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A Good Thing about Episode One — Page 2

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I hope that asking if Metropolis is a Superman movie is a joke. If it is not, I fear we are going to lose great movies to a lack of interest since even intelligent people have not heard of the classics. Metropolis is one of the first and one of the great science fiction films. It was made in 1928 and is silent, but don't let that deter you from trying to find it. Great science fiction did not begin with Star Wars.
By the way, you all were talking about the Hayes code. The Hayes Code was basically the rating system with more bite. Between 1930's-1960's, you had to submit your script for approval to the censors. They would not allow cursing, suggestions of sex, violence, drugs, or anti-religious statements. They had bite for a while until some directors like Otto Preminger were willing to release movies without their approval. People would line up to see what they thought was going to be dirty, but found there was a whole lot more talk about sex than action. By the mid-60's, they had to stop with the Hayes Code and started the ratings system, which led to a lot more freedom in the movies.
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Originally posted by: HotRod
A good thing about Episode one??

It's better than Episode 2!!


soo true
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Originally posted by: GlopOfGrease
I hope that asking if Metropolis is a Superman movie is a joke. If it is not, I fear we are going to lose great movies to a lack of interest since even intelligent people have not heard of the classics. Metropolis is one of the first and one of the great science fiction films. It was made in 1928 and is silent, but don't let that deter you from trying to find it. Great science fiction did not begin with Star Wars.
By the way, you all were talking about the Hayes code. The Hayes Code was basically the rating system with more bite. Between 1930's-1960's, you had to submit your script for approval to the censors. They would not allow cursing, suggestions of sex, violence, drugs, or anti-religious statements. They had bite for a while until some directors like Otto Preminger were willing to release movies without their approval. People would line up to see what they thought was going to be dirty, but found there was a whole lot more talk about sex than action. By the mid-60's, they had to stop with the Hayes Code and started the ratings system, which led to a lot more freedom in the movies.


And a lot more freedom in movies let to travesties in morality and quality such as Kill Bill and Showgirls.

Also, Asking about Metropolis being a superman movie was a joke, but I really didn't kow what it was. I'd never heared of it, or seen it in stores. But I did look it up on IMDB...........

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I would definitely agree with you about how freedom led to some travesties, but it also led to some great movies like Wild Bunch and Godfather.
Metropolis is a great movie. Unfortuneatly, many of the great movies of the past are being pushed aside for the latest blockbuster at Blockbusters and other stores. Now people barely hear about great movies of the past and have to go through a lot to find them if they do hear of them. I'm not saying there aren't great movies coming out now, but most of the great ones are independent movies because studios are more concerned with the bottom line than with quality.