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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 256010" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Wednesday, 6th Sept.</p><p></p><p>Dr Cyclops, film4, 3pm.</p><p></p><p>I haven't seen this one, so can't give the usual "witty" (ahem!) comments. However, writeups say it has good special effects, and unusually - for horror films of that period - it's in colour.</p><p></p><p>Silver Dream Racer, Men+ Motors, 10pm.</p><p></p><p>A "poorly regarded" Brit flik from 1980, remarkable for getting made at all, in that year! However, it's about motorbikes, which I know will interest at least some members.</p><p></p><p>Famous for the song "silver dream machine", which went high in the charts, can't remember if it made no.1 .</p><p></p><p>Thursday 7th Sept.</p><p></p><p>The Wild Bunch, BBC4, 9.20pm.</p><p></p><p>This is without doubt "film of the day" (but not of the week, cos it's an amazing weekend on fta Brit tv!).</p><p></p><p>Sam Pekinpah's very famous "landmark" Western, notorious for for its violence (machine guns appearing in westerns), and - hence - a lament for the end of the "traditional" Western, as defined by John Ford.</p><p></p><p>The opening scene of Tarantino's Resevoir Dogs is (deliberately) pretty much a copy of Pekinpah's opening here.</p><p></p><p>Monty Python did a famous parody (of the violence), where they start chopping off their own limbs, and watch the blood spurting out!</p><p></p><p>Wrong Turn, Ch4, 10pm.</p><p></p><p>Alright, I suppose, if you like cannibal films, but George Romero did it first, much earlier and much better!</p><p></p><p>Dangerous Liasons, BBC1, 11.20pm.</p><p></p><p>(Not sci fi, but a famous play/film).</p><p></p><p>Saw the original play, didn't like it, then saw this film version, and didn't like that either. Alright if you want to watch people in wigs. Otherwise, the plot - about 2 bored aristocrats having a bet on seducing a young girl - fails to engage.</p><p>The acting - from Close and Malkovich - is top notch, but that's not the main problem here!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 256010, member: 192438"] Wednesday, 6th Sept. Dr Cyclops, film4, 3pm. I haven't seen this one, so can't give the usual "witty" (ahem!) comments. However, writeups say it has good special effects, and unusually - for horror films of that period - it's in colour. Silver Dream Racer, Men+ Motors, 10pm. A "poorly regarded" Brit flik from 1980, remarkable for getting made at all, in that year! However, it's about motorbikes, which I know will interest at least some members. Famous for the song "silver dream machine", which went high in the charts, can't remember if it made no.1 . Thursday 7th Sept. The Wild Bunch, BBC4, 9.20pm. This is without doubt "film of the day" (but not of the week, cos it's an amazing weekend on fta Brit tv!). Sam Pekinpah's very famous "landmark" Western, notorious for for its violence (machine guns appearing in westerns), and - hence - a lament for the end of the "traditional" Western, as defined by John Ford. The opening scene of Tarantino's Resevoir Dogs is (deliberately) pretty much a copy of Pekinpah's opening here. Monty Python did a famous parody (of the violence), where they start chopping off their own limbs, and watch the blood spurting out! Wrong Turn, Ch4, 10pm. Alright, I suppose, if you like cannibal films, but George Romero did it first, much earlier and much better! Dangerous Liasons, BBC1, 11.20pm. (Not sci fi, but a famous play/film). Saw the original play, didn't like it, then saw this film version, and didn't like that either. Alright if you want to watch people in wigs. Otherwise, the plot - about 2 bored aristocrats having a bet on seducing a young girl - fails to engage. The acting - from Close and Malkovich - is top notch, but that's not the main problem here! [/QUOTE]
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