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Thx 1138

Thats a wild one..

Very radical for its time.

Scary to think of whats possible these days.

ChaCha, have you watched Conspiracy Theory with Mel Gibson and Captain Piqard? Very chilling..



Bill
 
Patrick Stewart, Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson....

Very Radical.... Yes... I watched it.... :bump:
 
And here I was thinking you were thanking someone or something named 1138 with that thread title.

I spend too much time on the internet. :isadizzy:

Kthxbye. :)d)


- Edit: I of course know that THX 1138 is movie. never watched it though.
 
Remain calm, everything will be alright. Love this movie. He used THX 1138 or variations in the rest of his movies/stories. Check the license plate of Milner's rod in American Gaffiti, or the book version of Star Wars ( hint: Death Star, comm problem with trick to get to a console ).
 
aeromed202 said:
Remain calm, everything will be alright. Love this movie. He used THX 1138 or variations in the rest of his movies/stories. Check the license plate of Milner's rod in American Gaffiti, or the book version of Star Wars ( hint: Death Star, comm problem with trick to get to a console ).
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THX

Remain calm, everything will be alright, help is on the way!

I love that car.... super fast.... :running:
 
American Graffiti, one of my favorite pictures. Rememberable lines, new upcoming actors, and best of all, great music and cars together. I was just a kid, think it was the first PG movie I ever saw. My Aunt snuck me in. :icon_lol:

All the cars are still around today, especially Milner's Yellow Deuce Coupe.
 
My apologies ChaCha..


I got my movies mixed up. I was thinking of a different movie. This is the one where the guy lives in a survival colony deep in the Earth. The colony is run by chrome faced police droids. The person falls in love with a girl and they are repremanded for their love.

Very good movie.

Love that car scene, chased through the underground tunnels.

Good ending..



Bill
 
THX-1138 was actually George Lucas first movie, adapted from a story and short film he did while a student.

It borrowed strongly from several themes emerging from other writers in which humans are depicted as living in a centrally controlled environment in which original thought and traditional freedoms are suppressed, as well as basic human sexuality and emotion through the use of drugs and uncompromising regimentation (See Kurt Vonnegut, "Welcome to the Monkey House").

I first saw this movie on a late night channel when I was a teenager, and still think it is one of the best movies Lucas has ever done. It's also great Science Fiction, a genre that has suffered greatly under the incredible weight of Lucas own Star Wars (briefly resurrected by the original Alien and Blade Runner -- before Alien went off into stooopid).

Whats nice about THX-1138 is that it has some great actors, including Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasance, and by the way, there are two love stories here...the one of Duvall for his partner and she for him, and the one of Donald Pleasance for Duvall (a homosexual relationship). This was pretty heady stuff at the time.
 
Aye, 'Do androids dream of electric sheep' did translate well to the big screen, as well as another one of Philip K. Dicks books starring the 'Governator'. THX is undoubtedly the best of Lucas' sci-fi stories, and I hold on to hopes that some of Heinliens larger books will be films one day, as well as some of Bruce Sterling and William Gibsons work.
 
Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep - also a big influence, if not directly, for the movie Bladerunner. It's a great book btw, but very not an easy read. Weird.

I'd love to see William Gibsons' work turn into films. Though i think the Matrix borrowed heavily from him.

-feng
 
Well, I had great hopes for "Starship Troopers"....but we see what came of that.

Still, one can dream (of electric sheep).
 
TeaSea said:
Well, I had great hopes for "Starship Troopers"....but we see what came of that.

Still, one can dream (of electric sheep).
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hey ! I actually liked starship troopers. Ya I know, it resembles the book in title only but it was entertaining. I was thinking along the lines of Stranger in a strange land, Friday, or Job. (Red Planet stunk)

And ya, 'Neuromancer' and The Matrix have very similiar themes, but there aint no 'human batteries' in Neuromancer.
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Sorry to get off topic.

Oh BTW, what guy ties almost all the titles and people in this thread together ?</edit>
 
FengZ said:
Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep - also a big influence, if not directly, for the movie Bladerunner. It's a great book btw, but very not an easy read. Weird.

I'd love to see William Gibsons' work turn into films. Though i think the Matrix borrowed heavily from him.

-feng
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My problem with Blade Runner VS Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep is that Riddly Scott only read half of the book. That said it is one of the best dystopian genre films ever made. I went to see it when it was re-released on it's ten year anniversary at a real one screen theater in Westwood just out side of UCLA. I actually had to drive 130 miles to see it.

Funny William Gibson is mentioned as I just finished Neromancer a couple of days ago. I read this one every few years since I first read it along with Mona Lisa Overdrive, Count Zero and Burning Chrome almost 20 years ago. There was a movie based on one of Gibson's short stories, Johnny Mnemonic, that was a huge let down. If there had to be a "must make" film based on Gibson's stories it should be Neromancer.

And finally getting back to THX1138, that had to be the one film that when I saw it in the 70's convinced me that Sci-Fi could be and should be more than pointy eared aliens on TV and all the other clap-trap that was trotted out as "science fiction" during the time before Star Wars. I mean what could be more frightening during the disco days than a society that used drugs to control the population and the police are faceless nameless androids?
 
strikehawk said:
My problem with Blade Runner VS Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep is that Riddly Scott only read half of the book. That said it is one of the best dystopian genre films ever made. I went to see it when it was re-released on it's ten year anniversary at a real one screen theater in Westwood just out side of UCLA. I actually had to drive 130 miles to see it.

Funny William Gibson is mentioned as I just finished Neromancer a couple of days ago. I read this one every few years since I first read it along with Mona Lisa Overdrive, Count Zero and Burning Chrome almost 20 years ago. There was a movie based on one of Gibson's short stories, Johnny Mnemonic, that was a huge let down. If there had to be a "must make" film based on Gibson's stories it should be Neromancer.

And finally getting back to THX1138, that had to be the one film that when I saw it in the 70's convinced me that Sci-Fi could be and should be more than pointy eared aliens on TV and all the other clap-trap that was trotted out as "science fiction" during the time before Star Wars. I mean what could be more frightening during the disco days than a society that used drugs to control the population and the police are faceless nameless androids?
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Bladerunner is actually my favorite movie of all time. It is such a deep movie with so many thought provoking elements. The director's cut is even better. This movie shaped my professional career.

Yeah, Johnny M. was a bad movie. Sad, cuz a lot of good designers worked on it (including Syd Mead of Bladerunner).

And back to THX. I'm curious to which version you guys are referring to. When i was up at the Ranch, George re-shot a lot of the scenes....in fact, many of my friends are in the new "re-release" as extras....but you had to shave your hair to do it....so i skipped it! :) But yeah, great movie, way ahead of its time. The re-release is actually pretty cool....the CG integration is very seamless...

-feng
 
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