Bud Brewster
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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:41 am Post subject: FEATURED THREADS for 9-25-22 |
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Science fiction comes in more delicious flavors than Baskin-Robbins ice cream! 
For example:
~ Silent Running (1972) has little robots and big spaceships and giant domes with lots of greenery inside. Back to Nature meets Lost iin Space!
~ Limitless (2011) has a cool dude who takes a little pill and becomes incredibly intelligent. (Good lord, I sure want a bag of those pills!  )
~The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) has a dashing superhero who doesn't have to jump into a phone booth to change clothes, he just shouts a magic word and explodes in a puff of smoke, instantly replaced by a whole new guy — all dressed and ready!
I think I'd look great in that costume . . .
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Silent Running (1972)
| Krel wrote: | I figured that if the rescue ship was close enough to see that there was no damage to the freighter, then they were close enough to get caught in the explosion. They did say that they were closing in for docking.
You do realize that given what happened to the other domes, when they find the dome, it goes away with nuclear fire, right?
I think that the space freighters were originally in the Goldylocks Zone, and Lowell headed out for the deep black. |
Good points. I think your right. Lowell managed to kill more people when he blew himself up. He's even crazier than I thought.
As for the dome that drifts off in the end, I doubt anybody will know it exists, since Lowell managed to kill all the folks who would have witnessed it detach from the Valley Forge.
However, it would probably wander right back towards the sun and get spotted, because it just blasted away from the freighter with retros intended for that task, but after that it just drifted
So, yes — the final dome will get nuked eventually after all.
And you're right about the freighters not orbiting Saturn, as I've always thought. Silly me, they don't show (or even mention) Saturn until well after Lowell goes Postal, and he passes through the rings months later — not immediately after he makes his break from the fleet.
I stand corrected on all counts. Good work, David!
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Limitless (2011)
One of the most remarkable films I've ever seen. Stylistically it's a work of art from start to finish, and the concept is like something a person with a Krell-expanded intellect would come up with.
The way the film presents it's mind-boggling ideas is itself mind boggling. The film is based on The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn, but if you read the synopsis of the book on it's Wikipedia article, you'll be glad that screenwriter Leslie Dixon and director Neil Burger elected to tell a more upbeat story.
The DVD is a slightly longer version than the theatrical release, but all I noticed that was added were some reasonably attractive boobs on a hot blond in a brief scene. Big deal.
However, it does feature an alternate ending in the special features, and thank goodness it wasn't the one they used.
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The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
[Also released as: "The Return of Captain Marvel"]
Considered by many fans to be one of the best serials ever made, despite a lack of the kind of monsters, costumes, and big sets that make serials like "Flash Gordon" such a treat.
But Captain Marvel excels in acting, production values, and stunts. The major special effects pertain to Captain Marvel's flying scenes, which are definitely a cut above the ones done in the old "Superman" TV show. The hero is young Billy Batson (Frank Coghlan, Jr.), who says the magic word -- Shazam! -- and he becomes Captain Marvel (Tom Tyler).
Tyler is built for the superhero part, and the uniform fits well. The villain is the evil Scorpion, who seeks five fabled lenses which, when used together, can transmute common metals into gold.
Ironically Captain Marvel and the Scorpion both come into existence during an archeological expedition which penetrates an ancient tomb in Siam. Billy encounters the spirit of Shazam, who tells the boy that he alone is worthy of receiving the powers of Captain Marvel.
Meanwhile, one of the other members of the expedition turns evil when he learns about the powers of the ancient lenses. He adopts the name and disguise of the Scorpion, and he plots to take over the world. The rest of the story takes place in both America and Siam, with plenty of action provided by veteran co-directors John English and William Witney.
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