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WET GECKO: METROPOLIS (PART ONE) 19.45 Weds 1st October
OneSparePart
Slower on the way out.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Paula
Looks like how we feel here in America today.
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Cygnus Bazza

Brad wrote:

Ivan the Terrible, brother of Igor the Not So Bad.

We're watching Metropolis!
 
Brad
Sorry, clicked on the wrong link....

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Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
Cygnus Bazza
Chariots of Feuer
 
Cygnus Bazza
Eternal Gardens = Knocking Shop
 
Cygnus Bazza
Dramatic effect undermined by the protagonist resembling Benny Hill
 
Brad
Great Dress

Thanks, it used to hang in our picture window. Unlike Carol Burnett, I remembered to take the curtain rod out.

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Paula

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Dramatic effect undermined by the protagonist resembling Benny Hill


LOL Yes!
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Brad
I think Glinda and the lollipop guild are here.

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Cygnus Bazza
Hang on, I think Benny's going for something from the Specials board
 
OneSparePart
This idyllic scene is quite Shakespearean
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
She's doing well to control that number of children without a Teaching Assistant
 
Cygnus Bazza
Does anyone else like Benny's trousers?
 
Brad
Doors close to look like a Cyber Man

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Paula
There's nothing like a guy in jodhpurs!
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OneSparePart

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

She's doing well to control that number of children without a Teaching Assistant

She's a lovely looking lass. No surprise they picked her as leading lady.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
I'm getting a Radio Gaga video vibe
 
Paula
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate factory, the early years.
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Brad
Trying to get the electricity to the dam bridge before Muller's robot gets here.

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Cygnus Bazza
Great music
 
Brad

Paula wrote:

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate factory, the early years.


Those are the biggest everlasting gob stompers I have ever seen.

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OneSparePart
Thus scene reminds me of the musical Return to the Forbidden Planet. Definitely pinched the mech moves
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Paula
The Great and Powerful Oz!
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Cygnus Bazza
Seems an awful lot of equipment just to make steam. How about a big kettle?
 
Brad

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I'm getting a Radio Gaga video vibe


I'm getting everything from Wizard of Oz to Flash Gordon...

Just how influential was this film?

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OneSparePart
Moloch!!!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Brad

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Seems an awful lot of equipment just to make steam. How about a big kettle?


Proper German Engineering always includes multiple backup systems.

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Cygnus Bazza
‘Moloch’. He’ll also be namechecking ‘Time Squad’ and ‘Seek-Locate-Destroy’ a little later.
 
OneSparePart

Brad wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I'm getting a Radio Gaga video vibe


I'm getting everything from Wizard of Oz to Flash Gordon...

Just how influential was this film?

A bit of King Kong too
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
None of us have used the word 'influential' yet.

Edit - WRONG!!!!! Lol.
Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 01-10-2025 19:01
 
Paula

OneSparePart wrote:

Brad wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I'm getting a Radio Gaga video vibe


I'm getting everything from Wizard of Oz to Flash Gordon...

Just how influential was this film?

A bit of King Kong too


Yes, I thought that too.
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Brad

OneSparePart wrote:

Brad wrote:

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

I'm getting a Radio Gaga video vibe


I'm getting everything from Wizard of Oz to Flash Gordon...

Just how influential was this film?

A bit of King Kong too


And Maybe more than a little Alita, Battle Angel....

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Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo!
 
Cygnus Bazza
Milton Keynes has got a lot to answer for
 
Brad
Looks like a bad day at the stock market.

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OneSparePart
Modern sf film makers...fifth element bladerunner
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
Cygnus Bazza
Without the pen-pushers, this city would be NOTHING!
 
Cygnus Bazza

OneSparePart wrote:

Modern sf film makers...fifth element bladerunner

Quicker to mention the films it DIDN'T influence
 
Brad

Cygnus Bazza wrote:

Milton Keynes has got a lot to answer for


Is he the director???

(Just kidding, we've been through it).

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Paula
Metropolis seems to have the largest doors in the world.
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