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Post by msdemos on Sept 26, 2018 17:34:40 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 26, 2018 17:36:44 GMT
The Day After was pretty powerful!
The Librarian series was good as was the Patrick Swayze version of King Solomon's Mines
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 26, 2018 17:47:12 GMT
"The Marcus-Nelson Murders" is a favorite of mine.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 26, 2018 17:49:05 GMT
The '98 Merlin miniseries starring Sam Neill.
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Post by drystyx on Sept 26, 2018 18:40:16 GMT
1970 saw its best on made for TV films.
The best ever is THE INTRUDERS 1970, with Don Murray, who always picked great scripts to work from. A classic Western with grit and reality, something missing in big screen Westerns at the time, when Leone destroyed the Western with his "safe" Hollywood style crap that the brain dead drug crazed idiots claimed were different.
Second best is Lloyd Bridges in LOST FLIGHT, one of the original "plane wreck on a deserted island" theme movies. Before, most plane wrecks were in jungles or deserts. Here, we see him wrestle for authority over a group of fools. In the next three decades, the "fools" would be heralded by the bubble boys in other movies. We had a more mature audience and more mature film makers at the time, though they were being ushered out by the geeks.
Made for TV movies have almost always been of superior quality for some reason, to the big budget movies, in every way except special effects.
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 26, 2018 18:53:50 GMT
I absolutely adore made for tv movies from the 70s and early 80s. If I had to choose between watching MTV movies or theatrical movies for the rest of my life, I would choose the made for tv movies.
"Summer of Fear"
"The Spell"
"Initiation of Sara"
"Desperate Lives"
"Trilogy of Terror"
"Midnight Offerings"
"Survival of Dana"
"Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic"
"Born Innocent"
"Scream Pretty Peggy"
"Death Cruise"
"Paper Man"
"A Taste of Evil"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 18:55:58 GMT
Fatherland
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Post by RobotTheLiving on Sept 26, 2018 19:14:11 GMT
A Christmas Carol (1984) starring George C. Scott. Just a stellar production that doesn't look like a TV production at all.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 26, 2018 19:33:21 GMT
The Night Stalker
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 26, 2018 19:36:52 GMT
Duel (1971)
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 26, 2018 19:45:49 GMT
Delbert Mann's's remake of All Quiet on the Western Front
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Post by johnspartan on Sept 26, 2018 20:08:26 GMT
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Post by drystyx on Sept 26, 2018 20:09:49 GMT
Delbert Mann's's remake of All Quiet on the Western Front I love the book, and the first film, because the first one was just like the book. The remake, however, changed the story too much. For some reason, it was a total rewrite, killing Tjaden, who is the one survivor in the book (aside from the ones arrested for desertion or sent home due to extreme injury). That was completely retarded. And it's too bad, considering the actors were quite good. |
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 26, 2018 20:18:58 GMT
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Post by Archelaus on Sept 26, 2018 20:19:36 GMT
Duel
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 26, 2018 20:19:42 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 26, 2018 20:20:40 GMT
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Sept 26, 2018 21:15:05 GMT
Satan's Triangle from 1975, with Doug McClure and Kim Novak. Creepy as hell, and a final shot that kept a 10-year old me awake that night.
I know it's a mini-series, so sort of a cheat, but Lonesome Dove was spectacular.
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Post by Sulla on Sept 26, 2018 21:23:05 GMT
Kung Fu (1972)
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 27, 2018 0:35:46 GMT
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