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In Reply to: Rico, I share your opinion that Forbidden Planet is an excellent film, but... posted by Audiophilander on January 23, 2004 at 08:55:53:
With the exception of Starship Troopers (never seen it, put off by the trailer) I have and enjoy all of the other films you mention, especially "The Day the Earth Stood Still" which my father took me to when I was nine. But "2001..." remains for me at the pinnacle and along with Citizen Kane and Apocalypse Now Redux is one of my three most watched and most loved movies. The quality of the current DVDs of each allows one to really suspend disbelief and enjoy them more.You didn't mention "Destination Moon" or "Rocketship XM"
By the way, the relatively new DVD of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is a STUNNING transfer and even those horribly fake "dinasours" toward the end are somehow not as bad.
Will you be buying the nine DVD "Alien" box set?
Follow Ups:
I didn't mention Destination Moon and Rocketship XM because both films are good but they aren't SF classics by any stretch. Neither film actually deals with extra-terrestrial life forms or futuristic scientific concepts that hold up. Don't get me wrong, I like both films and view them with nostalgia, but I find both very dated and fairly unimaginative by today's standards.As for the Alien box set, I doubt that I'll be purchasing it. Only the first two movies worked for me; IMHO, that was the story arc and what was done after is a travesty.
One additional note on Forbidden Planet: I believe that a 2 disc SE is planned later this year! If it contains a newly remastered transfer of the film (i.e., perhaps even Superbit), I'll probably have to buy it again.
SIGH!
AuPh :o)
There ARE aliens on Mars in this film and they chase our heroes back to their ship.
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