some of my favourite lesser known Sci fi films.

[Flash Gordon]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

Gunhed was quite poor. A better movie that promises giant robot action but then rather fails to deliver is Robot Jox.

For great '70s sci-fi you can't beat Sean Connery in a nappy with a floating head spitting out guns in Zardoz!

Outlander is classic.

I loved Robot Jox, Crash and Burn was so-so, but wasnt there a live action film made by the same company? Humans and aliens fighting in an Arena?

[Sgt Sunshine]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

I very much enjoyed "Silent Running" too....some amazing special effects for the time by Douglas Trumball (who had worked also on 2001 A Space Odyssey)
Also add to your list "Dark City".....which stars the gorgeous Jennifer Connelly....



Cheers
Sgt S

[Techno]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

Jennifer Connelly is a goddess. Dark City is a sad film. They keep trying to get to Shell Beach but never quite make it.

I have a VHS tape of Max Headroom The Movie. Lasts about 55 minutes, made by Channel 4, first screened Christmas 1985, music by Midge Ure and Chris Cross from Ultravox. It tells the story of how Max Headroom was created. My avatar is a still from it. It was screened a few years ago during the 25th anniversary celebrations of Channel 4. Never released on DVD as far as I know.

They made a whole sci-fi series about him in the USA. I notice that it was recently released on DVD in the States, but it is Region 1 coding and NTSC.

[Cartimand]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

Some happy memories flooding back! The Carpenter remake of The Thing is that rarest of beasts - a remake that improves on the original! I actually quite enjoyed Hell Comes to Frogtown - but I was probably watching through beer goggles. The combat scenes in Robot Jox and Crash and Burn were undeniably quite spectacular (but the waffly script in between was dire). Anyone else remember Moontrap? One of the legendary Bruce Campbell's lesser-known movies, but pretty good, with a particularly gruesome animated corpse!

[Flash Gordon]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

dark city blew my mind.

Any mention of Saturn 5(?)

Anyone seen Dark side of the moon?

[Flash Gordon]

Re: some of my favourite lesser known Sci fi films.

Saturn 3

[Techno]

Re: some of my favourite lesser known Sci fi films.

I was going to say Repo Man but then I remembered that I've never actually seen it. I've had to add it to my LoveFilm list.

[vanhelsing]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

Spacehunter, Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. (originally in 3D)
Great fun and about as cheesy as you can get.

Cherry 2000
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
And, of course, Flash Gordon: "Gordon's Alive!" from the magnificent Brian Blessed.

"Battle Beyound the Stars " was most memorable for me for Robert Vaughn essentially having lifed his character and lines from "The Magnificent Seven" (as was the entire plot.)

The Seven Samurai influenced The Magnificent Seven which influenced Battle Beyond The stars.

[vanhelsing]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

GUNHED (aN UNDERATED Japanese live action film)
AKIRA

[vanhelsing]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

Outlander is classic.

I loved Robot Jox, Crash and Burn was so-so, but wasnt there a live action film made by the same company? Humans and aliens fighting in an Arena?

You mean ARENA?
Hey, has ANYBODY mentioned DEATH RACE 2000?

[Brer Bunny]

Is Saturn 5 the one in which a robot goes insane after falling in love with a woman and tries to kill its "love rivals" including it's creator and her pet dog?

[darren]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

what about the man who fell to earth with david bowie.
superb film.

[Sgt Sunshine]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

what about the man who fell to earth with david bowie.
superb film.

Yes an excellent film darren........

[darren]

Re: some of my favorite lesser known Sci fi films.

Yes an excellent film darren........

sire is sargeant.
here is the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKF5lHcJY9k

[zip55]

Re: some of my favourite lesser known Sci fi films.

Liquid Sky is pretty good though not really a sci-fi movie