lindley@ut-ngp.UUCP (John L. Templer) (02/23/85)
From: FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA > We have had some fun discussing the worst SF films, but the challenge > still stands, to name the best SF films. I find that a hard challenge, > and would like to take a little time to explain why . . . . . The > result (according to one biased observer): > > Fritz Lang : Metropolis (1926) > > Frank Capra : Lost Horizon (1937) > > Rudolph Mate' : When Worlds Collide (1951) -- (for the 40's) > > Fred McLeod Wilcox : Forbidden Planet (1956) > > Roger Vadim : Barbarella (1967) > > Here I stop, being able neither to ignore "2001" > nor to accept it. > > Robert Firth Ok, I agree with Metropolis and Forbidden Planet, and maybe When Worlds Collide (having only read the book), but to leave out 2001, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and to include Barbarella? Even leaving out considerations of quality, Barbarella was more a fantasy than science fiction. -- John L. Templer University of Texas at Austin {allegra,gatech,seismo!ut-sally,vortex}!ut-ngp!lindley "Gongo Bunnies movin' in,