ShapeShifter
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IF and only IF they went back and did DADoES properly much closer to the book.
2011 SF Movies Coming Up: Any Winners Here, D'ya Think?
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IF and only IF they went back and did DADoES properly much closer to the book.
shadowcat20
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Why do Bladerunner remakes?...there were at least two more follow on books by K.W Jeter. Replicant Night and The Edge of Human.
I still think a Slammers or Sten Movie would be fun if done right. Or even a Starfist Movie.
I still think a Slammers or Sten Movie would be fun if done right. Or even a Starfist Movie.
Yeah.
So, is that an ALIEN versus Bladerunner movie (Aliens vs Replicant war)
OR
ALIEN/Bladerunner combo were the Aliens are brought back to earth for genetic material and Earth is only saved due to the efforts of the Replicants who are later asked to leave Earth (again).
Now that is a SciFi team up. :lol:
Dave Chase
Because Hollywood can't come up with good original stories anymore and because those two movies used Apple ][ graphics the first time around.
Yeah, but WHO could play Col. Hammer?
Or Sten's Col Mahoney, Ms. Riker, Doc, or Engineer Raschid? (Actually, I envision Doc as Alan Rickman's voice and a digital character...)
And, to do Sten Right would really need about 6-8 hours of film per book... perfect for a miniseries. Doing the Slammers would be best done by inserting one of the uncovered missions, and THEN novelizing it. (Reducing fan criticisms for failing to follow the book by writing the book for the op shown from the movie.)
shadowcat20
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Now who could play Hammer?....That is almost a thread by itself
Clint Eastwood MIGHT pull off an older Hammer. Maj Steuben would be tough to call though.
Clint Eastwood MIGHT pull off an older Hammer. Maj Steuben would be tough to call though.
They all look like complete garbage. Lots of flash and no substance. Thor and Cowboys look particularly awful.
Seriously, do any of you, any of the regulars who joined before 2005, the real engineers, research scientists and so forth who have a real zest for sci-fi and this game system, really think any of these movies is for you?
Compare pre-80's sci-fi with post 1990 sci-fi. Doesn't anyone here detect a demographic shift in the target audience?
Compare pre-80's sci-fi with post 1990 sci-fi. Doesn't anyone here detect a demographic shift in the target audience?
mbrinkhues
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From that movie list:
No winner, few middle ground, mostly users. Thor might make middle ground and if the Aliens win the last one might be fun to watch.
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In Futureworld the robots where not the problem. The corporation running Futureworld was. Humans where using bot doubles to replace some high-ranking airwastes from politics/journalism etc.
No winner, few middle ground, mostly users. Thor might make middle ground and if the Aliens win the last one might be fun to watch.
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In Futureworld the robots where not the problem. The corporation running Futureworld was. Humans where using bot doubles to replace some high-ranking airwastes from politics/journalism etc.
MOON is the most sci-fi film that I can remember being made in years. I have yet to see any sci-fi on the syfy channel.
saundby
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OK, pretty much what I was figuring on the films.
It's been about a year since I went to a movie theater, I think. Looks like I'll be in no hurry to return this year.
I've been dreading the release of the Forbidden Planet remake. Anyone know anything about that project? My kid is looking forward to World War Z (she can get a date to take her, I might rent it but am not especially interested) which is another I haven't heard much about for several months.
My wife and I watched a couple of episodes of The Time Tunnel. Afterward, we were talking about how we loved it as kids but how cheesy it looks now. Then we started trying to think of new movies that were at least as good we'd seen lately...and didn't come up with much. Even the howlers in Time Tunnel were at least entertaining.
It's been about a year since I went to a movie theater, I think. Looks like I'll be in no hurry to return this year.
I've been dreading the release of the Forbidden Planet remake. Anyone know anything about that project? My kid is looking forward to World War Z (she can get a date to take her, I might rent it but am not especially interested) which is another I haven't heard much about for several months.
My wife and I watched a couple of episodes of The Time Tunnel. Afterward, we were talking about how we loved it as kids but how cheesy it looks now. Then we started trying to think of new movies that were at least as good we'd seen lately...and didn't come up with much. Even the howlers in Time Tunnel were at least entertaining.
shadowcat20
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Bring back Firefly...before they killed off the good characters. The execs get something good and they have no clue, but they push trash.
Quite unlikely while Joss lives. And probably unworthy after he doesn't.
It was great due to the combination of cast, concept, and execution... the combination won't likely happen in a remake, and the cast are unlikely to do another movie if Joss is alive but not involved.
mbrinkhues
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Yes, yes. Back then everything was better. And made from wood...
They made good films and bad films all the time. And films for more than one audience. I.e some people consider "Silent Running" a great movie. I would not watch that Eco-laced crap if you pay me. Or "Blade Runner" - I actually fell asleep during that movie.
Other way round I love "Soylent Green" and "Logans Run" and I knew more than a few people who consider those crap.
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Besides being an engineer etc. has little to do with what films etc. you like. I am always told "You should like Star Trek because you are an engineer". Guess what - I don't. Aside from a few funny "scotty" scenes I consider Trek boooooring. Enterprise (that basically rolled up Trek and threw it out the window) was good. Because it wasn't StarTrek.
They really were better though thematically. The studios are losing market share to other entertainment so they crank out over-glossed big budget B-movies to capture young dollars. Which is why there isn't a whole lot of substance (or entertainment) value in them.
Bladerunner and Alien are classics, untouchable, heresy to talk of remakes.
70's and 80's had a HUGE amount of cheesy sci-fi, Corman's "Galaxy of Terror" anyone? Engineer's calculations say (grabs magic eightball): "Outlook Not So Good" so any sci-fi is actually good in that it represents hope as well as "mythic times" in a literary sense and plays the divine fool in being able to say things in a way that can't be ordinarily said. I wish the vast selection of cheesy sci-fi would return.
70's and 80's had a HUGE amount of cheesy sci-fi, Corman's "Galaxy of Terror" anyone? Engineer's calculations say (grabs magic eightball): "Outlook Not So Good" so any sci-fi is actually good in that it represents hope as well as "mythic times" in a literary sense and plays the divine fool in being able to say things in a way that can't be ordinarily said. I wish the vast selection of cheesy sci-fi would return.
mbrinkhues
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Disagree. I get a lot more entertainment from Transformers than I'll ever get from "Silent Running". I could use "Enemy Mine" only as a sleeping pill but get amusement from "Independence Day". I can see the "stronger message" in the original "Rollerball" but prefer the more action-driven modern version.
And I am well past 40 so it's not the teenager speaking
All that says is that your taste in movies is as different from the bulk of us here as your taste in gaming styles. Actually, given most of your posts, I think your taste in movies, games, and discussion runs to about 180° out from my own.
Soylent Green was ugly, poorly shot, and, aside from the ending, utterly forgettable.
Silent Running at least had gorgeous ship models, and a visual look that was memorable.
Hell, Dark Star was a better movie on all counts than Soylent Green... better acting, better looking, better cinematography, better plot (And yes, I'm counting it as "Plot? What Plot?"... Not to mention best supporting character played by a beachball.
mbrinkhues
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Your "comments" actually proof what I said before - there is no such thing as a "better" pre-1990s SciFi movie. It's just the individual perception of some people. Your option of "Soylent Green" i.e is totally different from the majority option that considers this a masterwork. So no "golden age" just "gilden with age"