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In Reply to: Influential in what sense? posted by Mike K on June 26, 2000 at 17:48:36:

If influential means advancing the state of the art technology or SF as a literary form, I suggest these as considerations
Nosferatu (1920s?) Downright scary even by today's standards. Use of shadows to create feeling of horror set a standard. So we call it a horror film today. In the 20s they might have called it scifi.
The Lost World (1925?) Use of model dinosaurs brought this technology to believability
King Kong (1933) Realistic interaction between models and live action figures set the standard for years to come. Made the monster into a creature worthy of pity rather than one to be feared.
Jason and the Argonauts (late 50s) I think I have this title correct. The sequence of the fight between Jason and the skeletons is incredible. If you have ever seen how this and other scenes in this SF/fantasy masterpiece were done as shown in the SciFi Network, you should be impressed. And this was before computer animation was available. I apologize if I missed the title.
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You have to look at these movies relative to the time at which they were produced not by today's standards. People will be laughing at "Star Wars" one of these days I bet. I saw "Around the World in 80 Days" several weeks ago, and wondered why everyone thought it was so hot when it came out. Oooop, I was one of them.
One thing about "2001" that is often forgotten is that it was originally shown in Cinerama. For those of us who are old enough to remember that form of presentation, it made that movie even better. Remember the railroad car coming at you in "How the West was Won"? Duck quick.

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Topic - The 20 Most Influential SF Movies Of All Time (in order) - AudioHead 08:55:02 06/23/00 (11)

Re: The 20 Most Influential SF Movies Of All Time (in order) - theo 19:48:13 07/01/00 (0)

Influential in what sense? - Mike K 17:48:36 06/26/00 (3)

For Nice Summary of Sci-Fi History, see...... - AudioHead 12:38:45 06/27/00 (0)

Re: Influential in what sense? - AudioHead 07:52:38 06/27/00 (0)

Re: Influential in what sense? - Mike Craig 22:28:17 06/26/00 (0)

Re: The 20 Most Influential SF Movies Of All Time (in order) - Van 11:42:53 06/24/00 (5)

Disco Giorgio - AudioHead 12:59:47 06/25/00 (1)

Correction: Giorgio Corruption is 1984 not 1986 (nt) - AudioHead 08:06:48 06/26/00 (0)

I did. Still no go. Now what? - Victor Khomenko 12:50:27 06/24/00 (2)

Ok I get it,Har har.NT - Van 19:25:36 06/24/00 (0)

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Re: Influential in what sense? - Mike Craig 22:28:17 06/26/00 (0)

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