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Thread #69355   Message #1176345
Posted By: Strick
02-May-04 - 12:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: favorite old sci-fi movie
Subject: RE: BS: favorite old sci-fi movie
Robinson Caruso on Mars was a favorite when I was young. The Thing From Outer Space to give "The Thing" it's full movie title was based on a short story written by John W. Campbell, the father of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. He was the editor who "discovered" Heinlein and Asimov and an incredible number of the great writters of the 50s and 60s. The short story, "Who Goes There" was written in the 30s but holds up beautifully even today.

Not quite science fiction, but have you seen the trailers for Disney's new version of Around the World in 80 Days? I have to repeat, what where they thinking? The Wild, Wild West meets Jules Verne and comes of all the worse for it.