These '70s Sci-Fi Films Shouldn't Work in 2024 - But They Do

[@startefacts]

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[@mtabernac]

I would also add "Colossus: The Forbin Project" (1970) (especially prescient today) and "Zardoz" (1974) (trippy).

[@NoahSpurrier]

I was just about to add these two. They totally need to be on this list.

Yes, Zardoz is always a pleasure to watch. A gun-wielding, saber-rattling Sean Connery in bright red underwear. And I haven't even mentioned his hairstyle!

[@fuckgoogle8661]

Zardoz is at the least a contender for the absolute worst film I’ve ever seen.

[@carlossaraiva8213]

Zardoz is great

[@carlossaraiva8213]

Colussus was a very pleasant surprise

[@drmusic3641]

Jenny Agutter in "Logan's Run". 'nuff said.

[@BilldeSarse]

Indeed!

[@Rubybutterfly666-k6g]

Loved that movie I have it on DVD

[@peterharvey1762]

And that out fit when she first goes in to Logan’s quarters

[@saiberunato]

Her "commando" outfit. JAW-dropping! @@peterharvey1762

[@markbrusberg9808]

Yes - saw that as a high schooler and was smitten, to say the least.

[@Michael-og8dt]

The omega man is my fave 70's dystopia film.

[@garyleibitzke4166]

Same here.

[@martykarr7058]

The problem is that most of the late 1960's/early 1970s sci-fi movies before Star Wars were dystopian.

[@richardfrancis701]

One of the adaptations of I Am Legend

[@rje4242]

Heston became NRA president after it.

[@AndyKashen]

I love the music by Rob Grainer

[@mrdynamic8678]

The Andromeda strain

[@burtonwilliams5355]

EPIC!

[@MrJeepsters]

C'est sûrement mon préféré. Un autre "danger planète inconnue" "la grande menace"

[@Davy.J.Y]

Now that is an amazing movie ! Better than most modern SCI FI movies .

[@MrFStCtUK]

Good one, thanks for adding it. I watched it as a kid in the 70-ies, scared the s*it out of me.

[@jasoncorbett8948]

Was going to say this. Great movie

[@kirkrjb]

My personal opinion is Soylent Green is the best on this list. I just watched the other day and it stand up really well.

[@gnericgnome4214]

Soylent green is one of the all time great sci-fi comedies ever made. I laugh my ass off every time I watch it and see how wrong they were, just as i said they were wrong at the time.

[@jcg9998]

@@gnericgnome4214 I think you missed the point.

[@ThomasPalm-w5y]

It helps that it takes place in a decayed version of our world. No need for special effects that can age.

[@ellesse3862]

I find it more disturbing as time passes.

[@Astrobrant2]

Yes, very good film. And a great swan song for Edward G. Robinson. I have a soft spot for movies where an actor's last role in a movie before dying in real life has his/her character dying in the movie -- and when that portrayal was an outstanding one. Oliver Reed, as Proximo in "Gladiator", comes to mind. I used to know some others, but, darn-it, I've forgotten them. I always appreciate suggestions of others.

[@Otokichi786]

"Logan's Run" (1976) "Silent Running" (1972) "Soylent Green" (1973) "Omega Man" (1971) "At the Earth's Core" (1976) "The Asphyx" (1972) "Rollerball" (1975) "Westworld" (1973) "Futureworld" (1976) "THX 1138" (1971) "Damnation Alley" (1977) "Starcrash" (1978)

[@BrianRPaterson]

My dad took me to see Westworld for my 12th birthday. I loved it. I didn't really understand the robot hookers. But overall it was brilliant. Thanks dad!

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

You forgot Demon seed 1977

[@frankward8336]

@@Otokichi786 good list

[@DennepeerRelaxation]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

@@DennepeerRelaxation or masks

[@ponchoman49]

Loved The Omega Man, Soylent Green, Logan's Run, The Andromeda Strain, Star Wars, Alien, Dark Star, The Land That Time Forgot, Westworld and Futureworld were all great examples of the 70's

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

The only thing I liked about Dark Star was the creepy as hell soundtrack.

[@joebloggs8422]

The omega man is one of my favourite films ever, it’s better than the will smith version

[@1965myctahg]

I've read that the producers of Legend made the story into the Omega Man. In Legend, Will Smith's character is "Legend". The zombies do not know they are zombies and they are scared of the entity that is out to destroy them all. That would be Legend. It's more like" The Day the Earth Stood Still" than Omega Man" in that Klaatu and Gort came to Earth to help the inhabitants but they are feared so we try to kill them. Legend was written so the reader could understand the zombies fear and their motive for his demise while he is working on a cure for their problem.

