Re: Sci-Fi recommendations?

Out of curiousity, have any of you folks seen The Quiet Earth? I remember watching it on television years ago and some of those scenes have stuck in my head long after I forgot the name of the movie or any details about it. I noticed it wasn't listed in the database.

It's probably not in our database because so few people have heard about it. According to IMDb, the movie grossed about $157,000 at the box office. That's how much Michael Bay spends on lunch. If you put the title on our request form, somebody will get to it in a while and add it to the database.

John

My concern wasn't getting it added to the database, but simply if people had actually seen it.

whoa, a lot of responses, didnt expect that. i love this site! thanks.

I've been a big sci fi fan for years and I have a fairly extensive collection. I'll post a list of my favorites later on today when I get a chance.

You might want to pick up a copy of "Things To Come", a 1936 adaptation of an H.G Wells novel. The story spans a 100 year period after WW2 and accuratly predicts a lot of the technology which we have today, including wide screen tvs. It's old but it's very intersesting. You can pick up the new colorized version at Amazon and there is a European Region 2 (I think) digitized version available at Xploited Cinema.

Steve

Adding to the list:

Predator
Fifth Element

[Post edited by Tim Raynor on Nov 9, 2007]

John Puccio: It's probably not in our database because so few people have heard about it.

Speaking of which, I'd really love to see reviews of older or obscure films. How unrealistic is that request?

I would love to see a review of "Mute Witness" to start with, or at least just because...

Ahhhh, Tim just had an picture orgey!!!!
Here is a few:

The Butterfly Effect - the version with the full alternate edit
The Blob - the 1980's version
Contact
Dark City
Enemy Mine
Flash Gordon - the new remastered 1980s version
Ghosts of Mars
Forbidden Planet - 1957, this blew me away when I was a kid
Lost In Space
Minority Report
Prince of Darkness
Red Planet
The Postman
Signs
They Live
When Worlds Collide - 1957 - 'ya gotta see the technology in this one
Things to Come - 1936, same above
Timeline
The Sound of Thunder
Waterworld
This Island Earth
Immortal

Boxed sets:

any Babylon 5 product
The Lost Room
Threshold
Taken
Jeremiah
Back to the Future series


Image from This Island Earth


Steamwalker,
I have not yet seen The Quit Earth but it is on my buy list. I have heard that it is outstanding.
EDit: I just ordered it on Amazon. $14.49. I didn't realize it came out in 1985. It ran in an art house in Boston a couple of years ago for a few days. I thought it was a new film.

[Post edited by StevePro on Nov 9, 2007]

"I'd really love to see reviews of older or obscure films. How unrealistic is that request?" --JSWELL

I'd love to see that, too. Unfortunately, we review largely what the studios send us, and studios don't send out that much older material. Plus, there is a limit on the number of films the staff can review. For example, I just finished the Barbara Stanwyck Collecion and the Burt Lancaster Collection from Warner Bros., and I'll report on several things from those 1940s and 50s sets soon. But newer movies arrive all the time that take priority (because of reader demand).

John