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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Mar 21, 2005 19:25:59 GMT 8
I'm not sure about Cypher but talking about S1mOne, that is not really a good movie but rather been made before by another movie which has lesser special effects entitled "Electric Blue". Do anyone remember this movie (and no, its not a Debbie Gibson song either). Its another a man that create this computer that falls in love with him but later sacrifice itself for the world cause. I think you meant 'Electric Dreams', shown in 1984 and stars Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Cauldfield and with Bud Cort as the voice of the computer, Edgar. Electric Blue must be the X-rated movie you watched recently...he he he
That computer is really old fashioned compared to today's standard - black screen with white text, pixelised graphics, uses floppy discs...but back then it was the coolest thing. It was an Apple computer right?
The theme song, also named 'Electric Dreams' by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder was one of the hottest tracks in the Discos back then
Oh by the way, Debbie Gibson never had a song call 'Electric Blue' either. She had a song call 'Electric Youth', and another call 'Out Of The Blue'. I know coz I have all of her vinyl albums and 12 inch vinyl singles
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Post by Hisham on Mar 21, 2005 19:29:09 GMT 8
Electric Blue must be the X-rated movie you watched recently...he he he ROFLMAO!!!!!! Hahaha! If I was drinking tea right now, I'd have tea spewing out my nostrils!!!!
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Post by hairyLGS on Mar 22, 2005 13:52:42 GMT 8
I think you meant 'Electric Dreams', shown in 1984 and stars Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Cauldfield and with Bud Cort as the voice of the computer, Edgar. Electric Blue must be the X-rated movie you watched recently...he he he
That computer is really old fashioned compared to today's standard - black screen with white text, pixelised graphics, uses floppy discs...but back then it was the coolest thing. It was an Apple computer right?
The theme song, also named 'Electric Dreams' by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder was one of the hottest tracks in the Discos back then
Oh by the way, Debbie Gibson never had a song call 'Electric Blue' either. She had a song call 'Electric Youth', and another call 'Out Of The Blue'. I know coz I have all of her vinyl albums and 12 inch vinyl singles Hahahaha... so true... mix up with the wrong song and title even... Didn't know you were a Debbie fan...
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Mar 22, 2005 19:57:10 GMT 8
Didn't know you were a Debbie fan... Not really a Debbie fan, but I used to be a DJ, so my collection and music knowledge is rather vast because I have to have the songs and I have to know ;D
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Post by General Kenobi on Mar 17, 2007 1:59:42 GMT 8
Oh Mr. DJ it seems huh heheh Just to drop a little trivia... Debbie Gibson's album with the hit song Electric Youth is her 2nd album. Her first album is titled "Out of the Blue", which had a single called Only in My Dreams ehheh. However Aussie group Ice House had an album titled "Man of Colours" in 1987with the hit song "Electric Blue" that really broke them into the U.S. music scene... Well just a little trivia about 80's stuff thats related to 'Electric', 'Dreams' & 'Blue' eheh
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Mar 18, 2007 2:16:12 GMT 8
Ah, another 80s child. ;D
Debbie Gibson's album with the hit song Electric Youth is her 2nd album. Her first album is titled "Out of the Blue", which had a single called Only in My Dreams ehheh. Yes her 1st album is 'Out Of The Blue'; it also contain a title track of the same name. Here's the info on Wikipedia
Her first album yielded a total of four hits: "Out Of The Blue", "Only in My Dreams", "Foolish Beat" & "Shake Your Love".
To bring this thread back to topic, I'd like to post a list of my 'Top 5 Sci-Fi movies', which I just realise I never did in this thread.
I will exclude Star Wars or else the top 3 spots would be immediately taken
1. Alien 2. Blade Runner 3. T2 4. Matrix 5. Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind
Anybody else want to post ther top 5?
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Post by tylerdurden on Jul 19, 2007 16:41:12 GMT 8
hmmm, this is a really interesting discussion. too bad i'm like, 4 months too late with my contribution. actually, what i'd like to raise is the definition of sci-fi vs fantasy. i read somewhere that rod serling, creator of the "twilight zone" once said that "fantasy is the impossible made improbable. science fiction is the improbable made possible." or in more layman terms, sci-fi is about taking a scientific concept and extrapolating a real-life situation from it. eg: terminator---what if machines achieved awareness and rebelled against mankind? whereas fantasy is more of imagined situations or concepts way beyond reality. eg: star wars---which is a collection of ancient mythology and archtypes re-interpreted in another galaxy. now, u star wars fans r prob gonna be annoyed at this definition. "wtf??? how can star wars not be considered sci-fi!!! that's blasphemy!!" but this is the opinion of film scholars, not mine. tho i agree. anyway, here's some of my favourite sci-fi films (in no particular order): - contact - terminator 2 - children of men - primer - blade runner (some say this is fantasy not sci-fi but to me it is) - the matrix - robocop - the thing (although it's generally categorized as horror) - the iron giant - aliens - the fly (jeff goldblum version)
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Jul 22, 2007 13:03:56 GMT 8
hmmm, this is a really interesting discussion. too bad i'm like, 4 months too late with my contribution. No worries, its always good to continue/go back to a discussion /topic no matter how much time has lapsed Actually, what i'd like to raise is the definition of sci-fi vs fantasy. i read somewhere that rod serling, creator of the "twilight zone" once said that "fantasy is the impossible made improbable. science fiction is the improbable made possible." Nice definition, learnt something new today Now, u star wars fans r prob gonna be annoyed at this definition. "wtf??? how can star wars not be considered sci-fi!!! that's blasphemy!!" Actually I'd like to think of Star Wars as Sci-fi Fantasy. There're certainly elements of both in it.
However, if you delve deeper into Star Wars, you'd come to realise its more Sci-Fi then Fantasy, because some aspects of the Fantasy side can be explained scientifically, or has scientific origins/concepts. Most, if not all 'film scholars' do not eat, sleep and breath Star Wars like us hardcore fans do, and they usually have a shallower understanding of the many many levels of background and conceptual information that makes Star Wars what it is.
But that's a discussion for another thread... [/color]
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Post by tylerdurden on Jul 23, 2007 11:48:14 GMT 8
master plo, i'm not quite sure whether anyone will bother if i start a whole new thread, so i'll just play safe n continue it here... i agree that there certainly are strong sci-fi concepts in the star wars universe. and i love them as much as the next starwars geek (no insult intended to anyone, i'm proud to be a geek!) but i think what the scholars meant with the definition is regarding the main story/plot of a film. for example, terminator's main plot is inherently sci-fi because it has to do with real science being exaggerated in a "what if?" scenario. whereas, the plot of starwars is more "mythological" in nature: a hero's journey (ep iv to vi) or a hero's seduction by evil and subsequent downfall (prequels). it just happens to be set in a highly technological environment. these story themes have existed since the age of the ancient greeks and romans. so by that definition, it's fantasy lah. however i think there's room in this universe for a combination. so calling star wars a sci-fi fantasy is pretty legitimate. ps: btw, the latest issue of empire magazine (british film mag) has a special tribute to the 30th anniversary of star wars. lotsa juicy bits of info and never-seen-before pix! go get it!
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Post by vergilya on Mar 10, 2008 11:07:27 GMT 8
My favorite which I will watch again and again and again:
1. Alien 2. Dark City 3. The Thing 4. Metropolis (Giorgio Moroder's version) 5. Event Horizon
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