[Zardoz]

Originally Posted by MissionTrek08

Favorites include: THE THING (original and Carpenter's remake, for different reasons), THEM!, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (original), IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE is a fun very-50s flick (the prototype for ALIEN).

For me, 2001 is the landmark separating 'old' sci-fi films and the new era... but then again I can't think of films from the '80s being "old sci-fi" either.

I agree, I also liked the 1978 remake of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, becuase of Sutehrland and Nimoy's perfomaces. And thereappearence of McCarthy as the charater he played in the original film.

[FanWriter45]

Some of my favorites:

1) Rocketship XM... yeah, I know that MST3K used thins one, but I still find it to be a great little movie. The tinted B&W sequences on Mars (Death Valley) and the crew finding the remains of a civilization that nuked itself... pretty strong stuff for 1950's.

2) Destination Moon... Heinlien, and George Pal, and Chesley Bonestell. How could you go wrong? The score for this movie is STILL one I love taking to star parties. Filled with austere beauty. It's how the moon landing SHOULD have gone...

3) THEM! The first, and best, of the giant bug films. Totally ridiculous from a technical science viewpoint, but try to tell that to a 10 foot long ant as it runs you down in the SW American Desert! The scene were Pat is first confronted with an ant in the windstorm, is one of the most dramatic moments in science fiction film, period.

4) This Island, Earth Slow to start, once the trip to Metaluna kicks in, the sense of wonder and excitement never lets up. (Ever notice the similarity between Exeter's flying saucer and the primary hull of the Enterprise? Yeah, me too...)

5) Forbidden Planet William Shakespere done in the distant future... Earth men in a *****in' flying saucer, a (not quite) dead planet, the coolest robot in cinema history, and production values that would never be repeated, for at least 25 years. Again, notice any similarities between TOS and FP's production design?

6)20,000 Leauges Under the Sea. (Disney) A smashing cast, and the single most impressive bit of hardware in science fiction: the Nautilus. Atomic powered, velvet lined, and iron riveted. You couldn't NOT believe that sub existed. I still want the score to this movie, which sadly, has never been released officially.

7) War of the Worlds.... (sigh) When people ask me, what movie mad you hide behind the couch as a kid? I point to this one. The farmhouse encounter with the martian remains the most terrifying moment in film for me... I didn't feel that shiver again until "Alien" almost 30 years later. The sound effects, and the manta ray war machines haunted my dreams as a kid. How cool is that?

8)Invaders From Mars ... again, as a yojng kid, how can this movie NOT traumatize you? Your friends, relatives, even the cops, all under Martian control... It was sort of like Body Snatchers for the 12 and under set.

9) First Men in the Moon Ray Harryhausen... You don't often see movies that try to show you an entire alien civilization... but Ray hit us all with a Cinerama punch. Huge, gigantic caverns, filled with marvelous crystaline technology, RTD bus sized catapillars, and a meeting with the Grand Lunar.... How could any kid resist? (I so wanted a Cavorite sphere of my own....later, I switched it to another Brit creation: the TARDIS. In fact, I wrote a paper once on the influence of Wells book on Doctor Who.)

[kevin]

Thank you FanWriter!! This Island Earth - I had that one in my mind but it's been so long since it's been on television I could not for the life of me recall it's name!

[Crosis101]

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[jtrek79]

Originally Posted by kevin

I like Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds (original and remake), 2001, The Time Machine (original), The Thing, Krull, The Last Starfighter, The Abyss.

Krull,what a movie! Do u know that cmmdr.Edighton(sorry if i mispell it) on ds9 is kolwyn on krull

[kevin]

Originally Posted by jtrek79

Krull,what a movie! Do u know that cmmdr.Edighton(sorry if i mispell it) on ds9 is kolwyn on krull

Yeah, the last time it was on TV I saw it and made the connection but before that I wouldn't have known!

[jtrek79]

Originally Posted by MissionTrek08

Favorites include: THE THING (original and Carpenter's remake, for different reasons), THEM!, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (original), IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE is a fun very-50s flick (the prototype for ALIEN).

