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[Bud Brewster]

I've seen the sequel to this movie, The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) (Randy Everett sent me a DVD-R) and I enjoyed it, so I need to see this one too.

I know the movie is pretty grim, but it's packed with action and interesting character — some of whom are good guys and some not so good.

It sounds a little like The Thing, but with lots more aliens, and no snow, and it isn't on Earth, and the creatures don't disguise themselves as humans.

Okay, so it's NOT like The Thing . . .


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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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IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ Vin Diesel said that while shooting the scenes where his character was in a suspended animation chamber, he had a claustrophobia attack and had to be taken out of the chamber.

Note from me: In the days of my youth I went cave exploring in Alabama and Tennessee with several friends.

Never once did I feel the slightest bit of claustrophobia, even when we were crawling on our bellies through tiny tunnels with ceilings less than a foot above our backs.

And yet, in January of 2019 I was in a hospital with a severe infection in the middle toe of my right foot. The doctors put me into an MIR machine to scan the bone and determine if the toe would have to be amputated.

It was supposed to take about ten minutes . . . but my leg kept twitching, spoiling the image! I ended up having to lie inside that enclosed tube for a full hour — with ear protectors partially blocking the loud noise of the magnet!


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

[Krel]

I really like this movie, and the funny thing is that Riddick isn't even the main character. The Director said that he was a middle ground character. They had no idea that Riddick would be such a breakout character.

David.