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Staff Picks is back because the summer is over, travelling is done and I'm going to do this more regularly again even though nobody ever posts in them. This week's selection: Westworld - 1973  Directed by: Michael Crichton Written by: Michael Crichton Cinematography by: Gene Polito IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070909/ "A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park." It's worth remembering that before the dawn of Prestige TV Westworld it was actually cool. Michael Crichton's feature directorial debut, it's a wonderfully shot 70s sci-fi thriller. The set design is rad and it has some early examples of the "digital eye" effects, influencing the way countless people thought about a computer's vision before Terminator. I don't know where you can find it streaming but google it. And welcome back to Staff Picks!! --------------------------- From the Staff Picks Archives January 31st, 2017: Cure February 7th, 2017: Westfront 1918 February 14th, 2017: John Wick February 21st, 2017: Red Sorghum February 28th, 2017: God of Gamblers March 7th, 2017: The Autopsy of Jane Doe March 14th, 2017: Perfect Blue March 21st, 2017: Spring Breakers March 28th, 2017: Cemetery of Splendor April 20th, 2017: Parallax View April 27th, 2017: Right Now, Wrong Then May 02th 2017: Stalker May 12th 2017: White God May 19th, 2017: Red Beard June 1st, 2017: The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant June 18th, 2017: Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer/The Matrix Summer Special July 31st, 2017: Summer Under the Stars (Month Long Special)
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Futureworld sucked Westworld bestworld
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Sep 6, 2017 17:28
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This movie, and the soundtrack, are killer. Highly recommend it
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Sep 6, 2017 20:28
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Improbable Lobster posted:Futureworld sucked I've never seen futureworld...that's a bummer
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Sep 6, 2017 21:01
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the final 30 minutes of just being relentlessly pursued by a untiring robot is one of my favourite chase scenes ever
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Sep 6, 2017 23:55
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I first saw this at 13 and I've fantasized my whole life about going to different worlds as a tourist and inhabiting them for a little while. I think it's one of the top 5 concepts in sci-fi film history and it's really a great movie. Watch it!
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Sep 7, 2017 00:24
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Can you even imagine Spongebob world?
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Sep 7, 2017 00:25
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In Training posted:I've never seen futureworld...that's a bummer It's pretty disappointing
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Sep 7, 2017 00:48
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What if it had been a crossover with The Vvitch called VVitchvvorld
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Sep 7, 2017 00:48
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Has anybody seen anything else Crichton directed? I was surprised in my surface level research for making these that he had like a decade long career as a director
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Sep 7, 2017 01:59
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In Training posted:Has anybody seen anything else Crichton directed? I was surprised in my surface level research for making these that he had like a decade long career as a director he didnt direct it but im a fan of jurassic park, look it up if you get the chance
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Sep 7, 2017 02:11
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In Training posted:Has anybody seen anything else Crichton directed? I was surprised in my surface level research for making these that he had like a decade long career as a director train robbery is ok and physical evidence stinks
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Sep 7, 2017 02:18
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trying to jack off posted:he didnt direct it but im a fan of jurassic park, look it up if you get the chance Nice troll, but, I've seen countless movies, to the point where I made "watching movies" my job, but, as a child, and still to this day, the scene where the velociraptors run into the reflection in the kitchen cabinet door, affects me deeply.
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Sep 7, 2017 03:27
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ol yeller posted:Can you even imagine Spongebob world? Pickle Rick world
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Sep 7, 2017 06:27
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Liquid Drink posted:Pickle Rick world 
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Sep 7, 2017 16:45
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Larrys World
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Sep 7, 2017 18:40
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Westworld owns, I had it on vhs back in the day
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Sep 7, 2017 20:00
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John reminds me of Christian Bale facially, does anyone else see that?
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Sep 9, 2017 05:45
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Watching this now, just about 10 minutes in. It was cool when doing prop based effects was really freaking expensive so if the studio was going to spend a bunch of money making a weird looking hovercraft, they needed to make it worth it. So theres a 4 minute scene of these guys riding a hovercraft from like 15 angles.
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Sep 12, 2017 02:16
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This movie has really good sci fi gobbledegook chatter. Big fan of that style of white noise room tone
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Sep 12, 2017 02:42
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lmfao at this dialogue https://my.mixtape.moe/vxtedi.webm
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Sep 12, 2017 03:00
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It's a neat touch that after the robots go haywire, all the different world musical motifs have little drum loops and synth bass in them.
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Sep 12, 2017 03:14
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There's a 16 minute stretch in the third act of this movie thats completely wordless. Very weird vibes
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Sep 12, 2017 03:35
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Screenies: http://imgur.com/gallery/CxGqJ My favorite repeated images were all the ridiculous screens the park operatives were looking at. Like they would be seeing this:  and mumbling like, Temperature in Sector 4 is steady, bring up Lunch Cycles on the FOuntain Bots, etc. lol. also robo yul brenner's first person hunting vision is really cool 
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Sep 12, 2017 03:50
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ive just added to my hit list
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Sep 12, 2017 05:55
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good insights BoobyTitty
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Sep 12, 2017 16:18
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In Training posted:Screenies: http://imgur.com/gallery/CxGqJ lol
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Sep 12, 2017 20:17
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This scene:  Is a staff meeting where one of the doctors is sharing a graph of infection rates. That's just a bunch of random dots, and everyone is noddin thoughtfully at his explanation. I really love stuff like this, where the design doesn't have to reflect data, since actual graphical design is so slavish to it. When art direction staff can play with it, it's neat to see!
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Sep 12, 2017 20:31
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New thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3834093
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