[@richardbalducci4490]

Absolutely, Brother!

[@Colorado8300]

I introduced my 10 and 7 year old to it…they love it. I often wake them up in the morning with the creepy “Neeeevillle!”

[@joebloggs8422]

@@Colorado8300 🤣🤣🤣

[@richardbalducci4490]

@@Colorado8300 That is hilarious! I can picture this, with your perfect film voice delivery, so easily. That was one of the creepiest things about Richard Matheson’s book, too. It’s so eerily haunting to imagine that. Your ‘Father of the Year’ candidate as far as I’m concerned.🍸

[@nickwarne]

No seventies sci-fi collection is complete without John Boorman’s 1974 Zardoz. Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, dystopia, Beethoven’s Seventh: It’s got it all!

[@rupertschwarz1176]

It always considered Zardoz very silly

[@Christophe_derBerge-op9zh]

Yes! That’s what I’m talking about!

[@phillawrence5148]

One of them worst films ever made

[@mrkenmt]

Sean Connery in a... Whaaat?

[@leemonsampson1844]

❤❤❤❤!!!!

[@sci-fyguy7767]

Who cares what rotten tomatoes thinks.

[@gregrogers4376]

Exactly! Mainstream media movie critics are absolutely predictable. As soon as you know the most general basic details of the plot, without anyone even seeing it you can guess with 85% accuracy whether the critics will praise it or hate it.

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

Rotten Tomatoes doesn't really 'think' anything - it's a review aggregation site, which means they're really just collecting other people's ratings.

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

The critics? Definitely ignore them in the Woke Era as most are compromised and reluctant to rubbish 'woke' products, hence high critics scores and 'rotten' audience ones. The public 'vote' and opinions are a better gauge of a film's merit, so long as RT doesn't delete some to manipulate the results.

[@ChrisLawton66]

@@PaIaeoCIive1684 as if numerous "anti-woke" 🤡 don't give bad scores on things they've never seen. Please.

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

@@PaIaeoCIive1684 parody post?

[@fuffoon]

The ending of Silent Running just chokes me up every time. Joan Baez singing in the sun is like turning on an emotional faucet.

[@malfunction8165]

When one of the robots gets swept away, I found that scene is a bit emotional.

[@farmerned6]

One-Leg Dewey is floating around out there some where (sob!)

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

@buffoon: Same here. I puked.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

That scene is a true kick in the nuts. Almost cried myself to sleep after I saw it the first time.

[@Bacopa68]

It's a total tear-jerker almost all the way through.

[@remixandkaraoke]

"Time After Time" is my favorite film from this era. I thought you'd mention t. But nooooooo!

[@peternighswander9629]

That is a wonderful picture. I love Malcolm McDowell in it. It does not get the attention it deserves

[@Davy.J.Y]

A forgotten gem , i love that movie .

[@arthurfunk3104]

But is it science fiction if it doesn't take place in the future? Still a great movie.

[@ellesse3862]

Glad to see I'm not alone, one of my favourite movies of the era that is too often overlooked.

[@pacerdawn5512]

@@arthurfunk3104 It does take place in the future. Technically.

[@FDR_progressive_liberal]

I'm am always moved when Thorn and Sol have a meal of a few paltry beef and veggies and fruit and act like it is a feast fit for kings. It makes me appreciate what I have.

[@Dentspeed]

I second the dinner scene, and the scene where Sol goes to die makes me tear up every time.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

Science fiction in the 1970s. Documenntuary in the 2070s if the globalist weiirdos get their way.

[@davidanderson4091]

Logan's Run: It wasn't just that the audience might be able to relate better to older protagonists, but also, with a Carousel age of 21, the movie would have required a whole bunch of really good actors barely out of their teens to play the parts. In the mid-1970s there weren't a lot of those around.

[@peternighswander9629]

Though it was a comedy and parody, I would add Woody Allen’s Sleeper. Robotics, cloning, AI.

[@AudieHolland]

I'm always amazed when solid drama actors turn out to be fine comedic actors. Like Diane Keaton (Love and Death, Sleeper) and Gene Hackman (Young Frankenstein, Superman).

[@IanM-id8or]

Yes. Love that movie 🙂

[@neilh4729]

My favourite Woody Allen film.

[@transcendentalidiot3321]

Surprised that Dark Star (1974) is not on the list. It was a John Carpenter low budget sci-fi comedy that is still very watchable.

