unsung genre film recommendations?
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eldritchhobbitFirst of all, in case you didn't know about it, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database is an online index to over 60,000 historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It can be a terrific resource.
Also, TORn has reminded everyone to be certain to vote (or vote again) now for this year's ORC Awards. I do have a "horse in the race" - Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, which includes a chapter I wrote, is up for the second category, "Best Tolkien themed book published in 2005" - but regardless of which nominees you support, be sure to vote!
Incidentally, is anyone attending The One Ring Celebration later this month?
Fourth, we have joined Netflix, and we're merrily catching up on our genre history by watching those films that somehow got away. I was pleased to see how many early and international movies were included in the library. Do you have any unsung, older, or off-the-beaten-path films or series, especially in the science fiction/fantasy/horror genres, that you recommend?
And last, a quote for the day:
In the first place you remember a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones; in the next place, you do not know that there formerly dwelt in your land the fairest and noblest race of men which ever lived, and that you and your whole city are descended from a small seed or remnant of them which survived. And this was unknown to you, because, for many generations, the survivors of that destruction died, leaving no written word.
from Plato's "Timaeus"
Also, TORn has reminded everyone to be certain to vote (or vote again) now for this year's ORC Awards. I do have a "horse in the race" - Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, which includes a chapter I wrote, is up for the second category, "Best Tolkien themed book published in 2005" - but regardless of which nominees you support, be sure to vote!
Incidentally, is anyone attending The One Ring Celebration later this month?
Fourth, we have joined Netflix, and we're merrily catching up on our genre history by watching those films that somehow got away. I was pleased to see how many early and international movies were included in the library. Do you have any unsung, older, or off-the-beaten-path films or series, especially in the science fiction/fantasy/horror genres, that you recommend?
And last, a quote for the day:
In the first place you remember a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones; in the next place, you do not know that there formerly dwelt in your land the fairest and noblest race of men which ever lived, and that you and your whole city are descended from a small seed or remnant of them which survived. And this was unknown to you, because, for many generations, the survivors of that destruction died, leaving no written word.
from Plato's "Timaeus"
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Date: 2006-01-08 04:05 pm (UTC)And oh yes, there is blood.
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Date: 2006-01-09 05:45 am (UTC)But I'm one of those people who's happy watching Sam Neill open a door or collect his mail so don't mind me...
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Date: 2006-01-09 06:36 am (UTC)And you're right on Mr. Neil, he's a great actor.
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Date: 2006-01-09 12:27 pm (UTC)(Though I still carry a grudge about that awful Merlin miniseries he did, but I can't stay mad at Mr. Neill for long. *wink*)
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Date: 2006-01-09 12:49 pm (UTC)