For me, 2001 is the landmark separating 'old' sci-fi films and the new era... but then again I can't think of films from the '80s being "old sci-fi" either.

mission i see you live close to hollywood.Heard any good words about the remake of "the day earth stood still"?

[jtrek79]

Originally Posted by FanWriter45

Some of my favorites:

1) Rocketship XM... yeah, I know that MST3K used thins one, but I still find it to be a great little movie. The tinted B&W sequences on Mars (Death Valley) and the crew finding the remains of a civilization that nuked itself... pretty strong stuff for 1950's.

2) Destination Moon... Heinlien, and George Pal, and Chesley Bonestell. How could you go wrong? The score for this movie is STILL one I love taking to star parties. Filled with austere beauty. It's how the moon landing SHOULD have gone...

3) THEM! The first, and best, of the giant bug films. Totally ridiculous from a technical science viewpoint, but try to tell that to a 10 foot long ant as it runs you down in the SW American Desert! The scene were Pat is first confronted with an ant in the windstorm, is one of the most dramatic moments in science fiction film, period.

4) This Island, Earth Slow to start, once the trip to Metaluna kicks in, the sense of wonder and excitement never lets up. (Ever notice the similarity between Exeter's flying saucer and the primary hull of the Enterprise? Yeah, me too...)

5) Forbidden Planet William Shakespere done in the distant future... Earth men in a *****in' flying saucer, a (not quite) dead planet, the coolest robot in cinema history, and production values that would never be repeated, for at least 25 years. Again, notice any similarities between TOS and FP's production design?

6)20,000 Leauges Under the Sea. (Disney) A smashing cast, and the single most impressive bit of hardware in science fiction: the Nautilus. Atomic powered, velvet lined, and iron riveted. You couldn't NOT believe that sub existed. I still want the score to this movie, which sadly, has never been released officially.

7) War of the Worlds.... (sigh) When people ask me, what movie mad you hide behind the couch as a kid? I point to this one. The farmhouse encounter with the martian remains the most terrifying moment in film for me... I didn't feel that shiver again until "Alien" almost 30 years later. The sound effects, and the manta ray war machines haunted my dreams as a kid. How cool is that?

8)Invaders From Mars ... again, as a yojng kid, how can this movie NOT traumatize you? Your friends, relatives, even the cops, all under Martian control... It was sort of like Body Snatchers for the 12 and under set.

9) First Men in the Moon Ray Harryhausen... You don't often see movies that try to show you an entire alien civilization... but Ray hit us all with a Cinerama punch. Huge, gigantic caverns, filled with marvelous crystaline technology, RTD bus sized catapillars, and a meeting with the Grand Lunar.... How could any kid resist? (I so wanted a Cavorite sphere of my own....later, I switched it to another Brit creation: the TARDIS. In fact, I wrote a paper once on the influence of Wells book on Doctor Who.)

Excellent set of movies fanwriter!

[MissionTrek08]

Ay carumba, I completely forgot the original WAR OF THE WORLDS, one of my all-time faves. I liked Spielberg's remake for its timing, but like the remake of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (sorry, Z), it just doesn't capture the feel I enjoy in the originals. There was a zeitgeist in the '50s and in its sci-fi which just can't be duplicated in the modern era, now matter how inspiring the films are.

Carpenter's remake of THE THING is a rare example, but it also shifted the story back to the PROBLEM of the Thing and the original short story's emphasis on paranoia, but from a personal angle rather than a political one. It works, but for quite different reasons of its own, rather than trying to replicate the original's context.

20,000 LEAGUES was a great addition, Fan!

JTrek, sorry but I personally have heard very little about the remake of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. We discussed it a bit on some thread here, I forget which one. But several people, including myself, got the vibe from the trailer that it looked and felt more like Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS than a direct remake of the original TDTESS -- which might well be a good move, since most fans of the original agree that it couldn't possible be duplicated, nor should it be.

That is a story VERY much locked into the '50s, I'd think. I don't know what the new story will be, but I think the smartest move would be to tell in our current context, not what fit best in the '50s.

[Zardoz]

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