The Seventies Sci-Fi thread

[Splatterdragon73]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Yes. I really like his take on the classic tale.

I approve of Ferrara's BS too and especially like the tense moment where the male lead needs to steal a Helicopter but has to get past his Pod-possessed friends first. One of whom tries to trick the relevant human into showing emotion by making a certain comment about our hero's love interest.

Originally Posted by Demdike

Never seen Bug.

Bug is brilliant Dem so see it a.s.a.p.

The scene where Bradford Dillman's character wakes up to find some of the titular terrors feasting on his flesh is suitably memorable and i like the low-angle shot as the protagonist frantically brushes the caustic creepy crawlies off his body!

Originally Posted by SaturnHST

I just finished watching all 3 seasons of Star Trek:The Original Series lately.

Can't get away with any of the later ST spin-offs but i do enjoy the original outings from the '60s. You can't beat the terrific trio of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy and i recall Eurobabe Barbara Bouchet appearing in one episode.

Yours truly also likes Buck Rogers In The 25th Century and Battlestar Galactica.

[Splatterdragon73]

Originally Posted by VicDakin

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

I've yet to watch this film all the way through but i do like what i've seen so far and i'll not be at all surprised if Robert Wise's original rules over the TV revamp from a while back.

Originally Posted by VicDakin

Silent Running (1972)

It's been years since my first and only viewing of Douglas Trumbull's directorial debut and i recall enjoying it. So a second screening sooner or later would be welcome.

Originally Posted by VicDakin

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

Got this as part of Cinema Club's Doug McClure box set a few years ago and it's still amongst my myriad of titles to be watched. God knows when though!

Originally Posted by VicDakin

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Riotous automobile mayhem and i reckon the recent R1 DVD and BR releases will remain the final word on Corman's car-crammed cult classic for quite some time.

[VicDakin]

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).
After the first film,this is my 2nd fav in the Apes series,lots of action and a good old punch up at the end between apes and man.Although the allegory with the apes and slavery is a bit heavy handed.
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.

[Splatterdragon73]

Originally Posted by Reaper@Cult Labs

This film is hilarious-can you imagine what the pc brigade would say today about a film that has a contest where you score points for hitting pedestrians?

That's why the general public were spared from hit 'n' run fatalities in Death Race. Such a wonderfully wicked idea would surely have the do-gooders up in arms so i reckon the filmmakers chose to play it safe and do away with the darkly comical points-scoring concept that made DR2000 so unique.

Originally Posted by VicDakin

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

A true trash cinema classic imo and one i'd like to see Arrow breath new life into sooner or later.

Originally Posted by VicDakin

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)

Never seen this despite wanting to when i was younger and i'm afraid the late John Frankenheimer's '96 reviled remake is the best i can do at the mo.

Originally Posted by VicDakin

A film which very few people have seen,it was a minor hit in the mid 70s apparently,(i was far to young to remember),it vanished without trace due to poor box office,its director disapeared after a plane crash in the Andes.These pics were taken with a kodak instamatic from 100th generation bootleg betamax the size of grand piano

All SW entries are a tad overrated imo but i can still watch and enjoy 'em all. Yeah, you heard that right, all of 'em including those three!

[VicDakin]

In the not too distant future, a very smoggy and overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules and gets in a lot of trouble.

[the blob]

The horror.. I just realised I don't have Warlords Of Atlantis! I have the other McClure's as Midnite Movies but forgot they didn't release this.

I wonder if it'll get a reissue. At The Earth's Core has just shown up at the BBFC from Studio Canal.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Never even heard of ZPG.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

'77's Moreau is a great watch.
The Optimum dvd looks superb!

I saw old Logan's Run was on Film Four the other night!

[VicDakin]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

ZPG: Zero Population Growth (1972)

Olly Reed in Bizarre Totalitarian future in which child birth is illegal. Not a bad film but not a great one either, Fits in well with a triple bill of Soylent Green and Rollerball...

Sums it up really

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Anything with the late,great Olly is cool!