I think Dune is a must read for any scifi fan... I am a retro-scifi fan... I love to read the stories, but sometimes a 50's movie can tell a story quite nicely... Crappy FX require a better plot to keep you watching...
I recommend: - The Forbidden Planet (The best!) (Very likely the precursor of Star Trek) - The day the Earth stood still (Not the remake, the old one) (GREAT music) (Klaatu Barada nikto!) - THX 1138 (The only good movie George Lucas has ever done) (A little bit dense) - Soylent Green - War of the worlds (old movie, not the remake) - Voyage to the centre of the Earth (old movie, great for a sunday evening with kids) - The time machine (Again, the old movie) Some other interesting movies... - Silent Running - Solaris (both Soviet and American remake) - Metropolis (It is great, but it is also long... Very good visuals... There are some alternative suggested sountracks around... look for them) - Capricorn One (For the ones that still think that Apollo never made it to the Moon) And of course.... Plan 9 from outer Space!! On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Eris Discordia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is now a 'short story'? Or your >> "sci-fi" expertise is equivalent to your technical "expertise"? > > You're right. It's a novel--a "long story." I haven't read it. Which is why > I didn't recommend it. I named and recommended what I had read. > > --On Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:54 PM +0100 Uriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Eris Discordia >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> At last, something I can claim expertise in--you actually see the >>> "sci-fi" expertise showing on my feeble attempts at technicality ;-) >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> Then there's Philip K. Dick. One of his short stories was recommended (by >>> which the film Blade Runner was inspired). >> >> "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is now a 'short story'? Or your >> "sci-fi" expertise is equivalent to your technical "expertise"? >> >> Peace >> >> uriel >> >> PS.: And I agree with yy, it is a very recommendable book, as is most >> work by P.K. Dick. Also is very recommendable almost everything by >> Jack Vance, although it is less 'sci-fi' and more high quality >> literature. >> > > > > > >
