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Want to watch a film starring the actors who played the following #StarTrek characters?

• #Kurn's Tony Todd
• #DoctorPhlox's John Billingsley
• Seamus, #JeremyLucas and #Batai's Richard Riehle
• #Zahir's David Lee Smith

as well as #AnnikaPeterson, #AlexisThorpe, #EllenCrawford and #WilliamKatt?

Then here's my periodic reminder that #TheManFromEarth exists and is proof you don't need a big budget and a lot of sets to make a brilliant film.
Just a great story (in this case a screenplay by #JeromyBixby, who also penned several #STTOS episodes) and good actors who can portray that story.

You can watch it on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX2RuZm-Fk

#TonyTodd #JohnBillingsley #RichardRiehle #DavidLeeSmith #ManFromEarth #FiXatoRecommends #FilmsFiXatoWatches

#這個男人來自地球 #ManFromEarth , 不要看續集, 一定不要去看續集 (大吼)

第一集不錯, 雖然台詞有點太多但還算是蠻能讓人有些想法, 想想生命是什麼, 宗教是什麼

但第二集就完全是悲劇了, 我希望可以 undo 兩小時...

https://manfromearth.com

@strozzascotte @ignu

How old? A hint:

Have you seen the #movie #ManFromEarth?

#JohnMastodon did the screenwriting, directing and filming (using a single handheld cam) while also starring in it.

A related little known film trivia factoid: At the time John Mastodon was teaching his fan and follower #ChuckNorris the art of #camouflage from #SunTzu's #ArtOfWar (which John had co-authored) and as a result Chuck Norris can be "seen" in half of the scenes, most often as a carpet or a couch. Upon return to #Hollywood Mr Norris was unfortunately lost in the furniture warehouse and never seen again.

#timeless #TimeOfMastodons

@ajroach42
oh, the 'low budget' made me remember an absolute classic: Jerome Bixby's Man From Earth.
A couple of teachers / professors gather in the house of their collegue, John Oldman, to say good-bye to him as he's packing up to leave the school and area.
During the evening he shares the notion that he's actually from the Holocene period and has lived through the ages without aging himself. They discuss whether this is possible, how it would affect such a person, as well as history, and how ideas develop throughout time.

Perhaps not quite the science fiction we've come to associate with the term sci-fi, but science fiction in my book nonetheless.

I love how it's basically only filmed in the living room of Oldman's house and just outside it, and how despite the low budget, it still has a couple of familiar faces, without relying on them to carry the film.

#FilmsFiXatoWatches #JeromeBixby #ManFromEarth

@alcinnz
#JeromeBixby's #ManFromEarth is a great film. I love the simple setting, the acting, and the idea itself. It shows you don't need a big budget to tell a good story.
@vicorva