bsu legato Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 (edited) http://www.thx1138movie.com./ THX-1138 is finally comming to DVD. An expansion of his student film, THX-1138 was George Lucas' first feature film. While it's still seen from time to time on late-night cable, not many people have seen this interesting little film. I definitely recommend it to movie buffs everywhere, if for no other reason than to see a film that's markedly different from Lucas' work in American Graffiti and Star Wars. Edited May 22, 2004 by bsu legato Quote
Hoptimus Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Awesome. This movie is a trip and its sad to see how his style de-evolved. Quote
Gui Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Awesome. This movie is a trip and its sad to see how his style de-evolved. +1 Quote
Blaine23 Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 I heard he was gonna add in a bunch of CGI ships and stuff... J/K... THX1138 is a dorm-room classic for me. Sorta like The Wall and Fantasia. Illegal substances were quite often involved. But it's cool without 'em too. Quote
bsu legato Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 I heard he was gonna add in a bunch of CGI ships and stuff... *cough* Did you watch the trailer...? http://www.thx1138movie.com/trailers/1/thx480dd3a.mov Quote
ewilen Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 The trailer looks good, better quality than I remember from the time I saw it, but the news stories (thankfully) say that all they've done is restore the footage; nothing about changes or edits. How can you go wrong when Robert Duvall and Blofeld--er, Donald Pleasance are in the same movie!? I love those depressing 60's-70's dystopia/end of the world flicks. Quote
bsu legato Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 The trailer looks good, better quality than I remember from the time I saw it, but the news stories (thankfully) say that all they've done is restore the footage; nothing about changes or edits. Actually, if you watch the trailer again, you might see that they've done a "cloud city" to the background. There's one or two new looking shots that appear to really expand the scale of the underground city. Quote
ewilen Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 I'd put it in a class with... Logan's Run Planet of the Apes (Charleton Heston version, of course) Alphaville Silent Running Brave New World (at least, the TV version I saw once) Sleeper (sort of) A Boy and His Dog and (although not a dystopian movie) 2001 In other words, you need to see it. Quote
Gui Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 One of the greatest SF movie ever IMO, far above the Star Wars crap (which isn't that difficult in the end...): a definitive must Quote
Mr March Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 One of the few times Lucas proved he was capable of a real film about the humanities. Not the best flick, but it was worth watching. Quote
Gui Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 The story takes place in a future where population has grown crazy and people are named following letters and numbers, hence the title of the movie which is the main character's name. In this society, a recent law declare babies as forbidden for about 30 years in order to jugulate this issue (this is not very different than some actual chinese laws btw). But THX1138 falls in love with a woman and together they make a kid... Nothing to do with Star Wars, fortunately Quote
Oihan Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 The story takes place in a future where population has grown crazy and people are named following letters and numbers, hence the title of the movie which is the main character's name. In this society, a recent law declare babies as forbidden for about 30 years in order to jugulate this issue (this is not very different than some actual chinese laws btw). But THX1138 falls in love with a woman and together they make a kid...Nothing to do with Star Wars, fortunately Thnx. Quote
eriku Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 Excellent. There are not many DVDs that I buy anymore, but this will definately be one of them. Lucas' best film by far. Quote
bsu legato Posted May 22, 2004 Author Posted May 22, 2004 The story takes place in a future where population has grown crazy and people are named following letters and numbers, hence the title of the movie which is the main character's name. In this society, a recent law declare babies as forbidden for about 30 years in order to jugulate this issue (this is not very different than some actual chinese laws btw). But THX1138 falls in love with a woman and together they make a kid... You left out the rather large fact that the entire populace is kept in a drugged, emotionless stupor in order to keep them subjugated. Quote
Hikuro Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 and that a channel dedicates to Robot Police men beating down a human, and making a robot police men is infact a very dangerous job....don't drop that plutonium! Quote
bsu legato Posted May 22, 2004 Author Posted May 22, 2004 and that a channel dedicates to Robot Police men beating down a human, Hey, I think I have that channel. I think it's called "COPS" or something... waitaminute! Yep, this film is definitely still relevant today. It's what has me interested in Lucas' post Episode III works, since he's said that he'd like to return to smaller, more experimental films. Quote
bsu legato Posted June 24, 2004 Author Posted June 24, 2004 So you wanna now what's been "Special Editioned" into the new version of THX 1138? Look no further than Here. Just don't expect the pictures to load any time today. It's reeeeeeeeally slow. Quote
Opus Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 The story takes place in a future where population has grown crazy and people are named following letters and numbers, hence the title of the movie which is the main character's name. In this society, a recent law declare babies as forbidden for about 30 years in order to jugulate this issue (this is not very different than some actual chinese laws btw). But THX1138 falls in love with a woman and together they make a kid... You left out the rather large fact that the entire populace is kept in a drugged, emotionless stupor in order to keep them subjugated. You mean they still have eMpTV in the future? Quote
orguss01 Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 One of the greatest SF movie ever IMO, far above the Star Wars crap (which isn't that difficult in the end...): a definitive must I agree except that the original Star wars was pretty good... I am glad this movie has been rereleased,,,it has been one of my underground favorites for quite some time now... everytime i tell one of my friends about it they go you mean the one when the robot/computer "hal" takes over...."UHHH NO" Quote
Graham Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 I'd put it in a class with...Logan's Run Planet of the Apes (Charleton Heston version, of course) Alphaville Silent Running Brave New World (at least, the TV version I saw once) Sleeper (sort of) A Boy and His Dog and (although not a dystopian movie) 2001 In other words, you need to see it. Good list. My other favorite dystopian future movies from the 70s include: - Death Race 2000. Rollerball (the original, not the crap remake). Graham Quote
orguss01 Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 SOLIENT GREEN is HUMANS.......... . add that to you list Quote
Opus Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 (edited) I'd put it in a class with...Logan's Run Planet of the Apes (Charleton Heston version, of course) Alphaville Silent Running Brave New World (at least, the TV version I saw once) Sleeper (sort of) A Boy and His Dog and (although not a dystopian movie) 2001 In other words, you need to see it. Good list. My other favorite dystopian future movies from the 70s include: - Death Race 2000. Rollerball (the original, not the crap remake). Graham You mean you don't like Zardoz? edit:I can't spell Edited June 25, 2004 by Opus Quote
dr_vandermeer Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 I had heard of this movie, but had never seen it. Now I'm very much looking forward to seeing it on DVD. Seems in the vein of The Twilight Zone, and by god do I love The Twilight Zone. Quote
GobotFool Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 (edited) SOLIENT GREEN is HUMANS.......... .add that to you list Absolutely! How did that not make your list Ewilen? Edited June 25, 2004 by GobotFool Quote
Graham Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 You mean you don't like Zardoz? edit:I can't spell Sean Connery and giant flying heads, I'd completely forgotten that one. Graham Quote
bsu legato Posted June 25, 2004 Author Posted June 25, 2004 Nobody likes Zardoz. Not even John Boorman. Quote
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