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In Reply to: Give it to Mickey....err.. petew! posted by Victor Khomenko on February 05, 2000 at 07:34:58:

Sounds close to "Solarmanite". This term was expounded upon in
probably the greatest sci-fi film of alltime, "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
- 1959, written, directed and produced by Ed Wood Jr.
The expounder was spacealien, Eros, according to him "solarmanite" was a
way of exploding actual particles of sunlight (photons?), which is one
step beyond hydrogen bomb explosion, which he had said, "actually explodes
the air itself". Eros derided us idiotic humans for threatening to destroy the
entire universe through our imminent discovery of "solarmanite". He also
demonstrated via analogy to Jeff Trent (the airplane pilot) and Colonel
Edwards how this could occur. The model included envisioning the sun
as a gas can with a stream of gas extending from it to our planet, the
stream analogous to sunrays. Upon mankinds explosion of the sunrays in
our atmosphere, a chain reaction would result, the explosion following
the stream back to the sun, where the sun would then explode, destroying
all the planets in the universe. Remember "solarmanite" is not to be
confused with "solaranite", which is the way Trent and Edwards pronounced
it. - AH

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"You see, you see, your stupid minds...stupid...STUPID!"(nt) TAFKA Steve 12:31:50 02/05/00 (6)
- Re: "You see, you see, your stupid minds...stupid...STUPID!"(nt) Rich S. 00:16:21 02/06/00 (5)
  "...That was too close!!!!"
  - Re: "You see, you see, your stupid minds...stupid...STUPID!"(nt) AudioHead 08:17:33 02/09/00 (4)
    "Plan 9 From Outer Space" is billed as "the worst film ever made"; however,
    I don't think so; "Plan" does have redemming qualities, however unintentional - laughter is good for the soul. There are worst sci-fi
    films, they are the ones that are also atrocious, but can't generate any
    comic relief either. One of Woods earlier films, "Glen Or Glenda?", where he vociferously
    espouses his liberal views on transvesticism, definitely qualifies for
    that "total loser" category. - AH
    - "Pull the string! Pull the string!" TAFKA Steve 20:15:17 02/09/00 (3)
      I agree: "Plan 9" is entertaining while "Glen Or Glenda" just plain stinks and seems to never end. The latter is one of my Holy Trinity of Bad Films, the other two being "Mesa Of Lost Women" and "Manos, The Hands Of Fate". Close, but no cigar is the abysmal "Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid!!" from Troma Studios.
      - Re: "Pull the string! Pull the string!" AudioHead 07:59:02 02/10/00 (2)
        
        In Reply to: posted by TAFKA Steve on February 09, 2000 at 20:15:17:
        
        There's a film that Pam listed that I feel the same way about: "The Man
        Who Fell To Earth" with David Bowie; Maltin rated it a whopping
        ***1/2 stars out of ****, citing its fresh, original script. Am I missing
        something here? Was there supposed to be a dramatic story somewhere
        or wasn't I looking hard enough? It seems never to end, dragging on and on and on, bored
        the crap outta me, I actually became "The Man Who Fell Asleep" during
        viewing.
        Speaking of Troma, what did you think of "The Toxic Avenger" series?
        -AH
        
        My Tromatic experiences. TAFKA Steve 15:05:00 02/10/00 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: "Pull the string! Pull the string!" posted by AudioHead on February 10, 2000 at 07:59:02:
        
        Toxie I was better than II or III. Class of Nuke'Em High I was better than II (hey, the Smithereens RULE!). My favorite Troma film is "Tromeo and Juliet", good enough for the art house theaters and BRAVO, IMO. The one I never got into was "Troma's War", despite it being LLoyd Kaufman's favorite (enjoyed Kaufman's book on cheap filmmaking, BTW). As for "Femme Fontaine, Killer Babe for the CIA", it's like watching a rerun of Magnum, P.I. on late nite TV, except for the lesbian Nazis.
        I feel the same way about "Man Who Fell To Earth" that I do about "Liquid Sky". Spent a day with Bowie a few years ago and asked him about some of his film roles, but not THAT one. Figured he was still drinking his own urine at that time. "Walkabout" is a much better Roeg film.
        
        Re: My Tromatic experiences. AudioHead 08:25:51 02/11/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: My Tromatic experiences. posted by TAFKA Steve on February 10, 2000 at 15:05:00:
        
        I too enjoyd "TA-1" more than the last two; saw Kaufmann and crew in action
        at the last televised Cannes Film Festival on E! Will have to see if I can
        locate "Tromeo&Juliet", have not seen it, but saw it got a lot of favorable
        reviews (even if by diehard fans) at the IMDb site. Your mentioning of "Femme Fountaine" brought memories of "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS" for some reason. The high review
        rating for "Walkabout" on IMDb indicates it must be more in the big
        league. - AH

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