Tango01  | 21 Apr 2023 8:53 p.m. PST |
"Somewhere between 1968's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and 1977's "Star Wars," something happened in the culture. Storytellers, perhaps inspired by the fizzling out of the hippie counter-culture, the still-dragging-on war in Vietnam and post-Watergate disillusionment, began to look at the future in a somewhat darker, more idiosyncratic way than had been the case before, shifting focus to recurring themes of environmental disaster, utopias gone sour, and the end of all things. The result is one of the most distinctive and self-contained periods of sci-fi movies in the history of cinema, one where the films proved weirder, more distinctive and trippier than at almost any other time. One such example, Michael Crichton‘s curious western/sci-fi hybrid "Westworld," hits Blu-ray for the first time this week, and celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. And so we thought this felt like a good opportunity to run down 20 of our favorite — or in some cases, least favorite — odd '70s sci-fi movies. Check out our list below, and let us know your own favorites in the comments section below…"
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 gamertom | 21 Apr 2023 10:09 p.m. PST |
Good lord, I watched 16 of the 20 when they were released! I'm not sure what that says about my young adult years. |
| ZULUPAUL | 22 Apr 2023 3:47 a.m. PST |
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| jdpintex | 22 Apr 2023 8:32 a.m. PST |
I've seen 18 of the 20 either at the theater when they came out or since (hard to remember which sometimes). |
| Andrew Walters | 22 Apr 2023 8:42 a.m. PST |
Dark Star is still very worthwhile. There are a couple on there I still mean to see, and a few that I'm not sure are still relevant… |
| Frederick | 22 Apr 2023 11:58 a.m. PST |
You are in good company -I watched about half of them Even as a callow youth I never got the premise about Silent Running destroying the biospheres they had clearly spent so much building And Rollerball was straight up nuts |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 22 Apr 2023 3:09 p.m. PST |
I've seen most of them. Good article. |
| Tango01 | 22 Apr 2023 3:37 p.m. PST |
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| Bunkermeister | 22 Apr 2023 4:34 p.m. PST |
"Quintet" didn't exactly work. Set in a wintry, post-apocalyptic future where a new ice age has ravaged Earth," Yes, this was the crisis de-jour we had to worry about in the 1970s and 1980s was the NEW ICE AGE. I tell people this now and they call me a liar. I have seen over half of these movies and they are universally terrible, except for Soylent Green and Last Man on Earth which are merely poor. The ones I have not seen look even worse. Mike Bunkermeister Creek |
| Covert Walrus | 22 Apr 2023 6:58 p.m. PST |
Interesting how many of these were adaptations of books or short stories – "A Boy And His Dog" was Ellison, "No Blade Of Grass" is John Christopher ( Of "Tripods" fame), "the Man Who Fell To Earth" is Walter Tevis ( Of "The Hustler"), and credit is given for most of the rest in the article. Most SF movies now are either franchises of studio originals, scripts by film studio people, , or YA bestsellers . . . with a few notable exceptions. |
| joedog | 22 Apr 2023 7:44 p.m. PST |
There are six that I haven't seen – but I have seen four of the "also rans". |
| Shagnasty | 24 Apr 2023 10:53 a.m. PST |
17 of the 20 and ALL of the also-runs. I liked science fiction until I started living in it. |
| Tango01 | 24 Apr 2023 3:32 p.m. PST |
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| wballard | 14 Jul 2023 12:44 p.m. PST |
"Omega Man" based on the book "I am Legend", first made into a movie as "The Last Man on Earth" in 1964 with Vincent Price. Then the Will Smith version title "I am Legend" 2007 and "I am Omega" direct to DVD in 2006 (which the description sounds to be horrid, hence the direct to DVD) |
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