Our Man Flint (1966) & In Like Flint (1967). Both are: Action/Adventure/Comedy/Sci-Fi spy spoof films. IMHO among the best the genre has to offer.

Not really - 22 away including all the "optional" entries, but I have the films I plan to use for completion ready to go. I'm going to concentrate on them before diving into that 2nd Mill Creek set.

Don't forget you only need one actor from each group, which I didn't seem to make at all clear..

I know, but it seems like 2 or 3 of the options only have the harder to find ones. Maybe instead of removing actors, just rearranging them so each line has a newer option and an older option. It would take just a little rearranging. Something like this would've been easier for me to get titles to. I admit I probably would have missed out on one or two of the films I watched, but I would have been more interested in the ones I did watch instead.

i.e.:

Lionel Atwill/Donald Sutherland/Sigourney Weaver
Marshall Thompson/Faith Domergue/Bruce Campbell
Jeff Goldblum/Mara Corday/Stephen Chow
Maggie Cheung/Gloria Talbot/Natalie Portman
James Coburn/Ross Martin/Dick Miller/Kurt Russell
Michelle Rodriguez/David Warner/Tilda Swinton
Joey Wang/Peter Cushing/Bruce Willis

Which are you having trouble with? I'm sure some of us could suggest titles.

Have you tried the "advanced search" at IMDB? It's a great help finding genre films with specific cast/crew members. For example: Use "Feature film", "Science Fiction", and "Gloria Talbot" to find the 3 qualifying films in which she appeared. I Married a Monster from Outer Space, The Leech Woman, and Cyclops. Change "Science Fiction" to "Fantasy" and you get Daughter of Dr. Jekyll.

Don't forget The President's Analyst (1967), a fine, fine movie that would also probably qualify for Alternate History, too.

I'm down to five in my check list.

I *always* forget about that one! Thanks for the reminder - I need to add a copy to my collection! *edit* - Done... copy ordered.

Based on good comments last year about Trollhunter I picked up a copy a few months ago specifically to use for the "Found Footage" checklist item (which went away) this year. I watched it yesterday for the 2nd foreign language checklist item instead. What a *fun* film! It was quite inventive, especially with the Government infrastructure hiding the information that trolls *do* exist and the whole "what you think you see is *not* really what you saw" aspect with the general public. It was also nice to actually *see* the trolls in various incarnations instead of all-too-brief glimpses of the "monster" given in most films of this sub-genre. I'm not generally a fan of "found footage" type films but this is an exception. If you've not seen this one I *highly* recommend you seek out a copy for viewing.

That's part of the joy I receive participating in these challenges, finding *quality* new films which I've never heard of or seen. This year the "new to me" film which has my interest piqued the most is Pandorum. I've not yet purchased a copy but intend to by the time the Horror challenge rolls around as it qualifies for both.

I'm getting a bit burnt out as I near 100, so I may take today off.

I've only gotten to 25 and I feel like slacking off. I may just stick to serials for a while, since you can complete an entry by watching one chapter (approx. 20 min.) here and one chapter there until you've seen four to complete an entry. I started three serials so far this month but have only finished one (FLASH GORDON). I still have BATMAN and MYSTERIOUS ISLAND to finish, plus I want to get in CAPTAIN MARVEL, THE GREEN HORNET, BATMAN AND ROBIN, FIGHTING DEVIL DOGS, the two Flash Gordon sequels, and, if I can squeeze them in, the Superman serials.

I watched Exorcist II: The Heretic, and even though it isn't listed as sci-fi on IMDB or Allrovi, the use of the ridiculous "synchronizer" device that adds 70s pseudoscience to the film's goofy mix ought to qualify it, and of course demons are creatures of fantasy.

What a waste of Richard Burton and James Earl Jones.

I always switch to watching TV shows when I start getting burned out. It's all too easy to hit a bad film and lose all momentum.

OK... it's official... I'm starting to hate your posts... I now have *2* apparently OOP serials I'll have to find! I'd never heard of Mysterious Island or Fighting Devil Dogs until now (most likely just overlooked them based on the titles as they don't sound like something I'd typically watch - yeah, I fall into that trap more than I'd like!). After looking them up they appear to be somewhat "must haves". How have I gone this long and have never heard of these? Arrrrggghhh!!!

Captain Marvel is simply great! Quite possibly the best "superhero" serial ever made. If you've not seen it before you're in for a treat!

I saw CAPTAIN MARVEL as an adolescent when it was released to theaters in 1967 to capitalize on the "Batman" craze of the time. They ran all four hours of it at a neighborhood theater and some genius in the audience kept exclaiming "That's phony!" every time someone did an impossible stunt. (A tough crowd, my neighborhood.) I haven't seen it since but I have it on DVD and have been meaning to watch it for every challenge where it's been eligible.

I have FIGHTING DEVIL DOGS on VHS and watched the first tape (the first half) once but it was so long ago I have to re-watch it from the beginning. What I saw was great. Bruce Bennett stars as one of the two marine heroes and the other one, Lee Powell, played the first Lone Ranger on film. Powell later served as a marine in the Pacific during WWII. He died on one of the islands. It's an astounding and sad story, but I won't recount it here. Look him up on IMDB.

