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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:31 PM Original message |
Back in 1977, who mistook this garbage as a movie? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't that a drug ad? |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. That was my thought on Star Wars. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. wasn't that a new age thing kind of like EST? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nevah Sawr it |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's been putting me to sleep since 1999. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Just out of curiosity, and excluding 2001, can you name many better sci-fi films prior to May 1977? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Silent Running - depressing as hell but good |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yeah, but find me 50 people at random who've seen it |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I only know one other person who has seen it |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Star Wars isn't and has never been "science fiction." |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Tell me the solid, unambigous distinction between science fiction and fantasy, and we'll talk |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. yeah, the line is just too blurry - speculative fiction is a good catchall |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. It's pretty simple, actually. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. By that token, almost all "soft" science fiction is fantasy |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. There is no hard and fast line. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. On a side-note, I think that Campbell is over-cited |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Well, Lucas himself crawled pretty far up Campbell's ass in tribute before the latter died. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Can I recommend a book that you might enjoy? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Hughie,Dewey and Louie |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. We went to the big Hollywood Premiere at the Cinema Dome... |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I guess I'm one of the 50. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Only if you were chosen at random |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Great movie - I loved "louie", and Bruce Dern was at the top of his game. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Loved Silent Running. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Capricorn One ! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. LOL! You totally roped me in on that one! |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. This poster produces no response from my memory synapses. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Me either. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. 77? wasn't even born |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
30. dupe |
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