The Time Travelers (1964), especially the ending
Favorite "Obscure" Sci-Fi Movies?
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Because if you ask anyone under 40 if they've seen it, I bet the percentage of "yes" answers is very low. Ask anyone under 30 and you'd be lucky to get 15%
Yes
The Last Starfighter was great. I bet I haven't seen that 25 years.
Most of these can be found a regular basis on cable or DVD/Blu-Ray, so I'm not sure if they are obscure.
I'm going with Fantastic Planet. It's a French stop motion cutout animated film (like a beautiful version of early South Park) where humans are pests/pets to giant blue aliens who astrally project to a moon to reproduce. I think it was written by drugs. It's pretty stunning and the animation is gorgeous considering how it was made.
I'm going with Fantastic Planet. It's a French stop motion cutout animated film (like a beautiful version of early South Park) where humans are pests/pets to giant blue aliens who astrally project to a moon to reproduce. I think it was written by drugs. It's pretty stunning and the animation is gorgeous considering how it was made.
Don't let them get you down, V'ger23. It's an error that everyone has made at one time or another in their lives, whether they want to cop to it or not.
Sometimes, when one writes and is in a hurry to get their idea out, one might pick the word(s) that just seems to fit their idea most closely. I do it all the time.
(remainder of post redacted....probably sounded a little too combative)
Sgt. Pepper
Lieutenant Commander
The Man From Earth
Europa Report
Europa Report
Vger23 said:
There's the false one!
And then the Enterprise rose out of the water, sparing V'ger23 from a horrible demise at the hands of ....well...they aren't Nibiru.
Some other okeeday movies that might be considered "obscure"...
Moontrap (Walter Koenig, Bruce Campbell)
Split Second (Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall)
LOVE that movie.
I remember the robots freaking me out when I was a kid, but couldn't remember the name of the movie. Until I asked about it at the little forum called TrekBBS and got an answer quick smart, that is. And now I own it forever.Yep! There was some way-out stuff being made back then, that's for sure.
The Man Who Fell To Earth is pretty great too. You have to forget how film is traditionally structured, but a great movie. David Bowie plays an alien sent to Earth to save his dying planet. He patents his technology so he can build a ship to return home and rescue his family. But he becomes consumed by addiction. The way they handle the passage of time is interesting as well.
There's also a TV movie version that was a pilot for a series that didn't get picked up. It has Beverly D'Angelo as the love interest and Wil Wheaton as her son. Robert Picardo was the agent trying to prove he was an alien. If it had gone to series, I think it would have been like Mork and Mindy if it was a drama.
There's also a TV movie version that was a pilot for a series that didn't get picked up. It has Beverly D'Angelo as the love interest and Wil Wheaton as her son. Robert Picardo was the agent trying to prove he was an alien. If it had gone to series, I think it would have been like Mork and Mindy if it was a drama.
WE GOTTA GET BIGGER GUNS!
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Yeah, it was pretty cool.
