This line is actually the opening line to Anthony Burgess' classic novel, "A Clockwork Orange" - a glimpse into the future that, in my opinion, has been somewhat accurate when you consider the delinquent behaviour that youth get up to in the outer nothern suburbs of Adelaide - and then there's 21st century American youth gansters to consider!!!!!



"A Clockwork Orange" is also a sardonic view of human nature, a critique of the attempts at social conditioning/manipulation used by western society's governments - and it was also a bloody fantastic film by Stanley Kubrick.



........yet I didn't intend to make this a forum about "A Clockwork Orange" - I just thought the opening line would be an interesting way to start a forum as it really has no topic except what you all choose to write.

Let's see what happens..............................

Interesting you bring it up--the 21st chapter also begins this way, I had a copy of the American edition for years befoer I found out there was this whole other ending.



As coming of age science fiction novels go I prefer Logan's Run.

I thought we were all living in the 'Clockwork Orange era' now!!



I rather escape into fantasy, because the reality we live in now is rather depressing.



As a side note - I just saw the film Colour Me Kubrick today, thought it was very well acted by John Malcovich.



So, am I the only one who actually liked Barry Lyndon?

I saw X-Men 3, Colour Me Kubrick would've been good if the session time was right--Barry Lyndon was OK, made a better book!

I'd like to read "Logan's Run". It'd have to be phenomenal to top "A Clockwork Orange".

I read see spot run is that the same as logan's run.



see logan run

run logan run

logan did run



it was a red light special.

I'll bring my SF Book Club copy if I can find it. More drama and less significant than Clockwork Orange, it was knocked out in a cafe in a couple of days.

Be interesting to see Bryan Singers take on Logans Run.  He's been planning on doing a remake for years.

It could be really good. Or not. The X-Men films were surprising in that they wern't totally dreadful.

I agree, the Xmen films could have been appalling.



But Bryan Singer is such a good director, that Im glad he was chosen to do them.



Xmen 3 was ok, but I didnt enjoy it as much as the first 2.



Did anyone here like The Fantastic Four movie from last year?



I thought it was reasonable, but not as good as it could have been....very much like the Daredevil film from a few years back.

I really liked the XMen3 movie.  You need to stay past the credits though when you watch it as there is more! I also really like Elektra better than Daredevil.

Elektra was pretty disappointing.  Jennifer Garner is great in Alias, but she isnt Elektra material.



Daredevil was ok, but definately should have been much darker.



I loved Batman Begins though - definately the best of the Batman films so far.

I haven't seen Batman Begins is that the one with Christian Bale?  If so I heard it was pretty dark...

Yes, Bale was Batman in that one.



I thought that was the best Batman film made so far. It balanced the darkness of the character with a few light moments as well.

awesome I must get it on DVD.  I can't wait for the new Superman movie to come out!

yes, and I can't wait for the Superman special edition dvds to come out too.



The Batman special edition dvds from last year were pretty good.

axelf date=13/06/2006 18:28 : I agree, the Xmen films could have been appalling. But Bryan Singer is such a good director, that Im glad he was chosen to do them. Xmen 3 was ok, but I didnt enjoy it as much as the first 2. Did anyone here like The Fantastic Four movie from last year? I thought it was reasonable, but not as good as it could have been....very much like the Daredevil film from a few years back.

I've always found the frenzied canning Daredevil received to be a tad odd.



Sure, it wasn't mindbogglingly fantasmagoric and frankly, another actor ought to have played the role, but at the end of the day, I enjoyed it far more than the first Spider Man movie released at about the same time period, which I thought was dreadful and came accross as basically a kid's movie.



The Goblin's mouth not moving didn't help matters, helmet or no.

It looked cheap and tacky, not a good look for a main archvillain, and the muffled voice coming from behind it was almost comical.

The second one was much better, with Dr. Octagon providing the kind of archvillain needed.



Personally, I found Daredevil to be one of the more interesting super hero movies to have come out, with a blind superhero being an excellent premise.



Ok, so sue me.