Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Pam on February 06, 2000 at 14:25:13:

In Reply to: Re: I'll play.... posted by AudioHead on February 06, 2000 at 13:12:01:

Yes... Connery played sherif in Outland. Didn't see Liquid Sky either (nor do I ever remember hearing of it). Bain and Landau did that series Space 1999. Then there were all those Godzilla movies (actually like the very first B&W Gojira while most of the later ones got childlessly silly... a few of the middle ones were nice mindless popcorn filks though).

I like your analysis of The Thing, though the story does also lend sort of an open-ended doubt with them wondering whether the alien had come in contact with a bird, seal or some other animal that could have made it to S. America or something so they are apprehensive of what they might find when they eventually make it home. Two other great Campbell stories are "The last/final evolution" and "Night" (especially "Night"... don't know how they could ever reproduce the sense of isolation of such a cerebrial story in a film though). The old 1920's stories, The Mightiest Machine and the Planetary Agent X (don't remember if that was the title of them... think they were done in the late 30's) would make great flicks though some of the technology is a bit outdated (gotta admire the guy for being investigated by the FBI for writing stories about atomic bombs, and even getting the elements used correct, before they even started The Manhattan Project!)