From: lukas.mariman@NOSPAMgmail.com   
      
   "SanFrancisco2019"  schreef in bericht   
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   > "POD {Ò¿Ó}"  wrote in message   
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   >> me@privacy.net once tried to test me. I ate their liver with some fava   
   >> beans and a nice chianti   
   >>   
   >> #1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY   
   >> #2 STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE   
   >> #3 E.T. - THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL   
   >> #4 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE   
   >> #5 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL   
   >> #6 BLADE RUNNER   
   >> #7 ALIEN   
   >> #8 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY   
   >> #9 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS   
   >> #10 BACK TO THE FUTURE   
   >>   
   >>   
   >    Frankly, the first four films here don't belong on the list.  Eight is   
   > a maybe, nine (if they're referring to the original and not Kaufman's   
   > remake, which didn't need to be made) is dated anti-McCarthy Era   
   > propaganda, and 10 had me saying to myself "Get the f**k out of here!"   
   >    2001, despite its pace, was awe-inspiring until Star Wars came out.   
   > Both films were primarily about ground-breaking special effects. But   
   > neither one was truly philosophically provocative. Neither film really   
   > made one think about the great questions of science fiction, namely: who   
   > are we really?; where do we want the future to take us?; what can we learn   
   > in the process?; and what can we be taught? ET, a shameless tear-jerker   
   > and marketing exec's wet dream, certainly avoids these questions.   
   > Clockwork Orange, much as I love it, is social prediction fiction, and the   
   > thuggery it depicts is comparable to (perhaps even milder than) the   
   > everyday barbarism we read or hear about every day.   
   >    BR, Alien, TDTESS (1951) are each pieces of thought-provoking   
   > brilliance, in their own differing ways. T2, well, might have made you   
   > think, if you thought about doing so. But it looks pretty amazing, so I   
   > say maybe. Body Snatchers, bullshit. Forbidden Planet's take on   
   > Shakespeare tackled tougher philosophical questions, without using near   
   > mindless organic replicas.  Back to the Future was totally fun, totally   
   > puffy, and will never be worthy of being in any sort of serious top ten   
   > film list. Silent Running was a better, far more thoughtful film and I   
   > would watch it any time as long as I could mute Joan Baez.   
   >    You want family-friendly, give me The Black Hole, not ET. You want the   
   > breakdown of society, give me The Road Warrior, not Clockwork Orange.   
   > Terror and paranoia? I'll take Carpenter's The Thing over Bodysnatchers.   
   > Time travel? What the hell is wrong with Pal's The Time Machine?   
   >    Ahh, I hate these lists.   
   >    Thank you, and good night.   
      
   Good night! :-)   
      
   Great feedback to that list, and yes, I agree, these lists are pretty much   
   pointless for a number of reasons.   
      
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