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The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England
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DUNE anyone?
one of the classics IMHO it does have its horror parts.. esp the scene with Sting
and his uncle Baron Harkonen
I, Robot while doesnt follow Isaac Asimov except the bare minimum is still a good sci-fi detective (who-dun-it) movie.Life is a bed of roses. Everyone else sees the roses, you are the one being gored by the thorns.
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<I>Dune</I> as a book is awesome. I'm not too big on the movie though. What about <I>Metropolis</I>? Maybe reading some of the Foundation series though...Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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Just know I'll get flamed for this....
Forbidden PlanetOriginally posted by Greebe
^ LOL
Ahhh then he must watch Forbidden Planet next
... and then the Martian Chronicles
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My $0.02 worth of entertainment:
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)Comment
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I found Dune the movie soooo bad, that I decided to read the book. That was awesome.Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
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The problem with Dune movies: too much material to fit into even a mini-series. That and they let David Lynch witihin 500 miles of it
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Has he seen the 10th Kingdom already?Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
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Problem is that you had to watch the movie 2-3 times to figure out what the **** was going on. I know they had a introduction to the world of dune before the Movie started on Broadcast TV that helps bring everyone up to speed without watching it a couple times.Originally posted by Umfriend
I found Dune the movie soooo bad, that I decided to read the book. That was awesome.Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?Comment
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Somehow, I don't think that was the problem (or one of the) with that movie.Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
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Dang, nobody else liked Zardoz?
I'll list some of the movies we have that would be good "Sci-Fi training movies."
The Thing (John Carpenters version)
Alien
The Hunt for Red October
Bladerunner
Predator
Ghostbusters
All three original Star Wars movies, non-"special" edition
Galaxy Quest ("Who ever wrote this episode should DIE!")
Terminator 1,2
Escape from New York
Flash Gordon (the movie)
The Blackhole
Final Fantasy
Futurama
Once Upon a Time in the West (ok, not sci-fi in the least bit, but after seeing it for the first time a week ago, I'd have to say it's a must for any movie collection.)Comment
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Funny, I read the book loong before I was the movie and yet I imagined "It" to look like a deranged McDonalds clownOriginally posted by UtwigMU
Well after seeing It, the McDonalds clown scares the hell out of me.
Guess I never liked those clowns
If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
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Another for Galaxy Quest & I, Robot.
This is a great thread.Comment
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Forbidden Planet is definitely on the list.
BTW: has anyone ever read the story Thing From Another World/The Thing were based on: "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell?
Once you read WGT? you'll apreciate John Carpenters version even more since it's MUCH closer to the original story.
If you're interested look up the compilation "A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories". Don A. Stuart was one of Campbells pen names and used for many of the stores he published in "Astounding Science Fiction".
"Who Goes There?" and other goodies are therein. Especially intriquing are "Twilight" and "Night", which cover the end of human civilization and the time that follows.
Dr. MordridLast edited by Dr Mordrid; 22 August 2004, 17:51.Dr. Mordrid
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Dune mini-series was okay. Not the best scenery and FX, but it was closer to the book. The movie, if you haven't read the book, is okay. There's always the 4 hours Directors Cut to muddle through if you feel like a long watch.
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Blakes Seven.
Its British, the hero has Outrageously hair (by modern standards) - and the villians are evil and thoughtout.
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