response 50 of 58:

Jun 3 15:30 UTC 2002

#36> One of Wired's conditions was the movie's ability to enthrall. Star Wars
has arguably enthralled more people than any other movie, ever, being #2 on
the all-time moneymaker list, #2 on the all-time "adjusted for current
dollars" moneymaker list, and spawning several generations of addicts. Only
Star Trek fans are comparably fanatical, and Star Trek didn't manage the same
degree of mainstream penetration. "The Quiet Earth" certainly can't make any
similar "enthrall" claims.
 
THX1138 is certainly better science, and better written, and more artistic
than Star Wars; as a standalone movie, I think it's much better. As a cultural
phenomenon, though, there's no comparison between the two movies. (THX1138
also manages to find its way into all of Lucas' films: There's a license plate
in American Grafitti [Ford's, IIRC] that's THX138, Leia is in cell block 1138
[or something like that], one of the battle droids in The Phantom Menace has
1138 onhis back, and so on.)
 
Anyone mention Lathe of Heaven yet? That and Brave New World were favorites
of mine, although I haven't been able to find Brave New World on tape or DVD
(granted, I haven't really looked... maybe I shall).

response 52 of 58:

Jun 3 18:00 UTC 2002

Agreed about Lathe.
My first DVD was actually Air Force One, for a very pragmatic reason (I bought
a DVD player for Val's birthday, and so I just bought the cheapest DVD at
CostCo that we'd likely watch more than once, to test the machine).
Which reminds me... my first CD (that goes back a few years) was Faith No
More's "Angel Dust," bought for the same reason.

response 54 of 58:

Jun 3 20:52 UTC 2002

THX11338 didn't really enthrall me so much as just sedate me.

response 56 of 58:

Jun 4 15:59 UTC 2002

That's basically what it was, but to dystopia film fans, it's a good entry.

response 58 of 58:

Jun 14 20:21 UTC 2002

Hey, Phil, shall we call you Soylent? ;->