I'm craving some sci fi tonight
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Watched forbidden planet after the mentions here. Honestly, not great by today's standards
Of course it's decent for the time but. .. its not in my recommended list.
Of course it's decent for the time but. .. its not in my recommended list.
I'd agree, it's a classic of the day, but nowadays it's got poor special effects, hammy overacting, weak, cheesy and naive characters, etc. It's been superseded by more sophisticated filming, scripts, characters and audiences than we had sixty years ago.
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Yes its also quite predictable and lacking in a decent plot development. But hey.
Ah, my annual Firefly marathon includes this
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It ruined the unfinished series by making the Reavers a an experiment gone wrong as if they'd never heard of medical trials before and not as brutal in the series 1 takes down an entire carrier yet in the film an entire fleet is needed also they never really concluded several of the mysteries in the seires e.g "2x2 Hands are blue" sfaic it ruined Firefly!
As for my mentions
ST in order of Greatness DS9, FILMS 1-7 & 10+11, TNG, TOS, ENT, VOY, Films 8&9
SG again in order of Greatness Universe, Atlantis, SG1
Bab 5 + Crusade + Films
Heroes Seasons 1&2 (3&4 only worth a watch for completeness)
Falling Skies
SW IV,V,VI (NO PREQUELS!!!!!CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH)
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If you like space movies and documentaries you need to watch The Right Stuff. The book by Tom Wolfe was intensively researched with numerous interviews with test pilots and astronauts, and the movie is pretty good.
Andromeda is OK I found.
Started very well but after one of the characters left in the early series it started sliding. In the later seasons it bombed hard. It went from having a nice continual sub plot to a set of random encounters summed up nicely in 40mins. It was obvious they had no other ideas to throw in and just limped it on.
Real shame as I got to season 4 and lost the will to view
Farscape.
I quite enjoyed Elysium.
Definitely adding District 9 to the list of Sci Fi you should watch.
Also Oblivion.
Is Cloud Atlas any good as it's next on my list?
I really liked Cloud Atlas.
I remember this, was very good! It was a lot like band of brothers each episode enough to make you need to lie down but also something there that makes you want to put the next episode in straight away!