Pixel Scroll 12/11 Fresh Squeezed Pixel Juice

(1) COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL. The University of Maryland Libraries is hosting “Exam Wars: The Turtle Awakens” (U of M’s mascot is the terrapin.)

They’re having a Star Wars drawing contest, among other things.

Exam Wars Illustration Contest Students will send us a drawing of a Star Wars character, and will be entered into a drawing for their very own VIP Study Room, (modeled after the University of Dayton <http://www.programminglibrarian.org/blog/very-important-prize>  study room give-away). This room in McKeldin will be available to the winner during reading day and finals week.

(2) REFERENCE DIRECTOR! “Calista Flockhart Thought the Millennium Falcon Was an Airline”, or so she told Jimmy Kimmel.

In recent months, Harrison Ford has grudgingly acknowledged that he has a soft spot for Star Wars — but apparently, not enough to show the films to his wife Calista Flockhart. During a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, Supergirl actress Flockhart admitted that she was completely in the dark about all things Han Solo until this year. In fact, when a producer on Star Wars: The Force Awakens called to inform her of Ford’s accident on the Millennium Falcon, she had no idea what the Millennium Falcon was.

“A producer called me and she said, ‘Hi Calista, I have some bad news. Harrison has been hurt. He had an accident: he was standing on a Millennium Falcon and the door fell,’” Flockhart told Kimmel. “And I thought that he was on some commercial airline, and the door fell off and he flew out of the airplane!”

Totally confounded, Flockhart called a friend. “I said, ‘What the hell is the Millennium Falcon? I have never heard of that airline!’” she recalled. (Never heard of that airline? It’s the airline that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs!)

(3) DAMMIT JIM! ”Dammit Jim!” beer got its name when New Republic Brewing Company had to rename of one its products.

Dammit jim sixpack

The New Republic Brewing Co received a cease and desist letter from a law firm representing Luxco. They demand that we stop using the brand name Bellows as it is in violation of their trademark.  They claim that you, the consumer will confuse their plastic bottle bourbon with our quality craft beer.

Jim Beam apparently has a ‘Bellows’ line of rail-liquor and put pressure on New Republic. Thus, I suppose the message behind the new name is, “Dammit Jim, I’m a beer not a bourbon!”

Chad B. Hill commented, “The closest Captain Kirk will ever get to a 6 pack!”

(4) BANDERSNATCH EXPLAINED. “Diana Pavlac Glyer Talks About New Book, Bandersnatch” at the Azusa Pacific University website.

What common misconception about creative writing does Bandersnatch hope to eliminate?

This is a good opportunity to explain how Bandersnatch got its title. In a written exchange with Lewis an interviewer asked, “What influence have you had on Tolkien?” He responded, “No one ver influenced Tolkien—you might as well try to influence a bandersnatch.” (A bandersnatch is a mythical animal with a fierce disposition created by author Lewis Carroll.) Many researchers argued that Tolkien and Lewis must, therefore, have worked independently. In the very same letter, however, Lewis goes on to explain that Tolkien either ignores suggestions all together, or completely redoes his work.

The idea of the solitary genius is extremely popular, especially in the United States. Many people imagine the creative process this way: Someone struck with inspiration, sits alone with a typewriter and completes an entire book in one sitting. This could not be more off base. The world’s most influential creators are those embedded in a web of collaboration. They communicate deeply with other people about their ideas, and immerse themselves in groups of influence. When we work among others, our own productivity flourishes. We need people not only to work with us, but to do small things like encourage us along the way.

(5) SECRET AGENT NARNIAN. Harry Lee Poe’s title is overdramatized, however, he seems to be literally correct in saying “C.S. Lewis Was a Secret Government Agent”, according to the information in his article for Christianity Today.

…[The] British did the next best thing they could do to help Denmark and the rest of Europe: They launched a surprise invasion of Iceland, which was part of the Kingdom of Denmark….

