Top 10 required movies.

[Nick the Pilot]

"Bell bottoms, anyone?"

--> Do you remember Captain Video? What did Captain Video used to yell, in order to turn into a super hero?

"The Day the Earth Stood Still is a monumental and classic example of the genre of sci-fi, right up there with the best the genre has to offer."

--> Have you seen the movie Forbidden Planet, with the original Robbie the Robot, later copied in the TV show Lost in Space?

"I can also spell 8-track tape deck."

--> I remember Karaoke on 8-track in Japan in the 1970's, waaay before Karaoke started coming out on video disk. In those days, there was no screen at all. You selected your song, pulled the right 8-track off the shelf, put it in the machine, paid 100 yen, and sang along with lyrics printed in a book.

Extra credit: When you watch a video of a TV show on kinescope, what does that mean?

 

[juantoo3]

Believe it or not, the first music video, in my humble opinon, was done by Rick Nelson, on the old Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet TV show. He released some mini movies of his songs, which were true music videos. I think the first was Travelin' Man.

RICK NELSON Lyrics - TRAVELIN' MAN

If I remember correctly, this was back in the early 1960's, way before the Beatles started doing films.

What's not to like about Rock-a-Billy?

 

[juantoo3]

--> Do you remember Captain Video? What did Captain Video used to yell, in order to turn into a super hero?

Oh Lawd, as much as I really like old cartoons, that one escapes me, I do not recall.

--> Have you seen the movie Forbidden Planet, with the original Robbie the Robot, later copied in the TV show Lost in Space?

I have seen Robbie the Robot, but I don't believe it was in Forbidden Planet, and I know Robbie is not in Lost in Space. That robot had no name as such:

The Robot: The Robot is a Model B-9, Class M-3 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, which had no given name. Although a machine endowed with superhuman strength and futuristic weaponry, he often displayed human characteristics such as laughter, sadness, and mockery as well as singing and playing the guitar. The Robot was performed by Bob May in a prop costume built by Bob Stewart. The voice was dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the series' narrator. The Robot was designed by Robert Kino****a, whose other cybernetic claim to fame is as the designer of Forbidden Planet's Robby the Robot. Robby appears in LIS #20 "War of the Robots."

Lost in Space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wasn't aware the B-9 robot was just a costume, but I was led to believe Robbie was a real industrial robot, although what he was built to do was never explained to me. Let me look that up...(boy, was I misled!):

Robby the Robot is a 6-foot, 11-inch tall mechanical suit designed for an actor to wear, to play the part of a robot. It was originally designed for the 1956 MGM movie Forbidden Planet,[1] and quickly became a science fiction movie and television icon.

Robby differed from his successors in that he walked (somewhat awkwardly) on mechanical legs, while later models by his principal designer Robert Kino****a, such as Robot B-9 of Lost in Space, moved smoothly on motorized treads.

Robby the Robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Have you seen Metropolis? That is another, with Forbidden Planet, that I would dearly love to watch, having heard so much about it through the years.

Ever listen to the title song lyrics from the Rocky Horror Picture Show? It really is a tribute to all these great old sci-fi flicks.

--> I remember Karaoke on 8-track in Japan in the 1970's, waaay before Karaoke started coming out on video disk. In those days, there was no screen at all. You selected your song, pulled the right 8-track off the shelf, put it in the machine, paid 100 yen, and sang along with lyrics printed in a book.

Oh, you really don't want to hear me sing unless you've had way too much liquor in you.

Extra credit: When you watch a video of a TV show on kinescope, what does that mean?

I've heard the term, but I would have to look it up, and that would defeat the purpose of the question! So please, clue me in!

 

[juantoo3]

Science Fiction / Double Feature
Music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien.

Michael Rennie was ill
The Day the Earth Stood Still
But he told us where we stand
And Flash Gordon was there
In silver underwear
Claude Rains was The Invisible Man
Then something went wrong
For Fay Wray and King Kong
They got caught in a celluloid jam
Then at a deadly pace
It Came From Outer Space
And this is how the message ran...


