Mission to Mars

[kodiak]

Darth Maul vs Obi Wan was the best Jedi fight ever. Its to bad Jar Jar didnt get in the way

[Mark B]

Glad to see we have some sci fi buffs in the group.
I love the classic sci fi flicks. I would go to the movies as a kid and stay all day until my mother came into the movies to drag me out.
Some of my all time classis favorites are:

The Day The Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet
Thing From Another World. Like the remake with Kirt Russell.
Shape of Things to Come
First Men in the Moon

I purchased all the 105 Babylon 5 episodes and am watching them again.

[Ldub]

IMO, the only way to watch old sci-fi, is through the eyes of MST3K...

[nfpgasmask]

IMO, the only way to watch old sci-fi, is through the eyes of MST3K...

LOL, go rent "The New Barbarians" if you can find it. You will get a good laugh outta that flick.

Bart

[Ldub]

LOL, go rent "The New Barbarians" if you can find it. You will get a good laugh outta that flick.

Bart

Speaking of sci-fi of the most godawful variety...

Does anybody remember a space adventure starring John Boy Walton? (Richard Thomas)
IIRC, his ship was this bizarre shaped thing that looked vaguely like moose antlers gone horribly wrong...the ships computer was named "Nell".

Just completely AWFUL!

[nfpgasmask]

Glad to see we have some sci fi buffs in the group.
I love the classic sci fi flicks.

There are a lot of cool classic sci-fi movies out there. I really like Saturn 3 and The Quiet Earth. Then there are those hideous movies that make my head hurt just thinking about it, like Silent Running. And speaking of George Lucas, THX 1138 is awesome. Its hard to believe it was the same person behind Star Wars.

But all that said, in my opinion, Blade Runner is the end all, be all of sci-fi. Its simply a masterpiece. Its my favorite movie of all time, in fact.

Bart

[snowtrooper1966]

There are a lot of cool classic sci-fi movies out there. I really like Saturn 3 and The Quiet Earth. Then there are those hideous movies that make my head hurt just thinking about it, like Silent Running. And speaking of George Lucas, THX 1138 is awesome. Its hard to believe it was the same person behind Star Wars.

But all that said, in my opinion, Blade Runner is the end all, be all of sci-fi. Its simply a masterpiece. Its my favorite movie of all time, in fact.

Bart

Ah Bart, you crack me up...
As you started your list of "headache" films, I was thinking how much I liked Silent Running, then it was top 'o your list. Guesss we'll have to agree to disagree.

James

[mdwyer]

Ah Bart, you crack me up...
As you started your list of "headache" films, I was thinking how much I liked Silent Running, then it was top 'o your list. Guesss we'll have to agree to disagree.

Oh, gawd.... that movie was sooooo bad. I liked the little carts -- I wanted one of those -- and the robots were kinda cute, but the story made me want to apply an ice pick to my hippocampus.

How about Dark Star? Now THERE's a classic piece of... something.

[snowtrooper1966]

I thought the story was very relavant and socialy aware. It was made at the start of the tree hugger revoloution
I could have done without the Joan Biaez songs, however....
James

[mdwyer]

I thought the story was very relavant and socialy aware. It was made at the start of the tree hugger revoloution

Exactly. And that was what was wrong with it. When I watch sci fi, I want monsters! Explosions! Lasers! Muppets? Special effects! Robots!!

In other words, I'm pretty low-brow when it comes to my movies...

[nfpgasmask]

I thought the story was very relavant and socialy aware. It was made at the start of the tree hugger revoloution
I could have done without the Joan Biaez songs, however....
James

James, you just pegged it. There is the headache I was talking about. The idea behind the story was actually really cool, but the music! Ohhhhh the agony!!! And the movie just drags and drags and drags. I prefer Bruce Dern in The Burbs.

Bart