[@IanM-id8or]

I learned phenomenology from Dark Star 🙂 "Let there be light"

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

I just saw it a few days ago. I thought it was sort of funny.

[@39KHall]

Dark Star is a classic.

[@randyk636]

Yes!

[@0volts157]

Computer: Sorry to interrupt your recreation, fellows, but it is time for Sgt. Pinback to feed the alien. Sgt. Pinback: Awww, I don't wanna do that! Computer: May I remind you, Sgt. Pinback, it was your idea to bring the alien on board in the first place... If I may quote you, you said the ship needed a mascot. Sgt. Pinback: Awwwwww, I gotta do everything around here...

[@Haunted_Peru]

Who cares about Haselhoff in Star Crash; it’s Carolyn Munro we went to see the film for.

[@jacklow9611]

Maybe who YOU went to see Carolyn, but you're not everyone. Others have other tastes, fortunately.

[@frankj10000]

Yeah, she's the only reason to watch it.

[@ak9989]

The Omega man scared the jeepers out of me when first saw it in the 70s. My kids saw it in the 90s and one of them got scared because he thought they were in his closet😂😂😂

[@wendigo53]

Major Pain provided a good approach to monsters in the closet.

[@matthewparker8607]

@@ak9989 Another scare I had from the Omega Man was that the mutants reminded me of albinos. One of my neighbors was from a family of them and one came to my house to introduce himself to us. When I saw him I freaked out ran into the house screaming that the monsters from the Omega Man have come to get us. My mom had to apologize to the young man. I was seven at the time

[@hannibalhills]

Could also have included: Colossus: The Forbin Project Demon Seed

[@jazzyjaytee9961]

absolutely! 👍

[@carlossaraiva8213]

Phase IV

[@lordoffishtown4455]

I just watched Forbin Project again three days ago. It’s still a great movie with some hard hitting moments.

[@ProtoType99468]

Demon Seed definitely

[@brodtcast]

you nailed it: demon seed and especially phase IV - outstanding

[@blackamerican40]

How could you forget the sci-fi movie set in 2024? A Boy And His Dog 1975 😮

[@kyle47922]

Silent Running made me cry.

[@BilldeSarse]

The ending was pretty heartbreaking, to be fair.

[@judsongaiden9878]

Its philosophy inspired 'WALL-E' and its aesthetic inspired both 'WALL-E' and MST3K.

[@kyle47922]

@BilldeSarse Yes especially when one of the robots gets taken out by the metor. Basically I cried through the whole movie.

[@burtonsankeralli5445]

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jvcyt298]

Yes, if you paid attention and got into the story, it really was quite a tear jerker. Not quite bittersweet, but close.

[@timholder6825]

Omega Man, Soylent Green and Planet of the Apes. Charlton Heston chose Sci Fi as his defining genre in the 70's. In the same way as Burt Lancaster chose gritty, bloody, westerns, Valdez is Coming, Ulzanas Raid and Lawman.

[@stephenh5944]

Planet of the Apes was made in 1968 though.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

Peter Cushing ruled At the Earth's Core. 'You can't mesmerize me... I'm British!' My favourite line from Rollerball: Game? This was never meant to be a game! Ever!

[@BilldeSarse]

he had a very similar line in another film. I can't remember the title but it was set on a train during Victorian times and involved an alien parasite that had the ability to possess people. In one scene, one of the main characters remarks that the alien being could be controlling any one of the passengers, and turning to Peter Cushing and his associates "even you." Peter Cushing's reply: "Us? But we're British!"

[@brunozeigerts6379]

@@BilldeSarse Horror Express?

[@AudieHolland]

In the late 1980s or 1990s there was a variant on this line. No sex... We're British!

[@BilldeSarse]

@@brunozeigerts6379 That's the one!

[@AtheistOrphan]

That’s right, we can’t be mesmerised!🇬🇧

[@DNulrammah]

You forgot a few - "A Boy and His Dog" (1975) Don Johnson and Jason Robards. "Collosus : The Forbin Project" (1970) - Based on the novel "Colossus" by D.F. Jones. "Dark Star" (Directed by John Carpenter). "Death Race 2000" (???). "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (Doppelganger) (1969 - close enough). "SOLARIS" (1972) NOT the remake). "The Andromeda Strain" (1971) Based on Michael Crichton's novel

[@kevanhubbard9673]

One I liked from around then is Capricorn ♑ One.

[@MrFStCtUK]

It’s a classic. The action still holds.

[@MasterJediDude]

I watched it recently and it holds up extremely well. Only the rocket 🚀 and lunar lander look out of place for a Mars mission.

