Originally Posted by Indy24LA (Post 11305727)

Watched Another Earth, not a bad concept, little slow, but compelling. And this is not listed as Sci-Fi on IMDB????

Originally Posted by Mister Peepers (Post 11304803)

I just realized Friday the 13th is tomorrow. As a token of appreciation, Jason X will be worth 2 points. The Friday the 13th TV series will also be worth double points an episode.

In addition, the rest of the series, with the exception of the first, would normally be ok* if you used a wild card. For tomorrow, you can spend one wild card token and watch all Friday the 13th films you want, with the exception of the first**. Freddy vs Jason is also allowed.

All films and TV episodes must be started and finished between midnight and 11:59pm, Friday the 13th (local time) for bonuses to count.

*in that Jason could be considered a creature of fantasy
** It was a regular human killer in the first film as well as part 5. 5 is being allowed because in the novelization of 6, it implies that the killer was being directed by Jason from beyond the grave which is the type of thing that could count as a paranormal possession and counts as sci-fi. If you really want to watch the first one, go ahead but don't plan on counting it.

Originally Posted by gp1086 (Post 11305439)

Finally saw Blade Runner (1982) for the first time. Watched the Final Cut version. Which do you all prefer?

Originally Posted by gp1086 (Post 11305692)

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by ororama (Post 11305985)

...I don't find Scott tinkering with his work any more appealing then when Lucas or Spielberg do the same.

Originally Posted by BobO'Link (Post 11306206)

You're welcome. I should probably add that reportedly neither Ridley Scott nor screenwriter David Peoples actually read Dick's novel.

Originally Posted by coyoteblue (Post 11306212)

No point letting the plot of the novel you're adapting get in the way of the story you're writing.

Originally Posted by BobO'Link (Post 11306206)

You're welcome. I should probably add that reportedly neither Ridley Scott nor screenwriter David Peoples actually read Dick's novel.

Originally Posted by BobO'Link (Post 11305435)

I just can't bring myself to do that if it's something I've purchased. I'll suffer through to the end *once* and vow to never watch it again.

I thought Phantom from Space wasn't too bad, although those other 3... phew! Watching Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women back to back made me appreciate Prehistoric Planet a bit more but they have me wanting to see Planeta Bur, the Soviet film Corman chopped up to make them. There's a release from someone called "Video Dimensions" that looks to be a pretty good copy. At least the stills on amazon have good color and appear to be WS - but the description doesn't mention that and it's a bit more than I typically like to spend. I like many of the early foreign SF efforts so we'll see...

Yeah, those scenes with Beaty and the animals *are* amazing.

Rocky Jones is better viewed as the TV episodes. Even then you *really* need to get into the mindset of a 50s 8-10 year old male to fully enjoy them. There's a "Classic Sci-Fi TV - 150 Episodes" set from Mill Creek that has 23 of the 39 episodes in good transfers. If you enjoy vintage Sci-Fi TV fare that set has *lots* of entertainment value with mostly good to very good transfers. It also has 3 full serials, Phantom Empire, Radar Men From the Moon, and Undersea Kingdom with very good transfers.

I agree on all of those. I've had The DEFA Sci-Fi Collection in my "wishlist" for a while simply to get a copy of Silent Star, the film that was recut and dubbed to make First Spaceship on Venus. Image has a good quality WS, although *not* anamorphic, version of First Spaceship. It's not "great" but it's far superior to all those faded FS versions floating around. Both Image and Legend have good copies of Phantom Planet. The Legend one has both B/W and a colorized one. They did a good job on the color although I typically watch the B/W.

Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum (Post 11306277)

Thanks! I wasn't even aware of either the Classic Sci-Fi TV box set or the DEFA Sci-Fi Collection. I've gotta get those.

Originally Posted by SterlingBen (Post 11306534)

Deepstar Six as Giant Critters or Prehistoric?

Originally Posted by gp1086 (Post 11306285)

For my wildcard, I just finished Friday the 13th: Part 3. While I didn't like it, it was a little better than the second one for me. Some fun non-spoiler facts I found out after reading:

- Originally filmed and released in 3D (figured this out with the way some of the scenes were shot)

- Some of the deaths were edited to avoid an "X" rating

- Budget was $4mm and grossed $37mm domestically - not too shabby for Paramount

Originally Posted by Giles (Post 11306981)

so would Ice Age: Continental Drift count as fantasy? even though imdb doesn't list it as such, since

Originally Posted by Giles (Post 11306983)

very little was trimmed but yes the MPAA had issues with some of the grue - but no where as extreme to their impression of Part 5 and the sequels that followed.

Originally Posted by coyoteblue (Post 11307312)

I need clarification. For 'Watch a film starring:' is it watch all of the stars or just one per row?

Originally Posted by gp1086 (Post 11307511)

Thanks for the heads up. I look forward to wrapping up the Friday the 13th series (probably as part of the horror challenge in October).

Was an uncut version ever released?

Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum (Post 11307440)

Today being Bastille Day, you might want to watch something with a "French connection."

I watched the first four chapters of the "Mysterious Island" serial from 1951 this morning, without initially realizing that it had a French origin--based on a novel by French author Jules Verne. You can watch other Jules Verne film adaptations: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE and the 1961 MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. There must be a million others. I want to dig out the 1929 version of MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, so I can watch something from the 1920s.

Godard's ALPHAVILLE (1965) is the one actual French sci-fi film in my collection, but I watched it for last year's challenge or the Criterion one.
There's also anything sci-fi by Luc Besson, THE FIFTH ELEMENT being the one I can think of that's suitable for this challenge. I know a sci-fi anime set in France--"Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water" (1990), which is also based, in part, on Verne.

What famous sci-fi films are set in France?

Originally Posted by mrcellophane (Post 11307595)

Happy Bastille Day! This may be the day I rewatch some Méliès films! I am always captivated by the surreal beauty of his films. As for other French science fiction, the only thing I can think of is La Jetée, which is also in the Criterion Collection. Also, I know that a few of Buñuel's French films are classified as "fantasy" by IMBD.

Originally Posted by Giles (Post 11307572)

of Part 3? - no.