Best/Worst Fantasy Films

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06-07-02

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sadesdrk

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06-07-02

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That movie was BAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

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mecurdius

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06-08-02

Originally posted by Mary Loquacious
I dunno... Waterworld and the Postman? Those are post-apocalyptic, sure, but not cyberpunk. There's no real "technology" in either one of those movies.

And technically speaking, so to speak , "cyberpunk" as a genre almost always requires a sort of melding of technology with society/culture/humanity.

exaclty i didnt say that post-apocalyptic and cyberpunk were the same thing. Tank Girl, post-apocalyptic.

I have never read any Gibson, but im gonna read a book called snow crash by Neal Stephonson soon, its cyber punk

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Mary Loquacious

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06-08-02

I have never read any Gibson, but im gonna read a book called snow crash by Neal Stephonson soon, its cyber punk

I've heard great things about that book, but haven't read it yet. And you should check out Gibson's Neuromancer. It's classic.

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06-08-02

Command Line - Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
Cyberpunk - Bruce Bethke
Neuromancer - W.G.
Johnny Mnemonic - W.G.
Mona Lisa Overdrive - W.G.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Phillip K. Dick
The Minority Report - P.K.D.

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06-08-02

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06-08-02

Hey, wow....a graduate student. I'm very impressed. That may very well be the next phase of my college edjookashun.

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gnasher

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06-10-02

So is Reign of Fire cyberpunk or not then? I'm pretty sure its post-apocalyptic because most of humanity has been wiped out and that's about all the criteria you need to fall into that category.

Mary Loquacious

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06-10-02

I'd say post-apocalyptic.

gnasher

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06-10-02

Yes, but is it cyberpunk as well? - they do after all seem to have a bunch of salvaged punk style weaponry judging from the images.

Mary Loquacious

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06-10-02

Yes, but from the previews, it looks like society's technology, otherwise, has been pretty much decimated. Weaponry alone does not indicate a cyberpunk environment, and neither does a futuristic setting. It looks like ROF has these but not other criteria of cyberpunk. But this is all speculation, 'cause the movie's not even out yet. I don't know much about it other than what I know from the trailers.

A good rule of thumb: most cyberpunk stuff made since the late Eighties will feature a version of the Internet, and most will feature computers in some way. Most will also have a very slick, uber-modern look, as well. ROF looks like the 20th century after a helluva lot of fire damage.

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06-11-02

Best fantasy films:

Star Wars Trilogy
Harry Potter
Princess Mononoke
Highlander
the Hobbit
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Worst fantasy films:
(These are a mixture of fantasy and crap. I call them FANTACRAP!)

Legend
Willow
Labyrinth
the Beast Master
The Magic Sword
Warrior of the Lost World
the Cave Dwellers
Lord of the Rings (The Cartoon! this hurts, cause I am such a Ralph Bakshi fan....)

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07-29-02

I think in a lot of people minds that the matrix and star wars are the best fantasy films

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sadesdrk

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07-29-02

Those are Sci-Fi films, in my opinion.

fostersliteice

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07-30-02

well there both

LordSlaytan

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08-03-02

Of course LotR is up there, but I also like Excalibur alot. I know it's old, but it is a classic IMO.

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