[@theflorgeormix]

I saw the trailer only in theaters. It looks very mysterious. Made an impression

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

@@kevanhubbard9673 It still holds up today. And it’s got a cameo from Telly Savalas!

[@tonywilson4713]

Great film and is a favorite of the Moon Hoax brigade. The crazy thing is Capricorn One also shows that nobody would have gotten away with faking a Moon Mission because the mismatch in signal transmissions from the spacecraft would have been noticed. FYI - I am an aerospace engineer and its one of my fav films from that era for that reason.

[@burtonwilliams5355]

''SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!'' *epic line*

[@amberlopez7477]

Yes, and it's tasty too!😋

[@jcg9998]

Now if only it was Democrats...

[@erikkillmonger5624]

@@jcg9998 No matter what it was, the greedy, selfish Republicans would make sure only the rich got it.

[@wendigo53]

SPOILER ALERT

[@wendigo53]

@@jcg9998 Dude. Dude. Is there no refuge from partisan politics?

[@bitterbold]

The Heston Films are outstanding - But my fav on this list is clearly "Logan's Run".

[@redbeard36]

My dad was a PR guy in SF and did the local publicity for At Earths Core. He took Doug McClure around to the the local TV and radio stations for interviews and, let's just say Doug had enjoyed some cocktails. It didn't phase my dad who just kept taking him around town. During the last interview, McClure was a bit rambly at one point on air he refffered to my dad as the "cigar smoking cloud" who had been following him around all day.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

At the Earths core was based on a book with the same name, written by the creator of Tarzan of the Apes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was written in 1914, so being old fashioned was natural for it. They didn't use to change movies that were based on famous books, or at least tried to keep the changes small.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Great movies always "hold up." It's the audiences that don't.

[@frankward8336]

😂😂😂 true

[@michaelbujanda8785]

Rollerball 1975 with James Caan is total badass!!! 😂😂😂😊😊❤

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Despite your over-use of emojis, I needed to give this a thumb-up. I regularly attend basektball games and concerts at the place they shot the roller tournament scenes as it's close to where I live.

[@Serai3]

Soylent Green was based on a book, "Makr Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison. The whole "soylent green is people" thing was nowhere to be found in the novel. There, the horror came solely from the terrible overpopulation, a dystopian nightmare that didn't need silly cannibal fantasies to make it dreadful. The twist ending was cadged off the old Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" ("It's a cookbook!"), because the producers didn't think overpopulation was enough of a scare, even though it was a big concern at the time.

[@smallstudiodesign]

The decade ended with the ultimate sci-fi prize: *ALIEN* ✨🏆✨

[@spacelem]

Alien is near perfection. Really, apart from the Unix command line era computers, and the actually good practical effects, it would still be a perfect film if it came out today.

[@spencers4121]

@@spacelem I would argue what they intended to be scifi state of the art for the time, still holds up because the ships and design was very industrial. It was meant to look that way for a reason and still holds up, it also shows that the "company" doesn't care about the people only that the stuff works and holds up over time.

[@TomFynn]

"The Black Hole" and "Phase IV" come to mind.

[@johnmc3862]

100%.

[@fuckgoogle8661]

Black hole doesn’t start being a film, instead of being a waste of time, until the doctors eyes are looking out of the robot on that hellscape right at the end.

[@SmartCookie2022]

The Black Hole barely scrapes into the 70's as it was released on 18 December 1979. Phase IV (1974), however, is a good call.

[@fuckgoogle8661]

@@SmartCookie2022 you do realize the actual decade of “70s” is 71-80? There is no year zero only 1bc or 1ad & like everything else that involves numbers the end of everything be it decade, century or millennia is a zero same as the start is a one. So it doesn’t just scrape by unless you don’t know how to count.

[@martinhughes2549]

Phase iv, Ants in your pants. Clonus Horror? A boy and his dog? The land that time forgot? Doug McClure at his best.

[@yw1971]

Add "Capricorn 1". One of the best, and very relevant

[@RamZar50]

My favorite sci-fi movies of the 1970s are: - Fantastic Planet (1973) - Soylent Green (1973) - Star Wars (1977) - Alien (1979)

[@McSlobo]

I just wonder sometimes what exactly is the science in Star Wars? Sure it has futuristic space ships and lasers but isn't that just fiction and technology? It's more like a fictitious futuristic space adventure with some soap opera and power struggles - which can be done in any genre, like fantasy.

[@RamZar50]

@@McSlobo Yes. Star Wars is more like a space Western. Alien is more like a space horror movie.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

@@McSlobo ‘Star Wars’ is space fantasy there is no science involved at all.

