Incidentally the woman seen in the clip was played by Natalya Bondarchuk, whose father was Sergei Bondarchuk of "War and Peace". Just a coincidence.
@El Loro posted:Incidentally the woman seen in the clip was played by Natalya Bondarchuk, whose father was Sergei Bondarchuk of "War and Peace". Just a coincidence.
Was she reminiscing through the paintings....was that her as a child by the swing and making a fire?
And were they in space?
@El Loro posted:Paddling with whales, clip on BBC site:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...tin-america-58430264
wow fantastic experience -brilliant
night EL slim velvet
yogi moonsiee
Good morning everyone it looks like we will get a fair bit of sunshine today.
Enjoy your day everyone 
@slimfern posted:Was she reminiscing through the paintings....was that her as a child by the swing and making a fire?
And were they in space?
The original Russian film "Solaris" is a complex film and is metaphysical in trying to understand what is existence, what is real or not real. Solaris is a planet so they were in space. The wife is reminiscing of her husband when he was a boy. One would need to see the film to get an understanding as to what's going on. It is a science fiction film but not science fiction as is normally done in films. It was advertised as the Russian "2001". That's not true other than the scene right at the end of "2001" .
The George Clooney remake is an honest attempt to repeat the film but misses out the metaphysical core of the Russian film.
In the science fiction film genre the level of complexity varies from
simple - Guardians of the Galaxy
straightforward escapist - Star Wars films
straightforward but with a challenging concept - Blade Runner
straightforward but becomes metaphysical - 2001
complex and metaphysical - the Russian Solaris
That's a personal opinion 
'Logan's Run' was my introduction to sci fi films....a controversial theme to say the least and I vaguely remember one with a landing (not out of choice) on a planet with a robot and force fields, but can't think of what it was called.
Then of course there was 'The planet of the Apes' -Classic 
The 'Alien' Quadrilogy is a regular return watch for me..at least once a year 
I think I might be the only person to have never watched a 'Star Wars' film
@slimfern posted:'Logan's Run' was my introduction to sci fi films....a controversial theme to say the least and I vaguely remember one with a landing (not out of choice) on a planet with a robot and force fields, but can't think of what it was called.
Then of course there was 'The planet of the Apes' -Classic
The 'Alien' Quadrilogy is a regular return watch for me..at least once a year
I think I might be the only person to have never watched a 'Star Wars' film
The film you are thinking of is almost certainly "Forbidden Planet" (1956) considered to be one of the sf classics of that decade. Leslie Nielsen was the leader of the astronauts. The three main characters they meet on landing are Walter Pidgeon as Dr Moebius, Anne Francis as his daughter and the most famous character Robby the Robot. Shown from time to time on television. When the "id monster" is threatening the astronauts, they try to use laser guns but it uses a forcefield to clock their efforts.
I was quite surprised that Logan's Run was released with a A certificate (equivalent to PG) when I watched it on television. Since then it's been reclassified as a 12.
The original "Planet of the Apes" is the best of that series of films.
I mentioned Michael Powell's use of special effects including this one:
The woman you see is Kim Hunter - she was Zira in the original Planet of the Apes.
Yes it was the 'Forbidden Planet', I remember being quite scared of the robot
Logan's run was one of those films which I thought could actually become reality, that was a frightening thought, but it had Jenny Agutter in it, from 'The Railway children', so I kinda knew we would be okay 
(the rationality of a child's mind)
The original 'Planet of the Apes' was indeed the better one...again a film that could be a reality....to me 
@slimfern posted:Yes it was the 'Forbidden Planet', I remember being quite scared of the robot
Logan's run was one of those films which I thought could actually become reality, that was a frightening thought, but it had Jenny Agutter in it, from 'The Railway children', so I kinda knew we would be okay
The original 'Planet of the Apes' was indeed the better one...again a film that could be a reality....to me
I saw "The Wizard of Oz" at the cinema when I was young. It was a re-release as it hadn't been shown on television then and this was before video tapes existed. Although it's a U certificate I found the flying monkeys quite scary
@El Loro posted:I saw "The Wizard of Oz" at the cinema when I was young. It was a re-release as it hadn't been shown on television then and this was before video tapes existed. Although it's a U certificate I found the flying monkeys quite scary
A truly classic film that I would still sit down to watch today
Aww ...those flying beasties were scary
The bit that scared me most was when Miss Gulch was cycling up inside the cyclone and turned into the witch 
I think I know every word to every song from that film
night EL slim yogi moonsieee
Good morning everyone it's a much cloudier day today with just a hint of a sunny interval later.
