This video was probably made by somebody in their 20s or younger. The same people calling anyone older than them ‘cringe’ online for expressing a heartfelt emotion about anything… refuse to vote, and think they discovered the new world if they watch a movie that isn’t currently available on Paramount+.
1:19 Silent Running. 3:04 Dark Star. 3:35 THX-1138. 6:24 Logon's Run. 7:53 Death Race 2000. 9:44 Rollerball. 11:11 The War In Space. 12:51 Damnation Alley. 14:31 The Black. 16:07 Star Crash. 17:39 The Man Who Fell To Earth. 19:18 Time After Time. 20:49 Solaris.
Rollerball is a brilliant film, but don't watch it if you are depressed... 20:49 It's more precise to search for Solyaris instead of Solaris. This way, you can avoid the American remake. The original from 1972 is on my top-three of favourite movies.
Not seen The Questar Tapes probably because it was a TV film but it looks interesting especially as most of the crew were from the Star Trek series Gene Roddenberry made a few similar type TV movie's in the 70s
I'd recommend them too, but none of these are "forgotten." I'd like to see someone do the work to re-discover great but otherwise extremely obscure 70s sci-fi films (ie. hat never so much as got a betamax release).
I'm 64 years old and I still get upset watching it (which is why I don't watch it often) - and my brother will still say exactly the same - "it's just a f****g robot Jeff!"
Silent Running was magnificent. An environmental film before there was any real environmental message being put out to the public in this media. The amputees that played Hughie, Duey and Louis played their roles superbly, really anthropomorphising the little bots ~ not just the famous card-playing scene but in multiple small ways such as the shot shown here of one of them watching over something whilst tapping one ‘toe’ in impatience. Damn. I’m going to have to watch it again now.
I watched it some months back and the end had me in tears. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid so be prepared because it may hit you in ways you're not expecting.
@@stefanpaege2046 Fair point, but it still remains true we were blessed by the caliber of SF movies back then and on TV for that matter....However it is also true there were a lot of mutts tossed in with the pure breeds.
Great channel, great sci-fi movies. My mother worked at the local cinema (in the UK) and I got free tickets during the week days. I watched 2001 A Space Odyssey 10 times in one week. I was 13 and I was hooked !
Zardos is really obscure, when it was released it was badly panned by both reviewers and the public and was quickly pulled from the threaters. I doubt many here have seen it.
As an IT professional, I particularly enjoyed the computer maintenance in Rollerball. That is, kicking the machine. Technically, this is what we call "rebooting" ;-)
Doc Savage The Man of Bronze 1975, Food of the Gods 1976 and Capricorn One 1977 all hold special places in my heart as I fondly remember the visuals and storytelling holding my interest in my teen years, nearly 50 years later.
@@craighurley3405 As a fan of pulps, Doc Savage, The Shadow, etc i can honestly say that while Ron Ely was well chosen as the doc Man of Bronze was a total waste of film. Even as a 13 yr old i hated it and my adult self still thinks it was a spoilt opportunity.
I really hated Silent Running. I found the film to be way too preachy. Yeah, right, humanity is so evil that they'd destroy the last vestiges of life on a world humanity screwed up and be gleeful about it. The forests wouldn't have survived anyhow, and what a dumb botanist not to realize that the lack of sunlight would kill trees...
damnation alley? i was one of those who went to see it because the book was great. so i was shocked to find that Hell Tanner turned from a hells angel to a H.Tanner USAF officer and of course the "radiation proof canvas" i ripped out my eye as a penence
@@philiprice7875 It's extremely rare that a film is better than the book, with the exception of Steven King. His books suck but the films based off from the books vary from watchable to great. But Steven King writes like a child. All of his characters are 1 dimensional, superficial, it's tedious to read.
Isn't Demon Seed the one where the robot/computer thing keeps the woman captive and r8pes her and she gives birth and stuff? That film is depraved, well f'd up
Who forgot? Those of us who grew up with them haven't forgotten. Though a couple I wish I could forget. I'm looking at you Saturn 3 Granted it was released in 1980. But with Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett what could go wrong..... "0_o"
actually i think saw saturn 3 at the cinema , or was that inseminoid 😱 (ill bet that one is forgotten) both make you sink in your seat as not to be seen there
Out of all the films mentioned here, my favorite by far was/is Time Aftrer Time. I've always been a fan of the Time Machine adaptations to screen. One of the very best was the 1960 Rod Taylor film, especially for the adaptation from the book but Time After Time was such an amazing twist to the story. It's acted very well, directed well, and has the most amazing tone.
His comment about the movie was: "This movie si not about Solaris. It's about some human sexual problems, but definitely not Solaris." I tend to agree.
Thanks for your vid. It was enjoyable to watch. My list would be much different, but I was happy to see one of my all-time favorites here: Time After Time.
I enjoyed the remake. There seemed to be a nod to the original in the torn-apart door in one scene not explained in the remake, but in the original, it was his "wife" who ripped through it. I do like the ending of the remake. I have both on DVD.
Stanislaw Lem, the author of the book Solaris commented the film: "This movie is not about Solaris. It is about some human sexual problems. Solaris it definitely is not." I definitely agree.
