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10 June 2011
A WORTHY HEIR TO VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
"THEIRS WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS MISSION IN HISTORY...TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM TOTAL DESTRUCTION!" HOW ELSE WOULD AN IRWIN ALLEN PRODUCTION BE DESCRIBED. THE PLOT IS UNUSUALLY ADULT AND SCIENTICALLY PLAUSIBLE FOR AN IRWIN ALLEN PRODUCTION.
THE PLOT WRITTEN BY JOHN LUCAS(A STAR TREK WRITER AND DIRECTOR) CONSISTED OF THE PRESIDENT PLAYED BY ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED ACTORS OF ALL TIME, RICHARD BASEHART, ADMIRAL NELSON OF ALLEN'S VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, DRAFTING STUART WHITMAN'S CHARACTER ADMIRAL MATTHEWS. HIS REASON FOR BEING DRAFTED IS TO RUN PACIFICA, A LARGE UNDERWATER COMPLEX.
ALL THE GOLD FROM FORT KNOX IS TO BE SHIPPED THERE AND WAREHOUSED ALONG WITH ANOTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.(IN 2053, THE U.S. IS STILL ON THE GOLD STANDARD, KINDA SCARY THINKING ABOUT THE CASH FOR GOLD COMMERCIALS AIRING DAY AND NIGHT. TO THINK ABOUT IT THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WAREHOUSED WITH THE GOLD WOULD MAKE IT UNUSABLE, SHADES OF GOLDFINGER!)
THE ADMIRAL'S CREW BLAME HIM FOR THE DEATH OF BILL HOLMES WHO DIED IN A FREAK ACCIDENT. HOLMES' WIFE LIA, A SARAH PALINISH QUEEN OF FAKED OUTRAGE IS PLAYED BY ROSEMARY FORSYTH, WHO NEVER REALLY SEEMS TO GRASP HER CHARACTER,JUST FUMES AND DOES VERY LITTLE ELSE. ROBERT COLBERT OF THE TIME TUNNEL PLAYS PATTERSON AND DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.
TWO CHARACTERS THAT STAND OUT IS ROBERT WAGNER AS THE SCHEMING BROTHER, AND BURR DE BENNING AS DR. AGUILA, AN AQUANOID, WHO CAN BREATHE UNDERWATER.
SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS, UNDERWATER SCENES, FIGHTS LATER, REMEMBER IT'S STILL AN IRWIN ALLEN PRODUCTION, WE FIND OUT A LARGE PLANETOID IS HEADED TOWARD EARTH. AFTER BUMPING HEADS, THE EARTH IS SAVED.
THIS WAS FIRST A SHORT IMAGINATIVE PILOT STARRING GLENN CORBETT, THAT CAN BE SEEN ON YOUTUBE. I FEEL THAT STUART WHITMAN'S PERFOMANCE COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, I READ THAT BEFORE FILMING, HE BROKE HIS RIGHT ARM, IT SHOWS. THE OTHER ACTORS SUCH AS JOSEPH COTTON, SUGAR RAY ROBINSON,AND TIME TUNNEL'S JAMES DARREN ALL HAVE GLORIFIED CAMEOS WHICH DO LITTLE TO ADVANCE THE PLOT.
HAD THIS PILOT BEEN PICKED UP, I'M SURE AGUILA WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BREAKOUT CHARACTER, I FIGURE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AKIN TO AQUAMAN AND MR. SPOCK. ALL THE CHARACTERS GIVEN TIME WOULD HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY AND WOULD BE MORE INTERRESTING. THE EFFECTS ARE PRETTY GOOD, OF COUSE I'M A FAN OF VTTBOTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I ENJOYED WHILE WATCHING IT A SECOND TIME WAS LOOKING FOR ALL THE PROPS FROM THE OTHER IRWIN ALLEN PRODUCTIONS, TIME TUNNEL, LOST IN SPACE, ETC. BELIEVE ME THEY'RE IN THERE. OF COURSE, THE FLYING SUB IS IN IT, THE SAME STOCK FOOTAGE USED THROUGHOUT VTTBOTS IS UTILIZED TO INTRODUCE US TO THE WORLD OF 2053. LOOK CLOSE AND YOU'LL SEE A MODIFIED SEAVIEW. ALLEN USED AND REUSED FXS.
