# 70s Sci-Fi Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383 "2008-05-15T02:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/21 "2008-05-15T15:07:21Z")
[QUOTE=TWDuke] If we’re including cheesy Star Wars ripoffs like Battle Beyond the Stars, why not Starcrash (the Adventures of Stella Star)? [Prepare to be hurled…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tESwX3doaI&feature=related) [/QUOTE] Such a hilariously blatant ripoff. I thought I was nuts when I saw Chris Plummer. But sure enough, it was him. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/22 "2008-05-17T00:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Such a hilariously blatant ripoff. I thought I was nuts when I saw Chris Plummer. But sure enough, it was him. [/QUOTE] He must’ve either been really drunk or really needed money badly to do that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/23 "2008-05-17T13:29:12Z")
On a slight hijack, was the TV miniseries of Day of The Triffids any good? Or should I stick with the movie? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/24 "2008-05-17T13:36:37Z")
[_Doppelganger,_](http://davidszondy.com/future/doppelganger/doppelganger.htm) a/k/a _Journey to the Far Side of the Sun._ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/25 "2008-05-17T14:34:00Z")
[QUOTE=Love Rhombus] On a slight hijack, was the TV miniseries of Day of The Triffids any good? Or should I stick with the movie? [/QUOTE] It’s kinda slow and looks cheap by today’s standards, but overall, not too shabby IMO ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/26 "2008-05-17T20:44:31Z")
You didn’t want to hear about Star Trek, but I would like to point out that Star Trek II had some of the more graphic violence of the Star Trek movies, and all of it had to be done with old school special effects, including a crewman on the Enterprise screaming because he’s on fire. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/27 "2008-05-17T21:21:55Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Well, no, that’s not the reason. The book I took this list from included both of those. But if you read **Lord of the Flies** , the setting is a future war in which the boys have to be evacuated and the implications are that it’s a pretty big and possibly nuclear war. It’s as much a candidate as **Fail-Safe**. [/quote] I’ve read **Lord of the Flies** , thank you, and I think it’s a tremendous stretch to include it as science fiction. I haven’t read Fail Safe, but if it’s no more science fiction than **Lord of the Flies** , I’d say it’s a stretch too. > [@](#): > > A lot of people have included \*\*The Birds \*\* as SF/Fantasy. The magazine **Cinefantastique** devoted an entire cover story to it, saying that it was Hitchcock’s only foray into the genre. Fantasy is not the same as science fiction. There’s a lot of overlap, but **The Birds** is about as much science fiction as is **Jaws**. [QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] But I do have _Star Crash_ on a VHS tape. I remember not liking it when it came out. Total dreck. I thought it would be fun in its badness. I… think I need to be in the right mood. [/QUOTE] It’s more bad than fun, as I remember it, although I still enjoyed it more than **Battle Beyond the Stars**. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383/28 "2008-05-17T22:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] Hard to characterize, though it’s often listed with horror flicks:\* Lair of the White Worm.\* A VERY different viewing experience. [/QUOTE] I saw a little bit of it, I reminded myself of what it was like on Youtube and my goodness. Can Amanda Donohue look any more like the cat that got the very last drop of cream on the planet? 😃 [QUOTE=Love Rhombus] On a slight hijack, was the TV miniseries of Day of The Triffids any good? Or should I stick with the movie? [/QUOTE] Completely different beasts really, I like them both for different reasons. The miniseries would probably compare favourably with something like Jericho today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-movies/449383.md?page=1)