ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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On Tuesday July 2nd, Turner Classic Movies is presenting a classic science fiction lineup from the early years. Here's the schedule for July 2nd.
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8:00 PM A Trip to the Moon (1902) In this silent film, a group of scientists ride to the moon in a cannon shell.

8:30 PM Metropolis (1926) In this silent film, a city of the future is threatened with destruction when a wealthy corporate leader enlists a mad scientist to put down labor reformers. Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel

11:00 PM Die Frau im Mond (1929) aka "Girl in the Moon" Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Klaus Pohl, Gerda Maurus, Gerhard Dammann.

2:00 AM Things To Come (1936)Two generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war. Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson.

4:00 AM Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) The entire serial will be aired, all twelve chapters. Four hours of fantastic space adventures with Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov!

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Then on Tuesday July 9th and Wednesday July 10th, TCM brings out the Big Guns!

8:00 PM The Day the Earth Stood Still ( 1951) An alien demands that Earth's leaders choose between peace and destruction. Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe

9:45 PM The War of the Worlds ( 1953) A scientist on vacation stumbles upon a Martian invasion. Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne

11:30 PM Forbidden Planet ( 1956) A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet. Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen

1:15 AM Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Soulless pods take over the inhabitants of a small California town. Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates

2:45 AM It Came From Outer Space (1953) No one believes an amateur astronomer's spaceship sighting until the town's people begin disappearing. Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake

4:15 AM The Thing From Another World (1951) The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space. Dir: Christian Nyby Cast: Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite

6:00 AM Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) Space invaders attack the nation's capital. Dir: Fred F. Sears Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[alltare]

Oh, yeah, "the big guns" is right. EVERY one of those July 9th titles is on my favorites list. And all but one are alien invasion movies. Now if I could receive TCM, everything would be ducky.

[Gord Green]

I do....

so Sucks to be you!

Hoo Boy! I know how my days's going to go!!!
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There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[Bud Brewster]

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Alltare, I certainly agree with you about that list of movies being the cream-of-crop. Do you own DVDs of any of those movies?

If so, I'd love to watch watch any of them you choose in All Sci-Fi's Chatzy room . . . on any day and time you choose!

I'm sure Gord would join us too if we select a day-and-time that worked with his busy family's schedule. Bear in mind that all the movies are airing between 8 PM and 6 AM, so this really isn't "TCM Science Fiction Day". I cheated there.

Therefore, anybody who does have TCM will be DVRing these movies and watching them later — not watching them "live" in the middle of the night!

With that in mind, you needn't feel that not having TCM means you can't share a few of those movies with your friends. (And, of course, it also means it does NOT "suck to be you.")
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Eadie]

So what are the movies for July 9th - 10th?
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Art Should Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the Comfortable.

[Bud Brewster]

[alltare]

[Bud Brewster]

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I completely understand. I enjoyed the ASF chats, but only by letting familiar movies play in the background while I chatted with the other folks and made comments about things that were happening in the films.

The only time ASF has had a really successful weekly chat was back in 2007 or 2008 during the boards first years, and we didn't even watch movies with it! The turnout was always much bigger than anything the more recent Friday Chat's ever produced.

One evening a member commented that TCM was showing The Thing from Another World in a little while, and he suggested that those of us who were able to watch it during the chat might like to do so. There were about ten people in the chat room, and six or seven turned on the movie, but it was just a little "icing on the cake".

We tried scheduling movies from time to time after that, but it wasn't very successful. The best chats were the ones where we just . . . chatted!

Tonight Gord Green and I just finished watching Battlebots while chatting, something we've done occasionally, and we enjoy that, but it's not at all like trying to follow the plot in a movie or TV show.

So, thanks for replying to my suggestion that we share something in the chat room, but I do understand your feelings. And we all seen those movies pretty often.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)