THE MOVIE ISN'T THE GREATEST, IT'S PRETTY GOOD THOUGH,IT IS A NICE SUCCESSOR TO VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. WHAT I WONDER IS AND MAYBE SOMEONE CAN ANSWER IT, IS THE PRESIDENT THE SON OF ADMIEAL HARRIMAN NELSON?
04 January 2008
THUNDER AGENTS VOL. 4
WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT THE BOOK WAS THE INCREDIBLE ARTWORK BY ADKINS, DITKO, WOOD,ECT. THESE ARE COMICS THAT ARE CLASSICS MEASURED BY A STANDARD THAT MOST ARTISTS TODAY CANNOT GRASP. THE STORIES ARE SHORT, YET, THE CHARACTERS STAND OUT AND EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY. THE PLOTS ARE EASY TO FOLLOW AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THE BACK STORY TO ENJOY WHAT'S HAPPENING. GROWING UP IN THE "IMAGE AGE", IT SEEMS THAT IT TAKES A WHOLE YEAR TO WRAP UP A STORY LINE. WOOD AND CO. DID IT IN AN ISSUE.
IT'S QUITE REFRESHING TO READ THESE STORIES. THE TALES ARE LIGHT,FUN,AND VERY IMAGINATIVE. EASILY ONE OF THE BEST SERIES OF THE 1960S.
THE ONLY DISLIKES I HAVE ARE THE CREDITS AT THE BEGINNING AND END, THEY NEED TO BE RESEARCHED A LITTLE MORE BEFORE PRINT. SOMEONE SURELY KNOWS WHO WROTE WHAT. THE ARTISTS SECTION AT THE END WAS INACCURATE. SOME OF THE ARTISTS PASSED AWAY BEFORE 2000. THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 2003-4.
I BOUGHT THE BOOK BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN THE STORIES BEFORE. I WAS BORN QUITE A FEW YEARS AFTER TOWER CEASED PUBLICATION. THE ONLY CONTACT I HAD WITH THE THUNDER AGENTS WAS AN OLD REPRINT COMIC I FOUND AT A BOOKSTORE IN 1990. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS HOOKED BY THE WALLY WOOD ARTWORK. I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL LATER THERE WERE MORE ISSUES. ANY FAN THAT HAS NEVER SEEN AN ISSUE OF THUNDER AGENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.
09 June 2010
CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN
2 of 2 found this helpful THE CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN IS NOT A PERFECT MOVIE BUT, TO BE SURE IT'S GOOD. THE MOVIE CONCERNS A SLAVE RESURRECTED AT THE HEART OF MT. VESUVIUS. THE STORY HAS THE FEEL OF THE 1932 BORIS KARLOFF "MUMMY". THE SLAVE MISTAKES A WOMAN AS HIS LOST LOVE.
MADE ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET, THIS MOVIE LESS THAN 60 MINUTES, IS FUN. THIS MOVIE WAS SCRIPTED BY THE GREAT JEROME BIXBY WRITER OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE AND ONE OF THE BEST STAR TREK EPISODES, "MIRROR,MIRROR". NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM HIM, HE WROTE MANY GREAT BOOKS AND TV EPISODES. MR. BIXBY GIVES A PLAUSIBLE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF THE LAZARUS LIKE REVIVAL OF THE FACELESS MAN. THE MOVIE ALSO STARS RICHARD ANDERSON, OSCAR GOLDMAN OF THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN AND THE NIGHT STRANGLER. WATCHING THIS MADE ME REALIZE MR. ANDERSON LIKE A LOT OF ACTORS, THEY'RE GIVEN B-MOVIES BUT, BEING PROFESSIONALS,THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY GOT. ALL IN THE FILM ACTED AS THOUGH IT WAS ACADEMY AWARD WINNING MATERIAL.
AS I STATED, THIS IS NOT A PERFECT FILM. I LIKED IT. THE ACTING WAS GOOD, THE STORY WAS FINE. THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE PASSABLE. WHEN I SEE MOVIES LIKE CHUBRACOBRA TERROR, KAW, OR ANY SYFI "ORIGINALS", I FIND I LIKE MOVIES LIKE THESE MORE AND MORE.