mate stubb Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 It's Sunday, I've been snowed in working from home for the last 4 days, and I'm trying to stay focused. So Mars Attacks was just on, and it surely has to have some of the best use of music in a SF movie. I hereby nominate it because: The background music does a great job of invoking the classic SF films of the 50s and 60s with its thereminish vibe. Not to mention that music plays a prominent part in the plot too. - Slim Whitman is the savior of mankind. - Tom Jones fu - gyrating Martian backup singer fu - Star Spangled Banner played mariachi style fu http://www.negativespace.net/wildcat/Mars_Attacks1.jpg Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I'm think you're on to something there. Not to mention the fact that that movie had one of the best Jack Nicholson lines ever: "You got two out of three branches of government working, and that ain't bad!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridog6996 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 fu? My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwhite9 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 2001 kinda wins by default right? Morodor gets the worst for his version of "Metropolis". Vanilla Sky(Radiohead and assorted) and Bladerunner(Vangelis) are the two I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Mars Attacks is one of my favorite movies. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 fu? I believe that he's referring to the work of Joe Bob Briggs, a movie reviewer of dubious sanity. JBB specializes in 'B' movies and drive-in specials. Things that he likes in movies receive the approving approbation 'fu.' Therefore, you can have 'exploding head fu,' large breast fu,' 'buried alive fu' and of course the ever popular 'probed by aliens fu.' As Moe points out, 'Mars Attacks' is positively et up with fu. This makes it a great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 I'm think you're on to something there. Not to mention the fact that that movie had one of the best Jack Nicholson lines ever: "You got two out of three branches of government working, and that ain't bad!" My favorite line is when Grandma loses it cracking up "They blew up Congress!" Wishful thinking, I guess Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 A number of years back one of the special fx guys who worked on Mars Attacks was in Nashville for a film event. He was having chest pains and ended up at the hospital where my wife worked. While he was being checked out he mentioned that he had one of the movie prop aliens in his car. It was full-size, standing about 4.5 feet tall. He gave the keys to a nurse who brought the alien into the hospital. They found an empty room and put the alien in the bed. For the rest of the night the nurses played pranks on one another, like "The patient in xxx has been wearing out the call button--go see what he wants." And there was the ak-ak-ak-ak-ak guy propped up in the bed. 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 And there was the ak-ak-ak-ak-ak guy propped up in the bed. "Don't run. We are your friends." Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonksDream Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 A number of years back one of the special fx guys who worked on Mars Attacks was in Nashville for a film event. He was having chest pains and ended up at the hospital where my wife worked. While he was being checked out he mentioned that he had one of the movie prop aliens in his car. It was full-size, standing about 4.5 feet tall. He gave the keys to a nurse who brought the alien into the hospital. They found an empty room and put the alien in the bed. For the rest of the night the nurses played pranks on one another, like "The patient in xxx has been wearing out the call button--go see what he wants." And there was the ak-ak-ak-ak-ak guy propped up in the bed. LOL Brilliant! Thanks for sharing that! Instrumentation is meaningless - a song either stands on its own merit, or it requires bells and whistles to cover its lack of adequacy, much less quality. - kanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus64 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Wow, he just made the international sign of the doughnut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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