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2011/04/01 23:18:51
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Fixture of Dakka
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FITZZ wrote: I just thought of another film that I have to add to this list...
THX-1138...
A film written and directed by George (gosh I love CGI ) Lucas way back in 1971...
The film stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence and tells the story of a future society in which sex is forbidden and all emotion is outlawed..
Not a typical "BOOMZAPBLAMMO" Sci-Fi film...but one I found to be very thought provoking..
Thankfully...Mr. Lucas seems to have forgotten he made this film and has...as of yet...not sought to "Improve" it.
Oh surely a couple of CG Banthas and Jawas makes everything better! hell, maybe we'll get real lucky and he'll make a Prequel
to it as well! 
seriously, thx scared me the first time i saw it(7-8?). i think it was the Robot cops. Westworld too! but rewatching it later in life i did enjoy it as well.
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"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2011/04/02 12:39:15
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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Lord Scythican wrote:Favorite? It has to be...
Honestly go back and watch it. Better than all the other alien movies. I love me some Aliens, but man this one is great.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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2011/04/02 13:39:07
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Ancient Chaos Terminator
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Greatest Sci-Fi movie Ever!
Kirk Douglas, Farrah Faucet, Harvey Keitel and a Huge Killer Robot with a Tiny head! How can you not love it?
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"I have traveled trough the Realm of Death and brought back novelty pencils"
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
the band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light,and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out. |
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2011/04/02 14:52:21
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Fixture of Dakka
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Nicorex wrote:Greatest Sci-Fi movie Ever!
Kirk Douglas, Farrah Faucet, Harvey Keitel and a Huge Killer Robot with a Tiny head! How can you not love it?
Sorry, but Natalie Portman and Farah Fawcett having a 20 minute girl/girl scene couldn't have even saved that movie, IMHO!
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"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
"Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2011/04/02 17:16:11
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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alarmingrick wrote:Nicorex wrote:Greatest Sci-Fi movie Ever!
Kirk Douglas, Farrah Faucet, Harvey Keitel and a Huge Killer Robot with a Tiny head! How can you not love it?
Sorry, but Natalie Portman and Farah Fawcett having a 20 minute girl/girl scene couldn't have even saved that movie, IMHO!
Some of the themes explored in Saturn-3 were interesting...but overall the film was a bit dull, and Farrah Fawcett's acting is so bad at times it's near cringe worthy.
Of course...she wasn't in the film due to her skills as an actress to begin with...which is the problem,much of the film seems to exist so the audiance can "look" at Farrah...
EDIT:...The film did have some good moments though..
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"I'll tell you one thing that every good soldier knows! The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force!" .-Ursus.
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2011/04/03 00:37:46
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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FITZZ wrote: I just thought of another film that I have to add to this list...
THX-1138...
A film written and directed by George (gosh I love CGI ) Lucas way back in 1971...
The film stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence and tells the story of a future society in which sex is forbidden and all emotion is outlawed..
Not a typical "BOOMZAPBLAMMO" Sci-Fi film...but one I found to be very thought provoking..
Thankfully...Mr. Lucas seems to have forgotten he made this film and has...as of yet...not sought to "Improve" it.
Yea Ill agree on this one. I was surprised at how much I liked it. I too hope Lucas just leaves it alone. Ill get to annoyed watching it and wondering "Now why the FETH was THAT in cgi? That doesnt make ANY sense at all"
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2011/04/04 15:56:50
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Sybarite Swinging an Agonizer
Where Eagles Dare.
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The Fifth Element
Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Star Wars
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kronk wrote: Well, yeah. It's not Halloween, yet. I'd be scared of 4 jackasses in masks and trench coats riding around my neighborhood on horses.
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2011/04/04 18:00:26
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Implacable Black Templar Initiate
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Leprecauhn i think thats how you spell it.
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2011/04/04 18:46:53
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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If I might suggest something a little out of left field, Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker is probably the best scienece fiction film I've seen. It's certainly one of the most hauntingly beautiful films and best sounding films I've ever watched
It's definitely not a film for everyone, for example if you think that 2001 is too slow and lacks action Stalker will probably bore you to death as it's even slower paced.
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2011/04/04 22:19:12
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Gefreiter
In the High Spire
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In order of awesomeness....
GWAR Phallus in Wonderland
Star Wars Episode VI (other part of the name slips my mind)
Aliens
Predator
Alien vs Predator
Pandorum
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2011/04/04 22:47:19
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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Archon Revoc wrote:In order of awesomeness....
