Astro Related movies--

kcy · Post by **kcy** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:44 am

Hi.

Please post here any good astro related movies...I think it is a good way to spark a person's interest in astronomy 8)

My favorite = Contact

chris shaw · Post by **chris shaw** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:59 pm

This is a copy-paste from the link at Coffee corner> Are We Alone in the Universe thread:

1) Contact
2) 2001: A Space Odyssey
3) 2010: The Year We Make Contact
4) Signs
5) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
6) E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
7) Independence Day
8 Alien Trilogy
9) Mission To Mars
10) War of the Worlds
11) Star Trek including derivatives
12) Dark City
13) Red Planet
14) X Files

The movie discussion at this thread has been going on fierce and furious for over a week now....

Chris

Devilname · Post by **Devilname** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:37 pm

chris shaw wrote:This is a copy-paste from the link at Coffee corner> Are We Alone in the Universe thread:

1) Contact
2) 2001: A Space Odyssey
3) 2010: The Year We Make Contact
4) Signs
5) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
6) E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
7) Independence Day
8 Alien Trilogy
9) Mission To Mars
10) War of the Worlds
11) Star Trek including derivatives
12) Dark City
13) Red Planet
14) X Files

The movie discussion at this thread has been going on fierce and furious for over a week now....

Chris

- Space Documentary starring Sam Neill

I think this documentary is the best i have seen...With all those effects, one will surely understand a lot more about our universe after watching it...Highly Recommended!

Post by **Airconvent** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:45 am

Devilname wrote:
chris shaw wrote:This is a copy-paste from the link at Coffee corner> Are We Alone in the Universe thread:

1) Contact
2) 2001: A Space Odyssey
3) 2010: The Year We Make Contact
4) Signs
5) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
6) E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
7) Independence Day
8 Alien Trilogy
9) Mission To Mars
10) War of the Worlds
11) Star Trek including derivatives
12) Dark City
13) Red Planet
14) X Files

The movie discussion at this thread has been going on fierce and furious for over a week now....

Chris

- Space Documentary starring Sam Neill

I think this documentary is the best i have seen...With all those effects, one will surely understand a lot more about our universe after watching it...Highly Recommended!

ehh...if we're going to talk about documentaries as well, how can we leave out the late Carl Sagan's COSMOS?

It's a very informative, albeit a little slow in parts , show from the astro-man himself. Incidently, he's the author of Contact. He wrote that novel in order to bring forth his ideas about life beyond earth into a package that can be easily understood by the layman.

rich

Grievous · Post by **Grievous** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:58 am

Its gonna be Stephen Hawking's for me!!

Charlie

Post by **Airconvent** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:13 am

Grievous wrote:Its gonna be Stephen Hawking's for me!!

Charlie

Hi Charlie,
Did he have a documentary out? So far there is the book and a multimedia programme by Creative Technologies but I don't remember seeing a movie..

rich

Devilname · Post by **Devilname** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:42 am

Airconvent wrote:
Grievous wrote:Its gonna be Stephen Hawking's for me!!

Charlie
Hi Charlie,
Did he have a documentary out? So far there is the book and a multimedia programme by Creative Technologies but I don't remember seeing a movie..

rich

i believe he has a series of documentaries already out for a pretty long time, hmm..a boxed version can be bought somewhere out there

http://dvd.mainseek.com/1944R8P1215_Ste ... verse.html

Grievous · Post by **Grievous** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:49 pm

Yeap, thats what i am talking about! Serious deep stuff! Lucky for me, my school library has an extensive collection of astronomical dvds/tapes/vcds!

Charlie

Post by **Airconvent** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:41 am

Devilname wrote: i believe he has a series of documentaries already out for a pretty long time, hmm..a boxed version can be bought somewhere out there
http://dvd.mainseek.com/1944R8P1215_Ste ... verse.html

mmm...seems the series did not get very good reviews as compared with COSMOS. From the complaints, it would seem the producer and director needs to do more to convert a difficult subject into something refreshing.
While we cannot change the manner in which Prof Stephen Hawkings deliver his lines, I think the backup animation and images can help in visualisation of his concepts...
For info, I have his book but like the majority of people who bought his book, I did not finish it....sigh...

harlequin2902 · Post by **harlequin2902** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:59 am

I like 'Contact' starring Jodie Foster ... just the opening sequence actually

Any digital media experts here know how to pick out that segment and convert it into a nice screensaver for my PC ?