Hi Everyone,

Time to announce this Saturday's chat. :nana:

SATURDAY 25th MARCH

at 10.00 p.m. UK Time

5.00 p.m. ET
4.00 p.m. CT
3.00 p.m. MT
2.00 p.m. PT
1.00 p.m. AT

The topic for the chat which will last between 1 and 2 hours is :

OUT OF THE UNKNOWN

This chat is a celebration of the fantastic in movies from the magical tales of the Arabian Nights and other fantastic worlds to visions of the future and alien invasions. I hope to cover many of the great films of the fantasy/ sci-fi genres maybe including discussion of some of these topics :

Early screen fantasy : from A Trip to the Moon to The Thief of Bagdad
Metropolis and Things To Come : visions of the future
King Kong and all its versions
Sci-fi serials including Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers
The 50s sci-fi movies and the link with the Communist witchhunts : Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, Bodysnatchers etc.
George Pal and Ray Harryhausen : the Greek legends on film
The impact of 2001 on the science fiction movie
The Star Wars films
Close Encounters, ET and the Alien movies
The Star Trek films
Jurassic Park, SFX and CGI
Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter

Hope to "see" you in the chat room on Saturday,

Take care,

Derek (Classic Movie Man)

Sounds like a good one ! Looking forward to it.
Ken.