Nice selection of movies, I have seen most of them and of these I have most on them on DVD. The War in Space was the only one that I missed and will need to hunt it down.
I totally didn't realize that Sylvester Stallone was in Death Race 2000. Loved that movie. Still wonder how many points I would get if I hit pedestrians😂.
The Landmaster from Damnation Alley was designed and built by a family friend, Dean Jeffries. It sat in front of his shop, visible from the 101 freeway in Los Angeles until he died. Dean did custom work on most of my father's cars as well as his Triumph motorcycle.
silent running is awesome, helped me choose a career as an ecologist and i own it on dvd! i cry every time i watch it also own dark star i also own THX 1148 and Logan's run (i've read the books too), which i have made so many friends and family watch around their 30th birthdays. never seen death race 2000, it was banned and i was a toddler i used to back all my films up on my hard drive(good job, i lost my box of films moving) this is where i keep rollerball never herd of the war in space, or damnation alley, they didnt know cockroaches are insects! used to watch the black hole as a child on VHS, wore it out, dont need to watch again-yet never herd of star crash the man who fell to earth, my cousin watched (massive bowie fan) repeatedly i sort of blanked this one being 15yrs younger than her own time after time and solaris clearly i am a massive nerd
One of the crew members in Dark Star was played by Dan O'Bannon who would go on to co-write the Ridley Scott masterpiece, "Alien". For THX1138, I highly recommend the Director's Cut, as it adds some scenes that help the movie make more sense. "Time After Time" was excellent. One of my favorite time travel movies ever.
@@nzlemming It's far from perfect, true (the "hologram" character makes zero sense) but definitely improves on the original IMO. I do like the idea that the authorities stop chasing him once the cost of pursuit has reached a certain dollar amount. A true bureaucracy! Have you ever seen the original student film he made at USC? (Warning: The film is black for about a full minute at the very beginning. The whole thing is about 15 minutes long): ruclips.net/video/N5Dc1ZIglBw/видео.htmlsi=T3Pms00Eehz95rxw
Fun fact about Damnation Alley, I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Zelazny at Norwescon back in the day, and asked him about the making of it since it is base loosely on his book by the same name. His exact words were I spent a weekend in a hotel with a bottle of whiskey and a type writer filling out the short story into a book and then had the worst experience with the production company. Again his words if you are getting one of your books made into a movie you stand on one side of the state line and they shovel you the money until you are happy. The book and the movie are not the same thing two different stories, one about a man trying to get from one enclave of humans to the other to get them a cure for a disease that is ravaging them, the other about some people looking for an enclave of survivors. Only thing similar is they both take place in a nuclear waste land.
Time after Time was a great one among many others, I didn’t forget these movies at all. Who needs a dry, pompous critic, spend $5 and decide for yourself.
@@KalBuir The alien sex bit was weird. Funny when Candy Clarke runs out of the room starting to scream hysterically. Kinda reminds me of some dates I had that didnt go too well. Interesting, the part that was filmed for the alien home planet was at White Sands in New Mexico, on part of the missile proving ground, now that part is a national park. Wonderful place to go, I thoroughly recommend!
"Death Race" really was never forgotten. The concept of the movie became well known in popular culture as young people would jokingly talk about "potential points" of running somebody over on the road.
Sadly, every 70's SF movie that wasn't Star Wars, Alien, and *maybe* Close Encounters of the Third Kind are pretty much forgotten today, which is deeply sad. It was a treasure trove of thoughtful SF, but the general public wants explosions and screams.
Solaris was remade in 2002. I loved the plot and the haunting beauty of the film score. George Clooney was fabulous as the psychologist sent to the ship to figure out what was going on.
I remember seeing both at the theater as a kid. Its a toss up between Hang em High or The Burbs as to which is my favorite Bruce Dern movie, but Silent Running is a close 3rd.
Silent Running is a great film but ive never understood why they had to destroy the biodomes...Dern`s character showed that with little effort they could be jettisoned and self sustaining so why destroy them...
I have seen all of these great classics, except for the japanese one, and when they were released in theatres. I am a huge sci-fi\fantasy fan. I would highly recommend Andromeda Strain and Westworld as well.
there was a lot of experimenting back in the 70's and 80's. They didn't all work but it was a joy to see directors playing with ideas. I think that's why Megalopis is confusing people. Coppolla is playing with ideas and not letting the Hollywood corporation stop him. I have no idea if it works yet, but I am so happy to see something completely different. I've see almost all of these movies. Some of them are hysterically bad which in and of itself makes them fun.
Also, the bit on Solaris is very interesting. I have two books put together by Isaac Asimov. They are two collections of Soviet-era sci fi, completely different vibe than Western sci fi. These aren't in publication anymore, but whenever you go to a used bookstore, check out the sci fi section, all kinds of hidden gems there.
not really! watch *the green slime* and get back to me... *planet of the vampires, It!: the terror from beyond space & night of the blood beast* too it's PRACTICALLY a scene by scene remake of the green slime right down to antigrav snot
@@justanotheryoutubechannel3102 Alien was written by Dan Obanon who played Pinback in Dark Star. He thought it would make a great scary science fiction movie if he made the alien terrifying. So Alien was absolutely born from Dark Star.
