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[Bud Brewster]

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Wayne, you're a genius! I forgot to add dogs to the list of giant animals which Nemo created!

Why, you may ask, would he make giant dogs? Why, to herd the giant sheep, of course!

(I forgot to add sheep to the list, too!)

However, the giant undomesticated K-9s would naturally prey on the giant sheep — as well as the giant birds and all the other oversized food animals. In fact, they might proliferate and become the apex predators of the island!

But just imagine a stop motion battle between a pack of wild dogs and one of the giant birds!

Just to refresh your memory, here's the theory I proposed in a previous post, concerning how Nemo enlarged the animals in the movie.

[Pow]

All marvelous selections Bud. My fav is the scorpion because it is such a fierce looking and frightening critter. The scorpion has been done via stop-motion in The Black Scorpion, Clash of the Titans, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. But I'd still enjoy seeing a scorpion (or 2 or 3) done again for a feature film.

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Plus, live Iguanas already have on-screen experience doubling for dinosaurs in any number of "lost world" movies.
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[Bud Brewster]

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Yes, indeed, but with any of the animals shown above, I'd want Ray's version to be noticeably mutated as well as enlarged. Mr. Harryhausen's ability to design original creatures is a big part of what makes his work such a joy to watch.











As for the plot of this sequel, here's what I've come up with so far.
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When the castaways return to America, newsman Gideon Spilitt writes a series of articles about their experience, and they're picked up by newspapers in America and around the world.

The news that Captain Nemo and the Nautilus have been discovered causes tremendous excitement, and various countries announce their plans to send well-equipped expeditions to the island. They all hope to be the one to rescue Nemo (not knowing that he's dead) and to lay claim to the Nautilus. They also want to recover the secret of his ability to enlarge animals.

As a result, the wealthy owner of a chain of major newspapers tells Mr. Spilitt that he'll fully-fund an American expedition. Spilitt convinces the millionaire that the former castaways should be part of the expedition because they know the island well, and while they were there they established a close relationship with Nemo.

Spilitt's thinking that if Nemo somehow survived the volcanic eruption, he might trust the castaways more than any of the people from the other expeditions — and beside, they know where the cave is located which contains the Nautilus .

In addition to the original castaways, several leading zoologist will accompany the expedition, along with several big game hunters who will attempt to capture some of the enlarged animals.

A few other newsmen will also be part of the group, to document this epic adventure.

Unfortunately, none of these people realize that Nemo's DNA-altering virus has turned the island into a land of strange, mutated creatures which were spawned by the virus.

So, some of the indigenous species shown above have been turned in monsters like the ones below.












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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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UPDATE: Mysterious Island Sequel ~ poster
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Here's a "first draft" for the composition of the poster for the Mysterious Island sequel. D:

The image of the ship in the lower left-hand corner represents the manner in which the expedition travels across the Pacific to the island — as compared to the dramatic balloon journey from the original movie.

Naturally all the other "poster sfuff"— like the title and credits — will have to be worked in around this nice collage of images of exciting story elements.

(Good God, I would have been a GREAT filmmaker! )

* Click on the image below to see my larger version . . . and visit the Mysterious Island!



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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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Here it is, guys! The poster for the sequel!

Click on the image to view the large version at 2,000 pixel wide, with great detail.





I wish I could go back in time, invest all my money in ways I knew (with hindsight) would make it grow, and then come back to the present iand cash everything in!

Then I'd take my billions back to the early 1960s, buy Columbia Studios, and keep Mr. Harryhausen busy making the sequels I've proposed. I could provide him with ample budgets, along with a team of young animators he could mentor and supervise during the creation of all the special effects required for the sequels I could think up!
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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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Here's a question that has never once occurred to me in the last 60 years!

Harryhausen said that he bought several live crabs, and they were cooked and eaten by crew, after which Ray used the shells to make the animation model.

But . . . how the hell did he get the steel endoskeleton — with the twelve tiny ball-and-socket joints required for the eight legs — inside those tiny limbs? :shock:TEXT









I mean, if the crab's shell had been artificial, something Ray made for the animation model, it could have been a foot-or-more across — in which case I could see how he'd be able to fit the endoskeleton inside it.

But an actual crab you get from a grocery store is less than eight inches across! (I looked it up.)

So . . . how did did he get that tiny steell endoskeleton inside the crab shell's legs.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Pow]

Let's see, you could invest $$$ into Microsoft, oil, land in California, Disney Company. That should net you a very handsome profit to finance those Charles Schneer/Ray Harryhausen movies with lavish budgets.

Spectacular poster design, Bruce! That'll get their keisters into the seats in the theaters.

[Bud Brewster]