Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA:milne@uci-icse From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:milne@uci-icse Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Best Movie ("Silent Running" or "Running Silent?") Message-ID: <1103@topaz.ARPA> Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 03:30:47 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.1103 Posted: Wed Apr 3 03:30:47 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Apr-85 05:07:40 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 46 From: Alastair Milne >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I really have too many 'BEST' movie's to pick just one though I am rather surprised to see no mention of the movie "Silent Running" (or was it "Running Silent"?) with Bruce Dern and his three robots Huey,Duey,and Luey.If anyone remembers this was a film about Spaceships that had been sent into space with a sampling of earths plant life to preserve it from the destruction of a war then being waged on earth. The the order came thru that the U.S could no longer support the maintenance of the plants and they would have to be destroyed and ...... (No Spoiler).....If you havn't seen the movie I would recomend it. . . . <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I beg your pardon, I mentioned "Silent Running" (yes, that's the name) a long time ago. Personally, I list it not too far after 2001, which is that rare beast for me, an absolute all-time favourite. "Silent Running" is beautiful, with well-done, convincing effects, the sympathetic little drones Huey, Duey, and Looie (sorry, don't know how to spell them; I have better things to do than tag about after Walt Disney), and most especially the finest role I have ever seen Bruce Dern play . Fortunately, unlike 2001, Silent Running is shown now and again on television. Gives you a chance to enjoy it again just as you were starting to forget it. (2001 on TV is NOT a good idea. It really needs a large screen, and a fine sound system). As I recall, the ships were taking not merely a sampling, but all the plants left on Earth (the remainder had been wiped out). Furthermore, it wasn't just plants: small animals, and birds, were among the cargo, so that the ships were really carrying a lot of parks and forests.. They weren't just flying greenhouses. A corporate or governmental decision was to be taken whether the forestry was to be saved (aboard the ships, of course), or discarded, and the ships returned to Earth for more "useful" work. As the film opens, the crews are awaiting that decision. My vote for best effect in Silent Running: the explosions in space. You so seldom see those done correctly, but they're done correctly here. Of course, you might argue in favour of the rings of Saturn, and I don't really see how I could criticise if you did ... Alastair Milne