@@alexhamilton4084 Alien is a SCENE BY SCENE REMAKE of the green slime which you've obviously never seen simply parroting brandywine talking points. watch the movie then get back to me
Dan O'Bannon's "Alien" script came out of being stuck in Paris, after the colossal failure of Jodorowsky's "Dune". Which had also gathered together other important "Alien" set, prop and monster artists such as Giger, Ron Cobb and Moebius.
I've seen Silent Running shown at sea in the navy as a Sunday afternoon movie. At the end, there's a lot of big men asking, "Is someone smoking in here?"
The first 3 movies listed, [Silent Running, Dark Star and Logan's Run] take pride of place in the Sci-Fi section of my own library. The black humour of Dark Star appealed to me especially. It is constantly on my list of re-runs as I find the dialogue never gets old.
Fun Facts: The movie "Logan's Run" was based on the novel of the same name by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. The novel is based on the Youth Movements of the 1960s. The idea was in the future, the population of the earth and especially the US would be predominantly under the age of 21 and thus, the kids took over running things. One early charismatic leader, chose to commit public suicide at the age of 21 as a final protest against the establishment. So the future society would enact ritual suicide at the age of 21 ( it was raised to 30 for the movie ). Also, the novel had two sequels: Logan's World and Logan's Search.
It's not THX 11 38 it's THX 1 1 3 8, you pronounce the numbers individually, do the film justice it deserves. By the way that number is mentioned in Star wars when Luke and co are traveling through the death star to the prison area.
I have never herd any one call this film THX one one three eight. I have even heard Lucas himself refer to it as THX eleven thirty eight when I saw him at Comicon yeas ago. And when I attended a presentation at USC all the profs refered to it as THX eleven thirty eight as well. Not saying your wrong. But I would like to know your basis for saying this.
@@singerap must be a US v UK thing, as over here (UK) it's always been referred to as one one three eight. A compare on a (TV) program introducing the next film would always say it as that. I have never known it any other way, and it seems from the likes so have many others..... (It definitely sounds better and more sci-fi singular than plural)
I want to mention in "Silent Running," there is an extended scene where the crew are racing the 6 wheel ATVs (?) in a storage area with multi-sided containers. There are some company logos on them...one was for a company I worked at for 41 years, Rapistan. I just happened to catch it when I rented the VHS tape way back in the day.
FUN FACT: The Land Master vehicle from "Damnation Alley" was later used as a prop in Quiet Riot's video "The Wild And The Young" from their QR III album.
One should mention that in _Logan's Run,_ we have yet another post-nuclear-war dystopia where the few remaining humans live inside domes with limited resources and space, so controlling population size to keep it stable _is_ a neccessity. (Although their vault is not a far underground as the city-sized bunker in _THX-1138.)_ They live plentiful, carefree lives without crime or hunger, rather like the Eloi in _The Time-Machine,_ but the prize is that no-one is allowed to live longer than their 30th birthday, not even the "Sandmen" (the police force who tracks "runners"). Everyone's age category is displayed both through the colour of their clothes and the gem-like "lifeclock" implanted in the palm of everyone's hand... when it goes dark you're supposed to go into the carussel to be "reborn", but in reality the people are killed and then cryogenically frozen by robots in ice caves outside the habitat. Logan, the Sandman, and a woman runner he was pursueing, manage to find an old path out of the dome and past the robot that wants to kill them, and emerge into the ruin of an ancient ruined metropolis (I believe it is New York), overgrown with plantlife, as the nuclear war was centuries or millenia ago. They find out there have been humans left behind on the surface, but they have nearly died out, and the last survivor they find in a library is an old man with wrinkles and long white hair... something they have never seen before, old age being nonexistant in the dome.
Bruuhhh, you have found that movie I've seen in "81, The War In Space!!! Never knew the movie tittle. All I remembered was a revolver type launch bay!!!! You brought back ny childhood memories, thank you!!!!!!
Colossus: The Forbin Project Frankenstein: The True Story Slaughterhouse Five Soylent Green The Omega Man Fantastic Planet Wizards Idaho Transfer The Green Slime (1968)
Slaughterhouse Five isn't science fiction, it's based on anti-war (read: anti-peace) b u l l s h i t that dares to pose as a "war novel". Either way, it is a complete and utter dumpster fire of a novel that deserves to be declared as emergency toilet paper alongside the Twilight saga, the 50 Shades of Gray saga, anything that is made by the Bronte sisters, anything that is made by Jane Austen, anything that is made by the Huxleys, and MGTOW, as well as feminist i d i o c y that dare to refer to themselves as "books".
@@stephendeluca4479 just like records, I dig the crates for sci-fi and the MOST obscure AWESOME title I know is the BBC's *Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets* which has less than 200 IMDb votes, but is THE BEST hard sci-fi EVER!
These are all well known classics! They aren’t forgotten.
I hear that!
There's only one of these that isn't in my collection.
This video was probably made by somebody in their 20s or younger. The same people calling anyone older than them ‘cringe’ online for expressing a heartfelt emotion about anything… refuse to vote, and think they discovered the new world if they watch a movie that isn’t currently available on Paramount+.
@@sub-jec-tiv Well, I guess I shouldn’t criticize the efforts of youngsters to appreciate older movies.
