Hullo, children! Hullo! Welcome back to Uncle Max, Uncle Mike; Uncle Movies. Are you sitting comfortably? Good! This week in our “Remember! You Asked For It!” series, we’ve got a question from young Julie O’Malley who wants to know all about “The Fifth Element.” Well, Julie, you must be the smartest one in your class! Because not everyone is interested in a fascinating element like Boron, but clearly you are! And why not? Boron, the fifth element on the periodic table, is terribly important! Without Boron to make Borax, our clothes wouldn’t be as clean! We also use Boron to make high-strength glassware. Boron is just so important! Did you know that Bruce Willis AND Milla Jovovich use Boron every day? Ruby Rhod is the official spokesperson for Boron! And here’s a little-known fun fact: Gary Oldman is actually made up of 80% Boron! Isn’t that amazing? And all these wonderful people are in Luc Besson’s calm, quiet, educational film and everywhere you look in this movie, there’s our old friend Boron, quietly toiling away in the windows being shattered by the many, many explosions, in the Boron Carbide fibers for the simulated nuclear reactors, and in Gary Oldman’s cute little glass head shield. Join us and find out why we say “Boron is Boroniffic!”
Poll question: what is your favorite science-fiction movie and why?
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One of my favourite movies not just sci-fi is Metropolis, i love the look it and the simple message in it. The robot is one of if not the best one ever. I first saw it in a church basement with 10 other people and a piano player doing the music. Since then they found almost another movie’s worth of missing scenes and its better than ever. After that it has to be 2001 a space odyssey, i watch it at least every couple of years. Others films are maybe more fun or great in their own way but these two really stick out for me.
Those two are definitely classics, and massively influential; just look at Queen’s video for “Radio Gaga”! Thanks, Vince!
Did you ever see the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis? It was the most complete and restored version at the time with all rock music by famous musicians used. It was sort of hated for not being “pure enough” for silent film fans but i rather liked it.
I THINK I did, about a hundred years ago; I remember liking it, although it was a very different experience from watching “Metropolis” the first time. I should check out that version again.
It was impossible to see for many years but here is a link to a restored version of, the restored version on youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHRxW0NthLs
Thanks, o potentate of penguins!