ALL SCI-FI

Bud Brewster · Last edited by Bud Brewster on Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:52 pm; edited 1 time in total

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During the six years that Bulldogtrekker (the late Tim Edwards) and I enjoyed sharing synchronized movies and TV shows while chatting on Facebook almost every day of the week, we ended up watching everything we could possibly find! Shocked

The first two years were exclusively science fiction, but after a while we'd watched everything we could download, rent, or otherwise acquire, and we started repeating the good ones so often we became desperate! Sad

We eventually discovered that we also enjoyed certain comedies, adventures, mysteries — and even musicals from the 1950s and 1960s! We downloaded and shared so many Doris Day movies that Tim's wife started getting jealous! Rolling Eyes

However, there were two genres I couldn't get Tim to go anywhere near! Westerns . . . and swashbucklers! Shocked

I could NOT get Tim to watch any of my favorite swashbuckling adventure films which starred great actors like Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power, or Burt Lancaster!

It was an occasional source of conflict between us as I repeatedly tried to convince him that movies like Captain Blood, The Crimson Pirate, The Sea Hawk, and The Flame and the Arrow were amazing films which inspired both Star Wars, and even Star Trek!

To be fair, Tim did valiantly try a few of these movies on rare occasions . . . but these effort were not successful. Sad

Well, I'm sad to say that my good friend Bulldogtrekker is gone . . . but I'm sure the members of All Sci-Fi have special favorites in this lively genre, and I'd like to know what they are!

Tomorrow I'll post a few trailers for the ones I own and love, along with trailers and posters for the movies you folks name in your replies. (Assuming you guys will reply. Sad

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And so . . . Yo ho, me hearties! Which sword-wielding heroes from the classic movies of old have thrilled you in your youth?

Just to prime the pump of this discussion, here's one of my favorites which combine a rascally bare-chested pirate with a brilliant scientist who uses his genius to defeat the evil Empire!

This one is a pirate movie with a Jules Verne character as the bold buccaneer's ally! Think of it as Luke Skywalker being a macho pirate — and a Merlin-like Obi-wan as an old scientist!

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Pow · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 1:36 pm Post subject:

Crimson Pirate remains my fave,Bud.

But also fun are :Treasure Island( MGM & Disney iterations),and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.

I include that terrific Ray Harryhausen film because when Sinbad cannot recruit any regular sailors to return to the dangerous island of Colossa. He goes to the prison to get sailors to be his crew.

So I qualify them as pirates,especially since they do mutiny in an attempt to commandeer Sinbad's vessel.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:51 pm Post subject:

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I'm actually quite fond of ALL the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies. I saw the first one at a theater when it was first released, and I saw it again the next two weekends in a row with a group of friends!

A great series of films with loads of imagination and gobs of special effects. Very Happy

Here's a free download from my own WeTransfer account.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)