Though British control of Iceland was critical, Britain could not afford to deploy its troops to hold the island when greater battles loomed elsewhere, beginning with the struggle for North Africa. Holding Iceland depended upon the goodwill of the people of Iceland who never had asked to be invaded by the British. If Britain retained Icelandic goodwill, then Churchill could occupy the island with reserve troops rather than his best fighting forces.

This was the strategic situation in which C. S. Lewis was recruited. And his mission was simple: To help win the hearts of the Icelandic people.

The Work of a Literary Secret Agent

The Joint Broadcasting Committee recruited C. S. Lewis to record a message to the people of Iceland to be broadcast by radio within Iceland. Lewis made no record of his assignment, nor does he appear to have mentioned it to anyone. Without disclosing his involvement with military intelligence, however, Lewis did make an indiscreet disclosure to his friend Arthur Greeves in a letter dated May 25, 1941. Lewis remarked that three weeks earlier he had made a gramophone record which he heard played afterwards. He wrote that it had been a shock to hear his own voice for the first time. It did not sound at all the way his voice sounded to himself, and he realized that people who imitated him had actually gotten it right!

(6) MST3K CASHES IN. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Kickstarter raised $5,764,229 with 48,270 backers , and another $600,000 in add-ons, for a total of $6,364,229. MST3K claims $5,764,229 is a Kickstarter record, beating Veronica Mars to become the most funded media project ever.

We get 13 episodes, a holiday special, and a 14th episode. More importantly we have shown the industry that fans have real power, and in fact don’t need networks and studios to rule our viewing choices. Good work.

(7) SHAGGY. R. Graeme Cameron takes a deep dive into the November 1958 issue of LASFS’ fanzine Shangri-L’Affaires #39 in “The Clubhouse; Fanzine Reviews: ‘breaking people off at the ankles’”.

He begins by reciting the entire credits page (“If the following doesn’t convince you the clubzine SHAGGY was a group effort by a staggering array of now legendary fans in the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, there’s no hope for you”), quotes a Halloween party review at length (Fritz Leiber attended in costume), and documents Bjo’s abilities to mesmerize male fans of the 1950s.

(8) COMPANIONSHIP. All I can say about TVGuide.com’s “The Most Fabulous Doctor Who Companions, Ranked” is any such list that doesn’t have Donna Noble at #1 will not be receiving my daughter’s seal of approval.

(9) SECRETS OF CERES. NASA reports “New Clues to Ceres’ Bright Spots and Origins”.

Ceres reveals some of its well-kept secrets in two new studies in the journal Nature, thanks to data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. They include highly anticipated insights about mysterious bright features found all over the dwarf planet’s surface.

In one study, scientists identify this bright material as a kind of salt. The second study suggests the detection of ammonia-rich clays, raising questions about how Ceres formed.

(10) LAST SASQUAN GOH RETURNS HOME. Sasquan GoH and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren had a longer flight than most. He returned to Earth earlier today (December 11).

Expedition 45 flight engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) touched down at approximately 8:12 a.m. EST (7:12 p.m. Kazakhstan time) northeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. It was the first time a crew has landed after sunset and only the sixth nighttime Soyuz return from the space station.

 

Kjell Lindgren

Kjell Lindgren

(11) BE YOUR OWN ALIEN. See the cartoon at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal“Why has no one made this?!”

(12) Today In History

  • December 11, 1992:  The Muppet Christmas Carol premieres in theaters.

(13) Today’s Birthday Ghoul

  • Born December 11, 1922 – Vampira, aka Maila Nurmi.

(14) PUPPY SCHOLARSHIP. Doris V. Sutherland in “2014 Hugos Versus 2015 Sad Puppies: Short Stories” quotes Gregory Benford’s complaint about fantasy taking over the Hugo Awards, and after a long introduction to the Sad Puppy controversy (excerpted here) assays the sf worth of the 2014 Hugo finalists compared to the stories on the slates.

