Wednesday 11 May 2016

Sci-Fi Destination Moon opening 17 mins with commentary

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Classic sci-fi

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SOYLENT GREEN (Richard Fleischer, 1973)
Takes the theme of eco-disaster and the consequences...
FULL FILM

TRAILER


2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, )
See multiple videos here or on the sidebars of the videos below.
Containing one of the most famous scenes in cinema:

An AI gone rogue ("I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that...")

Another legendary scene of space exploration...

Here's the 2014 re-release trailer

An analysis of why THIS is the MOST IMPORTANT SCI-FI FILM EVER MADE!


MOON (Duncan Jones, )
Important example of how convincing and effective LOW BUDGET sci-fi can be now; because of digitisation and convergence, VFX/SFX and CGI are accessible...
See multiple video features here.
Trailer:


TERMINATOR 2
(nb: 18-rated)
Screen Junkies 'honest trailer' [strong language is censored]

Tuesday 3 May 2016

SCI-FI TEASER TRAILERS Ghostbusters and Star wars

Lets take 2 examples of marketing materials for prominent sci-fi movies:

Ghostbusters:

Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures (also known as Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.) is an American film production and distribution studio of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group,[1] a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.[2] It is one of the leading film studios in the world, a member of the so-called Big Six. [Wiki]
Budget$154 million[1]
Starring
Directed byPaul Feig
Paul Samuel Feig /ˈfɡ/[1] (born September 17, 1962) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2011 film Bridesmaids, featuring Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. Feig also directed the comedy films The Heat (2013) starring McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, and Spy (2015) which stars McCarthy,Jason Statham, and Jude Law. [Wiki]
Original theme tune.
Original 1984 trailer.
Matrix used sci-fi green for its title sequence [Reloaded] (and the company ident also).
Dr Who intertextuality?
Full Ghostbusters trailer .. the most hated in history?!



Star Wars: Force Awakens: