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Ten reasons why I love Hardware

posted 14 years ago by themanamp
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1. It’s the most dirty science-fiction film ever made.
2. It has the best non-original soundtrack of any science fiction film ever made (possibly except 2001, which doesn’t count because it uses classical music)
3. It’s the one of the most least respectable science-fiction films ever made.
4. It’s the best post-apocalyptic sci-fi ever made.
5. It’s the best low budget sci-fi film ever made.
6. It has the best casual drug-use of any sci-fi film ever made.
7. It’s the best British sci-fi film ever made
8. It’s one of the best `all set in one location’ films ever made
9. It’s the reddest sci-fi film ever made
10. It was made in 1990.

Can anyone think of any more?

[–] uzielis 10 years ago

1. Stacey Travis' face
2. Stacey Travis' feet
3. Repeat!

[–] Klein_Returns 10 years ago

LOL!!!

[–] Klein_Returns 10 years ago

LOL!!!

[–] jimerickson1983 10 years ago

15. Iggy Pop

[–] danketch69 9 years ago

16 GWAR
17 ministry
18 creepiest neighbour ever

[–] zorenathres-417-709482 9 years ago

16 GWAR. 17 ministry

took my choices, but i would have said "Gwar on the TV, Ministry on the stereo, my first introduction to industrial as a kid."

[–] Captain_Wesker 8 years ago

What be GWAR?

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .

[–] Captain_Wesker 8 years ago

Ware hard.

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .

[–] Captain_Wesker 8 years ago

Cardware.

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .

[–] eric-280 10 years ago

FTFY:

1. Iggy Pop is involved.

[–] mk_doogs 10 years ago

01. Reindeer Steaks Advert

02. Lemmy as a taxi driver

03. Heavy Soundtrack

04. Slow Motion Chase Sequence

05. The Set Design (Probably one of the most accurate for a Post-Apocalyptic movie)

06. The Peeping Tom

07. The Low Budget ingenuity of the special effects

08. Iggy Pop (As stated above)

09. The Opening Sequence

10. RICHARD STANLEY NEEDS TO MAKE MORE FILMS

[–] Badlands1 9 years ago

This movie beats you over the head repeatedly with strong themes, and only the strong can survive it. It's probably the least hollywood style sci-fi there is.

[–] jventonwalters 8 years ago

It sounds pretty much unique. The industrial rock soundtrack, the use of colour, the score (including the use of strings & synthesizer), the voyeurism/caged-in sexual perversion as well as the claustophobic set design, help to create a truly unpleasant, forbidding vision of a post-apocalyptic society in utter meltdown. Oh, and I forgot the robot; admittably rather crap in full view, the director wisely made judicious use of angles. All of the above only applies though, if you love this sort of thing and approach with a willing susceptability, and go with the flow and overlook myriad technical faults, limited budget and the fact that Dylan McDermott often looks like he'd rather be elsewhere!

[–] PSville (653) 7 years ago

Its depiction of the postapocalytic world, the imagery in general: non-cgi, low-budget but spectacular nonetheless.