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• Harmonia's Favorite Sci-fi Films..... - Harmonia 02:59:11 11/01/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Okay Guys n' Gals , My Fave Sci-fi Film of Alltime Is..... posted by AudioHead on October 30, 2002 at 15:36:50:

  Can't pick just one...and since I haven't participated in any other sci-fi lists, doesn't that mean I get to mention more???

  
  In no particular order:

  Brazil
  Dark City
  Blade Runner (Director's Cut)
  Metropolis
  Forbidden Planet
  The Day the Earth Stood Still
  2001, A Space Odyssey
  A Boy and His Dog
  Altered States
  Solaris (Tarkovsky)
  Pi
  City of Lost Children
  Quatermas & The Pit
  La Jetee
  Farneheit 451
  THX 1138
  Star Wars Episode IV
  Abre Los Ojos
  Clockwork Orange
  Back To The Future (Is this really scifi???)
  Dune (Yes, I know, I know, flaws 'n all...Harmonia gets ready to duck)
  Invasion of the Body Snatchers (both versions)
  Silent Running
  Starman

  You will observe Mr. Spielberg's efforts are noticably absent from the above list. I enjoy approximately 7/8 of Close Encounters, and bits of A.I, bits and pieces of Minority Report. I find the endings of all the above curiously unsatisfying...cloying even. (Moreover, I must be the only person in America who doesn't thrill to ET. While Spielberg is undeniably talented, I just cannot find it in me to love much of his oevre.

  Call me strange, but I'd rather watch The Hidden, or It Came From Outer Space, than ET. I'd rather watch Dune than Minority Report.

  So it goes.

  
  
  

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• Re: Okay Guys n' Gals , My Fave Sci-fi Film of Alltime Is..... - Victor Khomenko 09:29:17 10/31/02 (3)
  In Reply to: Okay Guys n' Gals , My Fave Sci-fi Film of Alltime Is..... posted by AudioHead on October 30, 2002 at 15:36:50:

  AH, I don't know if you noticed, but this has got to be the 276th thread on Sci-Fi films. It also seems that you originated about 75% of them.

  Not that I am calling for the sci-fi post moratorium, just to make you aware.

  Even AuPh seems to be tired of jumping in anymore. We have massaged the same ten "best ever" sci-fi films so much by now, they are now like a bar of soap that has seen been used by a sweaty football team twenty times.

  
  

  
  
  
  

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  • Now I Know Why My Armpits Were Smelling Bad... - AudioHead 15:31:17 10/31/02 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: Okay Guys n' Gals , My Fave Sci-fi Film of Alltime Is..... posted by Victor Khomenko on October 31, 2002 at 09:29:17:

    in spite of scrubbing, and scrubbing and.... Will lay of the
    sci-fi lists and limit myself to discussion of individual films,
    also will get around to watching Solaris and let you know what
    I think. Just hope it isn't the cinematic equivalent of Martin
    Heidegger's "Being and Time"! - AH
    
    

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    • Re: Now I Know Why My Armpits Were Smelling Bad... - Victor Khomenko 15:48:15 10/31/02 (1)
      In Reply to: Now I Know Why My Armpits Were Smelling Bad... posted by AudioHead on October 31, 2002 at 15:31:17:

      He-he... I hope it doesn't turn out like First Prize - Watching Solaris... Second Prize - Watching Solaris two times.

      
      BTW - have you seen Pi? We talked about it here, but I don't recall if you had seen it.
      

      
      
      
      

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      • Re: Now I Know Why My Armpits Were Smelling Bad... - AudioHead 07:46:21 11/01/02 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: Now I Know Why My Armpits Were Smelling Bad... posted by Victor Khomenko on October 31, 2002 at 15:48:15:

        Haven´t seen Pi, but will make a point..... of seeing it, have seen it
        mentioned on this site a while back and briefly in conversation with
        Doug Renselle at www.quantonics.com. Referenced it today at www.pithemovie.com and looks interesting, thanks for bringing it
        to my attention. - AH
        
        

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• Very difficult to pick just one ............... - JDK 03:32:51 10/31/02 (3)
  In Reply to: Okay Guys n' Gals , My Fave Sci-fi Film of Alltime Is..... posted by AudioHead on October 30, 2002 at 15:36:50:

  Maybe Silent Running with Bruce Dern, Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
  

  Cheers
  John K
  
  

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  • Do You Also Like Some Other Early 70s Sci-Fi.... - AudioHead 10:00:04 10/31/02 (2)
    In Reply to: Very difficult to pick just one ............... posted by JDK on October 31, 2002 at 03:32:51:

    Colossus: The Forbin Project-1970; A Clockwork Orange, The Omega
    Man, The Andromeda Strain, Escape From The Planet Of The Apes,-1971;
    Solaris-1972; The Fantastic Planet, Westworld, Soylent Green-1973?
    -AH
    
    

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    • Wow, do you come upwith some goodies... - darkmoebius 20:49:44 11/04/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Do You Also Like Some Other Early 70s Sci-Fi.... posted by AudioHead on October 31, 2002 at 10:00:04:

      I remember seeing Colussus some time around 1974 and it really blew my 9 year old mind. I actually prefer the computer aspect to "2001".

      And I've got to agree on "Forbidden Planet"(hence my moniker) and "The Thing", although I prefer John Carpenter's 80's remake.

      
      I also remember another 70's film - "Phase Four". It seemd great at the time, but may suck if viewed now.
      
      

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    • Re: Do You Also Like Some Other Early 70s Sci-Fi.... - JDK 14:48:53 11/04/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Do You Also Like Some Other Early 70s Sci-Fi.... posted by AudioHead on October 31, 2002 at 10:00:04:

      Not really, or at least, no more or no less :~)
      I do like Silent Running though. But is is another of those great SF movies where the battles are mostly internal - no aliens, no pirates etc.
      

      Cheers
      John K
      
      

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• Repo Man - brewthunda 19:57:34 10/30/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Okay Guys n' Gals , My Fave Sci-fi Film of Alltime Is..... posted by AudioHead on October 30, 2002 at 15:36:50:

  It's also probably my overall favorite movie from any genre. Every single line of this movie is perfect.

  (and yes, it's Sci-Fi - remember, we're talking dead aliens here)
  
  

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• i don't know - njjohn 19:43:36 10/30/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Okay Guys n' Gals , My Fave Sci-fi Film of Alltime Is..... posted by AudioHead on October 30, 2002 at 15:36:50:

  i don't know.

  i do know i want to go to a sci-fi film festival to see all the movies mentioned.

  it's hard to remember since i haven't seen the old sci-fi movies in a long, long time. and i don't know how i would feel about them if i view them today.

  i like the idea of the earth ending on some technicality like perhaps the day the earth stood still. or the more recent one, i can't recall the name when i meteorite hit the atlantic and causes a major tital wave that destroys most of the east coast.

  i also like the invasion of the body snatchers, and the thing, if that's the name. the one that takes place on antartica. both the older and the newer versions.
  
  

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