i think i'm going to watch barbarella again
is CQ any good?
― the late great, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
not really
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
I kind of liked it, but I know I was in the minority
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
it's not a patch on Barbarella that's for sure
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
CQ is charming but not a must see. Soundtrack is alright.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:48 (eleven years ago) link
That's a good description
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
haha, this is my 2nd google search result for "ken middleham ants"
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
Perhaps of interest as a compare/contrast
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/50-best-sci-fi-movies-of-the-1970s-20150114
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
I can think of a whole lot of films that didn't make the list better than most of their bottom 20 -- first third of this list makes the decade look a lot more wretched than it has to (though I hadn't even heard of 'welcome to blood city')
putting phase iv in the top 10 though, all is forgiven
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Saul Bass' Long-Lost Original Ending for Phase IV Unearthed in Los Angeleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beLpsWaUDNk
― excreting zeitgeist (Sanpaku), Sunday, 25 January 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Whoa @ lost ending. I guess there were probably a bunch of other majorly cut parts throughout... still manages to be awesome, though.
― emil.y, Sunday, 25 January 2015 15:13 (nine years ago) link
Re-watched this today - love the sci fi update of 'Leiningen Versus the Ants.' Thanks for posting lost ending - it's great!
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 25 January 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
http://www.amc.com/video-extras/dark-star
^^ "dark star" available to watch free on line
― the late great, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
was really disappointed when I finally got around to watching that
― Οὖτις, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
why?
― the late great, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
because it's terrible? It isn't particularly funny, mostly it feels like a bad episode of Dr. Who
― Οὖτις, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:55 (eight years ago) link
that 70s Tom Baker era jankiness and ambling pace
― Οὖτις, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
love that movie. its a perfect movie to just hang out with.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 30 November 2015 23:02 (eight years ago) link
Watched The Final Programme a few days ago, I'm kind of surprised this hasn't gotten a rerelease from Drafthouse or something. Hard for me to remember a film that reached an equally high level of entertainment and incomprehensibility.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
The sight gag with the freezer crammed full of McVities was amazing.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/review/primary_image/reviews/dark-star-1980/hero_EB19800311REVIEWS3110301AR.jpg
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dark-star-1980
― dow, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
Emerged. Haven't watched yet. Will soon if this proto-reality TV trope is in the leagues of 'Death Watch' or 'Year of the Sex Olympics' or just a slightly artier 'Das Millionenspiel' revamp.
Hu-Man, 1975, Terence Stamp, Jeanne Moreau
An actor is placed in dangerous situations and his fear will be broadcast to the television audience. The audience’s emotions will determine whether he is sent into the future or the past.
https://letterboxd.com/film/hu-man/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdvXZAPJkm0
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 12 May 2018 23:40 (five years ago) link
well gosh. odd even for 1970's SF. one wonders what the shooting script could have looked like after the first third. definitely not for the impatient. definitely for people who like to wonder how films like this end up getting made. almost hilariously interminable, but ultimately that is by design. this youtube is a VHS transfer of the 87 minute TV edit, there's a version out there with another 20 minutes, can't even imagine
music credited to Eric Burdon, Tim Blake (of Gong / Hawkwind), David Horowitz, and, somehow, Patrick Vian -- not clear if they're collaborating or swapping off, the ballad at the beginning is clearly Eric Burdon but is that also him doing all the acapella screaming at the end? almost sounds like it could be but whatever it is, it's a riot. sounds like friends in Paris with a lot of gear deciding to record an all night jam session instead of going home after checking out the 1972 Taj Mahal Travellers concert
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 31 May 2018 07:40 (five years ago) link
Capricorn One gets a rec as First Man "counterprogramming"
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/10/17/17985708/streaming-movie-recommendation-capricorn-one-first-man
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link