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Is this a B movie?

posted 18 years ago by krmadmouse
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Aparrently space is showing this movie soon and I was wondering if it's a B movie. It looks pretty good.

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[–] mojo2004 18 years ago

It seems like it comes on every month on Encore,Encorew, HBO etc.It's on twice today at 12 & 3 on both Encores.

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[–] guitarist_tragedy 18 years ago

you may think im retarded for asking this but
what exactly is a B movie?

[–] Di-Manes 18 years ago

the term B-movie refers to a movie made on a low budget, in comparison to an "a-movie" made on a big hollywood budget.

the term was originally used to refer to the second, cheaper, movie, in a "double billing".

Nowadays, B-Movie has simply come to mean any lower budget movie. some people like them, feeling that a lower budget means more creativity and energy goes into it. Unlike when a big hollywood movie simply uses lots of sfx.

[–] overthetop351 18 years ago

I just saw this, it wasn't too bad. I wasn't paying too much attention but it was cool enough. The sfx are good for a low budget flick. It's not a bad idea just some things are really similar to other SCIFI's

[–] Raymond_h_smith_jr 18 years ago

$75,000,000 budget 2 1/2 months in theaters does'nt sound like any definition of a "B" movie

[–] Xavier Valdruid 18 years ago

Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Marshall Bell & Cliff Curtis all on the same screen doesn't sound like a B Movie either, unless the case is B means Bad. It just wasn't put together right. If done properly, it could've been sooooo much better.

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[–] Jerry-137 18 years ago

I just watched this movie on the High-Def Movie Channel (HDNMV) on DishNet Satellite. Not bad over all, good special effects with the "machines", the sound effects with Dolby 5.1 were fantastic and had me jumping out of my seat. This couldn't be a cheap movie to produce with all the robotics.

Anyway I was surprised I haven't heard about it before catching it while I was channel hopping.

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[–] Director-21 18 years ago

Roger Ebert once said that Hollywood never truly stopped making B-movies. They just gave them bigger budgets and cast bigger stars.

The closest thing to the old school B-movies still made today are the direct-to-video or direct-to-TV action/sci-fi/erotic type thrillers that are made today.

[–] ericdrooster 17 years ago

75,000,000? are you serious?