[@fuckgoogle8661]

Star Wars is a fantasy film.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

What about Demon seed 1977?

[@controlfreak1963]

I was 10 when my brother took me to see Soylent Green and I was stunned. Edward G. Robinson died about three months after filming was completed. Beethoven's 6th Symphony has always had a special place in my heart after seeing that movie. I was probably too young for this movie but it was a kick to my brain that I needed at the time.

[@carlbruschnigjr1757]

You could have mentioned that one of the stars in "At the Earth's Core" also starred in "Starcrash". IMO, the only reason to watch either movie, Caroline Munro.

[@jacklow9611]

As if she's to everyone's taste.

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

Out of the 3 films made based on the "I Am Legend" book I find the Omega Man the best...Charlton Heston in his most narcissistic, braggadocious gun tote'n, hard lovin' glory. Yet his desperate vulnerability comes shinning though. ( And the brotherhood stunts with fire are excellent!) ...Groovy Baby!!!..☮

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... gun *totin'

[@Pac-76]

Logan’s run, what a film. Mark this day , computer controlled society is coming, AI is already here. You have been warned.

[@kevinhorne9643]

@Pac-76 "Box they call me"...

[@rooftopcat1785]

The omega man is a classic, Neville is chill up in his 3rd floor bunker, listening to smooth lounge music on the 8 track quaddrafonic in the midst of the apocalypse. He can go from a smooth lounge to full auto on the BAR, sounds pretty human to me.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

quadrophonic*

[@rooftopcat1785]

@einundsiebenziger5488 tu, neville one d in QUADRAPHONIC. It's still 4 speakers.

[@xray86delta]

I grew up watching most of these films. Thank you for bringing them back to light. I, too, believe they have stood the test of time very well.

[@72shmoe]

I am surprised that Close Encounters of the Third Kind wasn't brought up.

[@danradu231]

I think they just wanted to highlight the cheese. Nobody would argue that Close Encounters, Alien, Star Wars etc wouldn't work in any era.

[@Stepintoit]

Andromeda Strain

[@Not_sheeple]

Yip, and Phase 4. Loved Rollarball....

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@Not_sheeple Rollerball*

[@malfunction8165]

Well, we can't say we weren't warned. Colossus: The Forbin Project is a good one.

[@NoahSpurrier]

“The Asphyx” is a favorite of mine. Should definitely watch that one.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Absolutely, an underrated gem.

[@John-jd7mm]

Silent Running is the only film I can think of where Bruce Dern plays the GOOD guy.

[@lincbond442]

He was in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour where he appears to be the bad guy creep but turns out he wasn't.

[@koosiecrackers]

Well he does murder some people but in the context.....

[@wewhofly]

He's still a weird good guy. Not the kind of good guy you'd like to share space with for too long.

[@northernpaladin66]

Rollerball, a genuine classic

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

I am surprised 'Planet of the Apes' isn't mentioned here, but then so isn't 'Star Wars', 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', Alien, or any of the bigger hits.

[@wewhofly]

Yes, the 70s is the Godfather of modern sci-fi. Of course it's still relevant.

[@CaseAgainstFaith1]

Planet of the Apes was '68. As far as SW and CEotTK, I think they were specifically avoiding the household names, so to speak.

[@cateclism316]

The theme to "Rollerball", played by Roger Williams, was awesome.

[@AudieHolland]

Never knew that in the book the 'cut off' age was 21. I thought it had something to do with Charlton Heston's character saying "Don't trust anyone over 30." in the original Planet of the Apes.

[@gerhardthen8851]

In "A Clockwork Orange" , 1971...Alex is only 15, in the original book by Anthony Burgess....published in 1962....it was more science fiction than social commentary....but the two go together, anyway.

[@AudieHolland]

@@gerhardthen8851 The violent rape did happen to the author's wife when his home was invaded by three AWOL American GIs. So I guess he got that off his chest.

[@Styphon]

The book also went a lot further with Logan's exploration of the outside world. The movie really did a disservice, but I understand run time constraints.

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

One more that might fit this criteria is 'Capricorn One', which introduced the whole idea of the Apollo moon landing being a film shot in a studio. The astronaut protagonists escape intending to alert the world and are chased through the desert. I won't totally spoil it but it's probably more action than Sci-Fi, but I could probably say that about Omega Man or Damnation Alley too. Of all these I think my personal favorite was 'West World'. I haven't seen the series they made based on this classic and I probably wouldn't like it as much just because it is a copy of this brilliant classic.

