Silver Screen Saucers: UFO movie news round-up (9 Aug. 2012)

9 August 2012

UFO movie news round-up (9 Aug. 2012)

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

The Watch reviews

The critics’ consensus on new Ben Stiller sci-fi comedy The Watch – don’t watch it.

The Avengers TV series & sequel

Marvel and ABC to team-up for Avengers TV series?

Joss Whedon to write and direct Avengers 2.

Avengers end credits ‘Thanos’ alien scene now online in high quality...

Man of Steel

Superman’s alien nemesis General Zod photographed on Man of Steel set. Here’s the teaser trailer...

Masters of the Universe

I HAVE THE POWEEERRRR!!! Well, Adam of Eternia (a.k.a. He-Man) does, anyway, and Sony Pictures has the power to greenlight a new live action film about the 1980s cartoon and toy character. It couldn’t be any worse than the 1987 Dolf Lundgren version...

Carl Sagan on Contact

Want to know exactly what Contact author Carl Sagan thought of Warner Bros.’ 1997 big screen treatment of his source material? Read his letter to the studio (clue: he’s not impressed!).

2 comments:

Red Pill Junkie9 August 2012 21:20
I've never read the book, but Contact is still one of my faves.

Stephen King h8ted Kubrick's adaptation to The Shining, so... pleasing the author is a bit secondary in my book ;)
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"UFO Movie"

Robbie Graham's Working Definition:

Any movie that taps directly into any aspect of UFO mythology or notably draws inspiration from UFOlogical literature, incorporating into its plot references to frequently debated UFOlogical phenomena, events and locales, as well as specialised UFOlogical terminology.

A UFO movie need not be about UFOs, per se, nor feature traditional UFOlogical iconography, but will nevertheless often devote a respectable amount of its running time to the dramatisation of imagined human/alien interactions, usually - though not always - in the context of a 'first contact' scenario in which the extraterrestrials assume the role of visitor/invader. In other words, the UFO movie frequently is concerned with the problems inherent from a human perspective in earthly encounters with extraterrestrials.

Notable Hollywood UFO Movies: 1950 - 2016

ID Forever Part II (2016)
ID Forever Part I (2015)
Alien at Large (2015)
Eden (2014)
The Pet (2014)
Tomorrowland (2014)
Flight of the Navigator (2014)
Beyond Apollo (2014)
Asteroids (2014)
The Nye Incidents (2014)
The Day of the Triffids (2014)
Absolutely Anything (2014)
Charles Fort (2014)
Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens (2014)
Transformers 4 (2014)
Area 52 (2014)
Umbra (2014)
Area 51 (2014)
Ninja Turtles (2014)
All You Need Is Kill (2014)
Under the Skin (2013)
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
Ender's Game (2013)
Pacific Rim (2013)
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
Oblivion (2013)
The Europa Report (2013)
The Host (2013)
Dark Skies (2013)
Grabbers (2012)
U.F.O. (2012)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
The Watch (2012)
Prometheus (2012)
Battleship (2012)
John Carter (2012)
The Thing (2011)
The Darkest Hour (2011)
Apollo 18 (2011)
Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Super 8 (2011)
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
I Am Number Four (2011)
Skyline (2010)
Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009)
Planet 51 (2009)
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Knowing (2009)
The Fourth Kind (2009)
Outlander (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull (2008)
The Objective (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Transformers (2007)
The Invasion (2007)
Lifted (2006)
Slither (2006)
Altered (2006)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Chicken Little (2005)
The Forgotten (2004)
Looney Toons Back in Action (2003)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Men in Black 2 (2002)
Signs (2002)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
The Faculty (1998)
Dark City (1998)
Contact (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Mars Attacks (1996)
The Arrival (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
Species (1995)
Roswell [TV movie] (1994)
Coneheads (1993)
Stargate (1993)
Fire in the Sky (1993)
The Abyss (1989)
Communion (1989)
They Live (1988)
Alien Nation (1988)
Mac and Me (1988)
Batteries Not Included (1987)
Predator (1987)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Cocoon (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Starman (1984)
The Thing (1982)
E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
Hangar 18 (1980)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
2001: A Space Odyssesy (1968)
Plan 9 from Outer Space 9 (1959)
The Blob (1958)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Forbidden Planet (1957)
Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
This Island Earth (1955)
War of the Worlds (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Man from Planet X (1951)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Flying Saucer (1950)

Notable UFOlogical TV Series

Defiance (2013 - )
Falling Skies (2011 – )
The Event (2010 – 2011)
V (2009 – 2011)
Invasion (2005 – 2006)
Battlestar Galactica (2004 – 2009)
Taken (2002)
Roswell (1999 – 2002)
Stargate franchise (1997 – 2011)
Dark Skies (1996 – 1997)
The Outer Limits (1995 – 2002)
The X-Files (1993 – 2002)
Alien Nation (1989 – 1990)
V: The Final Battle (1984)
V (1983)
Battlestar Galactica (1978 – 1979)
Project U.F.O. (1978 – 1979)
UFO (1970 – 1971)
Doctor Who (1969 – )
The Invaders (1967 – 1968)
The Outer Limits (1963 – 1965)
The Twilight Zone (1959 – 1964)