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| Westworld (1973) |
   
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8 | 23.53% |
| Logan's Run (1976) |
  
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12 | 35.29% |
| Soylent Green (1973) |
  
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2 | 5.88% |
| Demon Seed (1977) |
  
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4 | 11.76% |
| Coma (1978) |
  
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5 | 14.71% |
| others |
  
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3 | 8.82% |
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03-21-2013, 04:02 PM
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Favorite 1970s MGM Sci-Fi Movie?
They didn't release much sci-fi in the 70s, but the few they did were and still are great in my opinion. I did not include Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Rollerball as those were United Artists titles before the MGM fusion in 1980.
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03-21-2013, 05:04 PM
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There is no magic.
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Great poll! And you only missed two MGM sci-fi films from the '70s: No Blade of Grass (1970) and Futureworld (1976). No Blade is the only one I haven't seen, and the rest are pretty much all classics in my opinion so this was a tough vote! But I have to go with Logan's Run as I grew up watching it. The remaining I didn't see until after I was 18.
I'd rank them the following: Logan's Run - A Coma - A Demon Seed - B+ Futureworld - B Westworld - B- Soylent Green - F
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03-21-2013, 05:08 PM
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i haven't seen Logan's Run, but of the others i chose Coma. I've never been a fan of Westworld (hey, just realized that two of the entries up there were directed by Michael Chrichton), although Soylent Green is pretty good. I thought Demon Seed was pretty weak - but its based on a book by Dean (R.) Koontz, so what do you really expect?
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03-21-2013, 05:19 PM
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I agree, great poll! Westworld is my favorite, with Soylent Green a pretty close second. Logan's Run is also good, but I don't care that much for Demon Seed (which was a $3 Big Lots pickup a few years ago). I saw Coma once a very long time ago.
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03-21-2013, 05:20 PM
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Futureworld. Yep, I like it better than the first.
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03-21-2013, 05:22 PM
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Another vote for Coma. Scary stuff, and a terrific performance from Bujold. I've always loved those low-key, slowly building thrillers of the 70's.
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03-21-2013, 08:39 PM
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What, no Rollerball?
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03-21-2013, 10:34 PM
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There is no magic.
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03-22-2013, 12:56 AM
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Definitely Logan's Run for me, but I really enjoy the others on the list as well. Haven't seen Demon Seed though. Just watched the TV remake of Coma last night and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
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03-22-2013, 01:36 AM
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03-22-2013, 01:56 AM
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BOO!!! Gotcha!
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03-22-2013, 03:59 AM
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Tough choice but I went with Logan's Run
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03-22-2013, 04:02 AM
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Love all these movies, but picked Westworld. It's just a fun movie from start to finish.
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03-22-2013, 06:26 AM
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I love all of those films but I voted for LOGAN'S RUN in the end.Grew up with it,I even own the original one sheet !
Anyone else ever notice that WESTWORLD and JURASSIC PARK (also by Chrichton) have essentially the same plot,fantastic resort,novelty attractions,computer failure,death and destruction and a chase all over the park.Switch out robots for dinosaurs and add the "Newman !" guy from SEINFELD and the're damn near the same picture. |
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03-22-2013, 12:29 PM
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Didn't know there was so much love for Futureworld. I always thought it was a given that Westworld was much better.
I think Yul Brynner's Gunslinger in Westworld is one of the creepiest villains ever 
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