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Topic: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
Maurice
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:41 pm Subject: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
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My goodness. What an unusual poster. Most promotional material says things like —
"An incredible adventure!"
"The supreme ex ... |
Topic: Conquest of Space (1955) |
Maurice
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:35 pm Subject: Conquest of Space (1955) |
Respectfully, you put your thumb on the scales there, Bud.
Taking Alltare at his own words, he was talking about Bonstell paintings and made a general comment that producers in the fifties h ... |
Topic: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
Maurice
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:06 pm Subject: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
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Topic: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
Maurice
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Views: 7364
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:50 am Subject: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
Although I enjoyed it, I think the pilot is a little weak, and not so compelling that CBS would fight to keep it on its sked (schedule in Variety-speak).
In the first 9 minutes it's not entirely cl ... |
Topic: Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 1979) |
Maurice
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Views: 70935
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1970 to 2000 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:24 am Subject: Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 1979) |
Terry Carter, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ and ‘McCloud’ Actor, Dies at 95
By Lexi Carson
Terry Carter, who played sergeant Joe Broadhurst on the TV series “McCloud” and detective Colo ... |
Topic: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
Maurice
Replies: 10
Views: 7364
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:27 am Subject: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
'Space Conquest' As Paramount's First TV Series
Hollywood, May 20.
"Conquest of Space" will be the first property to be filmed by Paramount Sunset in its projected slate of tv series ... |
Topic: Forbidden Planet (1956) |
Maurice
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Views: 1031980
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:11 pm Subject: Forbidden Planet (1956) |
Robby's brief (and potentially disastrous) cameo made me realize just how carefully all his scenes were done in Forbidden Planet.
For example, he always had plenty of room to move around — never ... |
Topic: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
Maurice
Replies: 10
Views: 7364
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:33 am Subject: DESTINATION SPACE — 1959 Unsold Sci-Fi Pilot Film |
That was pretty good. If it had gone to series I wonder how quickly they have had to start generating their own effects, as there were a limited number of them in Conquest of Space they'd have been ab ... |
Topic: Forbidden Planet (1956) |
Maurice
Replies: 2143
Views: 1031980
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:34 am Subject: Forbidden Planet (1956) |
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One of Robby's lesser-known cameos was a nightmare which Shirley Booth had in the series Hazel, when she was worried about being replaced by automatio ... |
Topic: The Outer Limits (ABC 1963 - 1965) |
Maurice
Replies: 74
Views: 81064
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Forum: The Outer Limits (1963 to 1965) Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:54 pm Subject: The Outer Limits (ABC 1963 - 1965) |
I found this interesting chapter in The Outer Limits: The Official Companion book.
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Topic: The Outer Limits (ABC 1963 - 1965) |
Maurice
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Views: 81064
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Forum: The Outer Limits (1963 to 1965) Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:40 pm Subject: The Outer Limits (ABC 1963 - 1965) |
Sidebar: What an intriguing concept for a television series. It really could be rebooted today. Contact RandCorp, if it still exists, and sit with their experts and have them project outward what the ... |
Topic: FUN SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES! |
Maurice
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Views: 2250
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies from 1970 to 2000 Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:21 pm Subject: FUN SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES! |
Of this era specifically...
—The first three Star Wars films
—Flash Gordon
—Parts (pun intended) of Flesh Gordon
—Wizards tho it's really more fantasy
—All three Back to the Future f ... |
Topic: Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977) |
Maurice
Replies: 95
Views: 124254
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1970 to 2000 Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:25 am Subject: Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977) |
I rewatched S1's "War Games", which is one of my fave episodes, but even it illustrates some of the problems I've always had with the show and what I previously called out as the incurious n ... |
Topic: The Invaders (1967 - 1968) |
Maurice
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:56 pm Subject: The Invaders (1967 - 1968) |
As to the saucer design: All art is not just about what it is but when it was made.
Maybe discussed above, but The Invaders ship is clearly based on the Venusian "scout ship" popularized ... |
Topic: Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977) |
Maurice
Replies: 95
Views: 124254
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1970 to 2000 Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:01 pm Subject: Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977) |
I just went to the link posted and it says its unavailable.
Sad.
Try the following link or search for
It may be possible the previous link (I edited it) points at the specific episode running. |
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