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WELCOME to the Messageboard for the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and Marathon!! What was shown in 2024: THE MATRIX in 35mm! ONE MILLION YEARS BC in 35mm! LAPSIS, READY PLAYER ONE in 70mm! DREDD, MAD MAX, PREDESTINATION, TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (aka INVASION), UPGRADE, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS, DEEP BLUE SEA in 35mm! and BLAST FROM THE PAST. Plus! A bonus surprise! And, of course, Duck Dodgers! More to come SF MARATHON INFO LINKS SF/49 Official Information Page Click here Reactions to 2024's SF/49 lineup? POST here >List of ALL Films that have played the Marathon. Click below Click here for The History Of The Marathon/Festival The Next Marathon will be held Presidents' Day Weekend 2025 at the Somerville Theater. It will be preceded by the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival. For ticket info: www.Bostonsci-fi.com

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Reply #15 - Dec 26^th, 2013 at 4:34pm

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Holy f'n sh!t!!

THREE MOVIES ALREADY!

Wow, seems like its been years since we've had this many announcements before xmas!

Stoked!

Havent seen Flash Gordon in a while and this should rock da crowd!

Haven't seen Electric Dreams since vhs era!

And, who can argue with Dr.Who? Not me!

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Reply #16 - Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 2:16pm

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Newly announced: The Irish/British SF comedy from 2012:

GRABBERS:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1525366/combined

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Reply #17 - Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 2:27pm

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Woo-hoo! Genuinely good movie announced!

To be fair, I kind of like Dr. Who and just know Electric Dreams by reputation. But I loved Grabbers at Fantasia 2012, and am genuinely puzzled that it didn't get a Boston booking before now. Does the Tremors thing and does it well.

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Reply #18 - Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 5:57pm

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Did you see the trailer for "Grabbers"? Did you notice the bartender was David Pearse: who once wowed a small Irish town with his portrayal of "Bonad" in "Zonad".

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669164/
Cheesy

Cheesy

I'm immediately thinking "Something's Got a Hold on Me" or any number of Irish drinking songs will fit this one!

21st Century Man

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Reply #19 - Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 8:40pm

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L.A. Connection wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 2:16pm:

Newly announced: The Irish/British SF comedy from 2012:

GRABBERS:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1525366/combined

Okay we're back on track.
Looks like it could be this years Attack The Block

I can't complain but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far.

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Reply #20 - Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 10:45pm

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Not only that, but, hopefully this bit of British whimsy will spare us from seeing perhaps the most overrrated SF film of 2013 - WORLD'S END. That would be way too much modern UK wit for one marathon, right?

da_Bunnyman wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 8:40pm:

L.A. Connection wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2014 at 2:16pm:

Newly announced: The Irish/British SF comedy from 2012:

GRABBERS:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1525366/combined

Okay we're back on track.
Looks like it could be this years Attack The Block

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Reply #21 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 10:25am

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Man, why you gotta drag unrelated crankiness into this?

I mean, if you've gotta complain, complain about The Visitor apparently being announced on Facebook. Granted, it may have induced a nap or two when I saw it at the Brattle this fall, so maybe I missed the parts where it's awesomely weird, but it really struck me as a couple of clever scenes and outrageous-sounding premises too surrounded by cheap and boring to really be worth it.

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Reply #22 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 10:48pm

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The Facebook page says "Festival" not marathon on THE VISITOR announcement. Will have to confirm.

Either way, THE VISITOR is a cool addition. A newly minted cult classic.

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Reply #23 - Jan 8^th, 2014 at 10:40pm

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1st short film announced for the Festival portion:

MATCH PERFECT:

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Reply #24 - Jan 11^th, 2014 at 11:36am

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Three films have been announced for the Festival:

ANIMOSITY: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2464822/combined

COHERENCE: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/combined

THE VISITOR (1979): Sounds more like Marathon material, but announced as a "Fest" entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080100/combined

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Reply #25 - Jan 11^th, 2014 at 1:53pm

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Well, hopefully The Visitor is scheduled in such a way that I can check out some of the other neat stuff the Somerville Theatre is doing over the first few months of 2014, because it is a piece of crap whose sudden ubiquity is an ugly side effect of giving the Alamo Drafthouse guys such an influence over genre cinema.

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Reply #26 - Jan 11^th, 2014 at 3:08pm

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It's not as though the Alamo Drafthouse folks only like the exploitation titles they are famous for. They've also released one of the best and most acclaimed films of the year in ACT OF KILLING.

And, some of us, do enjoy schlock and have fun with such material. THE VISITOR is a nutso piece that should go over well with those with a sense of humor.

Jay Seaver wrote on Jan 11^th, 2014 at 1:53pm:

Well, hopefully The Visitor is scheduled in such a way that I can check out some of the other neat stuff the Somerville Theatre is doing over the first few months of 2014, because it is a piece of crap whose sudden ubiquity is an ugly side effect of giving the Alamo Drafthouse guys such an influence over genre cinema.

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Reply #27 - Jan 11^th, 2014 at 4:11pm

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Oh, I'm not saying they don't do good work, but there's something strange and vaguely wrong about one for-profit group (which has built itself a vertically-integrated festival-to-theater pipeline) being able to have such an influence on "cult" film.

And don't give me the "people with a sense of humor" sh!t. I've seen this turd; it's largely boring with a couple nutso parts at the beginning and end.

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Reply #28 - Jan 15^th, 2014 at 9:01pm

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On the eve of a likely Oscar Nomination, Bruce Dern in SILENT RUNNING! Hasn't been shown since year 4 of the Marathon back in 1979!

Cue up the Joan Baez...........

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Reply #29 - Jan 15^th, 2014 at 10:20pm

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Another nice choice despite the Baez song and Bruce Dern in a dress.
Also some of the best onscreen robots ever.

I can't complain but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far.

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