The Black Hole, in particular, often appears on top ten lists of films of the period. I wouldn't describe them all as classics though.
They could have added a few more British ones. The only one I haven't seen is the Japanese one.
1:19 Silent Running.
3:04 Dark Star.
3:35 THX-1138.
6:24 Logon's Run.
7:53 Death Race 2000.
9:44 Rollerball.
11:11 The War In Space.
12:51 Damnation Alley.
14:31 The Black.
16:07 Star Crash.
17:39 The Man Who Fell To Earth.
19:18 Time After Time.
20:49 Solaris.
Logan's Run
@@BabadzsiMaha Logun's Run. Or is that 'Login's Run'?
Time stamp is wrong for txh-1138
@@jasoneverettname is wrong. THX 1138
Rollerball is a brilliant film, but don't watch it if you are depressed... 20:49 It's more precise to search for Solyaris instead of Solaris. This way, you can avoid the American remake. The original from 1972 is on my top-three of favourite movies.
Colossus: The Forbin Project was 1970, The Andromeda Strain was 1971 -- and both need to be included.
Colossus is as relevant today as it was on release, a must watch
I would add “The Final Program.
Colossus is one of my favorite scifi movies.
yep, though the andromeda strain has been through a reboot, so it isn't completely forgotten. it also might be the ONLY G rated movie that shows boobs
@@justanotheryoutubechannel3102 I try not to think of that version. I personally refer to it as For Amber Waves of Strain.
Logans run is so good
Zardoz (1974) was mostly notable for starring Sean Connery in a bright red diaper, but was fun.
Yeah if you can get your head passed that image it is a pretty good film
Wizards (1976)
Phase 4 (1975)
Westworld (1973)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Z.P.G. (1971)
The Questar Tapes (1974)
The Illustrated Man (1970)
Not seen The Questar Tapes probably because it was a TV film but it looks interesting especially as most of the crew were from the Star Trek series Gene Roddenberry made a few similar type TV movie's in the 70s
Phase iv haunts my childhood dreams
All these are better than Starcrash.
Westworld was so good.
Great list 🌟
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I would definitely add The Andromeda Strain '71, The Questor Tapes '74, A Boy And His Dog '75
Definitely add a boy and his dog
Andromeda Strain is a classic!
@@charleslawrence9825 that movie flipped me out when i first watched it.. that ending.. lol
I totally forgot the Questor Tapes. Thank you for refreshing my childhood memories. Wow.
I'd recommend them too, but none of these are "forgotten." I'd like to see someone do the work to re-discover great but otherwise extremely obscure 70s sci-fi films (ie. hat never so much as got a betamax release).
I was 8 when I saw Silent Running on TV. I'll never forget how the ending had me bawling and my big brother trying consol me: "It's just a robot!"
Me too. No lie, no joke.😔😥😭
your sympathy will not be forgotten
More of our #genx trauma.
Yes! Same here. I can't watch it again, even at 59 years old. I know I'd break down in tears.
I'm 64 years old and I still get upset watching it (which is why I don't watch it often) - and my brother will still say exactly the same - "it's just a f****g robot Jeff!"
Rollerball was my favorite and I still get goosebumps at the end of the movie!
Jon-a-than! Jon-a-than!
@@charlesfinnigan3904 The individual above the collective. The human spirit triumphs.
Did he say that cockroaches mutated into insects?
He certainly did.
It also said "humane-ness".
Yeah that one was odd. 😀
Yes sounds scary right?
Silent Running was magnificent. An environmental film before there was any real environmental message being put out to the public in this media. The amputees that played Hughie, Duey and Louis played their roles superbly, really anthropomorphising the little bots ~ not just the famous card-playing scene but in multiple small ways such as the shot shown here of one of them watching over something whilst tapping one ‘toe’ in impatience.
Damn. I’m going to have to watch it again now.
I watched it some months back and the end had me in tears. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid so be prepared because it may hit you in ways you're not expecting.
@@davidpope3943 totally agree
I always liked Logan’s Run.
And I especially always liked Jenny Agutter.
not me. the lousy library fight reminded me of a bad star trek episode
Jenny Jenny Jenny
@@davidmacdonald1695 UH OH! You just summoned a witch!
the book is 100 times better, Michael York or no Michael York
Perhaps 'Fahrenheit 451' and 'Slaughterhouse 5'. We were blessed back in the 70s with a wide variety SF.
Yeah, those should of been mentioned instead of some of the shite ones like Damnation Alley, it sucked or Star Crash.
I liked the movie Fahrenheit 451, but it never lived up to the vision in my head after reading the book.
The movie „Farenheit 451“ is from 1966 & therefore not eligible for this list of 1970‘s films.
@@stefanpaege2046 Fair point, but it still remains true we were blessed by the caliber of SF movies back then and on TV for that matter....However it is also true there were a lot of mutts tossed in with the pure breeds.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944"Star Crash" is fun though. It features Christopher Plummer, the Hoff and a 2x Bond girl!
Great channel, great sci-fi movies. My mother worked at the local cinema (in the UK) and I got free tickets during the week days. I watched 2001 A Space Odyssey 10 times in one week. I was 13 and I was hooked !
Well. Looks like my weekend is all set. 70's SCI-FI marathon!
soylent green
the omega men
zardos
the Andromeda strain
a boy and his dog
phase TV
Zardos is really obscure, when it was released it was badly panned by both reviewers and the public and was quickly pulled from the threaters. I doubt many here have seen it.
@@gumpyoldbugger6944 haven't seen Zardoz yet, but I'm going to. Just received the DVD in the mail yesterday.
Krull
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zardoz is a *GREAT MOVIE* ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It should STAY forgotten! Honestly, I have no idea how that DVD got on my shelf!
As an IT professional, I particularly enjoyed the computer maintenance in Rollerball.
That is, kicking the machine. Technically, this is what we call "rebooting" ;-)
I don't know who has forgotten these films, I thought they were all very well known classics!
In 2024 these movies are ancient history..
@@Rodj71 kids these days don’t know who Han Solo is. They definitely don’t know about these films.
@NothMeeh I can't process that very well. It just makes me feel sad.
As kids we would play our own version of Rollerball with our bikes and skateboards. It was fun and we were nuts.
All of us gen X latch key kids were like wild animals without supervision and we all wanted to be like Evil Knievel.
It's a wonder how I managed to live through that.
And I was always the dummy who got picked to be the last person on the Knievel bike ramp jump
Make Movies Great Again.... These movies are why I love Sci-Fi.... And why I watch them again and again....
I'm glad you include Dark Star, It's superb.
"A Boy and His Dog", the number one most forgotten movie of its time that belongs on every list like this one.
NOPE! Idaho Transfer is even MORE obscure and tells a similar story
Does it star the guy out of Miami vice?
A Boy and his Dog is still running on Samsung TV Plus.
@@Inkslinger123yes, it's a young Don Johnson.
@@t.versteeg3723 And got out acted by Benji lol
Doc Savage The Man of Bronze 1975, Food of the Gods 1976 and Capricorn One 1977 all hold special places in my heart as I fondly remember the visuals and storytelling holding my interest in my teen years, nearly 50 years later.
Man of Bronze was excellent
@@oceania2385 George Pal's last film
@@craighurley3405 As a fan of pulps, Doc Savage, The Shadow, etc i can honestly say that while Ron Ely was well chosen as the doc Man of Bronze was a total waste of film. Even as a 13 yr old i hated it and my adult self still thinks it was a spoilt opportunity.
I found that I had not forgotten any of these films,
but some of them I wish I could.
MST3K actually covered some of these films.
I really hated Silent Running. I found the film to be way too preachy. Yeah, right, humanity is so evil that they'd destroy the last vestiges of life on a world humanity screwed up and be gleeful about it. The forests wouldn't have survived anyhow, and what a dumb botanist not to realize that the lack of sunlight would kill trees...
@@fuzzywzhewow, your kinda an idiot
damnation alley? i was one of those who went to see it because the book was great. so i was shocked to find that Hell Tanner turned from a hells angel to a H.Tanner USAF officer and of course the "radiation proof canvas"
i ripped out my eye as a penence
@@philiprice7875 It's extremely rare that a film is better than the book, with the exception of Steven King. His books suck but the films based off from the books vary from watchable to great. But Steven King writes like a child. All of his characters are 1 dimensional, superficial, it's tedious to read.
Two others brought to memory, "Phase IV" and "Demon Seed".
(Shudder),Demon Seed;disturbing movie
Don't forget "Sssssss!"
Demon seed was more horror than anything else I thought.
Good film... Not sure it fits in this list though.
OMG i thought i am the only person who LOVED phase IV
Isn't Demon Seed the one where the robot/computer thing keeps the woman captive and r8pes her and she gives birth and stuff?
That film is depraved, well f'd up
Who forgot? Those of us who grew up with them haven't forgotten.
Though a couple I wish I could forget. I'm looking at you Saturn 3
Granted it was released in 1980. But with Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett what could go wrong..... "0_o"
At least we got a look at her naked boobs.....I guess that sort of redeems the movie a bit.......
Battle Beyond the Stars is another good 1980 film.
@davidprince1138 .......
..."my name, is Gelt, ..I was born in space.!
actually i think saw saturn 3 at the cinema , or was that inseminoid 😱 (ill bet that one is forgotten) both make you sink in your seat as not to be seen there
@@davewright8206 I saw Saturn 3 at a convention, but wish I hadn't.
These are great movies! Thanks for the memories! The Man who fell to Earth, really impacted my friends and myself! 😮😮😮
Out of all the films mentioned here, my favorite by far was/is Time Aftrer Time. I've always been a fan of the Time Machine adaptations to screen. One of the very best was the 1960 Rod Taylor film, especially for the adaptation from the book but Time After Time was such an amazing twist to the story. It's acted very well, directed well, and has the most amazing tone.
I will be honest I had just finished reading Well's biography when the film came out. So that twist was sort of spoiled for me lol
7:10 Ah, Logan’s Run, nothing wrong with that. Especially with Jenny Agutter running around in what she wasn't wearing!
Damn, gonna find some clips now and have another teenage memory w$%k 🍆💦
Have seen all those classics more than once and still enjoy them.
Solaris is based on a novel from Stanislav Lem a medical doctor, mathematician and very entertainig Sci Fi author from Poland.
His comment about the movie was: "This movie si not about Solaris. It's about some human sexual problems, but definitely not Solaris." I tend to agree.
Thanks for your vid. It was enjoyable to watch. My list would be much different, but I was happy to see one of my all-time favorites here: Time After Time.
"Time after time" was a great success in Brazilian TV in the 80's, I remember watching it in different occasions on my childhood
Solaris is surreal yet breathtaking.
I enjoyed the remake. There seemed to be a nod to the original in the torn-apart door in one scene not explained in the remake, but in the original, it was his "wife" who ripped through it. I do like the ending of the remake. I have both on DVD.
@@thhseekingI love the remark though it really freaks me out
Stanislaw Lem, the author of the book Solaris commented the film: "This movie is not about Solaris. It is about some human sexual problems. Solaris it definitely is not." I definitely agree.
The 70s were the BEST decade for cinema film...and it's thanks to these very films,and many more.
Silent Running: I always remember Bruce Dern from this film - wonderful.
Dark Star: talking down the bomb - hilarious !!!!
Nice selection of movies, I have seen most of them and of these I have most on them on DVD. The War in Space was the only one that I missed and will need to hunt it down.
Dark Star is brilliant and hilarious. But all these 70's sci fi films are really classic and worth watching.
Maximillion class baddie!
I totally didn't realize that Sylvester Stallone was in Death Race 2000. Loved that movie. Still wonder how many points I would get if I hit pedestrians😂.
QUOTE:
*"You know, Myra, some people might think you're cute., but me, I think you're one very large baked potato."*
Double points for lycra clad cyclists.
I say the same thing. Stallone close to the time he did his first ROCKY movie. David Carradine shortly after he was in the TV series KUNG FU.
@@iankearns774And quadruple points for anyone using the term 'Bro'.
The Landmaster from Damnation Alley was designed and built by a family friend, Dean Jeffries. It sat in front of his shop, visible from the 101 freeway in Los Angeles until he died. Dean did custom work on most of my father's cars as well as his Triumph motorcycle.
Some absolute gems in this list, but Logan's Run, Silent Running, Dark Star and THX 1138 classics.
silent running is awesome, helped me choose a career as an ecologist and i own it on dvd! i cry every time i watch it
also own dark star
i also own THX 1148
and Logan's run (i've read the books too), which i have made so many friends and family watch around their 30th birthdays.
never seen death race 2000, it was banned and i was a toddler
i used to back all my films up on my hard drive(good job, i lost my box of films moving) this is where i keep rollerball
never herd of the war in space, or damnation alley, they didnt know cockroaches are insects!
used to watch the black hole as a child on VHS, wore it out, dont need to watch again-yet
never herd of star crash
the man who fell to earth, my cousin watched (massive bowie fan) repeatedly i sort of blanked this one being 15yrs younger than her
own time after time and solaris
clearly i am a massive nerd
So you own THX1148 ... NEAT ITS 1138
@@scotttait2197 oops fat fingers, strikes again
One of the crew members in Dark Star was played by Dan O'Bannon who would go on to co-write the Ridley Scott masterpiece, "Alien". For THX1138, I highly recommend the Director's Cut, as it adds some scenes that help the movie make more sense. "Time After Time" was excellent. One of my favorite time travel movies ever.
Even the Director's Cut doesn't make a whole lot of sense, though it does take it further than the theatrical release.
@@nzlemming It's far from perfect, true (the "hologram" character makes zero sense) but definitely improves on the original IMO. I do like the idea that the authorities stop chasing him once the cost of pursuit has reached a certain dollar amount. A true bureaucracy! Have you ever seen the original student film he made at USC? (Warning: The film is black for about a full minute at the very beginning. The whole thing is about 15 minutes long): ruclips.net/video/N5Dc1ZIglBw/видео.htmlsi=T3Pms00Eehz95rxw
@@JustWasted3HoursHere Thanks. I knew it started there but hadn't seen that.
Quatermass, Mad Max, the Thing all good 70s films.
Quatermass is much better as the TV series, rather than the cut down movie version, IMO.
The Thing came out in 1982.
@@williamnorthrup2335 "John Carpenter's The Thing", not the original.
@@thhseeking The original was made in 1951
Darkstar: there’s not enough room in space. Get those stupid planets out of our way.
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Nothing forgotten here, 100% classic and influential movies. I would have switched war in space for Boy & his dog 1975
Great rundown. I didn't realise Star Crash was such a cult classic.
Silent Running was the first film I wanted to be on this list for sure! A great film!
Fun fact about Damnation Alley, I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Zelazny at Norwescon back in the day, and asked him about the making of it since it is base loosely on his book by the same name. His exact words were I spent a weekend in a hotel with a bottle of whiskey and a type writer filling out the short story into a book and then had the worst experience with the production company. Again his words if you are getting one of your books made into a movie you stand on one side of the state line and they shovel you the money until you are happy. The book and the movie are not the same thing two different stories, one about a man trying to get from one enclave of humans to the other to get them a cure for a disease that is ravaging them, the other about some people looking for an enclave of survivors. Only thing similar is they both take place in a nuclear waste land.
This storyline was also used in Judge Dread cartoon in the 2000AD comic in the UK.
