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[Bud Brewster]

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All Sci-Fi member Rick Smith has posted several enjoyable stories about his "monsterkid memories" from seeing vintage sci-fi moves. I fold him he should publish a book, and I even created the cover for it!

Here's a small example of his anecdotal tales.

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The Mole People (1956)

This one, to me, has always been a lot better in theory than in practice. The photos in Famous Monsters clearly set me up for a fall. Horrible monsters from beneath the earth, vast, weird underground civilizations. Cute girls in filmy gowns.

When I finally got to see THE MOLE PEOPLE on the 4:30 movie, I was no longer the ten or eleven year old who had stared slack-jawed at the FM pics. I was a cool, know-it-all, seen-it-all 19 year old. And I was not amused.

Matter of fact, I was bored almost to tears. And I was seriously p.o.'d that the cool monsters were just an afterthought, while the boring albinos took up all that valuable screen time.

So, nope. Me no like. Not at all. I will admit that I haven't seen the movie again. That one viewing way back in 1969 remains the only time I've seen it. So I know I need to watch it again...and I will, I swear. But I am not looking forward to it, and I'm not rushing to that reunion.

For the time being, therefore, awaiting that reluctant re-view, it's thumbs very much down for this one.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)