Mister T 45020 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Watching a bit of telly tonigth. Watching a "oldies" movie channel. It's currently showing Deliverence, from 1972. The 60's 70's and 80's had some great, well written shows and movies. Never mind special effects and 80's hairstyles, what would be your favorite(s) movies or shows from these decades? Me, 3 of my faves would be : Movies: Colossus; the forbin project Deliverance (the guitar-banjo scene) Soylent Green Shows: Space 1999 The Time Tunnel Mission Impossible Yours? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MightyPen 67414 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Ahhh, I love the classics. Can we draw from earlier decades? :) My all-time favourites are all in black 'n white: - Casablanca ("Play La Marseillaise! Play it!")* - The Asphalt Jungle (with a very young Marilyn Monroe in a tiny part) - 12 Angry Men ("I'm convinced.") Sticking to the 60s and beyond though, I do like: - Colossus:The Forbin Project... nice call! That movie terrified me as a kid, all because of the ending. I see they're making a remake in the next year or two, which is never a good sign... - I remember Silent Running depressing me profoundly. - Cabaret, for its astonishing depth in what I thought would just be a sexy movie about a nightclub.** TV shows, if I stick to pre-1980: - the original Star Trek - Twilight Zone/Night Gallery (sort of the same show, all Rod Serling stuff) - Combat! (wasn't born during the original run, but learned to appreciate it later) Sigh. It's taken 'til just recently for modern television to finally catch up to its original quality with shows like Deadwood, Carnivale, and others. * that first one is always worth watching one more time: Released in 1942... when nobody knew yet how the war in Europe would turn out. ** and that second one. Aww what a nice little song that cute blonde kid is singing. Hey, WAIT a minute!!: ... and that old guy knows exactly where this is all leading. Oddly enough, those two clips offer perfect counterpoints to each other (though I didn't set out to do that, nor to pick clips with the very same "villains"!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister T 45020 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Yep, Collossus still sends chills down my spine (got the dvd version). Those last lines of dialogue in metallic voice : "In time, you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MightyPen 67414 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 "In time, you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love." Forbin: "NEVER." Yup. First movie I remember seeing where the human race fought something, and LOST. From 8:19 on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kubrickfan 12836 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 I'm sure most of these will come as a surprise to no one, given my cerb name: Movies: Lolita Dr. Strangelove 2001: A Space Oddessy Patton TV: Star Trek Hill Street Blues Cosby Show Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VedaSloan 119179 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Movies: Blood Feast (1963) The Wizard of Gore (1970)--this one was recently remade with Crispin Glover. I haven't watched it yet, but Crispin Glover is always a good choice. TV: Star Trek Twilight Zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Some Movies Maltese Falcon The Longest Day The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Some TV Cheers Seinfeld MASH RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reuben Sandwich 13841 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Those are all great choices so far. Just off the top of my head, I never made it out of the 60's. Movies: Cool Hand Luke In The Heat of the Night It's a Mad Mad Mad World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH4nVMJEopU TV: Get Smart Bonanza The Andy Griffith Show Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J Galt 337 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Anything by Kubrick, and of course Star Wars god damnit. As for telly, I'm just now watching season 7 of Dallas, and season 1 of Soap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andee 220524 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Movies: Guess Who's coming to Dinner? The Graduate Bullitt Bonnie and Clyde The Odd Couple Serpico Taxi TV Shows: Get Smart Columbo Maude The Love Boat Star Trek Mission Impossible Cannon Hart to Hart Dynasty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jake_cdn Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Movies: In the heat of the Night Cookoo's Nest To Kill a Mockingbird Marathon Man Guns of Navarone The Graduate TV Shows: Beverly Hillbillies Get Smart Have Gun Will Travel Johnny Carson - Tonight Show All in the Family Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevecurious 42059 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Movies from the '60s: Bullit, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill A Mockingbird, From Russia With Love, A Fist Full Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The Manchurian Candidate, Easy Rider. Show from the '60s: Get Smart, The Fugitive, Bonanza (started in the 50s and ran until the 70s), The Flintstones, Mission Impossible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MightyPen 67414 Report post Posted March 15, 2011 Heh, since contributing to this thread I've been watching bits of Cabaret again, particularly the first five minutes and the number "Wilkommen". Willkommen I remember seeing this for the first time in my late teens (a time when I had absolutely zero chance with any woman on the planet), and being absolutely enthralled by the powerfully sexy, more than a little seedy and utterly decadent atmosphere of the KitKat club. Very strong stuff when most of sex is still a mystery. (And man, did Joel Grey ever nail the part of the emcee...) Truth is, I'd still pay regular visits to the place if there was anything like it in Ottawa. ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedriver 6179 Report post Posted March 15, 2011 Movies: Bullitt, Giant, Bound, Crash by David Cronenberg, My name is nobody. TV: All in the family, Wild Wild West, Get smart, Mash, Barney Miller, Magnum P.I. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeRichards 177238 Report post Posted March 15, 2011 Movies The Godfather, Airport, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, and Blazing Saddles for a little comedy TV Shows Mash Get Smart The Odd Couple Fawlty Towers McHales Navy Hawaii Five O Carol Burnett Show Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
