The Ohio Sci-Fi and Horror Marathons

Science Fiction
1 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2 - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
3 - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
4 - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
5 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
6 - Blade Runner (1982)
7 - Alien (1979)
8 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
9 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
10 - Back to the Future (1985)

Another stupid meaningless list from the American Film Institute.
But, taking out of the equation that we saw two of these as recently as this year, this would make one hell of a marathon, ya think?

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Yes it would.

And I'm not sure I can quibble much with the list. Maybe a tweak here and there.

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I would replace Back to the Future with John Carpenter's The Thing and E.T. with Mad Max or the Road Warrior. Also Invasion of the Body Snatchers could also be the 1978 version both are excellent.

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Replace Back to the Future? Blasphemy!

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Speaking of Back to the Future.

It is playing at the Ohio this weekend.

Sat 6.21.08 2:00pm Ohio Theatre $3.50
Sat 6.21.08 7:30pm Ohio Theatre $3.50
Sun 6.22.08 2:00pm Ohio Theatre $3.50
Sun 6.22.08 7:30pm Ohio Theatre $3.50

And you have a chance tonight to catch Planet of the Apes.

Fri 6.20.08 7:30pm Ohio Theatre $3.50

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PLANET OF THE APES belongs on the AFI list long before BACK TO THE FUTURE. I like BACK, but its nowhere near the film.

I think AFI got caught up with there being so many films that the youngins wouldn't relate to that they searched for a couple of bones to toss to that demo and BACK got on the list. As much as I like CLOCKWORK ORANGE, 2001 was the one Kubrick film that had to be on the list - you didn't need two. And, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS should be there over E.T. (it's remarkable how E.T'.s reputation has slipped since it came out - remember, it was just about the biggest film of all time back in the day, now, how many times do people jump up and down with excitement at the thought of seeing it????).

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK over STAR WARS.

Where the hell is FORBIDDEN PLANET?????????!

and, we can "pencil in" Keanu's DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL over the originial one right now, correct Patricia Neal?

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What were the criteria? I haven't looked.

I agree Empire is a better movie than Start Wars but did the criteria also have to do with cultural impact and/or impact in the movie industry. If so, you can see why Star Wars would beat out Empire. And that is why Back to the Future would make the list as well, since it also broke some new ground in a sense, with more overt comdey while bringing in big box office, and did a clever job of explaining time travel paradoxes. It wasn't that it wasn't done before, but it was how it was done and how it was recieved.

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