I recall that as well, Mr Worf. And the way R2 moved was VERY similar to the way that Huey, Dewey and Louie moved in "Silent Running"...
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Moon" puts fiction back in science fiction Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:22:21 -0700 From : "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Speaking of Silent Running, I remember reading someone that Lucas stole the idea for R2D2 from that movie. Does anyone here remember hearing about something like that? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > I listen to a weekly podcast called "Filmspotting" where two well-informed > guys talk about movies. It's a very enjoyable show. They tend to steer a bit > away from the obvious mass-marketing stuff --they see the likes of "Star > Trek" and "Transformers", but tend to discuss films more based on those they > feel are more focused on good writing, acting, saying something, original > films that aren't rehashes, films that take chances. I wouldn't call them > "stuffy" by any means, and I learn a great deal from them. In a world where > most critics and viewers only go to the Rotten Tomatoes method, it's nice to > still hear people really analyze film on levels other than the CGI, action, > and Meagan Fox's attributes. > > They reviewed "Moon" and both really liked it. They said the writer and > director both stated it's impossible to make a good scifi flick that doesn't > borrow from or pay homage to films that have come before. So they went in > with that mindset, and pay homage to other great scifi films, learning from > them, but, according to the Filmspotting guys, not just ripping them off. It > reminds one of "Solaris", and "2001", and a couple of others, including > "Silent Running", but doesn't come off as a copy of any of those, according > to these guys. .Their take is that it's a good, thought-provoking movie that > uses Rockwell and Spacey well, and both lamented that it'll get lost amidst > the summer CGI and action fluff. You can check it out at their site, as > "Moon" is currently featured: http://www.filmspotting.net/ > > Based on that, I plan to check it out... > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Arterberry" > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 5:06:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Moon" puts fiction back in science fiction > > > > Soalris is written all over this. I may see it but not in a rush to do so. > > --- On *Sat, 7/11/09, Milton Davis * wrote: > > > From: Milton Davis > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Moon" puts fiction back in science fiction > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 9:41 PM > > I heard it was good. I'll have to check it out. > > --- On *Sat, 7/11/09, Amy Harlib * wrote: > > > From: Amy Harlib > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] "Moon" puts fiction back in science fiction > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 12:25 AM > > > > ahar...@earthlink. net > I saw Moon and loved it! It's that rare thing - an SF film that actually > has an intelligent plot and good characterization as well as excellent > visuals. It's still playing in a couple of art houses here in NYC. > > Cheers! > Amy > > > Not to stir you up again, Martin, but that's the slight thing that worries > me about the new Star Trek. More focus on the gadgetry and FX than the > original, and I wince when I hear people say (as the Onion spoofed) that it > was "fun!". As if that's all there is to "Trek" to be meaningful, and all > they want going forward. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:02:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] "Moon" puts fiction back in science fiction > > > > rave, this draws me to the movie more than its initial premise. > > Also reminds me of an argument I had with my Last Ex, her decrying science > fiction for being "little more than flashy lasers and zoomy spaceships". If > I were still on speaking terms with her, I'd forward her this. > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > *Subject : *[scifinoir2] "Moon" puts fiction back in science fiction > *Date : *Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:53:12 -0000 > *From : *"ravenadal" > *To : *scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=lhIB0mqbPiE > > http://www.jsonline .com/entertainme nt/movies/ 50384927. html > > Lonely man in the 'Moon' > > By Duane Dudek of the Journal Sentinel > > Posted: July 9, 2009 > > "Moon" is one small step for mankind. > > It puts the fiction back into science fiction, not because it's > unbelievable but because it's a life-size and plausible portrait of our > daily gravity. > > Too many genre films are virtual, superheroic variations on arbitrary > themes and are slaves to the digital technologies that allow them to portray > anything. > > The less-is-more aesthetic of "Moon," by comparison, is a reminder that > true creativity is a function of ideas and imagination. In much the same way > we take for granted the fact that science drives our lives in countless and > invisible ways, "Moon" takes a satisfyingly pragmatic approach to the > extraordinary. > > And in the process, it puts a human face and heart at the center of its > universe - a man in the moon, if you will. > > Sam Rockwell portrays the only human employee at a lunar factory where his > companion is a HAL-like computer named Gerty, voiced by Kevin Spacey. > > For technical reasons, Rockwell cannot communicate directly with home; he > sees his daughter grow up in tape-delayed messages from his wife and watches > old sitcom reruns. Rockwell is just two weeks away from completing a > three-year service contract and returning to Earth. If he is going a bit > buggy, talking to his plants and seeing things, these seem a reasonable > response to his isolation. > > Unless, of course, they represent something else. > > Perhaps things are not as they seem. Perhaps he is not really alone. Or > perhaps he is more alone than he knows. > > Lunacy runs in the family of director Duncan Jones: His singer-songwriter > father, David Bowie, imagined all manner of star men, space oddities and > spiders from Mars. But if there is an apple-doesn' t-fall-far- from-the- > tree quality to the material, the approach has its roots in the golden age > of science fiction. > > The miniatures, matte paintings and digital effects do not dazzle; like > Rockwell's space suit worn with use, they add a scruffy realism. The way > Jones' camera looms over cramped spaces like a surveillance video adds a Big > Brother feel to the piece. > > And the edgy, slightly crazed Rockwell, practically the only actor in the > film, is a sympathetic, cautionary figure howling at the moon. > > "Moon" is not about the dangers of technology, but mankind's misuse of it. > > Even before President John Kennedy vowed to make landing on the moon a > national priority, the exploitation of it for war or profit seemed > inevitable. "Moon" portrays such possibilities, in service of some greater > good, as the banal oppression of the very qualities that make us human. > > E-mail: ddu...@journalsenti nel.com > > > > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds > > ------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.9/2229 - Release Date: 07/10/09 > 07:05:00 > > > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! 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