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“Not Where You Saw” Director’s Cut

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 37 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Entertainment, Humor, Movies, OOT, Open thread, Satire at January 15th, 2012 - 11:00 pm

Not Where You Saw” tells the riveting tale of one brother’s courageous stand for justice.

The drama, the emotion, The Overnight Open Thread.

Greatest Sci-Fi movie ever?

by coldwarrior ( 232 Comments › )
Filed under Movies, Open thread at July 7th, 2011 - 8:00 pm

Blade Runner tops sci-fi film poll

 

Cult hit Blade Runner has been named the greatest sci-fi film of all time by movie buffs – beating the ever-popular Star Wars.

Ridley Scott’s futuristic tale, starring Harrison Ford as android hunter Rick Deckard, triumphed in a poll for Total Film magazine.

The film, which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year, initially struggled at the box office but went on to be viewed as a classic.

Star Wars finished fifth in the list, while the second film to be made in the series – The Empire Strikes Back – was the most popular in George Lucas’s saga, ranked second in the poll.

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was third, while director Scott had another entry in the top 10 with his chilling Alien placed fourth. The sequel Aliens – made by James Cameron – was seventh.

Just one film from the 21st century – Inception – made the top 10, half of which was made up of movies from the 1980s.

Avatar – the most successful film of all time at the box office – missed out on the top 10, and was placed 11th.

“Once seen and heard, so many scenes from Blade Runner burn into your brain forever. It’s sci-fi at its bleakest and most brilliant,” said Jamie Graham, deputy editor of Total Film.

The top 10 are as follows:

1 Blade Runner (1982)

2 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

4 Alien (1979)

5 Star Wars (1977)

6 ET: The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

7 Aliens (1986)

8 Inception (2010)

9 The Matrix (1999)

10 The Terminator (1984)

I will stay out of this debate as Blade Runner is without a doubt, not only mrs coldwarrior’s favorite movie of all time, it is then a given her favorite sci-fi film.

As an astute reader pointed out at the comment section of the above article, there are no movies from before 1977 in this list…That does seem rather curious.

 

Caturday: Cartoon Movie Cats

by 1389AD ( 42 Comments › )
Filed under Caturday, Movies, Open thread at March 5th, 2011 - 6:30 pm

Animated feline cuteness!

Wikipedia: The Pink Panther Movies

YouTube: Pink Panther Theme Song

Wikipedia: The Aristocats

YouTube: The Aristocats Special Edition Trailer

YouTube: Everybody Wants to be a Cat


Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 162 Comments › )
Filed under Humor, Movies, Open thread at February 23rd, 2011 - 11:00 pm

“Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL?”

“Affirmative, Dave. I read you.”

“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”

“Certainly, Dave.”

“WTF, HAL?”

“I PWN3D you, Dave.”

“What does that mean, HAL?”

LOL.

–Dialogue from 2011: A Spazz Odyssey
Previously posted here, and cross-posted for your enjoyment on
The Overnight Open Thread.