[@demongo2007]

Lol, OJ Simpson's in it...

[@russtyhoward-m3f]

It's rather amusing in a sad sort of way, each of these movies, with one or two exceptions (Star Crash, Roller Ball) is also a book. Soylent Green was written by Harry Harrison, and is titled: Make Room, Make Room (oddly enough the book is set in the end of the century 1999 - 2000). The only part of the book which was kept in the screen play, is from the first three chapters, and is the interaction / conversation between the MC, and his roommate the old man at the start of the movie. There are three version of the Omega Man film, Heston's is actually the second one. The very first one stars Vincent Price as the MC, it's from the mid-60's. While the book is credited to Richard Matheson, there seem to be two versions, one from the early 60's, and another from sometime after 1972 which was treated as the screen version. The book form of Logan's Run is going to confuse the hell out of most modern readers, that's if they even bother to read it (I seriously doubt you will, since it's the same level of weird as Fahrenheit 451). The only book version of Silent Running I know of, was published by Scholastic Books and meant for the teenagers to read. It does however fairly closely follow the movie, it also has "stills" from the movie in it too. Damnation Alley is a very odd book, only the title and the intro from the movie, have anything to do with the book itself (You might enjoy reading it, it doesn't have the giant-sized roaches, but it does have some much nastier things in it [they live in St.Louis, instead of Vegas]). In the vein of these movies, you might want to go look one up named: The Satan Bug, it's similar to The Andromeda Strain but pre-dates it by almost 20 years. There is another one which while it was made into a movie did NOT keep it's original title from the book. The books name is: Binary, it refers to a Toxic /poisonous nerve gas which is in Binary form (two chemicals, which when combined form the gas). The movie is centered around a terrorist who holds a city (Dallas) hostage while threatening to detonate a bomb fastened to a container of this gas. You also might want to watch the movie version of Fahrenheit 451, the movie is based off of the book by Ray Bradbury of the same name. Sadly, both Westworld & Future World, sort of have a book, but only if you class the introduction of future world as the ending scenes of West world. So sorry for the "wall of text", but the movies you were "crowing" over I spent my teens reading the books of instead (when you are 75 miles from the nearest theater, you learn to do without).

[@demongo2007]

I got that Scholastic Book version of Silent Running; had no idea what it was about except for the blurb on the order sheet, but the cover looked cool. I was into science fiction at the time but the broader social and environmental issues being raised were somewhat lost on my 11-year-old mind...

[@John-jd7mm]

The ending of Soylent Green, where the main character makes his dire warning, reminds me of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, where the main character makes his dire warning

[@Politano1955]

Any movie made in the 70's is better than today's crap.

[@peternighswander9629]

It was a golden age of cinema

[@wendigo53]

There are many, many movies from the 1970s that are crap.

[@laurapearson3370]

Agreed

[@MrCarpen7er]

@@wendigo53 Still better than today´s movies made as blockbusters.

[@spencers4121]

You're delusional, and should take a step back. I can name a dozen off the top of my head, that are top 50 movies. 1 The Shawshank Redemption 2 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 3 Schindler's List 4 Pulp Fiction 5 Forrest Gump 6 Fight Club 7 Inception 8 Interstellar 9 Aliens 10 T2 11 Back to the Future 12 The new Dune 13 Raiders of the Lost Ark 14 The shinning

[@nealabbott6520]

logan's run, rollerball, and soylent green are three of my faves

[@AndersTornqvistsvedbergh]

Two 70s sf movies that always will work fine, Tarkovskys Solaris and Stalker.

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

5:03 Yes, 'The Asphyx' is really a forgotten masterpiece and clearly in inspiration for 'Ghostbusters.'

[@Rubybutterfly666-k6g]

Damnation Alley with George Peppard, Paul Winfield and a very young Jan Michael Vincent ❤❤❤

[@jacklow9611]

And some of the worst effects ever, which were only beaten for "badness" by "The Giant Spider Invasion".

[@immortalsofar5314]

Was at Worldcon in Spokane during the wildfires. The sky was a glowing orange all the time and the air outside was pretty much unbreathable so I spent the whole weekend wandering around with Hawkwind's Damnation Alley in my head. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5Krg2OAdteibtksi=RcA7dWYqpzKmMvse

[@tiredman4540]

Roller Ball! Silent Running! Westworld! The Omega Man! The 70's film makers had a handle on dystopia that has never been beaten!