GWAR Phallus in Wonderland
Star Wars Episode VI (other part of the name slips my mind)
Aliens
Predator
Alien vs Predator
Pandorum
Everything on that list is probably on my top 10, except Aliens Vs. Predator. Man I hate that movie. Go watch Alien and Aliens back to back, then watch AvP. You will see what I am talking about.
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2011/04/05 03:40:40
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Sneaky Kommando
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I have alot of favorites. I'm a huge Star Wars nut. But outside of that I'm a fan of David Lynch's adaptation of Dune. Suprised no one has mentioned it.
Not a fan maybe?
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2011/04/05 03:42:47
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Pyro Pilot of a Triach Stalker
New Jersey
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You liked Lynch's Dune?
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 "Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
 "They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
 "Let the galaxy burn!"
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2011/04/05 03:46:03
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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Blarglord wrote:I have alot of favorites. I'm a huge Star Wars nut. But outside of that I'm a fan of David Lynch's adaptation of Dune. Suprised no one has mentioned it.
Not a fan maybe?
While I enjoy most of Lynch's films...Dune is not one of them,just never got into it.
My Missus on the other hand really likes it...
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"I'll tell you one thing that every good soldier knows! The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force!" .-Ursus.
I am Red/Black
Take The Magic Dual Colour Test - Beta today!
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2011/04/05 05:40:57
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Sneaky Kommando
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THIS IS THE BEST EVER!!!
District 9 got nothing on Jason!
because I am 15 years old and I still think Epic Movie is the best.
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Click this link and exit out of it.
You don't have to watch the video if you dont want to. Comment if you liked the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmYAD2ZroO0 |
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2011/04/05 05:47:44
Subject: Re:Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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Warboss Narznok wrote:THIS IS THE BEST EVER!!!
District 9 got nothing on Jason!
because I am 15 years old and I still think Epic Movie is the best.
Honestly...I can't think of very many "Epic" movies that have been made in your lifetime...
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"I'll tell you one thing that every good soldier knows! The only thing that counts in the end is power! Naked merciless force!" .-Ursus.
I am Red/Black
Take The Magic Dual Colour Test - Beta today!
<small>Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.</small>I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent. |
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2011/04/05 06:17:54
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Blarglord wrote:I have alot of favorites. I'm a huge Star Wars nut. But outside of that I'm a fan of David Lynch's adaptation of Dune. Suprised no one has mentioned it.
Not a fan maybe?
Lynch's Dune is a tough one. First up, lets just be honest, it's a campy mess, and the plot is almost entirely incoherent. I mean, just think about the ending where Alia announces he is the Kwszatz Haderach - had the term even been mentioned before then, let alone explained, let alone explained as the actual point of the movie? So for people who haven't read the book it becomes an indecipherable, for those of us who have film becomes this weird kind of partway property, where you need knowledge from the book to make sense of what's happening, but there's enough changes that you can't just assume that all the stuff from the books is also true in the movie version.
On the other hand much of the design is fantastic, the music is completely awesome, and Sean Young is hot as hell.
So, I mean, it's worth seeing and it isn't unenjoyable, but it's not actually very good, is it?
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Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2011/04/05 07:12:33
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Pyro Pilot of a Triach Stalker
New Jersey
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The thing that really bothered me were the constant internal monologues everyone had.
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"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
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2011/04/07 23:29:15
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Enigmatic Sorcerer of Chaos
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Space Jam starring Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan. I kid. I kid.
I liked 2001: A Space Odessey. I've made many people sit through it without smokey smoke or beer much to their displeasure.
Empire Strikes Back is the Sci-Fi movie from my childhood that I will always remember. Sitting in the theatre with my older sisters and almost crapping my pants when Darth Vader told Luke he was his father.
I liked the first Stargate movie too with Kurt Russell. The TV show with MacGyver was OK too. I couldn't get into Atlantis and Universe, well, I watch it, but it is too much of a soap opera for me.
I always liked Arnie's Sci-Fi movies. Running Man was great and Total Recall gets quoted a lot around here. "2 weeks. 2 weeks."
The Star Trek Films are a big pile of meh. Wrath of Khan was good and Undiscovered Country was good. I thought III-V were just L-A-M-E. The Next Generation films never left a big impression on me, except the one where they killed Kirk. I cried. lol.
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2011/04/08 00:05:31
Subject: Favourite Sci-fi Movie
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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sebster wrote:had the term even been mentioned before then, let alone explained, let alone explained as the actual point of the movie
I think it is mentioned once during one of the voice overs at the beginning, though that may have been an extended version of the film. It should have been titled "Whispered Monologue: The Movie".
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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