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I'm starting to appreciate 50's sci-fi for its complexity, not just campiness
| amethyst church | 10/20/18 |
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Date: October 20th, 2018 4:23 PM Author: amethyst church even a low-budget film like "X the Unknown" (1956), which is itself kind of a ripoff of a related sci-fi series called "Quatermass," has as its conceit the notion of differential evolution and the return to the surface of the earth of life-forms which operate on different principles of energy absorption than terrestrial creatures.
it struck me that these ideas would probably be considered too complex to convey to a mainstream film audience in 2018. |
Date: October 20th, 2018 4:23 PM Author: henna kitchen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4111237&forum_id=2#37062772) |
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Date: October 20th, 2018 5:06 PM Author: vibrant puppy den Cr
Although the Quatermass movies were written by Nigel Kneale, who was one of the more cerebral figures in mid century British sci-fi and horror
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Date: October 20th, 2018 5:09 PM Author: amethyst church 1956 was the same year that Forbidden Planet came out. that was another high-concept sci-fi film. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4111237&forum_id=2#37062985) |
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Date: October 20th, 2018 5:06 PM Author: Copper regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4111237&forum_id=2#37062970) |
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Date: October 20th, 2018 5:07 PM Author: appetizing milk Forbidden Planet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4111237&forum_id=2#37062973) |
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Date: October 20th, 2018 5:08 PM Author: vibrant puppy den Yeah, an adaptation of The Tempest that cribs from Sigmund Freud (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4111237&forum_id=2#37062981) |