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Tom Powers		#41	[-]
Jul 6 08 10:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just found my old VHS copy of this the other day. I'll have to take it for a spin.
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Edkkakumon		#42	[-]
Feb 25 09 11:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember seeing this film a few years ago, and I liked it. This is an intelligent film when it comes to the space element, and the blood thirsty monster is well handled. It's one of the rare monsters of the 50s that you could have some sympathy for.
bipolarber		#43	[-]
Mar 1 09 3:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And look at how many other films have copied it's basic plot: "The Incredible Melting Man" for one example. I guess it's that Icarus meets Frankenstien thing- the scientific explorer flies too high, too fast, and crashes to the Earth and becomes a monster... his punishment for his challenging of the Gods...
skelton knaggs		#44	[-]
May 26 09 11:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	With all the germophobia about these days... If someone took this premise, redid it on a nine million dollar budget. Add a real good taunt script and some solid acting, well.... Bet it would be a minor hit. At least double the money back. A good story is a good story. Guys challenging the"other side of the air gods" makes for some high entertainment. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Edkkakumon		#45	[-]
May 26 09 11:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	We could call it Belerophon Syndrome. In Greek myth, he tried to fly up to Olympus, and was struck down for his arrogance.
skelton knaggs		#46	[-]
Jun 15 09 11:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well this one really takes the cake with me. For all you super collectors of the obscure, we have a lovely FIRST MAN INTO SPACE figurine. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
TomWeaver999		#47	[-]
Jun 16 09 12:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love the "patiently waiting in line"-type stance! How does one go about buying this figurine? I might get one for Richard Gordon!
skelton knaggs		#48	[-]
Jun 16 09 1:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: I love the "patiently waiting in line"-type stance! How does one go about buying this figurine? I might get one for Richard Gordon! I'll trace my surfing route and post the website Tom. You know I kinda knew you'd find this one special too.... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
TomWeaver999		#49	[-]
Jun 16 09 1:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, the stance is: "Please, sir ... may I have some more?" Thanks in advance for your detective work!
skelton knaggs		#50	[-]
Jun 16 09 1:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here it tis Tom... http://theclubhouse1.net/modelshumor.htm "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
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TomWeaver999		#51	[-]
Jun 17 09 5:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you!
skelton knaggs		#52	[-]
Aug 29 09 7:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This one particular scene certainly wounded me as a child. It was sure horrific for it's time, but looking at it from an "adult" perspective, there's even something deeper going on. Just the thought of murdering a defenceless woman for her car is bad enough. But to drive it with the body in the passenger seat, bloodied, moist, not even cold seems cruelly macabre and a bit twisted. I think up to this point the monster kills I witnessed were clean or off camera. Probably something in my young empty unfiltered consciousness told me "this is wrong", planting that seed of fear in my head. We weren't exposed to real life horrors like Ed Gein and such till a bit later on. Thats the kind of horror I liken this scene to. Funny how this stuff now seems like fluff compared to what we witness in film and just past our front doors nowadays. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"? Last Edited By: skelton knaggs Aug 30 09 6:01 PM. Edited 1 times.
TomWeaver999		#53	[-]
Aug 29 09 8:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Apropos of grisliness: The blood bank nurse (who also gets killed) was played by some obscure "British bombshell" type whose son later became a TV star over there. Somewhere online I found a quote from him saying his mom had killed herself in some strange, horrible way he couldn't even talk about. Needless to say, I instantly became insatiably curious (but couldn't follow up -- on-line, anyway -- and didn't feel like going the extra mile).
TServo4		#54	[-]
Aug 30 09 6:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	skelton knaggs wrote: Well this one really takes the cake with me. For all you super collectors of the obscure, we have a lovely FIRST MAN INTO SPACE figurine. I don't even want to know what that is made out of!! J. Theakston Capitol Theatre, Rome, NY
DonM435		#55	[-]
Aug 30 09 8:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I seem to remember this film as being the first wherein I saw the corpses with their eyes open. Unsettling for a kid.
Edkkakumon		#56	[-]
Aug 30 09 11:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	But effective for a good chill.
tnt		#57	[-]
Aug 31 09 2:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Your Signature ...www.woodywelch.net
skelton knaggs		#58	[-]
Aug 31 09 2:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My dear tnt, Please don't think me dense but.... Is this a real publication or a lovely job of photo-shop? "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
tnt		#59	[-]
Aug 31 09 5:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	LOLOL...it is a lovely job of photo shop. Based, of course, on the old now sadly defunct sister magazine to Famous Monsters. Your Signature ...www.woodywelch.net
skelton knaggs		#60	[-]
Aug 31 09 5:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was wondering about that Catwomen musical. Very nice job. I still have 2 original issues of SPACEMEN. Were it to come back like that, I'd be first in line for a purchase. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
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