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In Reply to: Re: Ridiculous list reflecting no knowledge of the genre (nt) posted by AudioHead on June 29, 2000 at 09:01:52:
... it really defies comprehension, doesn't it?To be fair, two entries (2001 & The Day the Earth Stood Still) are films I'd rate as amongst the best of the genre. Both have qualities which were ahead of the times when they were first released, and neither has dated badly, but as for the rest of the list - good heavens! What a sorry collection of B grade films, which seem to be linked only by the common thread of mediocrity.
I keep looking at them and trying to fathom what their criteria for selection could possibly be - box-office takings, perhaps? No, surely not. I can't even see how snobbery & pretense could come into it - you would have to work very hard indeed to churn out a believable thesis on the literary or cinematic merits of Star Trek II, The Fly or (yee gods!) Beetlejuice.
One possibility - maybe the editors unanimously loathe SF and decided to make a joke of the genre by compiling a list of what they considered the worst 10 examples of all time?
Are the other genre listings in the guide (say for horror, western and thriller/film noir) as risable as this one, or did they single science fiction out for special attention?
Cheers
TG
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Follow Ups
- Looked at the list again and ... - TG 18:47:05 06/29/00 (2)
- Re: Looked at the list again and ... - AudioHead 07:42:02 06/30/00 (1)
- Of course! (smacks head) it's obvious now .. - TG 08:03:56 06/30/00 (0)
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