Enjoy your day everyone
but seems to be on the mend night EL slim moonsieeee -glad you are on the mend and recovering yogi
Good morning everyone it's a misty morning with sunny intervals forecast for later. Glad to hear that Moonie is on the mend.
Enjoy your day everyone
How fascinating it is to sit here as the sun burns off the thick mist that's been everywhere since I woke up. There's a hint of blue sky now to the left and trees are appearing, shrugging off their night time veils of mist, so beautiful.
@slimfern posted:Yes it was the 'Forbidden Planet', I remember being quite scared of the robot
Logan's run was one of those films which I thought could actually become reality, that was a frightening thought, but it had Jenny Agutter in it, from 'The Railway children', so I kinda knew we would be okay
The original 'Planet of the Apes' was indeed the better one...again a film that could be a reality....to me
âTime traveller from 2714â claims aliens, giant hurricanes and talking apes will all happen in September
Those dates are: September 11th, 14th and 26th.
they say on 26th September we should look out for: âA chimpanzee is able to talk because of a mutation in its vocal cords, it has mysterious things to say.â
Something tells us that someone has been watching too many Planet of the Apes movies... 
@slimfern posted:âTime traveller from 2714â claims aliens, giant hurricanes and talking apes will all happen in September
Those dates are: September 11th, 14th and 26th.they say on 26th September we should look out for: âA chimpanzee is able to talk because of a mutation in its vocal cords, it has mysterious things to say.â
Something tells us that someone has been watching too many Planet of the Apes movies...
@squiggle posted:How fascinating it is to sit here as the sun burns off the thick mist that's been everywhere since I woke up. There's a hint of blue sky now to the left and trees are appearing, shrugging off their night time veils of mist, so beautiful.
sounds stunning
@slimfern posted:âTime traveller from 2714â claims aliens, giant hurricanes and talking apes will all happen in September
Those dates are: September 11th, 14th and 26th.they say on 26th September we should look out for: âA chimpanzee is able to talk because of a mutation in its vocal cords, it has mysterious things to say.â
Something tells us that someone has been watching too many Planet of the Apes movies...
read this the other day
night EL slim squiggle moonsiee yogi
Good morning everyone it's a warm and sunny day today according to the forecast.
Enjoy your day everyone
A BBC news article today about Netflix to continue with the BBFC age ratings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-58466154
Netflix staff manually tag material for things like violence and feed the data in an algorithm using technology developed with the BBFC to determine an age appropriate rating, The BBFC carry out a monthly audit to assess accuracy.
Very unlikely I'll find out what happened/will happen behind the scenes between the BBFC and Netflix regarding my report last week.
@El Loro posted:A BBC news article today about Netflix to continue with the BBFC age ratings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-58466154
Netflix staff manually tag material for things like violence and feed the data in an algorithm using technology developed with the BBFC to determine an age appropriate rating, The BBFC carry out a monthly audit to assess accuracy.Very unlikely I'll find out what happened/will happen behind the scenes between the BBFC and Netflix regarding my report last week.
Do the Netflix staff get to see the films/programmes beforehand El?
@slimfern posted:Do the Netflix staff get to see the films/programmes beforehand El?
I would expect the staff who assess films etc to have had training as to what to look for, much as the BBFC staff would.
Their role would be to assess content affecting classification rather than to watch something for enjoyment.
They should be unbiased when watching so that their personal preferences don't affect their decisions.
There should also be senior staff checking on the welfare of staff to ensure that they are not adversely affected by what they have seen - that's what happens at the BBFC.