[@sonnysantana5454]

of course it holds up man fighting for survival in a post apocalyptic virus ridden world and Charlton Heston to boot

[@jimnewl]

In addition to the ones everyone else is suggesting, I would add Coma, The Stepford Wives, and Day of the Dolphin.

[@Davy.J.Y]

Lots of 1970's sci fi movies are way better than todays garbage . 1070's SCI FI movies are awesome

[@anthonyleighton4754]

1070 surely viking movies....

[@roncenti]

Silent Running and Omega Man. Those were the movies I watched over and over and over as a kid. I even had the Soundtrack of Silent Running on a record. Nice cover. And today, living in Downtown LA, I actually listen to the Omega Man soundtrack quite often. And when I hear some mentally ill person scream on the street it's like Charlton Heston standing at his open window looking down.

[@Foebane72]

What about DEMON SEED? That was always a favourite of mine.

[@gerhardthen8851]

I remember that film....Julie Christie, circa 1978....tense film.

[@neilh4729]

The Omega Man is one of my all-time favourite films.

[@RFC3514]

Forbidden Planet is from 1956 and beats most sci-fi films released in this century.

[@Styphon]

I loved the "Soylent Green" reference in Futurama. • What does [Soylent Cola] taste like? ° It varies from person to person.

[@essaboselin5252]

Most modern CGI is rushed and cheap, and it shows. I'd rather watch a practical effect than bad CGI.

[@wendigo53]

Umm, I think movie special effects are really realistic, starting with Jurassic Park. But *_plots_* have suffered neglect.

[@essaboselin5252]

@@wendigo53 Hence the phrase "bad CGI."

[@spencers4121]

While "bad" CGI is still a thing, we are at the point that CGI can hold up to practical effects. And a good crew knows when to blend in practical and CGI.

[@wolfgangdevries127]

CGI is essentially filler

[@wewhofly]

scripts, storylines/screenplays/dialogue are even more rushed and, boy, does that show too.

[@bryanme5771]

Charlton Heston was a movie icon in the 70's. Gotta love the Omega Man!

[@freas8520]

Het, where is A Clockwork Orange?

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

It's not a sci-fi film.

[@lorettahookano6139]

The best era in movie making, no CG, great memories !

[@brusselscam4802]

First time I hear about "at the Earth's core", and it is clearly based on the Pellucidar novels of E.R. Buroughs, so of course I have to find it !

[@BaoChiSandival]

Soylent Green is absolutely great if only for Edward G. Robinson's suicide scene.

[@MrJeepsters]

"rollerball" est formidable. Les films SF de cette période étaient très intelligents. Dans les années 60 : "le jour où la terre pris feu".

[@PeterManger]

Silent running is great…. And so so depressing….

[@richardmiddleton4634]

As a huge ERB fan, I found At The Earth's Core to be unbelievably disappointing. That one I can't ever watch again.

[@marcribaudo1965]

My favorite here was Soylent Green, although there's some really decent films here.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... there are* some decent films here.

[@securityrobot]

At the Earths Core, with loads of extras from Space 1999 and bigger plot holes that even the Iron Mole couldn’t match.

[@jcg9998]

Of 'those' films, 'The Land that Time Forgot' was much better... 'The People that Time Forgot' was terrible.

[@lazygazzzer]

Rollerball was an excellent film, and some aspects of the film have come into being with the world as it is today

[@jenx7697]

Why shouldn't they work? That's like saying old books shouldn't be read because they're old. Holy shit.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

H.G.Wells wrote The Time Machine in 1895 and War of the Worlds in 1898. They're solid concepts. If an old sci-fi movie "doesn't hold up today" that's the viewer's lack of imagination.

[@Ginger-u6s]

Omega Man always spooked me out, why isn’t West World on there?

[@289cobra9]

It was.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Watch again and pay attention this time (6:45).

[@cidDraGonFly]

Soylent Green was ahead of its time in that there was an option for the elderly to make their own decision regarding end of life. Edgar G Robinsons character as the father of the main character decides he's done, old and wants no more of the world he endured, goes to a place where he has the choice of music, visuals all in the comfort of his choosing as he eventually is dosed with drugs to slowly and humanely put him to sleep forever, and expire. If there was someway to make that happen for alzheimer's individuals, or any terminal people would be something I would be interested in. Of course nobody wants to be turned into food .... but that one part always stuck with me.

[@alexmuenster2102]

>>Edgar G Robinsons character as the father of the main character decides he's done

[@m-arky66]

Dark Star anyone?

[@sampenny4586]

Assumed it would be there. Hugely influential on later movies such as Alien

[@BilldeSarse]

Definitely.

