ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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A made-in-Japan movie with American stars, released theatrically in other countries but sold directly to American TV. This is like a movie produced by the United Nations!

Gravel-voiced, super-macho Richard Boone plays Masten Thrust (how's that for a phallic name?), the richest man in the world, who takes a small crew of scientist to a "lost world" inhabited by dinosaurs, a freak temperate zone near the North Pole (ala "The Land Unknown" — only in the hemisphere that has no land near the pole, just floating ice. Oops).

To get to this exotic local, Boone uses his "Thrust Polar Borer" (how's that for a phallic machine?), an idea perhaps borrowed from Burroughs "At the Earth's Core". (Okay, who am I kidding? Of course it's borrowed from Burroughs! Duh . . . )

And if you think the name of the character and his ego-boosting machine aren't phallic symbols, just study the poster above a bit more closely. Tell me the artist didn't laugh himself sick when he got away with positioning the "Thrust Polar Borer" right there in relation to that big old T Rex!

Oooh yeah . . .

Predictably the Tyrannosaurus Rex they find is (A) a man in suit, (B) four times bigger than it should be, and (C) not too well designed.

Most of Boone's dialogue is laughable at best, a lot of macho-type stuff like, "I'm gonna kill that monster if it's the last thing I do!".

But the wilderness locations are well chosen, the dinosaurs are nicely matted into shots with the actors, and there are special effects aplenty. Co-starring Joan Van Ark, Steven Keats, Luther Rackley, and Tatsu Nakamura. Directed by Alex Grasshoff and Tom Kotani.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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Okay, I have GOT to see this movie!

Watch this clip from the film, in which the T-Rex somehow carries the Thrust Polar Borer in his tiny arms to a massive dinosaur "bone yard" and tosses it to the ground. Then he starts biting the side of a cliff next to the machine to make rubble fall down and cover it up.

You know, like a dog burying a bone?

Suddenly (gasp!) a triceratops burst from the loosened dirt inside the cliff (a mole-ceratops?) and attacks the T-Rex!

Like I said, I have GOT to see this movie!

It took some searching, but I found the movie on ClassicMoviesz.com , which has thousands of movies, listed by genre. They list well over a hundred sci-fi movies at the link above!

Both the Norton and Trend "Is this site safe?" websites gave the ClassicMoviesz.com a green check mark and a safe rating.

Unfortunately I could find absolutely no way to download it, so I'll have to watch directly from the website.
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_____ Giant Tyrannosaurus vs. Giant Triceratops


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Robert (Butch) Day]

Consider the moto on the shirt.



Isn't that the direction of the Jurassic Park movies?
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Common Sense ISN'T Common

[Bud Brewster]

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This fan-made review video is both informative and very amusing. After watching it I'm actually eager to see this crazy movie! It looks fun.
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__ Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: The Last Dinosaur


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)