Love the original Rollerball, although I really want to find whatever ammo they were using in that Ruger MKII that blows up trees.
Soylent Green is a good one as well, but Eddie Robinson’s death scene gets me everytime. He died of cancer shortly after that movie, and Heston knew it was pretty much inevitable when they filmed that part.
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Rollerball wasn’t my thing though a good movie but I LOVE LOVE the other 2.
May I suggest “The Bedford Incident”?
"Time...to die."
They may be dated as far as special effects and such, but Rollerbal and Soylent Green still have things that speak to today’s viewer. The only thing that is obsolete is the left wing belief that we will soon be overpopulated. Otherwise, Soylent Green hits Obamacare pretty well.
Good films, all three of them.
Another couple, sort of forgotten; “Colossus: The Forbin Project” and “The Relic”.
I still love “Forbidden Planet” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still” as intelligent scripts done well. Of course, the real screen writer for “Forbidden Planet” was a old-time play write, W.Shakespeare!
Oh, thanks a lot for reminding me of that movie. Now I've got Waltzing Matilda stuck in my head.
Soylent Green gets my vote. “Soylent Green-—is people!!” For just pure awesome factor at the time, though, on the big screen, nothing tops 2001, A Space Odyssey. It didn’t have the political themes in it, but it was spectacular on so many levels, for its time. “What.. are.. you.. doing...Dave?”
Someone should remake Soylent Green. Never were such good actors wasted on such amateurish production values.
Earth VS The Spider..MST3K Version
The Giant Spider Invasion....MST3K version.
And.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.
Rollerball is one of the best.
When a determined man goes against the machine, he breaks it.
It has been a while but I seem to remember Saturn 3 being a good flick. Kirk Douglas and Farah Fawcett. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_3
Loved Gattaca! Mass defiance of surveillance statism/corporatism.
Soylent green and rollerball, good dystopian. Not a fan of “on the beach.”
My brother came over the other day. He hadn’t seen Star Trek into darkness. Played it for him and watched it of the 4th time. Good sci fi.
Was disappointed with Promethius. Needed writing and editing.
Best 1950s sci fi? War of the Worlds and Forbidden Planet.
Best remake of War of the Worlds? Independence Day. The virus killed the monsters. Eat your heart out speilberg.
The remake of ON THE BEACH with Armand Assante, Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward was very good also. Filmed in 2000 in Australia. Not much in Script deviation from the original with Peck (IMHO).