The movie is free to download at the Internet archive.
Looks llike you can watch it without downloading too.

http://www.archive.org/details/RocketshipXM

Looks cheesy but it might be worth a single watch.
Just to see how far special effects have improved.


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The sci-fi genre was certainly not taken seriously during the 1950's. There are only a handful of sci-fi films that I can think of that were taken seriously and were very well done during that decade. Forbidden Planet, The Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds and Godzilla (the original one) come first to mind.

The only one I've seen is "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
Been a long time though.


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I own all of those on DVD.

I used to have this toy from "The Black Hole"




My favourite slightly under the radar sci-fi movies from recent years have been Sunlight and Pitch Black.

I had the Black Hole lunch box. LOL

Sunlight? You mean Sunshine maybe? Michelle Yeoh, Chris Evans...a good number of somewhat recognizable people. Kind of like 2001 meets Event Horizon.
Watched it last week after seeing the ship in that "best ships" thread here not long ago. Very nice FX.

I think its been over 20 years since I saw the Black Hole in its entirety.

Yes, that's the one. So under-the-radar I forgot it's title, which is unforgivable really in that I loved that film (and it's scientific commentary by the always-engaging Brian Cox). The visuals, soundtrack, all awesome - when I finally get round to getting a blu-ray player that's one I look forward to re-watching.

The soundtrack sounded similar to X3: Reunion too, which is a good thing. That guy that played Scarecrow in Batman Begins was in it too, he's a pretty good actor.

A friend of the family took me to see the The Black Hole (1979) when it came out.
Or so that's what the parents thought.
We went and saw the movie 10 (1979) instead.
He was able to talk the ticket girl into selling me a ticket.
Boy was that movie a shock for a 14 year old.
I had to go back and see "The Black Hole a couple of nights later because my parents kept asking me about the movie.
It wasn't as good as "10" by a long shot.


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