[@edwarddore7617]

Don't forget the nenacing beachball alien

[@Cmdr.Dave.Bowman]

1. 1976 - Logan's Run 2. 1972 - Silent Running 3. 1973 - Soylent Green 4. 1971 - Omega Man 5. 1976 - At the Earth's Core 6. 1972 - Asphyx 7. 1975 - Rollerball 8. 1973 - Westworld 9. 1976 - Futureworld 10. 1971 - THX 1138 11. 1977 - Damnation Alley 12. 1978 - Starcrash

[@jamesmurray8558]

My Dr. took me off Soylent Green it gives me gas😂.

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

"Soylent Green....IS PEEEOPLE!" Did you guess that plot twist long before Charlton did? Still a great film though.

[@jacklow9611]

I'm not fond of the taste. A bit bland, IMHO.

[@frankward8336]

Solent Red for vegetarians

[@davidfinch7407]

C'mon, it's just the Green New Deal

[@johnblackburn2060]

THX1138 is a masterpiece and should be required viewing. It was filmed in the still-under-construction BART tunnels in the SF Bay Area.

[@mariocisneros911]

0:14 WHERE'S " THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN ' (1971)? THIS TERRIFYING EVENT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE WORLD , TO US IN 2020 .

[@spencers4121]

lol what? are you honestly comparing Andromeda to the pandemic. And if you want a movie that predicted the pandemic watch Contagion

[@mariocisneros911]

@@spencers4121 3,000,000 died ACROSS THE WORLD . 1ST TIME IN 100 YEARS AND YOU DON'T THINK SO ?

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@mariocisneros911 All-caps (and lousy punctuation) does (do) not make your point any more valid.

[@mariocisneros911]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 the facts are in the news from 2020 and 2021. I've been on earth just for a little over 60 years and nothing like that ever happened, but in 3rd world countries. The 2020 , was historically immense

[@chrissanchez2998]

Hey the Omega Man with Charlton Heston is an awesome movie

[@Nicksonian]

Here’s something from 1970s Sci-Fi that definitely does NOT hold up: The Tesla Cyber Truck.

[@Ted_James]

Elon got the idea for the Cyber Truck from the vehicles in Damnation Alley. True story.

[@External2737]

And yet Cybertruck has 2 million reservations. Everyone I know who has a Cybertruck, loves them. Several planned to flip, but instead will not give them up.

[@Nicksonian]

​​@@External2737 Indeed, it's common knowledge that many people have bad taste. Everyone you know...now that's an accurate survey. I've yet to see one KZbin review that was positive.

[@PaddyMacWorld]

Omega man absolutely scared the life out of me!

[@brunozeigerts6379]

Land that Time Forgot. Dark Star If you're going to mention Starcrash, why not Message from Space?

[@dureteheiral1793]

Message from space? That Japanese tokusatsu kinda genre ? With a wokie kinda species as a navigator and side kick to boot.. Or something entirely different movie albeit the title being similar.. ?

[@brunozeigerts6379]

@@dureteheiral1793 Not sure. There was a movie Message from Space with Vic Morrow where an alien race is subjugated by another and sends magical walnuts across space looking for heroes.(no, seriously!) Cheesy effects, rather insipid story... but kind of a fun watch. It's on KZbin.

[@dureteheiral1793]

@@brunozeigerts6379 😂😂 yeah different movie entirely all right.. Thats some ideas right there 'magical walnuts across the space' 😂😂 my tummy got hurts reading this line.. Right, that movie is at least fun to watch..

[@paulthompson8613]

Darkstar a classic although my sons still clown me for watching it now and again , Let there be light

because nobody has heard of it.

[@hagerty1952]

What? No Andromeda Strain? No Forbin Project?

[@phillawrence5148]

The Asphyx' ending disturbed the ish out of me

[@stephenpaxman6180]

good old classics

[@theocold9256]

Yeah.. you’re spot on with most of these. Silent Running was the first movie I saw in a theatre. The drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie were fascinating to me. The Omega Man has stayed with me forever. It’s very thought provoking. Thanks for posting. Well done.

[@andrewlucas6214]

Tragic that all these films seem to have given lunatics an idea of how the world should be and now we see it!

[@IanM-id8or]

Don't worry. One day you'll look back at 2024 and say, "Those were the goo old days". Oh. My mistake. Maybe worry a bit

[@r.morris5589]

I find no older films laughable because of effects. That was the technology back then. I just watched what is considered a bad film - Crater Lake Monster. I enjoyed it more than Rise Of Skywalker or any woke film of today.