OT: sf movies (was Re: Powerless in Seattle)

[Brian K. White]

> On the other hand, IMHO, there have only been two really good SF movies,
> ``Blade Runner'' and ``Enemy Mine'' with everything else that goes under
> the name SF being horse operas set in space.

I picked up Lathe of Heaven a while ago, the original BBC version not the 
later hollywood version.
Reviewers all claim the original is very good and true to the real story, in 
sprirt and intent not just in detail, vs the hollywood version which 
everyone says is exactlty what you'd expect, the real story completely 
gutted out, gratuitous love interes sledghammered in where it doesn't belong 
or fit, and the rest one long special effect.

I think I remember seeing the hollywood version and yeah, as an Ursula K. 
LeGuin lover, I would have never guessed that movie was based on anything 
she ever wrote on her worst day.

But even if the original lathe of heaven turns out to be a good sf movie to 
break your statement, it's still not a hollywood movie which may be what you 
meant and would probably hold for at least the last and the next 20 years.

Brian K. White  --  brian at aljex.com  --  http://www.aljex.com/bkw/
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