Westworld (1973) It’s all about that creeping paranoia, those deep-seated fears, basically like facing some prototype Terminator 🙏 Logan's Run (1976) You’ve got that classic teenage rebellion, messy romance drama, and that desperate scramble to escape the system 🙏
I can't even remember exactly how old I was when they used to broadcast this on TV. Maybe 7 or 8 years old? That was the moment I realized the world isn't just some bright, colorful playground. That wicked witch character... 🙄 man, I can still see her standing right in front of me.
Man, oh man... Bud Spencer & Terence Hill 🙏 🤣 back then, you didn't just watch a movie; the whole damn crew would head down to the theater together. Does anyone else actually remember that era 🤣, like when Friday the 13th came out? That was the ultimate horror back in the day—we were all absolutely terrified sitting in those dark theaters. The older folks in town were the first ones to go out and grab a VIDEO 2000 Grundig, man, what a beast of a machine that was. You could cram 480 minutes onto a single tape, like four movies at once. We used to record stuff straight from the TV or rip it from a VHS, then eventually everything shifted entirely to VHS, and we’d spend our time hitting up video rental stores for all those bootleg flicks. During that stretch, I was obsessed with horror and sci-fi—stuff like Re-Animator, Toxic Avenger, Starman, Poltergeist, Lifeforce... honestly, I couldn't give a damn about all those old tapes rotting away in my basement or attic now. ☕
Back in the day on NBC, they used to air movies during those random morning slots (or maybe it was around lunchtime, I can't quite remember, but whatever). There was a total mix of stuff—I vividly recall seeing *Logan's Run*, *Capricorn One*, *Brass Target* , plus all the heavy hitters like *The Wizard of Oz*, *Out of Africa*, *The Maltese Falcon*, and so on and so on...
Just me as a kid, still in my pajamas, armed with nothing but a tub of pâté and a white coffee 🙂
And then later on, hitting up the theater regularly with the old folks 🙂 watching *Star Wars* and all that good stuff...
Seriously, no American or Japanese actor could ever step in and replace the original Swedish cast in this adaptation. NOBODY. It belongs to them and God himself, and Noomi is basically a goddess
What a crazy, insane duo
Goddammit, by the end of it I almost jumped straight into the screen just to kiss both of them, I mean, I'd deal with Mikael pretty quick, but I'd definitely spend a little more time with Lisbeth in her apartment 😍
Look, nobody’s out here saying Fincher's movie is trash, far from it I actually keep my copy on the shelf, but honestly? It feels totally redundant. It was rushed through production so fast that it just ends up being a carbon copy of the original. Some of those shots are straight-up rip-offs.
Daniel Perez6 said:How would they even be connected then? They wouldn't. Michael is essentially a journalist, not some private investigator. The first part makes sense because he was basically blacklisted and stepped away from his reporting job just to focus on this case and wait for the heat to die down. 😉
Larsson nailed the second part by making Lisbeth the most wanted woman in the country almost by accident. That whole thing with the fingerprints was pure luck. The only thing that really bugs me is how Zal, she just gets lucky and escapes without much effort. 🙄
By the way, I keep seeing people complain that the American version lacks certain details. Honestly, I think that’s impossible given how incredibly dense the book is—not to mention the massive cast of characters. Even the movie is quite long, and there are plenty of subplots left out simply because they don't drive the main story forward. American films usually rely heavily on soundtracks, but I realized too late that these versions barely have any music at all. The plot pulls you in so deeply that you don't even notice things like that. At least, I didn't. 😁
Coincidence? Give me a break. They used those fingerprints specifically to pin it all on her—to set her up and make her life a living hell. That’s exactly how I see it. 🤷
Kyle Cruz
Daniel Perez6 said:How would they even be connected then? They wouldn't. Michael is essentially a journalist, not some private investigator. The first part makes sense because he was basically blacklisted and stepped away from his reporting job just to focus on this case and wait for the heat to die down. 😉
Larsson nailed the second part by making Lisbeth the most wanted woman in the country almost by accident. That whole thing with the fingerprints was pure luck. The only thing that really bugs me is how Zal, she just gets lucky and escapes without much effort. 🙄
By the way, I keep seeing people complain that the American version lacks certain details. Honestly, I think that’s impossible given how incredibly dense the book is—not to mention the massive cast of characters. Even the movie is quite long, and there are plenty of subplots left out simply because they don't drive the main story forward. American films usually rely heavily on soundtracks, but I realized too late that these versions barely have any music at all. The plot pulls you in so deeply that you don't even notice things like that. At least, I didn't. 😁
Look, let's be real—it felt a little cheap, didn't it? And honestly, some of those action sequences were just straight-up garbage. Total letdown.
Look, I haven't actually sat down with the books, so I can't really weigh in on how accurate the adaptation is, but I've seen the movies. And honestly? Nobody is going to convince me that Fincher's version isn't just a blatant, run-of-the-mill remake of the original Swedish films. There are way too many similarities for my liking; the only real difference is that Fincher gave it that polished, glossy Hollywood facelift. There’s zero evidence of some grand, unique vision from Fincher here, and frankly, you don't even need to be a film critic to see right through the charade.
Kyle Cruz said:And did it ever cross anyone's mind that he actually read the script? It’s just classic Fincher direction, which is exactly what that loudmouth 😂😂 was blathering about.
Honestly, Fincher looks ridiculous with all this copying stuff going on, he might as well call himself a parasite director at this point, the guy's totally lost his way.
man, he didn't even watch the version from Sweden, and honestly, the only thing that's actually different is the ending 😂 everything else is just a straight-up CAST THEFT ☕
Lisa Alvarez4 said:If you actually read the books, you'd realize Fincher's version is actually the better one and stays truer to Stieg Larsson. Noomi Rapace is a great actress, but her Lisbeth isn't Lisbeth from the books at all. It's almost like a different character. Fincher did a waaaay better job. Even my friend from Sweden says so.
Come on, man, give me some actual reasons why Fincher's movie or Lisbeth is supposedly better than the Swedish one. It’s basically just a rip-off, there's barely any difference between them.🤷
Carol Lewis said:Honestly, now that it’s finally here, I feel like I should probably weigh in too... personally, the only times this Film really worked for me were when it leaned into that obsession of that crew member with the Sun—those moments were just absolutely mesmerizing... if I happened to be on that ship, I’d probably be doing the exact same thing... everything else felt like a total black hole 😁
Garland... honestly, he might have been better off stopping after Grief (though, okay, I guess Tesseract was alright, but Coma is just Coma)
signature ☕
And especially because that guy/actor has nothing in him besides the vibe of some Al-Qaeda terrorist; there is absolutely zero way he could pull off playing a quantum physicist.
What can I even say? It’s all pretty much common knowledge at this point. These are absolute masterpieces. Total must-sees for anyone who actually lives for horror.
