Tagged “sci-fi”
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The funniest scene in Star Wars that I never noticed.
In the scene where the Millennium Falcon has just blasted off from Tatooine, Luke points at a light and says, "what's that flashing?" Watch carefully, and Han Solo slaps Luke's hand away before he says "We're losing our deflector shield. Go strap yourself in." After I saw that, I laughed and had to watch the same scene. I don't know how I missed that one.
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Under the Dome - Stephen King
Has anyone else who has seen the "Under the Dome" novel by Stephen King also seen the 1966 3D movie "The Bubble" (also known as "The Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth")? The premise, people trapped in a city under a dome and used as an experiment by aliens, seems to have been done before.
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Them! Re-imagining
One of my favorite movies of the 50's science fiction era was Them!, a movie about giant mutant ants attacking people. This would be a perfect movie to redo with modern special effects. Above is my idea of what would constitute a good remake: lots of flamethrowers, giant ants (of course), all taking place in New York City. New York City is photogenic enough for lots of monster attacks. Another good city would be Paris, due to lots of sewers.
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War of the Worlds
From one of the first three people to get vaporized by the heat ray in the 1953 version of War of the Worlds:
Don't mess with something when you don't know what it is.
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Maximillian
I was searching the net for pictures of Maximillian, in my mind the scariest robot ever to grace the screen of cinema. Having found none really good, I found a clip of the movie The Black Hole (1979) and took multiple screen captures, trying to get a decent image. Not too bad. I could use a bit of photoshop (actually, the Gimp) training, though.
A bit of history for those of you not acquainted with this machine: He floats around menacingly, doesn't speak a word, and murders one of the protagonists (Anthony Perkins) with a set of spinning blades attached to his arm. After that happens, his master, the mad scientist Dr. Reinhardt (Maximillian Schell), whispers to another protagonist, "protect me from Maximillian." Obviously, afraid of his own creation.
If that doesn't make you a scary robot, you're not trying hard enough.
Click on the picture to enlarge.
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