Comments on: Five Campy Sci-Fi Movies You Should Watch (Again)

By: Duane

Duane — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:31:53 +0000

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

By: Confused

Confused — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:44:47 +0000

id have to agree with Dee, these movies really aren’t “campy” at all. Via wikipedia:
Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. When the term first appeared in 1909, it was used to refer to ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical, effeminate or homosexual behaviour. By the mid-1970s, the term was defined as “banality, artifice, mediocrity, or ostentation so extreme as to have perversely sophisticated appeal.”[1] American writer Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes on ‘Camp’” emphasised artifice, frivolity, naïve middle-class pretentiousness and shocking excess as key elements.

Now while ‘pedia isn’t always the greatest resource for facts. i think they have this one right. I like the list, and the description of these movies, and i see the connection in style’s but they’re not the exaggerated caricature’s that camp is made up of. Super props for having Time bandits on the list, an all time favorite of mine, i always loved the bizarre titanic sequence, and the climax with the multi time eras colliding to defeat the evil one

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:00:55 +0000

I wouldn’t say these were campy at all. Just not hard sci fi.

By: Credendo

Credendo — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:03:12 +0000

“Don’t Touch it Mum and Dad, It’s EVIL!!!”

Greatest Line ever

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:04:56 +0000

Brazil, another Terry Gilliam movie is an excellent movie. Check it out.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:41:13 +0000

Ice Pirates.

By: John

John — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:56:50 +0000

Staying with the theme “campy and fun” have a look at The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. It stars a very young Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Lloyd.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:29:38 +0000

Critters!

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:34:05 +0000

Am I the only one who noticed the title says “Five Campy Sci-Fi Movies You Should Watch (Again)” but there is actually six movies in the post?

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:00:49 +0000

Yes, I second TREMORS! In fact I just re-watched that a few months ago. Even better the second time around.

I enjoyed SLITHER quite a bit. Yes, very much so. Yummy stuff.