The grave talk of a fight against a “toxic” and “hateful” ideology that controls the Hugos is a long way from the puckish humour of Correia’s early posts. At this point, what started out as a jokey bit of grandstanding has begun to resemble an online holy war against “SJW” hordes.

This element of moral imperative is the key distinction between the Sad Puppies campaign and earlier exercises in slate-voting, such as John Scalzi’s “Award Pimpage”. When a slate of potential nominees is taken as a simple suggestion, that is one thing; when it is taken as a call to arms against evil forces, that is quite another.

And the Winner Is… Well, Nobody

I am, of course, awfully late to the party, and by now I think just about anyone reading this will know the result of the two campaigns. The Sad and Rabid Puppies gathered enough support to sweep the nominees with a mixture of choices from the two slates. And yet, they also had enough detractors to keep almost all of those choices from winning – even if it meant voting “no award” to the tops of multiple categories.

Both sides took this as a victory. Many opponents of the Puppies congratulated themselves on keeping the slated works from winning, while supporters took the results as evidence that the Hugos were run by “SJWs” who barred any nominees with the wrong ideology.

Myself, I would have to agree with Liana Kerzner: “No one won. It was just a disruption in the Force like Palpatine ripped a big fart.”

(15) CONTENT WARNING. The Castalia House blog has posted the first two of a five-part series “Safe Space as Rape Room: Science Fiction Culture and Childhood’s End.” The series argues the sf community has a pedophilia problem. Whether you read it, you now know it exists – Part IPart II.

[Thanks to David Doering, John King Tarpinian, Martin Morse Wooster, Will R., and JJ for some of these stories. Title credit belongs to File 770 contributing editor of the day Chris S.]

280 thoughts on “Pixel Scroll 12/11 Fresh Squeezed Pixel Juice

  1. 1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Akira (1988)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)

    Rocky Horror is more fun, but Clockwork orange is a better film

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Thing (1982)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    This one was very tough, but Woody Allen just takes it

  2. First heat:

    2. Terminator.
    3. Terminator 2.
    4. Bride of Termina… um, Frankenstein.
    5. Oooh. If I was sure one of the other versions of Body Snatchers was on the list, I’d go for Close Encounters, but I’m not. Body Snatchers it is.
    6. Superman.
    7. Back to the Future.
    8. Rocky Horror.
    9. Star Wars.
    10. It’s pronounced “Frankenstein.” (Hm. Not terribly helpful as a clarification, is it?)
    11. The Thing.
    12. Time After Time, and now I want an Egg McMuffin from the Scottish place down the road that should be opening for breakfast in about an hour.
    13. Buckaroo Banzai. The original, not Scalzi’s remake.
    14. WarGames.
    15. Sleeper.
    16. Gravity.

  3. 2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  4. Rev. Bob: There are two versions of the Invasion of The Body Snatchers on the list. 1956 and 1978. Do you want to change?

  5. I’m going to wait a little bit to vote because some of those pairings are horrible (I want to vote for whichever ends up being the underdog), but yaaaaay bracket. \o/

  6. 1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    Honestly, mostly a vote against Akira, whose popularity I have always failed to understand.

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    Great film.

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

    Honestly, mostly a vote against Terminator II. Which is going to win easily anyway.

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Pass.

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    Close Encounter does not hold up particularly well with the passage of time.

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    Even as a child I thought Superman didn’t make a whole lot of sense. And WALL-E opens with one of the best silent films ever made.

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    Fun movie.

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    Tough choice for me. But I think the film version of Clockwork Orange is a little overrated, and I’d like to resist voting for it out of fondness for the book, while the film (as opposed to the experience) of Rocky Horror is a little underrated.

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    I predict Star Wars is going to take the whole thing, which I will once again think is All Wrong. But it still gets my vote here.

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Pass

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)

    A brilliant classic.

