SCI-FI September!

[Inspector Abberline]

I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

Bill and Marge are due to get married,but while driving home from his stag party early,Bill thinks he has run over a man only to find it was a dummy,then out of the darkness comes a shimmering apparition.Well Bill and Marge are happily married,but even after a year with no kids on the horizon and an anniversary present that manages to strangle itself (stupid dog),the stress and strains of accidental marrying a Martian are coming to the surface, In fact the film has a very anti marriage feel to it,the Martians seemingly only ever take over men who then take on a zombiefied state (pretty much like a real married man) and when Marge starts to think that there is something wrong with good old Bill,and in fact he is a Martian,even when she goes running around in her under garments telling everyone she is soon dismissed as a crank.Mainly because every one she tells her story to is also a Martian. I Married a Monster from Outer Space is very much in the tradition of Invaders from Mars and Invasion of the Body Snatcher,the lone paranoia of an individual stacked up against an increasingly ominous alien force that has taken on an human form. In fact these Martians unlike a lot of there counter parts are not out to complete destroy human kind,but to in fact impregnate the women and breed a new race.I Married a Monster from Outer Space is a marvellously well made science fiction thriller and is a lot better than its exploitation title would suggest. While it seems to have had a fairly modest budget,the scenes towards the end where the Martians evaporate into a mushy jelly are a bit on z grade side but overall the film achieves a real atmospheric feel,and rises above its limitations to give a solid film that feel very noirish in some parts.

[trebor8273]

Ant Man. 8.5/10

Really more of a heist movie more than a superhero movie, but its very enjoyable and is in my top 3 marvel movies.


Now watching the abyss.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet

The 8th of October 1966!

Since this is about as near Sci-Fi September can get to that date. Yes, the first episode of The Tenth Planet aired on October the 8th fifty years ago.

The story itself is classic base under siege Doctor Who. An Arctic research station under attack from aliens from the planet Mondas, the earth's long lost sister planet. The show is no longer an educational show for children. This story like so many others at the time is proper adult entertainment, written by a scientist - Dr Kit Pedler - and popular sci-fi tv writer Gerry Davis. The four episodes explore adult themes and even has blokes at the research station leering at the Doctor's stunning companion, Polly.

As far as sci-fi goes The Tenth Planet was a bit of a game changer and the most important story in Doctor Who's history. Not only does it introduce viewers to the Cybermen - Iconic, emotionless creatures who would appear again and again for years to come and even as recent as 2014's Dark Water / Death in Heaven. double episode season finale. The story also reveals something we didn't know about the title character, the Doctor. He can regenerate, change his appearance and what better way to keep a show running than to change it's lead actor from time to time. Just prior to collapsing on the floor of his ship the Doctor as brilliantly portrayed by William Hartnell ,utters these infamous words "It's far from being all over".

Never has a truer word been spoken.

[Inspector Abberline]

Any screen pics dem's?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Any screen pics dem's?

I can post a few if you wish.

The dvd looks terrific.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I can post a few if you wish.

The dvd looks terrific.

yeah be cool sounds interesting.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet (1966) Scenes from episodes one and two.

[Inspector Abberline]

just to be fair here;s two different takes on the Max's.

[nosferatu42]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

I hate you,you know that don't you. I love Sleeper mainly for all the things you hated about it,but i respect your opinion What really pisses me of is the idiots who slag him off just based on all the tabloid bullshit he attracts ,and since he hasn't broken any US laws (he might be abhort as a human who knows,but as a film-maker he is a genius) alot of people are just baseing there views on what tabloid newspapers tell them.....rant over.

Sleeper and a lot of his early films i rate as classic, it's just the later stuff i don't rate.

[nosferatu42]

I really enjoyed fury road, apart from a few scenes at the beginning i thought it was really very good, i admit there wasn't much of a story though.
Much better than Thunderdome with all the annoying kids sub plot.

I like Tom Hardy generally though out of the modern film poster boys.

I think the amount of praise it got is due to it being a surprising return to form and surpassing expectations, also the fact that a lot of it was shot in camera and not CGI heavy.