Science fiction (ooh ooh ooh) double feature
Doctor X (ooh ooh ooh) will build a creature
See androids fighting (ooh ooh ooh) Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in (ooh ooh ooh) Forbidden Planet
Wo oh oh oh oh oh
At the late night, double feature, picture show


I knew Leo G. Carroll
Was over a barrel
When Tarantula took to the hills
And I really got hot
When I saw Janette Scott
Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills
Dana Andrews said prunes
Gave him the runes
And passing them used lots of skills
But When Worlds Collide
Said George Pal to his bride
I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills
Like a...


Science fiction (ooh ooh ooh) double feature
Doctor X (ooh ooh ooh) will build a creature
See androids fighting (ooh ooh ooh) Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in (ooh ooh ooh) Forbidden Planet
Wo oh oh oh oh oh
At the late night, double feature, picture show
I wanna go - Oh oh oh oh
To the late night, double feature, picture show
By R.K.O. - Wo oh oh oh
To the late night, double feature, picture show
In the back row - Oh oh oh oh
To the late night, double feature, picture show​

Ok, it won't let me post just the quote, so these are the lyrics to the song I referred to earlier.

 

[juantoo3]

Would anybody here like to have their very own B-9 robot?

(I actually do own a few, about 3 inches tall, made some years back by Johnny Lightning...)

 

[juantoo3]

Sometimes these sidetrips are fun, but I will stop after this:

LOS ANGELES Monday, January 19th 2009, — Bob May, who donned The Robot’s suit in the hit 1960s television show “Lost in Space,” has died. He was 69.

May died Sunday of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Lancaster, said his daughter, Deborah May.

He was a veteran actor and stuntman who had appeared in movies, TV shows and on the vaudeville stage when he was tapped by “Lost in Space” creator Irwin Allen to play the Robinson family’s loyal metal sidekick in the series that debuted in 1965.

“He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit,” said June Lockhart, who played family matriarch Maureen Robinson. “It was one of those wonderful Hollywood stories. He just happened to be on the studio lot when someone saw him and sent him to see Irwin Allen about the part. Allen said, ’If you can fit in the suit, you’ve got the job.”’

Although May didn’t provide the robot’s distinctive voice (that was done by announcer Dick Tufeld), he developed a following of fans who sought him out at memorabilia shows.

“Lost in Space” was a space-age retelling of “The Swiss Family Robinson” story in which professor John Robinson, his wife and their children were on a space mission when their craft was knocked hopelessly off course by the evil Dr. Zachary Smith, who became trapped in space with them.

May’s robot was the Robinson family’s loyal sidekick, warning them of approaching disaster at every turn. His line to one of the children, “Danger, Will Robinson,” became a national catch phrase.

The grandson of famed vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, May was introduced to show business at age 2 when he began appearing in the “Hellzapoppin” comedy revue with Johnson and his partner, Ole Olsen.

He went on to appear in numerous films with Jerry Lewis and in such TV shows as “The Time Tunnel,” “McHale’s Navy and “The Red Skelton Show.” He was also a stuntman in such 1950s and ’60s TV shows as “Cheyenne,” “Surfside 6,” “Hawaiian Eye,” “The Roaring 20s” and “Stagecoach.”

He was particularly fond of his Robot role, once saying he came to consider the suit a “home away from home.”

Lockhart said May wore the suit for hours at a time and learned the lines of every actor in the show so he would know when to respond to their cues. Because it wasn’t easy to get in and out of the suit, he kept it on during breaks.

“He was a smoker,” Lockhart remembered. “From time to time (when he was on a break), we’d see smoke coming out of the robot. That always amused us.”

Read more: 'Lost in Space' robot actor Bob May dies

 

[shawn]

Another cheesy,yet great movie.
They should do a remake as it was poorly done.
They Live 1988 Hollywood Movie Watch Online ~ Online Watch Movies Free

They could even do a series, or episodes.

 

[Snoopy]

ah, snoopy, how could I forget Schindlers List? Truly awesome pic

I can barely forgive you my child.

s.

 

[citizenzen]

I can barely forgive you my child.

I still haven't seen Schindlers List.

What? Am I missing something?