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Time After Time (1979)

    Time After Time is a decent film. And I haaaaaaate the Matrix. Haaaaaaaate.

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    I guess.

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)

    Easy choice, no question.

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Pass. Haven’t seen Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Gravity was only OK, so I’m not going to vote for it against something sight-unseen.

  7. Wow, 3/4 of these were really hard decisions. Something tells me this is going to be a fraught time of bracketing.

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Akira (1988)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Thing (1982)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)

  8. 2. The Terminator
    3. Terminator 2 – Judgement Day
    5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    6. WALL-E
    7. Back To The Future
    8. Rocky Horror Picture Show
    9. Star Wars
    12. Time After Time
    13. Flash Gordon
    14. Wargames

  9. Let’s do this!

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    (funny, just rewatched both Invasions with a friend who had seen neither before now)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

    The Thing (1982)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)

  10. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Time After Time

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
    I thought Scalzi’s remake was boss!

    14.
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity

  11. 2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    Surely Fifth?

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Thing (1982)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)

  12. for some reason, ranking movies doesn’t bother me the way ranking books does…

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Akira (1988)

    Haven’t seen the other, but Akira is great

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL

    neither. Haven’t seen the first. Watched T2 with the 12 year old last month, and it was aimed directly at him

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE

    haven’t seen either

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    some great moments

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    Just barely. Pixar seem to have slipped into a comfortable rut, and I’ve seen WALL_E so often that I’ve gotten tired of it.

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    Tremors was fun, but this was more fun

    8. EPIC CLOTHING

    argh

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE

    haven’t seen either

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)
    The Thing (1982)

    more argh. Can’t choose between comedy and horror

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES

    no strong feelings on this one

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY

    haven’t seen the Tarkovsky, so will remain silent

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN

    haven’t seen Gravity, no vote here

  13. @Hampus:

    If the 1978 Body Snatchers is coming up later, then yes – switch me to Close Encounters of the Third Kind for this heat.

  14. @Paul Weimer: “(funny, just rewatched both Invasions with a friend who had seen neither before now)”

    Which “both”? There are at least three…

    @ULTRAGOTHA:

    It just wasn’t the same without Weller. Good Goldblum cameo, though.

  15. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    2. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    3. Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)
    4. Paprika (2006)
    5. Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)
    6. Superman (1978)
    7. Back To The Future (1985)
    9. Star Wars (1977)
    12. Matrix (1999)
    13. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
    14. Solaris (1972)
    15. Sleeper (1974)
    16. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  16. “@Paul Weimer: “(funny, just rewatched both Invasions with a friend who had seen neither before now)”

    Which “both”? There are at least three…”

    The others have different names if I remember correctly. Body Snatchers and The Invasion.

  17. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    “We don’t kill! We maim, causing terrible pain in the process!”

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the FirstFIFTH Kind (1977)

    FTFY!

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    Hate the script. Mad respect for Kidder and Reeve. That gets Superman through this round.

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)

    This vote is for Chuck Berry.

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    Nobody hits the dance floor for the Clockwork Orange soundtrack at weddings.

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    It’s…okay. And I don’t remember Fantastic Voyage at all.

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Time After Time (1979)

    Gah! All my work getting this into the brackets and in the first round it goes up against a popular classic even I admit is a better movie. But I’m still a little in love with Mary Steenburgen, and this movie is dear to my heart.

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    By no means my favorite Woody Allen movie, but it’ll do here.

  18. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    2. The Terminator (1984)
    5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    6. WALL-E (2008)
    7. Back To The Future (1985)
    8. Clockwork Orange (1971)
    9. Star Wars (1977)
    10. Frankenstein (1931)
    11. The Thing (1982)
    12. Matrix (1999)
    14. Solaris (1972) (Ouch!)
    16. Gravity (2013)

  19. @Rob. The ‘directly titled’ ones, that is to say, 1956 and 1978. NOW he gets the meme with the final image of Donald Sutherland with an agape mouth and pointing at the screen. I did tell him about the other ones from the 90’s and the 00’s. Neither of those IMO are anywhere near as good as the first two.

