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Two short post and one that I had a ball creating!

Who'd have guessed that Metaluna's principal industry was creating hi-tech, educational toys for the children of their own species and others across the galaxy!

Read all about it in the third post below.
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Goldfinger (1964)

Opening Statement: If you're reasonably knowledgeable about Goldfinger, you already know most of what's in the this video. But it's still entertaining.

_ 12 Things You Missed in James Bond Goldfinger


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And I had to replace a "making of . . ." YouTube video on page one of this thread with this different one, but that meant it would probably get overlooked, so I've post it again her.

____________Goldfinger Making-Of Featurette


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The Hidden Hand (1942)

Opening Statement: Good news! Here's a pretty good copy of this Sci-Fi, Mystery, Comedy for "Spooky Movie Dave"!

IMDB trivia states that, "First-billed Craig Stevens does not appear until thirty minutes into the movie."

Unusual, since the movie is only 66 minutes long!

1942 The Hidden Hand Mystery Suspense Thriller Spooky Movie Dave


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The Rocket Man (1954)

Opening Statement: Mike, you've done it again — inspired me to run with your wonderful suggestion, just to see what I could do with it.

So, here's what I came up with.

Since the prop used as the alien device is actually a modified toy which some of us owned as kids, what if the alien is a representative of a toy company on a another planet, and he gives the strange gizmo to George Winslow so the boy can test the "user friendliness" and durability of the product in the hands of an actual child!

George turns out to be such an effective product tester that the alien comes back in the sequel, collects the toy from George, and gives him several other technologically advanced toys to test — which of course results in new and hysterically comic predicaments!

The alien also provides George with a hi-tech little robot who protects him from accidentally misusing the toys and harming himself in some unforeseen manner. The clever robot is designed to pass as a common toy sold here on Earth.

~ Click the image belolw to see a larger, sharper image of Bobby the Robot and his beautiful details!


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The robot is capable of transmitting reports concerning the results of George's tests and his efforts to master the devices' functions.

In addition to this, the robot provides George with helpful hints about what the toys are capable of — without making it too easy for the boy to figure out things for himself, since George is testing the devices for their user friendliness.

Naturally every good story must have some kind of conflict and drama. For that reason, this story includes a threat to our noble young hero.

Two unscrupulous men (Russian spies, perhaps) realize that these "toys" incorporate advanced technology, so they plot to steal them . . . and they aren't overly concerned about the safety of this innocent child!

Ah, but little do these villains realize that George is an exceptionally intelligent kid, and that he's armed with devices which can do strange and unpredictable things — although they are not intended to be harmful.

In the hands of our brilliant little space cadet, these advanced mechanisms can be used in amazing ways to thwart the evil efforts of George's greedy but foolish foes!

And don't forget that George has a powerful little ally, Robert the Robot (by Marx™) — an advanced robot in disguise who was specifically sent here with instructions to protect George from harm! So, when the thieves do something that threatens the little guy, Robert the Robot goes into action, an advanced machine who will do whatever is necessary to protect his young ward!

Finally, there's the fact that the robot will transmit a message to the aliens as soon as George is in a dangerous situation — a situation directly caused by his possession of the alien technology!

The climax would involve the timely arrival of alien representatives from the interstellar toy company (not to mention their lawyers.)

These kindly extraterrestrials would take a dim view of adult humans who threatened to harm a child, and they would race through interstellar space to save the brave little boy!





What I'm suggesting is that these aliens have been involved in secret activities on Earth for quite some time. In fact, we can state that the spaceman who gives George the toys is actually an Earthling employed by these aliens to select kids who can test the hi-tech devices!

That way we don't have to explain why he doesn't look like the aliens he's been employed by for several years.

Just for the record, this story takes place prior the alien planet's involvement in a terrible interplanetary war which wrecks their civilization and renders them incapable of the numerous interstellar commercial activities which has greatly enriched their economy.





However, at the time Rocket Man 2 takes places the home planet of these benevolent aliens has many successful companies which provide wonderful products for their customers on other worlds — even Earth!

Isn't that ironic? We never suspected that many of the toys we played with as kids were actually manufactured by an alien company whose corporate logo features a clever adaptation of the name of their own home world!



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