From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 7/13/25 8:54 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > THE MT VOID   
   > 07/11/25 -- Vol. 44, No. 2, Whole Number 2388   
   >   
      
   > TOPIC: Mini Reviews, Part 16 (film reviews by Evelyn C. Leeper)   
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   > Three more from Mark's list of neglected gems:   
   >   
   > THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951): This "neglected science fiction   
   > film" is as topical now as ever. It is about how technology has   
   > unintended and unexpected results. In the film, it's the "perfect"   
   > cloth. Since then it's been the personal computer, the Internet,   
   > and now AI. There are three aspects it gets right. One is that the   
   > people who come up with technologies are not (necessarily) evil   
   > scientists trying to take over the world. The second is that   
   > (initially at least) many people see only the advantages of the   
   > discoveries/inventions. And the third is that there is resistance   
   > to all these discoveries/inventions by those who see them as   
   > disruptions to their way of life.   
      
   I love the ending (which I won't spoil here).   
      
   > VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960): Mark called this a "forgotten" or a   
   > "neglected science fiction film", but I don't think I'd agree. I   
   > mean, yes, if you can have someone in the audience stand up at a   
   > panel on forgotten science fiction films and suggest FORBIDDEN   
   > PLANET, then okay, it's a forgotten science fiction film. But   
   > under the usual definition of forgotten, FORBIDDEN PLANET is not   
   > forgotten, and I don't think VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED is forgotten   
   > either.   
      
   There are some genuinely forgotten science fiction films, but I can't   
   remember what they are.   
      
      
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