  20. Do you know, I believe this is the first time I have participated in this.

    Some of these were pretty tough choices.

    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Time After Time (1979)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)

  21. Argh, I knew I should have ordered my forehead cloths early.

    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    The Terminator (1984)

    Aunty Entity vs. Sarah Connor. Argh, argh, argh. Wait, Terminator 2 is further down, isn’t it? (And it’s the better movie anyway) All right, Thunderdome gets my vote here.

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)
    There we are. Bad-Ass Sarah for the win. And the liquid metal effects are still terrific.

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Third Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)
    I like my sci-fi horror movies with a bit of humor, and this just hit the spot.

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Thing (1982)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)
    What sequels? There are no sequels!

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
    (Is the alternate title for this Five Million Years to Earth? That’s what I remember watching.)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
    Abstain, seen neither.

  22. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    pass

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    pass

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the Third Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    pass

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    pass

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    pass

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  23. Right. Brackets. Ok…..

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)
    Akira (1988)

    Abstain; not seen Akira

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    The Terminator (1984)

    Um. Terminator. But I didn’t really like either that much.

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    Abstain. Never saw Shrinking Man

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Abstain, never even heard of Paprika….

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    Ack. Close Encounters. (But Body Snatchers gave me nightmares…)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)
    WALL-E (2008)

    I just had FUN at Superman. (We’ll pretend that there were no sequels, right?) WALL-E didn’t work that well for me, even though I usually love animated movies.

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)
    Back To The Future (1985)

    Back to the Future. Tremors was campy fun, but Back to the Future actually kept track of paradoxes.

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    …I remember doing the Time Warp (kick kick)…

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)
    Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    800 pound gorilla Star Wars for the win.

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)
    Frankenstein (1931)

    Never seen nor heard of Wings. Abstain.

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)
    The Thing (1982)

    Never saw Man in the White Suit. Abstain.

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)
    Time After Time (1979)

    Um. I’ll go for Matrix, with the caveat that there were NEVER ANY SEQUELS.

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    Ok, now this one hurts. Campy space travel versus…. campy space travel. Damn. Buckaroo.

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)
    Wargames (1983)

    Abstain; never saw Solaris. (Good novel, though.)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
    Sleeper (1974)

    Abstain; never saw Quartermass.

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

    Gravity was awful. I’ll take scientific handwaving of the 1950s over scientific handwaving of the last few years when they SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. <grump>

  24. 1. Akira
    2. Mad Max. Can’t we just get beyond Thunderdome?
    3. Terminator 2
    4. Bride of Frankenstein
    5. Body Snatchers
    6. Wall-E
    7. Back to the Future
    8. Rocky Horror
    9. Star Wars. Also annoyed I didn’t think of Innerspace during noms.
    10. Frankenstein
    11. The Man in the White Suit
    12. Time After Time
    13. Flash. Ah ah!
    14. War Games
    15. Quatermass and the Pit
    16. Gravity

  25. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    My movie watching has always been erratic. Lots of passes this round due to not having seen one or both, or just not caring.

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)

  26. 1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Akira (1988)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    No preference

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    No preference

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  27. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIORS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Thing (1982)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  28. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT
    1. Things to Come (1936)
    2. The Terminator (1984). Not so keen on the later films, which makes the next one easier …
    3. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) – in fact, very easy; this is one of the greats.
    4. Abstain
    5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Never could get on with CE3K
    6. WALL-E (2008). (In part, a vote for The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in the 1979 Hugos.)
    7. Abstain
    8. Clockwork Orange (1971)
    9. Star Wars (1977)
    10. Abstain
    11. The Thing (1982). Close decision, and a little galling to have to vote against The Man in the White Suit so soon after finally getting to watch it after at least 30 years of just missing it.
    12. Time After Time (1979). Lovely film, much underrated. And The Matrix left me distinctly underwhelmed.
    13. Abstain. I’ve only seen Flash Gordon of this pair, and have long been upset at the way Brian Blessed was kept on far too tight a rein; he would have perfect as Prince Vultain if only he’d been allowed to do the whole Brian Blessed thing at full throttle. But that’s not really enough to vote against it.
    14. Solaris (1972)
    15. Quartermass and the Pit (1967). Tough call between two very different films; won’t be too unhappy if it goes the other way.
    16. Abstain. No strong feelings either way.

