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Gabriel1 said:
There are a few pay services but most stuff is free (for a flat fee as you say), the real up side is that when they have a particular programme, say Fringe, available, they put all episodes from all series on so you can watch the lot.

The fees are probably the cheapest in the UK but you get gazillions of TV shows and films to watch when when you want for free alongside recent films which are pay on demand.

BTW, I recently watched a film on this service called Moon, I hadn't heard of it before but really enjoyed it, I love a good Sci fi twist!

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I've watched Moon. Will have to view it again. It's a thinking movie and I was tired when I put it on.

Speaking of Fringe - Season 5 starts September 28. :)

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Here's the Fox / Fringe teaser.

 
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I just dug this out of its packing box. It's an unused promotional sign for a contest Pepsi was running in conjunction with the release of Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace in 1999.

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Watched "The Hunger Games" last night. Having not read the books, it was a refreshing fantasy outing. The characters were strong. Uncertain about Donald Suthetland's role. The weakest element I thought.

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AdmiralAdama said:
Anyone familiar with the film title "Journey To The Far Side of the Sun"?

It's a Gerry & Sylvia Anderson production. Great use of miniatures for SFX scenes. Mostly shot at Pinewood.

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelgänger_(1969_film)

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Is that the one where a planet was discovered exactly opposite the Earth in terms of its orbit?

If I remember, it was a left/right mirror image of the Earth, and the astronaut, who of course came from the other planet, got into a lot of trouble for apparently cutting short his trip. Clearly written by someone who knows nothing about orbital mechanics. (it would have taken massive amounts of power to have braked the space vehicle one quarter of the way into the flight, and accelerated it back to its orbital velocity in time to have apparently returned in exactly half of the anticipated flight time. That power would not have been built into the program even if it were possible.)

Or maybe that's a different movie.

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KevinJS said:
Is that the one where a planet was discovered exactly opposite the Earth in terms of its orbit?

If I remember, it was a left/right mirror image of the Earth, and the astronaut, who of course came from the other planet, got into a lot of trouble for apparently cutting short his trip. Clearly written by someone who knows nothing about orbital mechanics. (it would have taken massive amounts of power to have braked the space vehicle one quarter of the way into the flight, and accelerated it back to its orbital velocity in time to have apparently returned in exactly half of the anticipated flight time. That power would not have been built into the program even if it were possible.)

Or maybe that's a different movie.

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You've got the right movie,Kevin. I remember watching it years ago on TV.
 
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Is that the one where a planet was discovered exactly opposite the Earth in terms of its orbit?

If I remember, it was a left/right mirror image of the Earth, and the astronaut, who of course came from the other planet, got into a lot of trouble for apparently cutting short his trip. Clearly written by someone who knows nothing about orbital mechanics. (it would have taken massive amounts of power to have braked the space vehicle one quarter of the way into the flight, and accelerated it back to its orbital velocity in time to have apparently returned in exactly half of the anticipated flight time. That power would not have been built into the program even if it were possible.)

Or maybe that's a different movie.

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The very one. I don't think the "Rank Organization" was concerned with technicalities.
It was 1969 and everyone in the film industry was trying to ride the "2001" bandwagon.

It stars Roy Thinnes who you'll remember from "The Andromeda Strain".

It was fun I thought.

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Harks back to Scifan's suspension of disbelief, I guess. Who said "It's fiction, stupid!"? Trouble is, sometimes fiction can do a lot of damage if taken too seriously. Just look at Capricorn One and the whole lunar conspiracy theory it conjured up.

The Andromeda Strain was one of the greats, IMO, and the movie followed the book very well.

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KevinJS said:
Harks back to Scifan's suspension of disbelief, I guess. Who said "It's fiction, stupid!"? Trouble is, sometimes fiction can do a lot of damage if taken too seriously. Just look at Capricorn One and the whole lunar conspiracy theory it conjured up.

The Andromeda Strain was one of the greats, IMO, and the movie followed the book very well.

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Remember the movie "Marooned"?
It was pre-Apollo 13. At the time, some media commentators made reference to it during the 13 rescue mission.
Huge cast in this one including Gregory Peck, David Janssen, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant and James Franciscus.

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marooned_(film)

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As long as we're talking about suspension of disbelief,how about Fantastic Voyage? Bested on the book of the same name. The main characters,along with theis miniature submarine are reduced to microbe size and injected into a patients bloodstream where they travel to the brain in order to remove a blood clot.
 
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As long as we're talking about suspension of disbelief,how about Fantastic Voyage? Bested on the book of the same name. The main characters,along with theis miniature submarine are reduced to microbe size and injected into a patients bloodstream where they travel to the brain in order to remove a blood clot.
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Nanotechnology imagined ?

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Anybody remember the movie called the China Syndrome,which was released in 1979 ,within weeks of the Three Mile Island disaster. A rare case of fiction mirroring a real event,purely by coincidence.
 
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Nanotechnology imagined ?

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Somehow,while reduced to the size of microbes, the characters were able to breathe normal sizedOxygen molecules.
 
Re: my post a few back about the movie "Marooned".
The XRV Lifting Body (fictitious) featured as the rescue vehicle, was space shuttle conceptual, based on the design.

BTW - Marooned is available on YouTube .

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This nanotechnology reminds me of Michael Crichton's 2002 book "Prey." In it, nanobots get released "into the wild" and then swarm. it's a pretty tense story, as I recall. The key is that the nanobots are not so friendly, in this story. I do know that it is a pretty good page-turner...

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