[Whiterook]

Cinema:


First major inpact...Pierre Boulle's "Planet of the Apes". Oh my God, when the Statue of Liberty cropped into view at the end, the goose bumps didn't go away for about an hour! I mean, what a concept! Chucko Heston did an amzing job in that role, and I can still watch the movie, and find myself propelled into that heady world (and OMG was Kim Hunter a babe!!!!!!).

Heston was in another movie that had a huge impact on me..."The Omega Man", which is anothe amazing concept; last man standing against mutants by night, foraging by day. Cool!

"Logan's Run" was a standout for me, though many say it a tad hokey. Sometimes I think they had it right...Carousel while before age starts to kick your ass, hee heeee!

"Star Wars"...need I say anything here? I saw that movie in the theater with my best friend and my brother, and we all walking out of the cinema with our mouth's gapeing open. I went out and bought the soundtrack and played that sucker into the ground! It stands rightfully as a classic and possible the best sci-fi series of movies of all time.

"Andromeda Strain" was pivoltal to me in showing we can be brought down by smaller things tha we can see. I still think about all the weird crap that may be going on in laboratories in the name of scientific advancement, and it scares the crap out of me. Trust the eggheads? .....a fool's errand!

"The Stand"...genius! Stephen King (who could also be in the books section) has done some amazing stuff that is psedo sci-fi, pseudo horror. My favorite work of his, that was brought fairly decently to the screen, was "The Langoliers" is brilliant!

"Alien"...scared the crap out of me, and still does! Brilliant!

"Joh Carpenter's, The Thing"...see above!