Fantastic planet.

[melatonin]

Hi there,

I did a search on here and this movie didnt come up, so i thought id mention it as some might find it intresting.

Heres the IMBN link for it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/

Thanks, melatonin.

 

[Keit]

Hi there,

I did a search on here and this movie didnt come up, so i thought id mention it as some might find it intresting.

Heres the IMBN link for it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/

Thanks, melatonin.

Watched it a while ago and found it very interesting. It is definitely not a typical "Disney" style cartoon. Also, same director, René Laloux, made another animation named "Time Masters". The summary doesn't do it justice as it is an amazing and thought provoking movie.

 

[Tigersoap]

I saw that movie when I was a kid and I had nightmares for weeks because of it.
I haven't seen it recently but I am still creeped out by the characters.

 

[durabone]

I saw it in 1976, back when I thought three-letter drugs were paradise. It riveted and over-powered me then. But I found it recently in a dump-bin at the local video store, and I was not so scared this time. In fact I found some pretty silly, and cute, humor in it. I also thought the animation art was superior.

Hey Keit; thanks for the tip on "Time Masters". The prices on Amazon ($189.85 new, $94.89 used) are crazy!

 

[melatonin]

I saw it in 1976, back when I thought three-letter drugs were paradise. It riveted and over-powered me then. But I found it recently in a dump-bin at the local video store, and I was not so scared this time. In fact I found some pretty silly, and cute, humor in it. I also thought the animation art was superior.

Hey Keit; thanks for the tip on "Time Masters". The prices on Amazon ($189.85 new, $94.89 used) are crazy!

Hi there,

I found the same on the uk amazon site under the title Time masters. Its been released with the french title Les Maîtres du temps and is avaliable for £9.99 in the uk now. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ma%C3%AEtres-temps-Masters-Cinema-DVD/dp/B000ULTCQ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288430860&sr=8-1

Its also (in full) on youtube.

 

[Z...]

Watched it a while ago and found it very interesting. It is definitely not a typical "Disney" style cartoon. Also, same director, René Laloux, made another animation named "Time Masters". The summary doesn't do it justice as it is an amazing and thought provoking movie.

I was going to download it but then I saw this comment:

Time Masters, which I saw in an English dub, was a truly wonderful and exciting movie for the first fifty-five minutes. Excitement built and quite a few fascinating concepts were played with. But just as it looked like we were starting to get to the really good part...the mother of all Deus Ex Machinae occurred, everything changed, and the movie was over almost before you even had time to blink. I felt cheated out of the time I'd put into watching the movie.

If it had simply been a bad movie, that would have been one thing. But to have been a good and exciting movie until the very last five minutes, with no indication whatsoever that it was about to end until it _did_...that really hurt.

Is it true?

Also I found this movie linked to these two:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297753/
looks interesting, has anyone seen it?

 

[Keit]

I was going to download it but then I saw this comment:

Time Masters, which I saw in an English dub, was a truly wonderful and exciting movie for the first fifty-five minutes. Excitement built and quite a few fascinating concepts were played with. But just as it looked like we were starting to get to the really good part...the mother of all Deus Ex Machinae occurred, everything changed, and the movie was over almost before you even had time to blink. I felt cheated out of the time I'd put into watching the movie.

If it had simply been a bad movie, that would have been one thing. But to have been a good and exciting movie until the very last five minutes, with no indication whatsoever that it was about to end until it _did_...that really hurt.

Is it true?

Well, without giving out too many spoilers, the movie does end with a feeling that there should be a part two or a following episode that will explain everything, especially the reason for the title - "Time Masters". On the other hand, it is based on the sci-fi novel L'Orphelin de Perdide (The Orphan of Perdide) by Stefan Wul that centers around little boy stranded on the planet called Perdide. And even if I haven't read the book, it is possible that the author also doesn't go into details too much. It has a feeling that what ever happened was like a snapshot of something mysterious (and horrific) in ones person's life that only led to something more mysterious. In any case, I would recommend watching it just for the wonderful and "out of this world" atmosphere and quite an interesting plot. It has innocence, wonder, really scary moments (it's not a cartoon for children), and even smart and funny telepathic creatures, and creepy unified thought center disguised as "faceless angels". But that's, imo. Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea.

Added: Btw, you can watch it in 8 parts on youtube:
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vx4qR5hRKI&feature=related



And just to add something, that this time has some **spoilers**... also sorry for the graphic description.

I have a memory from the childhood (don't know what age, but no more than 7) of seeing soldiers stationed somewhere near the water. And soon some of them were found dead with a big hole in their scull and their brains sucked out. Later they realized that there were giant hornet/mosquitoes living near the water and they were attacking and hunting them. But for some reason soldiers couldn't leave. I remember seeing survivors of the attack and then others as well being operated and their heads covered with metal plates to protect them from the hornets sucking their brains out. So strong was the affect from this memory, that it felt as if I was actually there or even given the plate myself.

Now, this movie (Time Masters) was playing at that time in Russian theaters or perhaps TV. I have a vague memory of seeing this movie back then. But there are no soldiers in the movie, and the plot is different. So it is still a mystery to me, how at that age, unless there was another similar movie (though according to other post Soviet Union people, the censorship would never allow it on screen) my mind could create such an elaborate and quite a horrific storyline. But hey, perhaps I am that imaginative. But if you heard about a similar plot in movies or books, would greatly appreciate being given the title!

 

[MelissaF]

Hello,
When i was a kid i saw this movie and had nightmares for a week or two.
I haven't seen it recently but I am still creeped out by the characters.

 

[Deleted member 11729]

hello .. here is the full movie "Fantastic Planet" with English subtitles.

_https://vimeo.com/79279786

Actually after reading The Wave and all this speculations about harvest, and earth change, I am asking my self is this maybe a vision of one of the possible options for the future life of humans and other space "spices" at some other earth like reality?

Me my self I found movie very beautiful, and extraordinary animation piece of art for 1973! I love the film design. I don't know will the characters scared me as a kid, don't thikn so, as we are used to a bit diferent aestetics than Disney in animaiton. In Eastern Europe we used to watch a lot Russian and Czechoslovakian stuff that is quite distinctive and with strong artistic touch. This movie is actually coproduction between France and Czechoslovakia, what at that time was very revolutionary regarding that it was Communist time. And it It won the special jury prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

 

[whitecoast]

By Georgia I loved this movie! I saw it when I was 12 on TV and have been hunting down what it was for my entire teenage years. Thanks for recommending Time Masters Keit! It really shows just how diverse cinema and science fiction can really be... it's staggering putting this tome alongside the mainstream junk food like Aliens vs Predator, Avengers, etc. It's on a different level of affect entirely.