Ninja 3 is one that I unashamedly love. I think it’s genuinly good.
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Tonight’s watchalong was this absolute classic horror movie.
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Rogue One was on TV yesterday so I sat down and watched that. Reminded me that it’s my favourite Star Wars film for a reason.
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I’m currently experiencing a John Carpenter hyperfixation, and I’m slowly making my way across his filmography.
What an interesting director he is. His movies have such a unique atmosphere that very few other directors can boast.
I’ve recently watched his Assault on Precinct 13 and Vampires.
The first one is basically a Base Under Siege movie, but every trait that makes a Carpenter movie recognizeable is present - colorful characters, an amazing atmosphere of isolation, iconic synthesizer soundtrack. That movie has slow, but entertaining action.
The latter one is one of his later works and sometimes referred to as a western. And I can see why - it does have a similar feel to it.
What I mentioned before is present - the characters (especially James Woods’s John Crow), the atmosphere, the (much bigger and bloodier) action, the soundtrack which does sound more like a western now.
John Carpenter might become one of my absolute directors of all time soon
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Assault on Precinct 13 can also be seen as a Western, heavily influenced by Rio Bravo.
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This reminds me that I really should watch more of Carpenter’s films. I have liked the ones I’ve seen, especially The Thing.
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It’s soo good!
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Original short story for “The Thing” was John W. Campbell’s “Who Goes There?”, and that was a pretty good story. I’ve got that in a collection of basically the best science fiction…
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Oh, that’s one I have to read!
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It’s in “The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, volume 2”, and I highly recommend getting all three volumes, which are either 1-3, or 1, 2a, 2b, depending on location. There were a ton of great sci-fi stories in that anthology, and it’s always been a staple to take with me on trips.
“Who Goes There?”, “Call Me Joe”, “Vintage Season”, “Baby Was Three”, “The Ballad of Lost C"Mell”, “With Folded Hands”, “Witches of Karras”, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves”, “Scanners Live In Vain!”, “Flowers For Algernon”, “A Rose for Ecclesiastes”… the good stories in this collection just keeps going on.
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Thanks for the tip. I have to check them out! I’m always interested in reading more non-Who sci-fi!
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Off topic for the thread, but speaking of Non-Who Sci-Fi books, I really want to listen to Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward series
I say listen because the Audio Books are read by Sophie Aldred
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Oh, that’s right! I’ve noticed that, too, and made a mental note to listen to them sometimes, but I forgot about it.
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No problem!
They intended to make an anthology of the best sci-fi of all time when making it, and split things two ways, with the best stories/novelas and the best authors. Eventually they ended up with a huge list, and couldn’t really bear to prune it down further, so split it into two volumes, and eventually three.
And honestly, it lives up to that. All the stories I mentioned would be high up on my list of top sci-fi stories if I was making one. I mean, two wonderful stories by Henry Kuttner/CL Moore right there, two stories by Cordwainer Smith, a Roger Zelazny story that’s actually what I would point to if trying to define pyrrhic victory…
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45 minutes into The Flash movie from last year.
This AI infested CGI nightmare is almost unwatchable 
My word I would turn this off if it wasn’t my son who chose the movie for father/son movie night…
Anyone seen this? Please tell me it gets better 
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Hahaha. Embrace the hope. It is the only thing you have.
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Hey! It has Michael Keaton’s Batman! And that brief and unnecessary Supergirl inclusion! It’s a masterpiece if crappy superhero filmmaking!
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Yes I like to see Keaton back in the Batsuit.
But that is it so far.
This movie makes me sad…
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Nope, its shit.
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It’s a comic book movie, not a drama! It’s not supposed to make you sad 
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