 

[Faithfulservant]

Ok since so many people have listed my favorites Im just going for originality but GOOD movies that I own and watch over and over again. forgive me if anyone else used these.

Dune -sci fi version
Children of Dune - sci fi version
The Parent Trap (original)
Mommy Dearest
Hook
True Lies
Roots
The Color Purple
Grease
Dances with Wolves


I could say more but alas Im limited with 10


omg can I add Pretty Woman please?

 

[Dondi]

I still haven't seen Schindlers List.

What? Am I missing something?

Schindler's List will put a tear to your eye, especially in the instance of the only color seen in the film that is otherwise black and white.

 

[citizenzen]

Schindler's List will put a tear to your eye...

Exactly! It will leave my dear, sweet wife depressed.

I'll wait until I have a weekend to myself, before I think about renting that one.

 

[Snoopy]

Am I missing something?

Well some people might think you are...

IMDb Top 250 (no. 6 currently)

and

"AFI ANNOUNCES 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES OF ALL TIME
Voted the number one movie was CITIZEN KANE...CASABLANCA (#2), THE GODFATHER (#3), GONE WITH THE WIND (#4), LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (#5), THE WIZARD OF OZ (#6), THE GRADUATE (#7), ON THE WATERFRONT (#8), SCHINDLER'S LIST (#9) and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (#10)."


AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES


but of course it's up to you


s.

 

[wil]

Seems like we might need some headlines...

top 10 comedies

top 10 drama

top 10 spiritual

top 10 metaphysical

top 10 horror

top 10 sci fi

top 10 action

top 10 chick flick

etc....for all of you who can't get your fav's down to 10 and for all those that just aint into historical drama which requires a box of tissue and don't want Schindlers List in their top 10...

 

[greymare]

how about
top ten movies I cant stand.

1. all the american pie movies
2. team america
3. pulp fiction
4 anything with mickey rourke. (escept wrestler, as i havent seen it yet)
... thats about it folks

 

[Dream]

how about
top ten movies I cant stand.

1. all the american pie movies
2. team america
3. pulp fiction
4 anything with mickey rourke. (escept wrestler, as i havent seen it yet)
... thats about it folks

Hehehe.

My no-see-ums are....
Scooby Doo
Anything by Stanley Kubrik
Free Willy
Six-String Samurai
The Horror of Clonus

 

[citizenzen]

how about top ten movies I cant stand.

1. all the american pie movies

Never seen any of them. I was 16 too many years ago.

2. team america

OMG! A must see... but only if you have the mentality of a 16 year-old. (so sue me for contradicting myself)

3. pulp fiction

Gratuitous violence smeared in a hip demi-glace... gave me food poisoning.

4 anything with mickey rourke. (escept wrestler, as i havent seen it yet)

Okay if you don't mind sitting through two hours of a broken down man picking staples from his face... I'd pass. But a big "thumbs up" for two hours of naked Marisa Tomei.

 

[bob x]

Wizard of Oz
Casablanca
Dr. Strangelove
Clockwork Orange
It's a Wonderful Life
Life of Brian
Conan the Barbarian
Memento
Get Shorty
Star Trek IV (the humpbacks)

I realize that this mixture must make me look rather insane.

 

[China Cat Sunflower]

how about
top ten movies I cant stand.

1. all the american pie movies
2. team america
3. pulp fiction
4 anything with mickey rourke. (escept wrestler, as i havent seen it yet)
... thats about it folks

How about Barfly?

Chris

 

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

how about
top ten movies I cant stand.

1. all the american pie movies
2. team america
3. pulp fiction
4 anything with mickey rourke. (except wrestler, as i havent seen it yet)
... thats about it folks

1) I Spit on Your Grave (basically, it's a "they were raped because they asked for it" waste of celluloid) Couldn't even sit through the first ten minutes while the male I was with saw the whole thing, even cheered on the rapists (first and last date with him.)

2) The Barber of Siberia I guess my sense of humor and the writer's didn't mesh well

3) Pretty much any plotless excuses for sex and/or violence sh!t, especially if it glamorizes the ones doing the acts and/or the acts themselves

I think #3 covers at least eight movies.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine