tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post4496981160733475019..comments2024-03-14T07:11:37.650+00:00Comments on Porky's Expanse!: Seventies heavensPorkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-13329020684344278932011-01-27T15:44:28.101+00:002011-01-27T15:44:28.101+00:00Was it? Shoot... I'm mixing up Tolkien goblin ...Was it? Shoot... I'm mixing up Tolkien goblin ref's..Dave Garbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557481319925772152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-56845042534272979632011-01-26T17:15:21.778+00:002011-01-26T17:15:21.778+00:00Great suggestions, and now in the list. Thank you ...Great suggestions, and now in the list. Thank you too for finding the links for me! That particular video is from <i>The Return of the King</i>, but it's a good reminder of how the material can be interpreted and how much fun the older techniques can be. As a partial substitute, I found this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_JMOPCo31M" rel="nofollow">fan-made trailer</a> for <i>The Hobbit</i>.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-75034703055265702272011-01-25T20:36:22.914+00:002011-01-25T20:36:22.914+00:00For the fantasy side of things
The Hobbit ('77...For the fantasy side of things<br />The Hobbit ('77) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077687/<br />Wizards ('77) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076929/<br /><br />Both are great movies and work in social outcry at the state of the world and recent wars.<br /><br />This is a great clip from The Hobbit showing some of it's propaganda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y<br /><br />Wizards is about two rival brothers, one that wants to dominate the world, the other to just enjoy hippy love. The evil one finds a secret weapon - a projector containing WW2 Nazi propaganda that he projects into the skies over battlefields.. the good guys, unaccustomed to witnessing such evil can't stand against the evil armies while it plays.Dave Garbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557481319925772152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-6470496261311565652011-01-08T12:44:18.141+00:002011-01-08T12:44:18.141+00:00I'd only ever heard of it, but just watched th...I'd only ever heard of it, but just watched the trailer and read up some. It seems a science fantasy-style mash-up and spaced-out in nature, and that qualifies it I'd say, far more than technical quality. It does suggest the ideas and mental atmosphere of areas of the hobby. I'll add it.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-89966418972771838312011-01-08T02:32:55.933+00:002011-01-08T02:32:55.933+00:00One of the people I work with just lent me Zardoz ...One of the people I work with just lent me Zardoz today (with Sean Connery!) which, according to the spine of the DVD, was released in 1974.<br />I've seen stills, and the movie looks pretty cringe-inducing ...yet I've heard it's actually a pretty good sci-fi.Is it good enough to make your list?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-22908340653382770922011-01-07T10:41:54.930+00:002011-01-07T10:41:54.930+00:00Good recommendation and good idea. I've been f...Good recommendation and good idea. I've been following that blog for a while and know exactly how absorbing it can be, but I'll take a look through the archive and see what I can turn up.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-27297088386031631542011-01-07T05:10:00.834+00:002011-01-07T05:10:00.834+00:00I don't have much to add other than this blog ...I don't have much to add other than this blog I stumbled upon that tackles 70s and 80s sci-fi tv shows:<br /><br />http://space1970.blogspot.com/<br /><br />I stumbled upon it and wandered around it for a few HOURS the first time I was there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-44419175602254200522011-01-04T12:45:54.484+00:002011-01-04T12:45:54.484+00:00Thanks, and well done on so many - I've got so...Thanks, and well done on so many - I've got some way to go to match that.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-21079952259600079532011-01-04T12:19:49.587+00:002011-01-04T12:19:49.587+00:00The only one I hadn't seen was At the Earth...The only one I hadn't seen was At the Earth's Core.Damn good list.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-38557995818685080122011-01-04T11:18:27.731+00:002011-01-04T11:18:27.731+00:00Welcome to the Expanse! It's good to see your ...Welcome to the Expanse! It's good to see your familiar face here too.<br /><br />I thought briefly about this one, but I've never actually seen it so allowed my mind to wander on. I guess that having come five years earlier than Logan's Run - and as far as I can tell having a similar subject - it does deserve listing. I'll put both films in.<br /><br />As for other decades, it now seems unavoidable! I'm no expert, but with help from you guys it should be possible.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-91049899805122652382011-01-04T03:55:09.803+00:002011-01-04T03:55:09.803+00:00I'd suggest Lucas' first effort, THX1138. ...I'd suggest Lucas' first effort, <em>THX1138</em>. It's <em>A Clockwork Orange</em>'s opposite number, in so much as it's nearly devoid of language, but communicates a world and unfamiliar concepts with a lot of clarity.<br /><br />As a big fan of the decade in general, I'd like to see your take on similar influences from 90's flicks!Lexingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461092901730185693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-11940781590343432472011-01-03T19:31:01.710+00:002011-01-03T19:31:01.710+00:00Hi guys! Thanks for the suggestions so far, in or ...Hi guys! Thanks for the suggestions so far, in or out! I know how difficult it is to hit the mark - my own mental '70s in cinema does begin more with <i>Planet of the Apes</i> and <i>2001</i> and end late, at <i>Dune</i> maybe, or even <i>Conan</i> in '82. I checked and had to reject some of the same.<br /><br />Looking back from 2010, the social awareness, optimism and mock realism coming after <i>Apes</i>, <i>2001</i> and the moon landings makes the decade seem to start earlier, and films up to the late '80s have that gritty, model-based aesthetic by contrast with the squeaky CGI revolution. Films like <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Alien</i> came late in the decade too and it might be that the films that followed in their footsteps are making the end harder to fix.<br /><br /><i>Clockwork Orange</i> could be included for influencing the way we view the language and culture of the settings we create. I know it's at the back of my mind when I think about how I can make vocabulary fit. Does anyone else feel the same way?Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-48087427235882675032011-01-03T18:58:06.654+00:002011-01-03T18:58:06.654+00:00Good list Porky. There are several from that time...Good list Porky. There are several from that timespan that may or may not be appropriate for the list like Clockwork Orange. 2001 would be a contender but it was released in 1968 (really, wow, that's a classic). How about Battle Beyond the Stars? Ooops, that was done in 1980.Xyanthonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902260753434100101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-80345438870183651492011-01-03T18:22:25.626+00:002011-01-03T18:22:25.626+00:00Oh, sorry, I missed the bit about the 70's. In...Oh, sorry, I missed the bit about the 70's. In that case, both of mine are out of the running.<br /><br /><b>Andy</b>, both are 80's films, 1982 and 1981 respectively.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-50026675081824251502011-01-03T18:19:33.572+00:002011-01-03T18:19:33.572+00:00What about Bladerunner, or was that in the '80...What about Bladerunner, or was that in the '80s? Raiders of the Lost Ark is also a good one for the list, but I'm also in doubt: '70s or '80s?Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158215811847131189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487413006559113471.post-82983821419044800912011-01-03T17:51:07.122+00:002011-01-03T17:51:07.122+00:00I might include The Chronicles of Riddick, not bec...I might include <i>The Chronicles of Riddick</i>, not because it's any good because it's not, but because the world has an appropriate Jack Kirby/<i>Warhammer 40,000</i> feel to it.<br /><br />Oh, and <i>Dune</i>.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com