Wonder Stories
Screens
Fri., July 25, 2008
LARS NILSEN
Favorite sci-fi film:
Bride of Frankenstein. It has a dark and funny skepticism about science and the repression of mammal warmth.
Most underrated sci-fi film:Lifeforce. Just watch it. And turn it up!
Most overrated:Hate to say it, but "La Jetée." Sorry, art guys.
The one that made you leave the night-light on as a kid:John Carpenter's The Thing.
Sci-fi futuristic landscape you most wished you lived in and why:Forbidden Planet, because it's Technicolor all year-round.
Favorite sci-fi gadgetry:The awesome laser gun that the aliens abandoned in Laserblast.
It's 2050. God – or your dog – is dead. Which sci-fi alien/mad scientist/mutant thing/despotic robot do you choose as your co-pilot and why?Maximillian from The Black Hole, because he takes care of business efficiently.
Lars Nilsen is a programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse. His blog can be found at www.alamoweirdwednesday.blogspot.com.
ZACK CARLSON
Favorite sci-fi movie:
Goke, Bodysnatcher From Hell. This Japanese doomsday ride is 100% nightmare power. Discomforting, intense, and grim as a baby's funeral.
Most underrated sci-fi film:The Alien Factor. In 1978, Baltimore horror nerd Don Dohler shot the most epic extraterrestrial invasion story of the decade for about 12 bucks.
Most overrated:Animé. You heard me. All of it.
The one that made you leave the night-light on as a kid:Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. I still don't trust bald dudes in robes.
Sci-fi futuristic landscape you most wished you lived in and why:I'm kinda thinkin' the sixth dimension as seen in Buckaroo Bonzai. Sure, it looks terrifying and chaotic, but any place that can produce an alien creature named John Smallberries clearly has its finer points.
Favorite sci-fi gadgetry:The post-post-postmodern house from The Day Time Ended that channels beings from all over time and space.
It's 2050. God – or your dog – is dead. Which sci-fi alien/mad scientist/mutant thing/despotic robot do you choose as your co-pilot and why?
The 50-foot-tall radioactive teenager from Frankenstein Conquers the World because – deep inside – he's very tender and loving. Plus he can really beat the shit out of a giant squid.
Zack Carlson is a programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse. His blog can be found at www.alamoterrorthursday.blogspot.com.
