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skimonkey said:Gosh I remember that movie!! So good when it came out!!
Still good today if you can get over the hair and the clothing.
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scifan57 said:
In "A L I E N" director Ridley Scott put his children in the space suits, to give the "Space Jockey" scale.
The same technique was used for the exteriors of the Nostromo - the landing vehicle, on the planet surface set.
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KevinJS said:
I have a theory that good SciFi/fantasy films are (generally) not based on books unless they are short stories or only loosely based. The level of imagination needed by the reader for something "out of this world" is always hard to recreate on film IMHO. Obviously there are exceptions, LOTR, which is my favourite series of books was done remarkable justice by Peter Jackson but normally it is something which doesn't work. SciFi/fantasy are best created in film from scratch.
So, that said, I try to watch films like the Wyndham's as stand alone rather than look back to the book.
I did enjoy Hellraiser, which complies with my short story theory but had the added advantage of the twisted mind of Clive Barker at the helm of the film. I'd love to see if, with modern filming technology, books such as Weaveworld could now be filmed.
This post is starting to feel as twisted as one of Barker's stories!
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Just had something go wandering through the trackless wastes of my mind.
I've been watching Bladerunner for years as one of those movies that is always worth dusting off and giving a respin. During the end credits it mentions that the movie is based on the book "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" which I finally tracked down and read.
Philip K Dick, a very prolific author who I don't think we've mentioned yet.
I've been watching Bladerunner for years as one of those movies that is always worth dusting off and giving a respin. During the end credits it mentions that the movie is based on the book "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" which I finally tracked down and read.
Philip K Dick, a very prolific author who I don't think we've mentioned yet.
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KevinJS said:
I enjoyed "Minority Report" but not the movie.
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KevinJS said:
Glad you enjoyed it.
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AdmiralAdama said:Glad you enjoyed it.
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I sure did. And I couldn't help but think how technology has advanced since 1969. I find out about a movie from someone who is half a continent away, and watch it on my telephone, wirelessly, without any pauses or glitches. We live what was fiction just a few years ago.
