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1950s sci-fi films: 4* The Day The Earth Stood Still; 20,000
Leagues Under The Sea. 3.5* Invasion Of The Body Snatchers; The
Thing From Another World; Them!; Forbidden Planet; The War Of The
Worlds. 3* The Creeping Unknown; Donovan's Brain; Earth Vs The
Flying Saucers; Enemy From Space; The Incredible Shrinking Man;
Invaders From Mars; It Came From Outer Space; Journey To The Center
Of The Earth; 1984; Tarantula; This Island Earth; 20 Million Miles
To Earth; When Worlds Collide; The Fly; Five; It Came From Beneath
The Sea.1960s sci-fi films: 4* 2001: A Space Odyssey. 3.5* Fantastic
Voyage; Planet Of The Apes. 3* The Day The Earth Caught Fire;
Farenheit 451; First Men In The Moon; Five Million Miles To Earth;
Gorgo; Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun; Master Of The World; Moon
Pilot; Mysterious Island; The Tenth Victim; The Time Machine; Voyage
To The Bottom Of The Sea.1970s sci-fi films: 4* Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. 3.5*
A Clockwork Orange; Demon Seed; Mad Max; The Man Who Fell To Earth;
The Mind Of Mr. Soames; Solaris; Star Wars; Superman. 3* Doomwatch;
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes; Futureworld; Infra-Man; Invasion
Of The Body Snatchers; Invasion Of The Bee Girls; The Island of Dr.
Moreau; Silent Running; The Terminal Man; Terror Of Frankenstein;
Westworld. (Anomaly: Alien rated 2.5* because of "stomach-churning
violence, slime and shocks".)1980s sci-fi films: 4* The Empire Strikes Back; E.T. The Extra-
Terrestrial. 3.5* Aliens; Cocoon; Iceman; Road Warrior; Return Of
The Jedi; Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home; The Terminator. 3* Android;
The Abyss; Back To The Future; Brainstorm; The Brother From Another
Planet; Deathwatch; Dreamscape; Flash Gordon; The Hidden; Humanoids
From The Deep; Liquid Sky; Monster In The Closet; 1984; Predator;
RoboCop; Robot Carnival; Star Trek 2: The Wrath Of Khan; Star Trek 3:
The Search For Spock; Superman 2; Trancers; 2010.
(Anomaly: Bladerunner rated 1.5* because of "muddled script and
totally unappealing characters".)-AH
Follow Ups:
***(Anomaly: Bladerunner rated 1.5* because of "muddled script and
totally unappealing characters".)***No, it was rated 1.5 because the reviewer was too stupid to appreciate it.
nt
No, I disagree. Much of the Malting ratings IMO, are fairly well
balanced and accurate for the most part, especially considering the
encapsulated form that must be adhered to. Maltin's
bias against violence, FX, etc. that he finds overly repugnant shows
through more than once. For example, besides Alien, he downgraded
The Thing remake for the same reason. I realize that art is a matter
of taste, but many people disagree with him on these films, if you
don't believe me, look at their ratings at www.imdb.com. - AH
Maltin does have a good feel for films in my opinion. I don't always agree with him (BladeRunner? Now come on, that movie was great despite the screwups), but I appreciate his opinions none the less. I won't list the reviewers that I disagree with (80% of the time) because it's too long a list. Usually, when movies are first released, I read their reviews. If they liked it, chances are I'll think it's crap. If they didn't like it, I'm usually the first in line!
I totally and emphatically disagree with Maltin and staff on their
ratings of Alien and Bladerunner. Usually they do a fairly good
job, but they sure boo-ooed on these! Maltin himself needs to stick
with Disney reviews and leave the sci-fi reviews to staffer Bill
Warren. - AH
Hi,
My feeling is that it's probably going to remain the best scifif movie for decades; and i don't much care what anyone else thinks about it..... It's real scifi for one thing(not a popular thing), some of the bad guys are conservative politicians(something i like), and the #2 good guy (the boyfriend) is a conservative, which, believe it or not, i liked a lot(need to balance off the first thing i like, and it also offers verisimilitude). So my reasons are liking it are partly personal, partly because i have a taste for 'hard' scifi. Never heard a reviewer let on he knew what hard scifi was.
Now i also like 'Amazon Women of the Avocado Jungle' and i loved the first Muppet Movie, so take it FWIW :)
the movie is a bad joke.
Hi,
i haven't actually read the book. Found it a bit dry, think i will give it another chance.
the little nuggets really make the book special
i miss sagan. asimov too. among other things, there was such a wonderful sense of humanity in their works. contact i read just before he passed away...its one of the few books i re-read every year or so.regards,
chiggy
***their was such a wonderful sense of humanity...***Asimov humanized robots by endowing them with a moral code of conduct, i.e.,
The Three Laws of Robotics. - AH
x
nt
I recommend "Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections On Science Fiction" - 1989
Doubleday; if you haven't already read it. It's excellent -
a collection of 66 essays which appeared as editorials in Issac
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine from August 1981 to Mid-December
1985. - AH
nt
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