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Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:15 am
by steve56
hi ace,iliked the time machine[60s1]rod taylor wasnt it?think there was a series or something similar the time tunnel?

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:17 am
by Ace
You will like the remake Steve, even if its to see Samantha Mumba and her great mambas!!

message to woodgnome

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:17 am
by steve56
janet was married to ian hendry that was eric in get carter but you probaly all knew that,does anyone recall mary ure?

Re: message to woodgnome

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:18 am
by Ace
Singer in Ultravox? Ooooops, that was Midge

Re: message to woodgnome

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:20 am
by steve56
he was in slik too wasnt he?75,76 they had 1 no1 forever and ever

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:41 am
by Wink Wink
Dark Star:




Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:19 am
by Bill Malone
The ONLY science fiction film ever made in my opinion was Metropolis. Everything since has been a remake of that.

Big cities (Blade Runner, Minority Report, Things to Come)
Robots (Star Wars, Terminator)
Mad Scientist (Blade Runner)
Dystopian society (1984)
Industrial look (Terminator, Crystal Maze (ahem))
Influence on Queen video Radio Gaga (struggling for more ideas here)
Slaves in termoil whilsts the rich are comfy upstairs (Blade Runner, Soylent Green)

Nice to see we've cracked what the rest of your video collection consists of Woodgnome.

PS:
Janet Munro was utterly loverly, and she also featured in The Trollenberg Terror with the killer brain/eye/octopus things on the mountain. I have it and it's wickedly bad/good.

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 8:08 am
by buttsie
Sounds like a feasible argument up to a point



Personally I found
Star Trek,Battlestar Galactica & Planet of The Apes riveting viewing...at least in the early years

There are so many sci-fi books that would make great films but alas the money needed to do them justice wouldn't be recouped

I've heard Dune was a flop...Sting as the lead..give me a break

Could only imagine what Asimovs Foundation series would be like

cheers
B....OZ

Re: message to woodgnome

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 10:57 am
by Caractacus
Along with Ingrid Pitt, the female interest in Where Eagles Dare with Richard Buron and a bemused Clint Eastwood.

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 2:10 pm
by Goater
Couldn't agree more on 'The Matrix' front. Influential???? 'Planet of the Apes' is great in it's own right but the climax is still a stunner today. Compared with the poor recent remake it looks even better