I was just 'talking' to Paul today about something and thought of the Krell. Does anyone remember the Forbidden Planet? The Id?
The huge underground Machine? it's a classic.

I can't help wondering what their Power System looked like ....


Bill

Wasn't Walter Pidgeon the scientist? I think Carol Lynnly? was his daughter.

I wonder how many of us could use that headset to make that ball move?

Russell

Ann Francis was the daughter.

some Links:

to Altair IV, Gentleman....\"
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The Unofficial Forbidden Planet Home Page
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(from Images of Krell Technology )
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Return of the Krell Machine


Bill

I love Sci-Fi. I grew up watching it, and I still like to watch those lovely old 1950s sci-fi pictures.

Bill and I were chatting about TV sci-fi as well last night. Here's a copy of an e-mail I sent him with some links to British TV shows:

The first one that really snagged me was the short-lived "Men Into Space" in 1959-60. This was about during the time of the more popular Lloyd Bridges and "Sea Hunt." *Campy* Flash Gordon just didn’t do it for me.

wow! glad someone brought this up. i love sci-fi. lost in space,big twilight zone fan.as a matter fact bought every episode on dvd. .also star trek the next generation ,also the old one.anyone else like the above?just rembered one more doctor who.

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I grew up watching many of the Irwin Allen productions as well. To Lost In Space, I'll add Land of the Giants and Time Tunnel .

The latter puts me in mind of the more modern Quantum Leap , which I enjoyed as well.

The Twilight Zone was a great concept for a show. I haven't seen it re-run on British TV for several years.


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robby the robot was a big hit in that movie...


btw~ do you know who the ship's captian ( i.e.= leading man) was ?

I just got done reading H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, which is over 100 years old. What a brilliant wordsmith, such an imagination, great detail that makes you believe it, feel it and see it, he really knew how to put the reader right there. Back when it came out, it must have made people almost forget they didn't have air conditioning. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it, and to those who read it long ago, to re-read it. The man had talent.

I'm not much on sci-fi movies, which comes from reading too many books, and then being disappointed when the movie came out.

Many years ago, our town had a city library. I started reading just sci-fi (skipping fantasy), starting with the A's. I skipped over a few I had read before that (such as Asimov), but stuck with it until the middle of the alphabet, when the city decided to build a new library.

I couldn't remember where I left off, and had no way to tell, so I started with the Z's and worked backwards.

That worked great until, around the middle again, I quit for awhile. Did not have to much spare time for reading. I did (don't tell the librarian!!) make a reference mark in the front of the book, with my initials and month/year, so I could keep track.

I recently started up again, and again started with the A's. There sure is alot of junk sci-fi out there, but a few gems. I am now at Arthur C. Clark, so I think I will be here for awhile. He is fast becoming one of my favorites. One thing I tried to do was to start with the 1st book in a series, at least as much as the library had on the shelves, which for the most part, they don't.

Unfortunately, the library classifies fantasy as sci-fi, but a quick look at the cover will tell you if you are going to be reading about dragons or spacemen, so that is not much of a problem.

Don't get me wrong, there have been a few good movies, but by and large, they are not hardly as good as a good book, but that seems to be true of all genre.

H.G. Wells is another favorite.

Rick Miell

Robert Heinlein was a favorite sci-fi author of mine when I was in school.

John Wyndham also wrote some excellent stories back in the 1930s/1940s. Some things have since been proven false (he envisaged Venus as a quite habitable, if somewhat hot and humid world, for example), but many of his stories are still quite thought-provoking today.

Paul,

I remember all of those shows you mentioned a couple threads above. They were good, I might've been less discerning then, but I remember enjoying them.

Rick,

Wow, I agree about Books being better. I'd bet that many people nowadays wouldn't believe that though. (I sound so old, eh?).

I used to enjoy reading a variety of things and remember some paperbacks that most people probably never heard of. Anyone read "Martians Go Home"? I think they made a low budget movie about it, but it was no comparison to the Book. Another I remember for some reason was "Rule of the Pagbeasts"

I need therapy, I know ...
Bill

Sparky,

Do you mean Leslie Nielsen?
I wouldn't have guessed that at all. It's been a long time since I've seen it, I cheated and looked it up.


Bill

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Bjarny,

Wow! Men Into Space brings back memories.

I had, just a bit before that, been bitten by the SciFi bug while reading Heinlein's Sixth Column. I then devoured A. E. Van Vogt.

Recently, I've been enthralled with the cyberpunk genre, specifically:

William Gibson, Neuromancer
Bruce Sterling, Islands On The Net
Neal Stephanson, Snow Crash

I am partial to Phillip K. Dick stories,
at least how they are adapted to screen.

I also enjoy watching Dr. Who when it becomes available.

I partially watch SCi-Fi for the futuristic
set design.

Rendez-Vous With Rama was the story which introduced me to his work.

Just saw that "Space 1999" is coming back to cable TV this fall.
Can't remember what station...think it might be TBS?

Surprised it's not SciFi channel.

And hey, let's remember...

Nowdays, it's called Speculative Fiction

Speaking of the Sci Fi channel, I'm not sure when this took place.



Roger