Moon: A review

by **pinback** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:12 am

I watched "Source Code" last week. It was a decent sci-fi Groundhog Day ripoff, with a terrible tacked-on ending. Overall, pretty disappointing. And then I realized... it was the second film of Duncan Jones, who made Moon!

Well, how about that! He took a step backwards, I'm afraid.

by **Flack** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:49 pm

I still haven't seen Moon yet, but I finally saw Silent Running. It took 3 tries because I fell asleep the first two times. That's less of a statement toward the movie and more that I've just really been exhausted from all the travel and there wasn't a lot to keep me going during the movie. I did enjoy it though.

by **pinback** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:28 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:
pinback wrote:
sgranade wrote:Soylent Green often shows up on these kinds of lists. I remember Wall-E reminded me of Soylent Green, Silent Running, and Logan's Run.
Logan's Run also shows up on these kinds of lists, to which I retort, BABALAGHGHAHWHGHGHBGHGBHBHHBJHAHAHAEUGHH

That was one of da woist pictchas. DA WOIST!!
Can you tell the story of when you and I watched Run, Lola, Run that one time? I recall it made you fantastically angry, like you turned into a gorgon or something. Ha ha ha! I think everyone would appreciate the recap, especially Sarge, who contributed valuably to the BBS and you responded with rot-13.

I don't remember the specifics. We watched Run, Lola, Run. You were confused or something because you thought it was a time-travel movie. I became enraged.

Something like that.

by **sgranade** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:58 pm

Soylent Green is a far and away better picture than both Logan's Run (trippy disco future with a muddled storyline!) and Silent Running (Trumbull loves him some special effects!). It's the kind of SF film noir that didn't show back up until Blade Runner.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:55 pm

pinback wrote:
sgranade wrote:Soylent Green often shows up on these kinds of lists. I remember Wall-E reminded me of Soylent Green, Silent Running, and Logan's Run.
Logan's Run also shows up on these kinds of lists, to which I retort, BABALAGHGHAHWHGHGHBGHGBHBHHBJHAHAHAEUGHH

That was one of da woist pictchas. DA WOIST!!

Can you tell the story of when you and I watched Run, Lola, Run that one time? I recall it made you fantastically angry, like you turned into a gorgon or something. Ha ha ha! I think everyone would appreciate the recap, especially Sarge, who contributed valuably to the BBS and you responded with rot-13.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:53 pm

Knuckles the CLown wrote:I liked Moon but I saw it at the "Little Theatre" in Rochester which ruined the movie. They sell pumpkin seeds and fiber instead of popcorn. One theatre there plays "An Incovienent Truth" on auto loop.

Hahahaha, did you really catch Moon at the Little? Was it your idea-... it was your wife's idea? If it wasn't two in the morning over there, this would net you a phone call.

You used to like science fiction. We used to be brothers.

by **pinback** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:24 pm

sgranade wrote:Soylent Green often shows up on these kinds of lists. I remember Wall-E reminded me of Soylent Green, Silent Running, and Logan's Run.

Logan's Run also shows up on these kinds of lists, to which I retort, BABALAGHGHAHWHGHGHBGHGBHBHHBJHAHAHAEUGHH

That was one of da woist pictchas. DA WOIST!!

by **sgranade** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:26 am

Soylent Green often shows up on these kinds of lists. I remember Wall-E reminded me of Soylent Green, Silent Running, and Logan's Run.

by **pinback** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:26 am

Tdarcos wrote:Outlands

What's it called?

by **Knuckles the CLown** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:14 am

I liked Moon but I saw it at the "Little Theatre" in Rochester which ruined the movie. They sell pumpkin seeds and fiber instead of popcorn. One theatre there plays "An Incovienent Truth" on auto loop.

by **AArdvark** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:50 pm

by a very interesting method

Millions of Japanese cant be wrong!

I was referencing the 'Alien' movie poster line; "In space, nobody can hear you scream."

Mars, Jupiter's moon Io, whatever, right? Some distant outer space setting.
Although there is an 'Outland' feel to 'Moon' where the bad guys are a-coming on the Twelve O' Clock high shuttle to kill Sam. Outland, of course it a retelling of the Gary Cooper classic 'High Noon' So there's the suspense angle.

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DEW NOT FORSAKE ME
AARDVARK

by **Tdarcos** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:20 pm

AArdvark wrote:It's a 1976 Ecology Now poster set in outer space. Too bad in space nobody can hear you protest.

You're also quoting from the poster for Outlands, the "Western in Space" where Sean Connery is a Federal Marshal at a mining colony on Mars.

by **Tdarcos** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:11 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I'd never heard of "Silent Running." And now I have to see it.

It's a really good movie, it's probably one of Bruce Dern's best performances. He does play a psychopath so well (Coming Home and Black Sunday), and he kills one guy by choking him and two more by a very interesting method, I can't think of too many others that use this one. (I don't want to spoil the film too much.)

He plays it so well that despite the fact he's a triple murderer, by the end of the film you actually feel sorry for him.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:33 pm

I am going to "grab" it right now. Can't make any promises as to when I might get a chance to see it. I still have Red Letter Media's "Feeding Frenzy" from months ago I have yet to enjoy.

by **AArdvark** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:45 pm

It's a 1976 Ecology Now poster set in outer space. Too bad in space nobody can hear you protest. Not bad overall but certainly has a heavy handed theme. I like the drones. Think Star Wars proto-R2D2s

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NOT AS COOL
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by **pinback** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:56 pm

I saw Silent Running, but I don't remember any of it except the final shot. I actually don't remember if it's any good, but it always ends up on lists like this when people are trying to come up with decent sci-fi flicks that don't involve laser guns or people bleeding out of their eyes.

by **Flack** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:08 pm

I would appear I performed an egregious act of defiance against corporations that are all too happy to engage our fellow Americans in lawsuits that destroy them financially and force them to bankruptcy.

by **AArdvark** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:38 pm

Besides the scene where Bruce Dern runs over the drone always makes me cry.

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IN SPACE NO ONE
CAN HEAR YOU
SLOBBER
AARDVARK

by **Flack** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:07 pm

Hm, true that. I'll go check Redbox first.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:22 pm

But Flack, taking it from Usenet would be an egregious act of defiance against corporations that are all too happy to engage our fellow Americans in lawsuits that destroy them financially and force them to bankruptcy.

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