"Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s" Topic
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Tango01 | 31 Oct 2020 9:38 p.m. PST |
"It was the decade that gave the world the maverick New Hollywood drama, the Nixon-era paranoid thriller, the slasher flick, the all-star disaster movie, the gross-out comedy and the modern mega-blockbuster. But the Seventies were particularly kind to one specific cul-de-sac of cinema: the science fiction film, a subset category that was still buzzing from its late-Sixties head-trip phase courtesy of 2001: A Space Odyssey. As the Age of Aquarius slowly slid into the beginning of the nation's Watergate-and-disco period, you could still find sci-fi movies that wanted to blow an audience's possibly addled, probably enhanced mind. But by the end of the 1970s, it was possible to have checked out postapocalyptic action-adventures, future-shock case studies, technophobic nightmares, low-budget exploitation movies about what-if scenarios and big-budget space operas — all of which fell under the S.F. umbrella and helped turn the genre into a gamechanger. And the influences of this period are still showing up in theaters near you…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Editor in Chief Bill | 01 Nov 2020 9:47 a.m. PST |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: "It's the one Kirk film that feels like a worthy tonal predecessor to The Next Generation series that would give the franchise a creative second wind." Really? Really??? |
USAFpilot | 01 Nov 2020 12:17 p.m. PST |
Yea, I don't see the connection between ST: Motion Picture and The Next Generation either. I guess anyone can write nonsense articles. The 1970's was a pretty good decade for science fiction; movies and games. Star Wars set a new standard in movies and Traveller rpg in games. I also think Logan's Run should get kudos for visionary look at the future. |
Tango01 | 01 Nov 2020 5:05 p.m. PST |
Best Decade Ever!…(smile) Amicalement Armand |
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