    ETA:
    @redheadedfemme:
    “Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
    (Is the alternate title for this Five Million Years to Earth? That’s what I remember watching.)”

    Yep – that’s the one.

  29. 1. Abstain
    2. Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
    3. Abstain
    4. Paprika
    5. Abstain
    6. Superman
    7. Back to the Future
    8. Rocky Horror Picture Show
    9. Star Wars
    10. Wings of Honneamise
    11. Abstain
    12. Time After Time
    13-16. Abstain

  30. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Akira (1988)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)

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  32. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)
    Akira (1988)

    Things to Come

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    The Terminator (1984)

    Abstain

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    Abstain

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Abstain

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    Close Encounters

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)
    WALL-E (2008)

    Abstain

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)
    Back To The Future (1985)

    Tremors

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    Rocky Horror

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)
    Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    Let the Wookiee win. Star Wars

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)
    Frankenstein (1931)

    abstain

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)
    The Thing (1982)

    abstain

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)
    Time After Time (1979)

    Time After Time

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    abstain

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)
    Wargames (1983)

    How about a nice game of chess? Wargames

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
    Sleeper (1974)

    abstain

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

    abstain

  33. Bracket first, wonderful chewy discussion (wow you guys) later.

    Wait, no kitties first! Bruce, Vasha (in another post), thanks for and congratulations on the much adorable.

    Now, brackets, with lots of haven’t-seen-abstentions:

    2. The Terminator (1984), unless The Road Warrior somehow got missed from the bracket, in which case that’s my vote.

    3. Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

    6. WALL-E (2008)

    7. Back To The Future (1985)

    8. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
    Oh, good grief, forehead cloth time, already? I went for the one I have more sentimental biographical ties to. Clockwork Orange is a better film, but I just can’t vote against Rocky, it shaped me too much.

    9. Star Wars (1977)

    12. Matrix (1999)
    Too bad there were never any sequels, heh?

    13. Flash Gordon (1980)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
    Tie. Both are my favorite camp sf movies.

    14. Solaris (1972)
    With a little sob for War Games.

    16. I can’t remember Journey well enough, and I don’t just want to vote for Gravity because technology is better now. (I was very, very impressed by Gravity, but I didn’t like it a whole lot.)

  34. I know it’s early days, but this is already painful.

    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985),
    Ow, but grouping two and three together and picking my favorite two

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)
    Still painful, though

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
    Ow

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
    Ow, because both were revelatory to the young me

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Time After Time (1979)
    Because there were sequels, horrible, horrible sequels

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  35. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Akira (1988)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)

  36. My spotty movie-watching habits mean I have to abstain from many of these.

    2. The Terminator (1984)
    3. Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)
    7. Tremors (1990)
    8. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
    13. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

  37. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Time After Time (1979)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Abstain

  38. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT
    2.The Terminator (1984)
    3. Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)
    5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    6. WALL-E (2008)
    7. Back To The Future (1985)
    8. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
    9. Star Wars (1977)
    12. Matrix (1999)
    13. Flash Gordon (1980) Queen! Brian Blessed!

