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Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:21 pm
by steve56
starwars was too long really

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:28 pm
by DC
A brilliant and searing expose of the growing threat to mankind posed by nuclear technology and aggressive ideologies cleverly disguised as a badly made, low grade exploitation flick.

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:30 pm
by steve56
your not barry norman are you.

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:32 pm
by jj
Yeah, I had to go three times in the 70s, and now I'm too old and doddery to go to the next 300 instalments.......

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:33 pm
by jj
I don't remember there being a turkey in it.
Still, it was a long time ago........

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:34 pm
by steve56
dont think you missed much it was more of a dragged out saga wasnt it?

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 7:47 pm
by DC
weally and twully not! I'm nothing to do with Film 2003 at all :)

BTW it's the view of the film put forward quite seriously by Danny Peary in one of his excellent 'Cult Movie' books.

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 11:14 pm
by Caractacus
Anyone praises Independence Day and we're taking this outside!

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 11:16 pm
by jj
Exactly.

Re: Empire's S-F ten movies

Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 1:55 am
by buttsie
What was its sister film called

Starship Troopers or some such like

They clearly didn't influence jackshit

cheers
B...OZ