John Carpenter is a great SF movie director. Escape from New York and Dark Star are among my favourites.
larry At 10:48 AM 3/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I loved V as a kid, but saw it recently and had to turn it off...Have you >seen They Live, with Rowdey Rodey Piper? Now that was a great Sci-fi >movie!!! > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:42 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: tv pandering to the masses > > >The Encore movie channel has been showing V the last few months. Funny >how cheesy those special effects look now. I guess things look different >when you are 8 as opposed to 29. :-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:38 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: tv pandering to the masses > > >Independence Day was ok - but kinda unoriginal. I always liked V a lot >because the aliens didn't come in with guns blazing - instead they used >subterfuge and cunning. I still with they would make a new movie in the >mythos. > >-rc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:25 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: tv pandering to the masses > > > > > > you know i never used to think about those things, and then i > > watched independence day and was picking it apart. i got > > pissed, because I used to just love to watch the movie with > > my son for the explosions, and aliens and crap...and then i > > was like, how could they do that? where did that come from? > > it totally destroyed my appreciation for the fun aspect of the movie. > > > > guess i'll have to watch it next time i am lit and see if i > > can enjoy it that way!!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:17 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: tv pandering to the masses > > > > > > Damn you and your logic John. > > > > Its much more fun to complain about it. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:13 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: tv pandering to the masses > > > > > > or it could be that it is just a science fiction tv show and they > > glossed > > > over that part > > > > > > > OK .. So, I'm watching Enterprise tonight and some of the crew is > > > > captured on an alien, pre-warp (pre-atomic, even) planet. The > > > > military confiscates all of their gear (3 scanners, 1 > > phase pistol, > > > > and 2 communicators). So, my question is, how are they > > able to talk > > > > to/understand the aliens? There is no mention of a universal > > > > translator and even if they had one, it would have been > > confiscated > > > > as well. Funny that these aliens still manage to speak English. > > > > Plain silly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