  39. Bracket time!

    1. Things to Come
    2. Thunderdome (for Tina alone)
    3. Terminator 2
    4. Bride of Frank
    5. CE3K
    6. Superman
    7. BTTF
    8. Rocky and the gang
    9. Star Wars
    10. Frank
    11. Thing of the 80’s
    12. Matrix (there was only one of those movies)
    13. Buckaroo (this one was close)
    14. Wargames
    15. Sleeper
    16. Gravity

  40. Yaaayyyyy, my brain came back on-line in time to vote!!!!!!

    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)
    Akira (1988)

    Abstain. Never saw either. There may be a lot of abstaining in these early roounds. :-/

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Why do the dice do this to me??? Both movies were iconic, imo, and about the same level of plot, cinematography, acting. So it’s between Schwartzenegger and Tina Turner. Hmmmmmmm.

    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    Ok, Schwartzenegger gets the nod this time.

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED

    I HATE the dice. Since I’m split almost 50/50 about this, I’m voting for the probable underdog. That’s win/win for me no matter who moves to the next round. 🙂

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    This is a truly headcloth wringing decision. I have to go with Clockwork as the more SFnal, as Rocky is more horror. But this is painful.

    Clockwork Orange (1971)
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Fantastic Voyage wa sgood fun at the time, but totally outdone by juggernaut.
    Star Wars (1977)
    Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)
    The Thing (1982)

    I thought this was a great adaptation of the original story, plus being technically excellent. I still have scary feels when remembering the ending! The suit was great, but didn’t stick in my dreams.

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)
    Time After Time (1979)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    Abstain. Never saw either movie.

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)
    Wargames (1983)

    Abstain, again, same reason.

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
    Sleeper (1974)

    Abstain, never seen either movie, again.

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

    Abstain. Didn’t see Gravity and not a big enough fan of Journey to vote blind

  41. Rev. Bob, it’s never a bad time to mention yet another book Especially one that is totally new to me. I might have to read that (or at least buy it, which isn’t always the same thing).

  42. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)
    Akira (1988)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Close Encounter of the First Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    The most difficult one yet, since I love both in totally different ways.

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)
    Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)
    The Thing (1982)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)
    Time After Time (1979)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  43. 1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)
    Akira (1988)

    Abstain

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Abstain

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Close Encounter of the Third Kind (1977)

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)
    WALL-E (2008)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Tremors (1990)
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Clockwork Orange (1971)
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)
    Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Wings of Honneamise (1987)
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)
    The Thing (1982)

    Abstain

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)
    Time After Time (1979)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    Flash Gordon (1980)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    Abstain

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Solaris (1972)
    Wargames (1983)

    Abstain

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Quartermass and the Pit (1967)
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

    Abstain

  44. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Akira (1988)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    The Terminator (1984)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Paprika (2006)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Abstain.

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    And abstain for the rest.

  45. 2. The Terminator (1984)

    6. WALL-E (2008)

    7. Back To The Future (1985)

    8. Clockwork Orange (1971)

    Ouch. That one was hard.

    13. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

  46. SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE BRACKET – FIRST HEAT

    1. WHICH SHALL IT BE?
    Things to Come (1936)

    2. APOCALYPSE NOW
    Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    3. GET THEM WHEN THEY’RE SMALL
    Terminator 2 – Judgement Day (1991)

    4. WEIRD SCIENCE
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. CLOSE ENCOUNTER INDEED
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Close Encounter of the Third Kind (1977)
    Tie

    6. SAVIOURS OF EARTH
    Superman (1978)

    7. FUN, FUN, FUN
    Back To The Future (1985)

    8. EPIC CLOTHING
    Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    9. INNER SPACE OR OUTER SPACE
    Star Wars (1977)

    10. WHAT HUMANS CREATE
    Frankenstein (1931)

    11. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
    The Man In The White Suit (1951)

    12. SURPRISING FUTURES
    Matrix (1999)

    13. PEOPLE WITH RIDICULOUS NAMES
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    14. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY
    Wargames (1983)

    15. THINGS THAT AWAKE
    Sleeper (1974)

    16. ALL THINGS GO DOWN
    Gravity (2013)
    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
    Abstain

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