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Topic: Laugh-In |
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Forum: TV Shows in Other Genres Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 2:54 am Subject: Laugh-In |
I remember how my family & I found this comedy show hilarious at the time it was first broadcast. Just watched a full episode on Youtube. I don't know if it happened to be a weaker entry in the s ... |
Topic: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 2:50 am Subject: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
Thanks Scotpens for those marvelous photos of Derek Meddings (and his team) miniature work.
I also liked the Ray's stop-motion animation for the alien flying saucers. It leant them an eerie, othe ... |
Topic: The Gamma People (1959 English) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 11:17 pm Subject: The Gamma People (1959 English) |
Bill Warren's review.
This is about as strange a film as any released in the 1950s. It has elements of comic opera, journalism melodrama, anticommunist propaganda, and atomic horror. Though well p ... |
Topic: The Invaders (1967 - 1968) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 2:40 pm Subject: The Invaders (1967 - 1968) |
Even when I disagree with Cleveland Amory, which can be often, he's entertaining with his reviews. His review for the Invaders takes a swipe at it when he concludes that the kids will enjoy the serie ... |
Topic: The Invaders (1967 - 1968) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 2:28 pm Subject: The Invaders (1967 - 1968) |
Bruce & I are currently enjoying watching The Invaders episodes every Wednesday at 4:00pm. If you're wondering what noted television critic Cleveland Amory thought about the series, wonder no mor ... |
Topic: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 1:47 pm Subject: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) |
Currently watching this wonderful "mightiest motion picture of them all!" on Youtube. Something I had never paid attention to before struck me now with this viewing.
We see Captain Nemo ... |
Topic: Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1973) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 3:53 pm Subject: Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1973) |
Profile of Mission: Impossible in the 1966 Fall Preview Issue of the TV Guide.
Mission: Impossible is exactly what it sounds like: An elite team of undercover agents hop from one hot spot to anoth ... |
Topic: Star Trek profile in the 1966 Fall Preview TV Guide |
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Forum: Star Trek on Television Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 3:28 pm Subject: Star Trek profile in the 1966 Fall Preview TV Guide |
Star Trek takes us on a journey into the unexplored regions of space, aboard the USS Enterprise, a huge "star ship." Its commander is Captain James Kirk (William Shatner). Its officers and ... |
Topic: The Thing (1982) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies from 1970 to 2000 Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 8:38 am Subject: The Thing (1982) |
Just discussed with a friend yesterday that I had The Thing dvd. He excitedly said, "The Carpenter one?" I told him no, the 1951 original. He made a sour kind of face which surprised me as ... |
Topic: TOS episode 35 - The Doomsday Machine |
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Forum: Star Trek on Television Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 2:17 pm Subject: TOS episode 35 - The Doomsday Machine |
Some ST novels & fan theories regarding the Doomsday machine.
The planet killer was constructed by the Preservers from "The Paradise Syndrome." Mr. Spock states that they were a high ... |
Topic: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 12:56 pm Subject: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
Bud, I'm assuming when you write that you didn't find anything to like about it, that is regarding the writing?
The legendary Derek Medding (and his team) designed & created fabulous miniature ... |
Topic: Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) |
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Forum: Star Trek Movies and related subjects Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 2:43 pm Subject: Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) |
Here's an oddity that jumped right out at me & my friends when we first saw ST: Nemesis.
The opening scene shows the cast & other casts attending Riker & Troi's wedding nuptials. We se ... |
Topic: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 2:17 pm Subject: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
And some of those bookcases, plus my fireplace, are secret entrances! |
Topic: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 2:49 pm Subject: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
If the Andersons knew that Patrick Wymark (a terrific actor) and Ian Hendry had reputations as heavy drinkers, and that issue would negatively affect production, then why hire them in the first place ... |
Topic: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 2:41 pm Subject: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) |
I really wanted to like this film so much more than I did. It should have had the pacing & thrills like Fantastic Voyage & Ice Station Zebra had. Instead, we are dragged down into melodramati ... |
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