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armanie
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 Posted - 06/18/2008 : 07:05:52
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Transformers, Star Wars, The Fifth element, Alien, The Lord of the Ring, Battlestar Galactica, Fantastic Four..... these are the types of movies I'm fond of watching. So fascinating, a work of art, fabulous, amazing, absolutely one of a kind!!!
My passion for these fantastic movies help me decide to be what I want to be. Now I'm into filmmaking, I love what I'm doing and I'm looking forward to make wonderful sci-fi movies in the future. That is why i choose a film school that has state-of-the-art facilities. Kindly check http://filmschool.ph about this also.
Wish me luck guys! Thanks..
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Edited by - armanie on 06/18/2008 07:10:59
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 06/18/2008 : 07:48:29 [Permalink]
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Whelp, there are certainly fans is Sci-Fi around here.
Good luck. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 06/18/2008 : 08:11:46 [Permalink]
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Welcome to SFN!
I'm more of a reader than a movie-goer (hate people and avoid theaters, churchs, concerts, ball games, demonstrations and the like, although I might attend a riot), but the genre certainly has a lot of range to work with. Indeed, I'd like to see some of Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle's works put on the screen. If it were well done, I'd buy the DVD(s).
Best of luck!
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/18/2008 : 08:23:41 [Permalink]
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As a SF fan; I wish you the best of luck.
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/18/2008 : 10:12:43 [Permalink]
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| Zardoz says, "YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING ZARDOZ!" |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/18/2008 : 10:34:33 [Permalink]
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You've named modern SciFi films - but don't forget some of the classics which have much to teach us in terms of wonder, imagination and good film making. Here are a few:
Forbidden Planet
Highly imaginative film, set the stage for Star Trek, best monster concept ever (it's you), not just monsters - intriguing story, the Krell wonders is an imaginative sequence.
The Thing
(See both the early black & white film - (great dialog, directing, character development, rhythm and tension) and the newer (John Carpenter) version - (closer to the original story, horrific but you can't look-away, pre-CGI special effects that are terrific.)
War of the Worlds
The original George Pal film from the 1950s (my father was in on that production.)
This Island Earth
Aliens ask us for help for a change. They lure human scientists with a mail order catalog and a "do-it-yourself" kit for a weird machine which in turn communicates an invitation to do research for "world peace" - everybody ends up fighting a war on another planet! Very 1950s - but a great plot idea.
2001 - A Space Odyssey
Still one of the best "deep thinking" Science Fiction films around.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 06/18/2008 : 11:30:45 [Permalink]
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CGI is wonderous, but there's really no substitute for a good and well thought out script.
Count me in as a sci-fi fan.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
 Posted - 06/18/2008 : 12:05:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Zardoz says, "YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING ZARDOZ!"
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You know what? Zardoz was my very first screen name... |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/18/2008 : 12:30:45 [Permalink]
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| It's my favorite movie. |
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"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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armanie
New Member
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Posted - 06/19/2008 : 16:21:24 [Permalink]
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Thanks for wishing me luck.
Scifi is a work of art in modern times. It's amazing.
And I agree, some of the classic films are grounds of a better concepts for Sci-fi. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 06/19/2008 : 16:43:07 [Permalink]
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armanie and Chippewa.....
Speaking of classics, have you ever seen Things To Come?
A British production of 1936 (I was 8, and enthralled)
Written by H.G. Wells and filmed by Alexanda Korda, the special effects are fantastic for the era!
Great story - goes from a prescient view of WW2 in 1940 to 2036 and futuristic humans living in underground cities! Raymond Massey ages from 30 to 70, gives a fantastic performance. Not cheesy, great production values! B&W See it if you dig classic SF! |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 07/02/2008 : 22:31:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
armanie and Chippewa.....
Speaking of classics, have you ever seen Things To Come?
A British production of 1936 (I was 8, and enthralled)
Written by H.G. Wells and filmed by Alexanda Korda, the special effects are fantastic for the era!
Great story - goes from a prescient view of WW2 in 1940 to 2036 and futuristic humans living in underground cities! Raymond Massey ages from 30 to 70, gives a fantastic performance. Not cheesy, great production values! B&W See it if you dig classic SF!
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Sorry to be so late in answering this but yes. One of my favorite films in college. I love the GIGANTIC flying wing-battle ship and the weird black flying fighter where upon landing the canopy becomes the helmet and visor for the pilot as he walks away. The speech at the end always inspired me. Music was by sir Arthur Bliss and is blissful at times (he had no choice with that name) but also quite aggressive for the war and machines scenes.
Audiences chuckled at the scenes depicting bombers hitting London and the blitz was just a few short years away!
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 05:24:22 [Permalink]
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| On a related note, I guess somebody found some missing footage from Metropolis, not sure if it is cutting room floor stuff or what, still pretty cool. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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chaloobi
SFN Regular
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 06:36:31 [Permalink]
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| Took the kids to see WALL-E last night. Great film, great scifi. Appears Disney hasn't managed to ruin Pixar yet. |
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