.

I also have some resdervations about The Matrix. Principly the way Neo comes back to life (OK I get the Christ-like thing) and the lack of any sense of even partial resolution at the end.

Your other suggestions are all rightfully classic.

[DC]

Don't know of it at all, what's the score?

[DC]

Yes another fave. Nearly pissed myself laughing at the pet alien!

[DC]

'Dune', the film that David Lynch "died a thousand deaths over". Wild overacting, terrible pomp-rock score by Toto (in part), Kyle Mc Thingy isn't anywere near charismatic enough as Paul, some quite ropey SFX, all round far too ambitious a project.

That said, the production design was brilliant.

[DC]

Well, for me the appeal is it's take on what humanity is.

The replicants think and feel and are emotional, sentient beings, but they are essentially slaves simply because they are 'created' rather that 'natural' beings. If you happen to believe in God, then what's so bad about creation?

What is the justification for enslaving self-aware beings, and kill them when that self awareness leads to rebellion? And since I think Deckard is himself a replicant, how should he feel about killing his own kind, if indeed they are significantly different from the rest of humanity?

[Ed Wood]

Is NO-ONE going to mention 'Plan 9 from Outer Space'?

[steve56]

that turkey

[jj]

Dark Star?
And Day of the Triffids would be a better bet than the strictly-for-kids Star Wars.......