Cult sci-fi movies

I had expected a negatory reaction to some of my favorites. The whole idea of a cult film is that a bunch of other people will think you’re crazy for liking it. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] On that note, I’ll critique some of the other cult sci-fi movies that’ve been brought up [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] :

[i]Brazil[/i] (1985)
An uninspired and painfully dull film. The plot is almost impossible to follow, and the “film noir” style that’s supposed to make it dark and suspenseful only succeeds in making it boring and migraine-inducing. Rather like [i]Blade Runner[/i], only even more difficult to watch.

[i]Barbarella[/i] (1968)
I wouldn’t have called this a cult film. I wasn’t aware it had any sort of following, since it seems to be pretty much universally despised. [i]Barbarella[/i] shows us just how bad science fiction can get if the makers aren’t careful. I’ve been told Plan 9 from Outer Space[/i] is worse, but I’m skeptical. This is [b]the[/b] lousy film, the personification of everything bad in the low-tech under-written under-acted sci-fi films of that era. There is not a drop of creativity or originality in the whole movie, it’s just recycled elements from other movies. Very much a product of its time.

The band is a lot better than the movie. There’s a Duran Duran song on one of my [i]Modern Rock[/i] C.D.s, and it’s pretty good. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/cool.gif[/img]

As you might have guessed from my Froudian status, I am a fan of [i]Labyrinth[/i]. I won’t comment on it here since it’s not sci-fi.

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Lee P. Sherman, code name DalekTek790
Whovian, Froudian, Lexxian, etc.