Filed Under: SF Films
What are some of you favorite 1980s bad genre films? Examples might include Weird Science, Willow, Krull, Flash Gordon... I leave it up to the individual to define “bad” and “favorite.” I’m making a list, but I want to make sure I don’t forget any. Please help, Obi won Livejournal. You’re my only hope.
Hi! My name is Jeremiah Tolbert, but you can call me Jeremy. I am a fantasy and science fiction writer, photographer, and web designer living in Northern Colorado. I am currently starting a new job and cannot take freelance work at this time. Drop me a line if you have any questions or comments. I love hearing from new people and I now have a lot more time to chat.
My story from Polyphony 4, and one of my earliest successful attempts at the short story (although your definition of success may vary from mine in this case), is now live as a podcast on PodCastle. You can give it a listen over on the PodCastle site, but if you’re into fantasy, you should subscribe [...]
My story from the excellent anthology Seeds of Change (edited by the Anthology God, formerly known here as the Slush God, John Joseph Adams) has gone live over at Escape Pod. This is a story that was published to mixed reviews. But I am astounded by the job that Philippa Ballantine did here. Her reading [...]
Hi Folks. After a ton of work on the part of myself, Sarah, and my sound engineer and good friend Nate Periat, we’ve finished and posted our first Dr. Roundbottom Field Sounds podcast. It’s only 5 minutes long, so don’t hesitate to just go to the site and hit play. Please let me know what [...]
Do you remember that Disney CG film Dinosaurs? It’s original concept involved a feature length movie with animals that only emoted, and never spoke. Having always been a big fan of computer animation, I was excited at the early rumors of the film. Unfortunately, Disney execs got involved and the result was the talky-travesty that [...]
I forget where I got this, but I think that it’s the level of quality I’d like to see in more book trailers online:
Having Tim Curry as a narrator is probably outside of the range of what we can afford as SF/F writers, but still. Let’s go over what makes this awesome:
Tight pacing. 2 minutes [...]
Another vantage point of the wall along the Poudre River. Examining a gritty kind of vanishing point.
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07-23-2008
Cherry 2000, Night of the Comet, Night of the Creeps, Ladyhawke, The Dragonslayer, Legend, The Last Starfighter….
07-23-2008
[...] Jeremiah Tolbert asks, “What are some of your favorite bad 80’s SF films?” [...]
07-24-2008
Ooh! “Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann”
07-24-2008
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS!!!
I’m doing a feature on it this coming Monday so please come one, come all to check it out!
07-24-2008
Ice Pirates
08-06-2008
Gremlins! Also, Amazon Women On the Moon, I think it was called. Which was kind of genre — it did have that pulp SF stuff, in among the sex comedy and the rest.
08-06-2008
Oh: The Last Starfighter!
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