Fantastic Planet

[devogue]

I watched the first half hour of this last night and found it to be disturbing and enthralling in equal measure, with one of the most memorable and horrific introductions to any film I have ever seen. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of it tonight.

[Pappa]

What is it?

[devogue]

What is it?

It's an animated film.

[Pappa]

What is it?

It's an animated film.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It's a French adaption based loosely on a William Tenn story. Aliens keep humans as pets, but like any pet, some of them go feral. It's an allegory of the old debate, "which is better, safety or freedom?"

[DRSB]

Have you seen The Home Project?: http://www.youtube.com/user/homeproject

[Azathoth]

It is fucked up. You can find it on youtube

[tattuchu]

I watched the first half hour of this last night and found it to be disturbing and enthralling in equal measure, with one of the most memorable and horrific introductions to any film I have ever seen. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of it tonight.

Cool, I'm always looking for interesting films to watch. And I've heard of this, but forgotten all about it.

Intriguing that you should say "memorable and horrific." Horrific in what way, QWERTY?

[BlackBart]

What is it?

It's an animated film.

Wow. I saw it years ago on TV and haven't seen it since. As I recall, the Beeb showed it on a Saturday morning - probably cause it was animated, but it's a pretty eerie and cerebral piece of SF.

[devogue]

I watched the first half hour of this last night and found it to be disturbing and enthralling in equal measure, with one of the most memorable and horrific introductions to any film I have ever seen. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of it tonight.

Cool, I'm always looking for interesting films to watch. And I've heard of this, but forgotten all about it.

Intriguing that you should say "memorable and horrific." Horrific in what way, QWERTY?

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

At the very start you see a woman carrying a baby as she runs through a very weird and stylised forest. She doesn't speak, sshe is obviously distreesed as she runs from something. She tries to run up a hill but a huge blue hand appears and it flicks her down - she rolls backwards, holding her baby close to protect it. She tries to run up the hill again, but the finger flicks her again and again...finally, as her baby crwals away the huge blue hand lifts her up between its thumb and index finger, then drops her from a height of about 30 feet. She lands beside her baby, reached her hand out and dies. The baby cries.

The shot then pulls back to reveal three giant alien children who had been playing with the woman in the same way a group of small human boys would play with an insect. As an adult approaches they run away - it's really shocking. As the film goes on, the shock recedes as you become immune to the blue giants treatment of the humans as vermin and pests.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I watched the first half hour of this last night and found it to be disturbing and enthralling in equal measure, with one of the most memorable and horrific introductions to any film I have ever seen. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of it tonight.

Cool, I'm always looking for interesting films to watch. And I've heard of this, but forgotten all about it.

Intriguing that you should say "memorable and horrific." Horrific in what way, QWERTY?

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

At the very start you see a woman carrying a baby as she runs through a very weird and stylised forest. She doesn't speak, sshe is obviously distreesed as she runs from something. She tries to run up a hill but a huge blue hand appears and it flicks her down - she rolls backwards, holding her baby close to protect it. She tries to run up the hill again, but the finger flicks her again and again...finally, as her baby crwals away the huge blue hand lifts her up between its thumb and index finger, then drops her from a height of about 30 feet. She lands beside her baby, reached her hand out and dies. The baby cries.

The shot then pulls back to reveal three giant alien children who had been playing with the woman in the same way a group of small human boys would play with an insect. As an adult approaches they run away - it's really shocking. As the film goes on, the shock recedes as you become immune to the blue giants treatment of the humans as vermin and pests.

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

In the William Tenn story the humans spread throughout space by taking pretty much the same niche rats did on Earth. They live in the walls and steal food from the giant aliens. The aliens have captured some humans and are using them to test various methods of ridding themselves of the pests. The human colony in their lab is quite content, good food etc., and they don't mind if a member disappears at intervals. One feral human in the mix changes things, however.

[Bella Fortuna]

I'm intrigued... added this to my DVD queue.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I'm intrigued... added this to my DVD queue.

As you watch, think what it would look like if done today with Avatar-type technology.

[devogue]

I'm intrigued... added this to my DVD queue.

As you watch, think what it would look like if done today with Avatar-type technology.

Nowhere near as good. There's something about 1960s and 1970s animation that's really cool, weird, unsettling and futuristic at the same time. CGI is chocolate box.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I'm intrigued... added this to my DVD queue.

As you watch, think what it would look like if done today with Avatar-type technology.

Nowhere near as good. There's something about 1960s and 1970s animation that's really cool, weird, unsettling and futuristic at the same time. CGI is chocolate box.

I like details, a believable environment. "Fantastic Planet" looks like it should be stuck to a refrigerator door. Okay for the times, but it could be done better now. Imagine the same movie done before color film? Or with subtitles instead of a sound track?