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Post by John Green on Oct 17, 2014 22:42:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 9:20:10 GMT
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Post by Patrick Coles on Oct 18, 2014 9:46:45 GMT
that reminds me of a line from 'The Twilight Zone'
'you better watch what you...THINK' !
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Post by Marie Griffiths on Oct 18, 2014 15:31:54 GMT
I like the comment that graun made on the thread on that article, in summary, the SF made these days is just battles in space with aliens not high ideas. Being as I am a bit younger than the commentators here I find some of the old stuff to be hidden gems that I was too young to enjoy the first time around. I would like to see Changes and would have liked to seen more of the Out of the Unknown Series, I have loved the ones I have found on Youtube.
I think the BBC for one is short of ideas. I did submit a script to them but they asset stripped it IMHO, the jokes ended up in the Radio 4 Punt and Dennis, the plot ended up in "Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel" and the subplot of the current Dr Who.
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Post by Alan Turrell on Oct 18, 2014 17:58:55 GMT
Yes i agree SF these days is gigantic space ship battles without any real plot or storyline and in my opinion pretty boring stuff,where as shows like The outer limits, The invaders,Twilight zone ,classic Dr who not the recent ones knock spots off anything made these days that fall under the SF banner and i must say i'm really looking forward to watching Out of the unknown i don't remember watching this at all at the time so will be new to me .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 18:20:23 GMT
I fear the influence of Star Wars well and truly dumbed down the whole genre. Cowboys and Indians in space and a return to a modern version of the '30s Flash Gordon serials (albeit with a higher standard of FX) is what we got stuck with afterwards. Before that time, there was plenty of the "SF of ideas" variety in both TV and cinema. I've hardly liked any Science Fiction which has been produced since then as a result.
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Post by Alan Turrell on Oct 18, 2014 21:28:13 GMT
I fear the influence of Star Wars well and truly dumbed down the whole genre. Cowboys and Indians in space and a return to a modern version of the '30s Flash Gordon serials (albeit with a higher standard of FX) is what we got stuck with afterwards. Before that time, there was plenty of the "SF of ideas" variety in both TV and cinema. I've hardly liked any Science Fiction which has been produced since then as a result. Yes it all started to go downhill from Star Wars . |
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Post by Marie Griffiths on Oct 20, 2014 18:25:13 GMT
Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror is a rare exception as is Utopia. I wish Charlie Brooker would remake some of the 'Out of the Unknown' episodes using modern production techniques or recreate some of the lost ones like 'Liar' The best one to start with is, Alan Turrell, is the Machine Stops. Some of scenarios are no longer science fiction but today's problems. The mother in the plot obviously would be a Apple user. www.dailymotion.com/video/xxq923_out-of-the-unknown-the-machine-stops-s2-ep1_shortfilms |
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Post by John Green on Oct 20, 2014 19:36:32 GMT
'The Machine Stops' is the only one I remember watching at the time.It made quite an impression on me.
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Post by Marie Griffiths on Nov 1, 2014 18:43:25 GMT
BTW If Stephen Merchant is indeed stealing ideas from that script I sent in then the current sub plot of Miss Milly is that she is an intergalactic employment agent who steals people's souls just before death to work for her. Not this is posted before tonight's episode featuring her.
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