Oh, and I forgot to add BUCK ROGERS to my serial view list for this challenge. (I did watch PLANET OUTLAWS, the 69-minute feature compilation on the Mill Creek Sci-Fi Classics set.)

I, too, watched that feature version on the MC set. It was a horrible copy - but as I don't know if I'll be able to work in the serial I put up with it anyway. It really just made me want to pull the serial out, open it, and watch but I really want to get the checklist and possibly that Mill Creek "Sci-Fi Invasion" set out of the way first. That won't leave much time for serials.

Speaking of Captain Marvel, I too was in on this subconscious stream and brought it to work today, to start watching at lunch. Haven't seen it before either.

Thanks for the suggestion. I did end up watching the Leech Woman. I spent a couple hours one night going through finding films to watch. I think I've actually finished that part of the checklist now, though. I have been using IMDB but not the feature you've mentioned. It probably would have made my search a lot easier as I went through name by name and then clicked on the titles I thought would work.

My main problem was finding a copy I could watch. I'm limited in what I can afford to watch right now. I don't have Netflix and don't have many video rental places around me, especially ones with older films. I have access to my library and online. For instance, I was going to watch a Superman episode with one of the actresses but only could find rentals so had to hunt down something else.

I'm down to three that I'm not sure what I'm watching. I have the others ready to watch for when I'm in the mood. I'd take suggestions for the directed/produced by Roger Corman/Edgar G. Ulmer/Charles Band one and for the Cyborg one. I'm also not sure on the Space Opera one. I have the Ice Pirates that I would think would work but was going to double check here. Also, for unrated, is that considered the same as not rated?

I'm really not trying to complain. People here have been very helpful and I have been watching things I normally wouldn't which is nice. I'm just trying to share what would have made it a little easier for me. But I'm also learning a lot of helpful hints as I go through this challenge. Like I didn't know IMDB could be refined that much. I will be able to use that for other things as well.

From that list of 3, I'd go with Roger Corman as many of his early films are in the PD and freely available for streaming. Here are a few from archive.org:

The Wasp Woman - Horror/Sci-Fi
Attack of the Giant Leeches - Horror/Sci-Fi
Little Shop of Horrors - Fantasy
Last Woman on Earth - Sci-Fi/Drama/Horror/Mystery
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet - Sci-Fi

Cyborg: Robocop (and sequels), The Terminator (and sequels), Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, Star Trek: First Contact, Universal Soldier, Man with the Screaming Brain (Bruce Campbell), and many more. Here's the search I ran on IMDB.

I'd think Ice Pirates qualifies as "Space Opera" as it has all the elements.

I've always interpreted unrated that way. I could be wrong...

Yeah, IMDB kind of hides that advanced search. I used to do what you did - search by name and do *lots* of clicking through film links to find what I wanted/needed. It was *very* time consuming!

Technically, Blade Runner wouldn't count because those are androids and not cyborgs.

They're not androids either but bioengineered beings. I thought it felt odd as I typed it... That's what you get when you simply echo a list and don't give it much thought, eh? Crossed out...

Perhaps a Trekkie can enlighten me - what is the deal with Chekov's hair? It's like some sort of bizarre pageboy/moptop hybrid, and rather...feminine.

Thanks guys, that's a lot of help. I think the Little Shop of Horrors one will work great. I like the newer one so it'll be fun to see how they differ.

I never even thought of Star Trek. The Borg do qualify, don't they? I was wondering if I would actually watch some Trek for the challenge. I thought of Terminator but I didn't really enjoy it the first time or two I've watched it. Thanks for the suggestions...I don't think I would have thought of any of those and it does give me some good choices.

It was done to appeal to the youth audience - mimic The Beatles and The Monkees haircuts a bit. Make him look like the typical teenager/young adult of the era (yeah... riiiiight).

I looked more, you're right. Doesn't this mean the title of the book is incorrect? If someone wanted to count them as cyborgs, I wouldn't care too much.

Does the final cut make the movie decent? I remember watching it as a kid and it didn't make a whole lot of sense.

No, the book title *is* correct *for the book*. In the novel they *are* androids and called "Andies". The screenwriters made them bioengineered and called them "replicants". From all I've read on the film the screenwriters didn't read the novel but had only an idea as to the plot, etc. and used it as a basis rather than adaptation.
I like it better, but I never thought the opening narration help much. Even so, it's *not* an easy film to follow. I first saw it when it came out and was somewhat unimpressed, but I was looking for more of an adaptation of the novel which the film is not. It took another viewing years later before I developed a liking for the film. That second viewing was the "Director's Cut" of the film and after I'd seen the "Final Cut" I liked it even more. So does that make it decent? I guess it depends on your outlook. If you've never seen the "Director's Cut" or "Final Cut" I'd recommend either, especially considering you saw it "as a kid". You would probably come away with a different perspective after viewing it with adult sensibilities.