![]() |
Sci-fi cinema and TV appreciation thread |
Post Reply ![]() |
Page 12> |
Author | |
bartosso ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 31 Dec 2010 Location: coffin on Io Status: Offline Points: 1555 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posted: 06 Feb 2015 at 3:33pm |
So I've watched this sci fi anime called Sidonia no Kishi. Imagine how surprised I was when I realized it's heavily inspired by Solaris by Stanisław Lem, my favourite writer, renowned philosopher and futurologist. What I believed was just Attack on Titan in space, has turned out to be a deep philosophical sf tale, tackling some of the most difficult themes (cloning, human condition, gender, immortality, social inequality, religion etc.) in a very tasteful way. Very painful but rewarding.
|
|
![]() |
|
bartosso ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 31 Dec 2010 Location: coffin on Io Status: Offline Points: 1555 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sounds more like an anime scenario
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Primeval features prehistoric monsters rampaging in London as well as time travel. Doesn't get any better than that... but, yeah, it is over-the-top (which is what I like about it).
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
bartosso ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 31 Dec 2010 Location: coffin on Io Status: Offline Points: 1555 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It rings a bell, haven't seen it though. Have you? If I'm to be honest, I'm not particularly fond of British TV series... style. There's something over the top there that repels me both from Dr Who and Sherlock, even though there's a huge difference genre-wise between the two. Would be great to discover something that I'd actually like, because I've finished Deadwood [FUCKING AWESOME, WATCH IT] a couple of weeks ago, and haven't found anything interesting since then.
|
|
![]() |
|
UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18139 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I recently watched "Cload Atlas", which I found moderately entertaining. I also watched "A Boy and his Dog", which was a pretty bizarre post-apocalyptic 70s movie starring a very Young Don Johnson.
|
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Anyone seen the British series Primeval?
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Unitron ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 30 Apr 2014 Location: Cypress Hill Status: Offline Points: 8051 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I hope it's okay if I bump this topic ![]() Of course I love the Star Wars movies (Except Phantom Menace and Clone Wars) Other then that, I love the original Star Trek and 4th Doctor-era Doctor Who. I like The Twilight Zone too, but I'm not sure if that counts as Sci-fi.
Edited by Unitron - 14 Jan 2015 at 10:57pm |
|
If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme
|
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I didn't know about the parallel universe yet, but if Colt didn't spill the beans, I'd never know, and I'd never give the show another chance.
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Tupan ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Location: Brasil Status: Offline Points: 1623 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I did'nt end to see the first season of Fringe yet. I did'nt knew the paralel universe thing! Well, you don't spoil that much, anyways! |
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
That's true... I mean, Frankenstein is a combination of horror and sci-fi. And so is Blade Runner - the movie is full of elements known from Gothic literature.
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Balthamel ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 1336 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
can Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels (TMNT) be regarded as Sci-fi since it is about nucular radiated turtles and a rat, which also deals with time travels and cloning and such, (with some Fantasy elements creeping in)
also the lines between Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy is a blurry thin line which indikated their close relationships |
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
How about really camp sci-fi, like Flash Gordon from 1980 or the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century series from the same period?
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Balthamel ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 1336 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
mine is ruined (not), i think i have "fringed" one episode, they air season 2 on Fox Crime looks interesting, ( i think it is the makers of Lost who is behind Fringe.
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Colt ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 6668000 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Which particular plot did I spoil? Isn't that information purely describing the character? Apologies to anyone whose enjoyment may have suffered |
|
![]() |
|
Tupan ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Location: Brasil Status: Offline Points: 1623 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for all the spoilers... Good thread, but I recommend to add the word "Spoilers" before some great revelation... Fringe is recommended, anyways. |
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I caught a couple of episode back when it was on Danish TV.... as far as I remember, it was pretty cool. I just remembered it because, like Blade Runner, it combines the crime genre with sci-fi.
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18139 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Never heard of it.
|
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I've read some of his other works, too, and I really like Man In The High Castle - I like how the entire universe of the narrative collapses and breaks down.
Anyway, does anybody happen to know a TV show called Space Precinct? As far as I remember, it is a crime show set in a space opera setting. |
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18139 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Yeah I�ve read the Philip K. Dick novel too and I agree it wasn�t the most exciting thing. I�ve actually read quite a few of his novels and while they almost always deal with totalitarian regimes in a distant future and the common man�s struggle against those regimes, and that�s a theme that is always cool, they never moved me much.
|
|
![]() |
|
Time Signature ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 7690 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Yeah, Blade Runner is definitely a classic - I also like how it combines science fiction and film noir, and I must say that I prefer the film to the novel that it is based on (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?).
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
Post Reply ![]() |
Page 12> |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions ![]() You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |