| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 17 Dec 2016 1:20 p.m. PST |
Yes, I'm marking my first full year here with yet another silly poll. What's your favorite? I'll nominate this groundbreaking one by the great Saul Bass,just oozing with early sixties cool: youtu.be/XI9Or8rE_Dc Lots to choose from,though. If you can't think of any offhand, someone has posted a list of 102 of them on youtube! |
| Wackmole9 | 17 Dec 2016 1:41 p.m. PST |
Hi My vote is for Pink Panther |
 FingerandToeGlenn  | 17 Dec 2016 1:49 p.m. PST |
If you mean the original Pink Panther, then absolutely yes. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 17 Dec 2016 2:13 p.m. PST |
Oh yeah, Fritz Freleng and Henry Mancini,what's not to like? youtu.be/K0YI9c3jc90 Spawned a series of "cool" cartoons,too--at least the ones made for theaters. |
| Winston Smith | 17 Dec 2016 2:53 p.m. PST |
"A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away…" |
| Grignotage | 17 Dec 2016 2:54 p.m. PST |
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| Dynaman8789 | 17 Dec 2016 2:57 p.m. PST |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, what can be better? |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 17 Dec 2016 3:47 p.m. PST |
Ooh yes, Holy Grail titles--actually fairly low key,at least at first:
youtu.be/djKPvXDwXcs
I wonder if that guy on the wheel in the opening shot was a nod to The Devils(1971)? Now that was one weird movie. |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 17 Dec 2016 5:18 p.m. PST |
Flash Gordon; the 1980 movie |
| Florida Tory | 17 Dec 2016 5:30 p.m. PST |
I'm with Winston on this one. |
Just Jack  | 17 Dec 2016 6:19 p.m. PST |
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| JSchutt | 17 Dec 2016 6:37 p.m. PST |
If a TV show is permissible mine would be the opening to "Get Smart." Why I always expected a different ending I'm not sure. |
| rxpjks1 | 17 Dec 2016 6:46 p.m. PST |
Western, the good the bad and the ugly. |
| 21eRegt | 17 Dec 2016 10:06 p.m. PST |
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| Tommy20 | 17 Dec 2016 11:35 p.m. PST |
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| Eumelus | 18 Dec 2016 2:14 a.m. PST |
The opening to "Gods and Generals" is heart-renderingly lovely (which made the mediocrity of the rest of the film all the more disappointing). |
 etotheipi | 18 Dec 2016 4:32 a.m. PST |
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| MHoxie | 18 Dec 2016 5:27 a.m. PST |
Barbarella (num nums)
Fahrenheit 451 (spoken credits -- get it?)
Zardoz (I'm serious -- Beethoven's Seventh)
The Green Slime (rockin')
The Blob (1958 -- Bacharach and that funky animation) |
| Dynaman8789 | 18 Dec 2016 6:31 a.m. PST |
Green Slime! I may have to change my vote. Cheesy movie but a guilty pleasure! |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 18 Dec 2016 9:04 a.m. PST |
I'd still like to hear your favorite,but multiples allowed, in order to at least partially offset Bill's "Where were you during the nominations" crack,should this by some fluke ever become a "real" poll. |
| Giles the Zog | 18 Dec 2016 9:31 a.m. PST |
Once Upon A Time In the West …the Sergio Leonne western… next to no dialogue, the only sounds are the wind pump, the wind…. ..and it ends in a bloody shoot out…. |
| Moonbeast | 18 Dec 2016 10:18 a.m. PST |
The opening to Mystery Science Theater 3000. |
| Dances with Clydesdales | 18 Dec 2016 10:21 a.m. PST |
I'll second "Once Upon a Time in The West". |
| microgeorge | 18 Dec 2016 11:58 a.m. PST |
Jack Elam: "Looks like we didn't bring enough horses"
Charles Bronson: "No, you brought two too many"
Classic! |
| rmaker | 18 Dec 2016 12:49 p.m. PST |
Casablanca. Road to Morocco is fun, too. |
| grtbrt | 18 Dec 2016 8:40 p.m. PST |
The only good part of Passenger 57 – when the terrorists take over the plane and the leader asks the flight crew who is in charge – the captains says 'I am" and is promptly shot – Question asked again and co-pilot says "You are ".
Laugh ever time I see it -and even now smiling writing about it . |
 miniMo | 18 Dec 2016 10:12 p.m. PST |
Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
Far and away Pia Zadora's best film =^,^= |
| Chuckaroobob | 19 Dec 2016 10:10 a.m. PST |
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| athun25 | 19 Dec 2016 10:37 a.m. PST |
Casino Royale , David Niven edition. |
 javelin98 | 19 Dec 2016 12:33 p.m. PST |
The opening to the original "Alien" was excellent. It really captured the foreboding sense of doom of the movie. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 19 Dec 2016 1:23 p.m. PST |
Yes,very true! Wonder if it would work with today's loudness-inured audiences? Off topic,but still movie-related,that goes double,or triple, for trailers,which incidentally started changing around that time,apparently to be more attention-grabbing. I don't know about you,but after being bombarded with five or six of those hyper-cut things in a row, I can't remember anything about any of them--sensory overload obliterates all. Of course,modern trailers are mostly farmed out to a very few "trailer studios",so everything starts to look "samey" after a while. I often wonder what the reaction would be if,in the middle of all the noise and flash,theater audiences were suddenly served up something like this one,from 1979: youtu.be/3b726feAhdU Seeing it again reminds me of mine: by the end of it, I was frozen solid,halfway out of my seat. |
| Dynaman8789 | 19 Dec 2016 4:18 p.m. PST |
>Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
>Far and away Pia Zadora's best film =^,^= HERESY!
Santa Claus Conquers the martians is her best film. |
| miniMo | 19 Dec 2016 9:24 p.m. PST |
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| javelin98 | 20 Dec 2016 2:05 p.m. PST |
@Hafen: Yes! The Shining trailer was an example of "move trailer as art form". Not like today's trailers, where you don't have to go see the movie since the trailer has already shown you all the highlights! Although, I did enjoy this version of The Shining: YouTube link |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 20 Dec 2016 3:25 p.m. PST |
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| USAFpilot | 20 Dec 2016 4:02 p.m. PST |
Conan the Barbarian "Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!" Followed by great music playing while Conan as a small boy watches his father forge a sword. YouTube link |
| javelin98 | 21 Dec 2016 9:52 a.m. PST |
The original Conan is one of the best fantasy movies ever made! I have the soundtrack and we sometimes put it on when setting up a game. |
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