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Thinking of a '70s scifi movie marathon

Started by Archivist, April 19, 2023, 09:27:01 PM

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bob

Quote from: Allhallowsday on April 20, 2023, 08:06:00 PM
^ Seems like a lot of Horror suggested. 

How about LOGAN'S RUN  or  QUINTET  or  SILENT RUNNING  ...

this is probably showing my age, but I've never heard of any of those
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RCMerchant

^LOGAN'S RUN- ahh- cheezy. SILENT RUNNING with Bruce dern and a couple of robots is a classic.
Directed by Douglas Trumbell, who did the F/X for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, the first STAR TREK movie, and BLADE RUNNER, and also directed the MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT!
I never heard of the other one.
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Archivist

Thank you to everyone for the great recommendations, I will do more research into some of the films I haven't heard of.

It's surprising to think that the original Alien movie was released in 1979! Same with Phantasm, it's surprising that it's from the 70s.

The Island of Dr Moreau looks awesome, I gotta check that one out.

As I said in the original post, I won't watch Silent Running. I saw it when I was a kid and was so sad for the little robot watering the pod garden in space that I just won't watch it again.

Night of the Lepus looks GREAT! How can you go wrong with a movie about giant (presumably killer) rabbits?

How could I have forgotten Zardoz? I watched it with my brother when it came on TV in the 90s, we were quoting lines from it for weeks after. The gun is good!

Food of the Gods looks like it might be fun, too.

Demon Seed is in my Tubi playlist, I will definitely get into that!

I saw Woody Allen's Sleeper on TV in the 80s and laughed my butt off. That's another for the list.

Thank you so much, folks. If you have any more recommendations, I'm happy to receive them!
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Allhallowsday

Quote from: RCMerchant on April 21, 2023, 10:17:50 PM
^LOGAN'S RUN- ahh- cheezy.

LOGAN'S RUN  Cheezy?  Yes.  But it has JENNY AGUTTER!!! 

Quote from: RCMerchant on April 21, 2023, 10:17:50 PM
SILENT RUNNING with Bruce dern and a couple of robots is a classic.
Directed by Douglas Trumbell, who did the F/X for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, the first STAR TREK movie, and BLADE RUNNER, and also directed the MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT!
Agreed, but SILENT RUNNING (1972) is a low action movie. 


Quote from: RCMerchant on April 21, 2023, 10:17:50 PM
I never heard of the other one.

QUINTET (1979) PAUL NEWMAN directed by ROBERT ALTMAN (a flop in its day, strange but interesting)

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RCMerchant

#19
Hmmm. lessee...
Ah!

GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS (1973) is a z-budget mess about a giant mutated...sheep.
I love it, of course.

Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
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Dr. Whom

Idaho Transfer (1973)

Your mileage may vary on this one. I think it is actually a pretty good movie, just very incompetently made.
"Once you get past a certain threshold, everyone's problems are the same: fortifying your island and hiding the heat signature from your fusion reactor."

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.

RCMerchant

TRACK OF THE MOONBEAST (1972) is soooo BAD! In other words- a must see!



Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
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bob

Quote from: RCMerchant on April 22, 2023, 07:47:44 AM
Hmmm. lessee...
Ah!

GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS (1973) is a z-budget mess about a giant mutated...sheep.
I love it, of course.



:bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:

I'll keep eye out for that
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claws

Quote from: RCMerchant on April 22, 2023, 07:47:44 AM
Hmmm. lessee...
Ah!

GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS (1973) is a z-budget mess about a giant mutated...sheep.
I love it, of course.



I believe it was "rediscovered" sometime in the 1990s. I remember my mail order place did a written piece on it. The tape wasn't cheap, but I bought it anyway. I mean, who wouldn't?
Godmonster is mostly dull and makes for a hard watch. Its so bad I only watched it twice  :bouncegiggle:
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Dr. Whom

Does Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) count?
"Once you get past a certain threshold, everyone's problems are the same: fortifying your island and hiding the heat signature from your fusion reactor."

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.

M.10rda

I'm pretty sure no one's mentioned PHASE IV.

Tense, visually arresting, well-acted... w/ good music... and seems likely to have at least partially inspired Alex Garland's ANNIHILATION.

RCMerchant

^ I seen that one at the theater back in the day.
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant