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I've seen the epic film of Hard to Be a God, I had to read an article on it to understand what I'd just seen. Probably should have read the book!
I so want to watch that.This was my review back in August 2015:
Hard to Be a God: Based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. 30 scientists travel from Earth to a planet which is stuck in the middle ages. A Theocracy suppresses all learning, even drowning scholars in cesspits when they don't hang them. One of the scientists living under the guise of a local noble gets caught up between the machinations of two rival sects, The Greys and The Blacks.
A film which can be confusing and difficult to follow at times. But is worth seeing.
7/10.
To help clear things up you might wish to consult the synopsis but Beware of Spoilers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_to_Be_a_God_(2013_film)
Well, by all accounts, the Aleksei German film adaptaion of 2013 is one of those films that the critics like and that one watches to improve oneself - i.e it's in black and white, lengthy and focuses on the cruelty and depravity of the overall situation and hence is generally rather grim.I so want to watch that.
This collection contains photographs taken by Jay Kay Klein as he documented Science Fiction & Fantasy fandom from the 1950s through the 1990s. The majority of images were taken by Klein while attending various Science Fiction & Fantasy conventions and events including many from the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
Wise words, Zeke, but I wouldn't have known background info was essential before I watched the film, alas. I'm not averse to difficult 3 hour long black and white movies, though, they can be quite bracing.
Stalker (1979), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky written by the Boris and Arkady Strugasky and based on thrir novel Roadside Picnic (which is rather different from the film). 161 minutes for people who found Solaris (the original) a bit lightweight.
The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone (Gollancz, 2016).
I am so glad that this type of eco-thriller science fiction is still out there after having been eclipsed for so long by far fuuture space faring yarns.
Ezekiel Boone (cool first name btw!) makes a nod back to the creature feature tales from the seventies by the likes of Guy N. Smith in this science fiction thriller cum horror (more the latter, in tone). An ancient race of malevolent and marauding arachnids is inadvertetly exhumed from the ground and begin to lay seige on present day Earth.
THEY CRAWL EN MASSE! THEY ARE FAST! THEY LIKE BLOOD! THEY GESTATE INSIDE YOUR BODY!
It is all very Michael Crichton: there's a slow build up - very effective in its sense of dread - as we get to know individual characters in an almost soap opera type way. It tries hard to be very international but is also rather American -too American, really.
I would have liked more scince exposition (you would have got that from Crichton) and I'm also getting the sense that what this is is really another Zombie apocalypse outing - except with the zombies replaced by our eight legged friends.
But I'm only half way through.
Voyage To The Planet Of Prehistoric Women (1968) :atom:.. the full movie!.
Well, waxing hadn't been invented then.They appear at about the 34 min mark. They look more like mermaids to me. I prefer a nice fur bikini on my prehistoric women.
They used fresh amber instead. Fact.Well, waxing hadn't been invented then.
That explains the Jurassic park dinosaur with the large bush...They used fresh amber instead. Fact.
Have you seen this 1953 investigative documentary ?That explains the Jurassic park dinosaur with the large bush...
Have you seen this 1953 investigative documentary ?
That's what the government want the sheeple to think Dave.Well, those 'Cat Women' appear to be normal human women in tight black dresses. I'm calling hoax on this one, Swifty mate.
Have you seen this 1953 investigative documentary ?
let us know if its worth it as my monthly audible is coming up.