Are there any films or actors that you can't recall the name of?Sure,it would be easy to search the name out on the internet,but then we would be passing up an opprotunity to impress fellow Watchers with our knowledge.
Here's one:Bruce Dern raised plants on a spaceship,the ship got too far away from the sun and the plants died.I believe the ship may have contained the last of humanity.
Whats the name of...................?
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Re: Whats the name of...................?
I own this movie and it's a classic. It's called 'Silent Running'.Sunbaneglasses wrote:Are there any films or actors that you can't recall the name of?Sure,it would be easy to search the name out on the internet,but then we would be passing up an opprotunity to impress fellow Watchers with our knowledge.
Here's one:Bruce Dern raised plants on a spaceship,the ship got too far away from the sun and the plants died.I believe the ship may have contained the last of humanity.
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That is a great movie.
I saw this movie a bunch of times on TV in the late '70s or early '80s. I can't remember who's in it, but a guy in a helicopter (weather or traffic reporter, Vietnam Vet) is witness to a crime, and chases the fugitive in his 'copter. He's relaying information to the cops on the ground, who're trying to catch the bad guy too. In the end, the pilot ends up ramming the badie, instantly immolating both of them. The sad cop looks on and says, "Ya didn't have to do it". Then the movie ends. Great chase film in the vein of Vanishing Point. Love to know what the Hell it was (and no, it's not Blue Thunder).
I saw this movie a bunch of times on TV in the late '70s or early '80s. I can't remember who's in it, but a guy in a helicopter (weather or traffic reporter, Vietnam Vet) is witness to a crime, and chases the fugitive in his 'copter. He's relaying information to the cops on the ground, who're trying to catch the bad guy too. In the end, the pilot ends up ramming the badie, instantly immolating both of them. The sad cop looks on and says, "Ya didn't have to do it". Then the movie ends. Great chase film in the vein of Vanishing Point. Love to know what the Hell it was (and no, it's not Blue Thunder).
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I vaguely remember a sci-fi movie from when I was a kid. aliens had invaded, impersonating people. one guy could see them because of this watch he had. I think some other people also knew (probably had the same kind of watch). Never saw the end of it.
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Are you thinking of They Live with Rowdy Roddy Piper?
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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I'm thinking he's mixing up his fashion accessories.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Could've been sunglasses, I guess. Was a long time ago. Just remember I always wanted to see the end of it.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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Could be, could be.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Found it, after all this time.....Birds of Prey with David Janssen.Cail wrote:That is a great movie.
I saw this movie a bunch of times on TV in the late '70s or early '80s. I can't remember who's in it, but a guy in a helicopter (weather or traffic reporter, Vietnam Vet) is witness to a crime, and chases the fugitive in his 'copter. He's relaying information to the cops on the ground, who're trying to catch the bad guy too. In the end, the pilot ends up ramming the badie, instantly immolating both of them. The sad cop looks on and says, "Ya didn't have to do it". Then the movie ends. Great chase film in the vein of Vanishing Point. Love to know what the Hell it was (and no, it's not Blue Thunder).
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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When I was in Chile, I saw about half an hour of a great movie about somebody named Sandokhan. I don't know the spelling, or what it was called in English, but the title was something like "The Malaysian Tiger," which was what people referred to him as.
I think it may have been a mini-series, and I've always wanted to see the rest of it.
I think it may have been a mini-series, and I've always wanted to see the rest of it.
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They Live; loved it. Voted one of the best fist fight scenes filmed...goes on for like 10 min...just so Roddy can put the glasses on some other guy.
Silent Running, yes another classic. Prob the movie from where Lucas got his R2-D2 beeping language idea. And includes a very moving scene with one bot watching with concern as the other bot is being operated on.
I've been wondering about a flick from just a few years ago that I saw the very last part on SciFi channel: the ending is with two guys trapped and dying in a giant mouse trap...fade to black.
Silent Running, yes another classic. Prob the movie from where Lucas got his R2-D2 beeping language idea. And includes a very moving scene with one bot watching with concern as the other bot is being operated on.
I've been wondering about a flick from just a few years ago that I saw the very last part on SciFi channel: the ending is with two guys trapped and dying in a giant mouse trap...fade to black.
Cowboy: Why you doin' this, Doc?
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
They showed Silent Running to us in school, and indeed it was sold to us students as being a forerunner to Star Wars as far the droids/Bots goKil Tyme wrote:They Live; loved it. Voted one of the best fist fight scenes filmed...goes on for like 10 min...just so Roddy can put the glasses on some other guy.
Silent Running, yes another classic. Prob the movie from where Lucas got his R2-D2 beeping language idea. And includes a very moving scene with one bot watching with concern as the other bot is being operated on.
I've been wondering about a flick from just a few years ago that I saw the very last part on SciFi channel: the ending is with two guys trapped and dying in a giant mouse trap...fade to black.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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