Marvelous, I saw Silent Running when was a kid, I loved the robots
Time after Time was a great one among many others, I didn’t forget these movies at all. Who needs a dry, pompous critic, spend $5 and decide for yourself.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) was an early look at the perils of creating a self-aware machine.
and an EXCELLENT story for its time
The Man Who Fell To Earth isn't a forgotten Sci Fi movie.
I got it on dvd
If you ever NEED to see Bowie frolicking completely naked, this is your film.
@@KalBuir The alien sex bit was weird. Funny when Candy Clarke runs out of the room starting to scream hysterically. Kinda reminds me of some dates I had that didnt go too well.
Interesting, the part that was filmed for the alien home planet was at White Sands in New Mexico, on part of the missile proving ground, now that part is a national park. Wonderful place to go, I thoroughly recommend!
Logans run and death race are still fun.
not logan's run. even as a kid i thought it was crap
"Death Race" really was never forgotten. The concept of the movie became well known in popular culture as young people would jokingly talk about "potential points" of running somebody over on the road.
Sadly, every 70's SF movie that wasn't Star Wars, Alien, and *maybe* Close Encounters of the Third Kind are pretty much forgotten today, which is deeply sad. It was a treasure trove of thoughtful SF, but the general public wants explosions and screams.
THX 1138 is one of my first modern sci-fi movies.
Solaris was remade in 2002. I loved the plot and the haunting beauty of the film score. George Clooney was fabulous as the psychologist sent to the ship to figure out what was going on.
I have them both, and the torn door in the remake seems a nod to a scene in the original. I like the remake ending.
Silent Running not forgotten to me. Looking forward to the remake.
Dark Star is a diamond in the ruff❤ it's one of those film's that is great despite its budget ❤
they may be forgotten to gens Y, z and alpha but not to BBs we lived them and still watch them.
Fun fact: the ship(s) from _Silent Running_ were latter used as the "aggro ships" in the original _Galactica_ .
Outland. An excellent sci-fi film with a great performance by Sean Connery.
Silent Running; The first movie where Bruce Dern did NOT shoot John Wayne in the back...
But he did get death threats. No shit.
I remember seeing both at the theater as a kid. Its a toss up between Hang em High or The Burbs as to which is my favorite Bruce Dern movie, but Silent Running is a close 3rd.
Silent Running is a great film but ive never understood why they had to destroy the biodomes...Dern`s character showed that with little effort they could be jettisoned and self sustaining so why destroy them...
Cmon all real sf fans know about these films. And i considered them classic
not all of them
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Martian Chronicles
I have seen all of these great classics, except for the japanese one, and when they were released in theatres. I am a huge sci-fi\fantasy fan.
I would highly recommend Andromeda Strain and Westworld as well.
now try their REBOOTS and lost in space while you're at it
Are you talking about Message From Space.
@@JohnValhouli No, I am talking about the titles as written her.
Futureworld with Peter Fonda.
You probably can find some of these movies on youtube, if you run a search for them.
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (black and white)
there was a lot of experimenting back in the 70's and 80's. They didn't all work but it was a joy to see directors playing with ideas. I think that's why Megalopis is confusing people. Coppolla is playing with ideas and not letting the Hollywood corporation stop him. I have no idea if it works yet, but I am so happy to see something completely different. I've see almost all of these movies. Some of them are hysterically bad which in and of itself makes them fun.
"Silent Running"first time I saw that movie I kept wishing I could have a Huey, a Dewey, and Louie to keep me safe from bullies at school.🙂
Also, the bit on Solaris is very interesting. I have two books put together by Isaac Asimov. They are two collections of Soviet-era sci fi, completely different vibe than Western sci fi.
These aren't in publication anymore, but whenever you go to a used bookstore, check out the sci fi section, all kinds of hidden gems there.
I thought you would have mentioned that “Alien” was born from “Dark Star”.
not really! watch *the green slime* and get back to me... *planet of the vampires, It!: the terror from beyond space & night of the blood beast* too
it's PRACTICALLY a scene by scene remake of the green slime right down to antigrav snot
@@justanotheryoutubechannel3102 Alien was written by Dan Obanon who played Pinback in Dark Star. He thought it would make a great scary science fiction movie if he made the alien terrifying. So Alien was absolutely born from Dark Star.
@@alexhamilton4084 Alien is a SCENE BY SCENE REMAKE of the green slime which you've obviously never seen simply parroting brandywine talking points. watch the movie then get back to me
@@justanotheryoutubechannel3102 NO, really
Dan O'Bannon's "Alien" script came out of being stuck in Paris, after the colossal failure of Jodorowsky's "Dune".
Which had also gathered together other important "Alien" set, prop and monster artists such as Giger, Ron Cobb and Moebius.
I would love to see 1950s and 60s too
Silent running is a beautiful film.
I've seen Silent Running shown at sea in the navy as a Sunday afternoon movie. At the end, there's a lot of big men asking, "Is someone smoking in here?"
Time after time. Was pretty good for it's time.
I'm about to look at a boy and his dog soon.
THEN try: six-string samurai, & finch
13:37 “…Cockroaches into insects…”(?)
The first 3 movies listed, [Silent Running, Dark Star and Logan's Run] take pride of place in the Sci-Fi section of my own library. The black humour of Dark Star appealed to me especially. It is constantly on my list of re-runs as I find the dialogue never gets old.
