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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI did say "for a given value of proper"
Blade Runner, Alien, Silent Running, Quatermass and the Pit - proper
Star Trek, Aliens and sequels - not proper. Great fun, but not proper.
So in effect then, your definition of "proper" equates to "cult", the rest being "sci-fi for the masses" ?
I can see that
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Originally posted by Bunk View PostHardware!
You Sir, win an all expenses paid trip to the Zone
(don't come back without some random-looking pieces of mechanoid )Last edited by Dark Black; 18 October 2014, 06:59.
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Originally posted by Dark Black View Post
Interesting.. define "proper" SF?
My collection includes classics such as.. Blade Runner, Alien (+ sequels), Silent Running, SpaceBalls (kidding.. really kidding ), Quatermass and the Pit, random Star Trek etc..
It's all down to personal taste really isn't it?
Bonus points if anyone identifies the movie the chap in my avatar was from
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I did say "for a given value of proper"
Originally posted by Dark Black View PostMy collection includes classics such as.. Blade Runner, Alien (+ sequels), Silent Running, SpaceBalls (kidding.. really kidding ), Quatermass and the Pit, random Star Trek etc..
Star Trek, Aliens and sequels - not proper. Great fun, but not proper.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostYeah - it shows you don't appreciate good SF. Seriously, I've often seen that when the general public don't like a sci-fi film, it's because it's proper sci-fi, not soap or cowboys or a love-story set in space. For a given value of "proper" of course.
Interesting.. define "proper" SF?
My collection includes classics such as.. Blade Runner, Alien (+ sequels), Silent Running, SpaceBalls (kidding.. really kidding ), Quatermass and the Pit, random Star Trek etc..
It's all down to personal taste really isn't it?
Bonus points if anyone identifies the movie the chap in my avatar was from
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We did go down the route of kicking a rock and saying I refute it thus but then when I told her actually we cannot know she went into a tail spin...
was quite funny really!
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Originally posted by original PM View Postalthough I might also add that after watching the first one with my daughter she now has existential issue as to whether she really exists.
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Originally posted by Bunk View PostI thought the first one was really good. A good match of the action inside the matrix with the slo-mo bullet-time and wire-fighting etc, and the stuff outside in the real world which frames those bits. The second one was still ok but was starting to focus more on the real world than the matrix, and the third continued that further, and that was the problem for me, those bits just weren't as interesting as the matrix parts.
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although I might also add that after watching the first one with my daughter she now has existential issue as to whether she really exists.
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agree - I have them all on bluray - sound and visuals are quality
the first is a complete classic and essential watching
the other two are okay films but are not as groundbreaking
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Originally posted by Bunk View PostI thought the first one was really good. A good match of the action inside the matrix with the slo-mo bullet-time and wire-fighting etc, and the stuff outside in the real world which frames those bits. The second one was still ok but was starting to focus more on the real world than the matrix, and the third continued that further, and that was the problem for me, those bits just weren't as interesting as the matrix parts.
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I thought the first one was really good. A good match of the action inside the matrix with the slo-mo bullet-time and wire-fighting etc, and the stuff outside in the real world which frames those bits. The second one was still ok but was starting to focus more on the real world than the matrix, and the third continued that further, and that was the problem for me, those bits just weren't as interesting as the matrix parts.
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Originally posted by Dark Black View PostBack OT ...
The original Matrix film was a brilliant as the sequels were poor. It promised so much but in the end neither the second or third films got anywhere close to the original. It was a true cult classic - and always good to watch with decent surround (esp. the Morpheus rescue sequence )
Very telling that I only own the first on disk.
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