Ah, everytime someone starts to spin some Utopian dream of this that tehcnology or urban planning, I think to myself: "They haven't seen or read enough really good bad science fiction from the 1930's into the 1970's. Otherwise they would know that something always goes horribly, horrible wrong.
With that in mind: anything written by Philip K. Dick. Even the bad stuff. Especially the bad stuff.
I've been watching a DVD set of The Invaders. This was a 1967-8 TV show about "David Vincent has seen them. Alien invaders who have taken human form..." And when the aliens are killed, well, you have to watch them.
The X-Files stole a lot of ideas from this show, even actor Roy Thinnes who was on the X-Files for several episodes.
The shows are formulaic but entertaining. It's on 10 or so DVD's that are cheaply done. The color is very washed out, for example, and inconsistant. Many of the DVD's freeze up and stop playing. They will play again later. Which makes me wonder why that is? I can hear the DVD playing making more chirping noise as is plays that it does with any other DVD's. Pure speculation, but maybe the DVD's are just about out of spec, causing the laser to overwork trying to track it, which causes the machine to get overheated.
Or, the aliens are controlling my DVD player. Yeah, that's it! Somebody out of the UK is selling a region free version. I don't know if it's any better.
Content is worth the bad transfer.
Also, a great movie: Kronos. I think it was filmed in Mexico. The alien machine looks like a modern sculpture. A large black rectangle that get's bigger as it steals the earth's energy. Pretty soon it's gigantic, towering miles high as it invades the San Fernando Valley, my home town. Then, when the heroes land a helicopter on the top, it courteously changes size so the top is small enough to fit in a sound stage!
SL
With that in mind: anything written by Philip K. Dick. Even the bad stuff. Especially the bad stuff.
I've been watching a DVD set of The Invaders. This was a 1967-8 TV show about "David Vincent has seen them. Alien invaders who have taken human form..." And when the aliens are killed, well, you have to watch them.
The X-Files stole a lot of ideas from this show, even actor Roy Thinnes who was on the X-Files for several episodes.
The shows are formulaic but entertaining. It's on 10 or so DVD's that are cheaply done. The color is very washed out, for example, and inconsistant. Many of the DVD's freeze up and stop playing. They will play again later. Which makes me wonder why that is? I can hear the DVD playing making more chirping noise as is plays that it does with any other DVD's. Pure speculation, but maybe the DVD's are just about out of spec, causing the laser to overwork trying to track it, which causes the machine to get overheated.
Or, the aliens are controlling my DVD player. Yeah, that's it! Somebody out of the UK is selling a region free version. I don't know if it's any better.
Content is worth the bad transfer.
Also, a great movie: Kronos. I think it was filmed in Mexico. The alien machine looks like a modern sculpture. A large black rectangle that get's bigger as it steals the earth's energy. Pretty soon it's gigantic, towering miles high as it invades the San Fernando Valley, my home town. Then, when the heroes land a helicopter on the top, it courteously changes size so the top is small enough to fit in a sound stage!
SL
The only thing wrong with censorship is [deleted].