Regarding Death Race 2000 - it also spawned the idea of mentioning possible points scores as one drove past pedestrians
Fun Facts: The movie "Logan's Run" was based on the novel of the same name by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. The novel is based on the Youth Movements of the 1960s. The idea was in the future, the population of the earth and especially the US would be predominantly under the age of 21 and thus, the kids took over running things. One early charismatic leader, chose to commit public suicide at the age of 21 as a final protest against the establishment. So the future society would enact ritual suicide at the age of 21 ( it was raised to 30 for the movie ). Also, the novel had two sequels: Logan's World and Logan's Search.
THX 1138, changed everything
It's not THX 11 38 it's THX 1 1 3 8, you pronounce the numbers individually, do the film justice it deserves. By the way that number is mentioned in Star wars when Luke and co are traveling through the death star to the prison area.
Also, THX-1138 is the name of the protagonist, not the name of the prison or the underground habitat they live in.
I have never herd any one call this film THX one one three eight. I have even heard Lucas himself refer to it as THX eleven thirty eight when I saw him at Comicon yeas ago. And when I attended a presentation at USC all the profs refered to it as THX eleven thirty eight as well. Not saying your wrong. But I would like to know your basis for saying this.
@@singerap must be a US v UK thing, as over here (UK) it's always been referred to as one one three eight. A compare on a (TV) program introducing the next film would always say it as that. I have never known it any other way, and it seems from the likes so have many others.....
(It definitely sounds better and more sci-fi singular than plural)
@@Scratch_builder Thanks for the replay. So, exactly the opposite in the UK.
In George Lucas' 2nd film, American Graffiti, the registration number of John Milner's hot rod is THX 138.
I want to mention in "Silent Running," there is an extended scene where the crew are racing the 6 wheel ATVs (?) in a storage area with multi-sided containers. There are some company logos on them...one was for a company I worked at for 41 years, Rapistan. I just happened to catch it when I rented the VHS tape way back in the day.
I really don't feel like any of these are "forgotten." I own several of them. Then again, I'm old.
Silent Running made a comeback with a cameo in Star Wars. One of the robot companions is seen on the Jawa crawler.
Dark Star is one of my favorite low budget movies. Once you get past the beach ball aliens, it's a great story.
Cockroaches mutating into insects? _Colossus_ never warned us about this!
"mutating cockroaches into insects"
Something went wrong with the narration.
It’s time for Sgt Pinback to feed the alien.
FUN FACT: The Land Master vehicle from "Damnation Alley" was later used as a prop in Quiet Riot's video "The Wild And The Young" from their QR III album.
One should mention that in _Logan's Run,_ we have yet another post-nuclear-war dystopia where the few remaining humans live inside domes with limited resources and space, so controlling population size to keep it stable _is_ a neccessity. (Although their vault is not a far underground as the city-sized bunker in _THX-1138.)_ They live plentiful, carefree lives without crime or hunger, rather like the Eloi in _The Time-Machine,_ but the prize is that no-one is allowed to live longer than their 30th birthday, not even the "Sandmen" (the police force who tracks "runners"). Everyone's age category is displayed both through the colour of their clothes and the gem-like "lifeclock" implanted in the palm of everyone's hand... when it goes dark you're supposed to go into the carussel to be "reborn", but in reality the people are killed and then cryogenically frozen by robots in ice caves outside the habitat.
Logan, the Sandman, and a woman runner he was pursueing, manage to find an old path out of the dome and past the robot that wants to kill them, and emerge into the ruin of an ancient ruined metropolis (I believe it is New York), overgrown with plantlife, as the nuclear war was centuries or millenia ago. They find out there have been humans left behind on the surface, but they have nearly died out, and the last survivor they find in a library is an old man with wrinkles and long white hair... something they have never seen before, old age being nonexistant in the dome.
You forgot to mention that, once outside the city, their life clocks turn white, suggesting that they have been renewed.
It's not New York, it's Washington, D.C.
And it couldn't be a post nuclear war world or Washington, D.C. would be a flat plain of radioactive black glass.
Time after Time is a Gem!
Bruuhhh, you have found that movie I've seen in "81, The War In Space!!! Never knew the movie tittle. All I remembered was a revolver type launch bay!!!!
You brought back ny childhood memories, thank you!!!!!!
It looks like some of the models came from Thunderbirds...the drill from "The Mole", and Thunderbird 5 used for another ship.
This list needs to have Colossus: The Forbin Project, Zardoz, and The Andromeda Strain.
Logon's Run is my favorite and I still tell people about it. I saw THX-1138 death race 2000, Black Hole and Time after time...
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Frankenstein: The True Story
Slaughterhouse Five
Soylent Green
The Omega Man
Fantastic Planet
Wizards
Idaho Transfer
The Green Slime (1968)
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Idaho Transfer was a VERY interesting tiny budget film. I was wondering if anyone would mention it here.
@@stephendeluca4479 just like records, I dig the crates for sci-fi and the MOST obscure AWESOME title I know is the BBC's *Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets* which has less than 200 IMDb votes, but is THE BEST hard sci-fi EVER!
The questor tapes. It is heavy with 70s ideas.
huh... new one to me!