L.J.
SCOTT REPORTS:
For Denvention 3, the 66th
World Science Fiction convention, they wanted a list of the most underrated Science
Fiction and Fantasy movies of all time and sought out the greatest minds in all
of SF&F to determine it. As they weren't available, they instead scheduled
a panel to include Christopher
Becker, Daniel
Kimmel, David Williams, Mark Leeper, and Matthew Rotundo. While I didn't take notes on who actually showed
(sorry) I did write down the movies they, and some audience members, suggested:
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A Boy And His Dog |
On The Comet |
The Devil Commands |
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Alphaville |
Phase IV |
The Fabulous World Of Jules Verne |
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Barjo |
Primer |
The Final Cut |
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Brain Storm |
Quatermass Xperiment |
The Last Starfighter |
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Brother From Another Planet |
Quaretmass II |
The Little Boy In The Well |
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Colossus: The Forbin
Project |
Quatermass and the Pit (Five
Million Years to Earth) |
The Man From Earth |
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Creation Of The Humanoids |
Richard III |
The
Navigator |
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Earth Girls Are Easy |
Seconds |
The
Postman |
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Enemy Mine |
Sleeper |
The Quiet
Earth |
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Fantastic Planet |
Sliding Doors |
The Stone
Tape |
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Five |
Southland Tales |
The
Testament Of Doctor Mabuse |
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Happy Accidents |
Stalker |
The Twoonky |
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Idiocracy |
Stardust
Memories |
The World,
The Flesh, and The Devil |
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Subject
Two |
Time After
Time |
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Interstate 60 |
The 13th
Warrior |
Titus |
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It Happened Here |
The 5,000
Fingers Of Dr. T. |
Tom's |
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Lair Of
The White Worm |
The
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension |
War Of The
Worlds |
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Last Action Hero |
The Call
of Cthulhu |
Water
World |
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Man Facing Southeast |
The
Changling |
Who? |
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Near Dark |
The
Children |
Woman In
The Moon |
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Nothing Lasts Forever |
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)As a number of these movies are not readily
available on video, it was recommended that people check out TCM's (Turner Classic
Movie's) web site schedule as you can browse titles months in advance and add a
reminder for those movies you are interested in. AMC (American Movie Classics) is also an option, though
they don't offer the convenience of reminders as of the time of this document.
Home delivery DVD rental sites may also be a good
option for hard to find movies.
If you have any link updates associated with
the participants, or information on some of the movies which I only have spotty
information on (such as a corrected IMDB link, a DVD link, Or corrected
information on 'The Little Boy In The Well' movie
which I might have the wrong title for, please let me know ljsupdates_at_gmail.com .