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CONQUEST OF SPACE (1955)

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ometiklon		#81	[-]
Jun 8 11 6:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Buzz Dixon wrote: The space stuff is beautiful. Too bad it didn't end up being used elsewhere (tho I think they did make a failed TV pilot using it). BTW, the red ot asteroid makes a in Jerry Lewis' VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET. The asteroid also makes a re-apperance in Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
skelton knaggs		#82	[-]
Jun 8 11 7:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ok, I think I got this... From left to right is director Byron Haskin, and artist extraordinaire Chesley Bonestell. Is the next guy Willy Ley? And of course everybody's Pal George. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Bill Warren		#83	[-]
Jun 8 11 7:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That looks like Willy Ley to me; I checked his Wikipedia page.
skelton knaggs		#84	[-]
Jun 8 11 8:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bill Warren wrote: That looks like Willy Ley to me; I checked his Wikipedia page. Thankx Bill. Mystery solved. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
bob7708.themousepad		#85	[-]
Oct 11 11 11:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I share the same feeling as a lot of forum members that the script ruined what could have been a great picture by George Pal. Instead it turned weird very fast when the Captain went nuts. A lot of film time was wasted watching fighting and arguing between some of the crew when they should have been exploring Mars. I just can't believe that Pal wanted it this way and that, as was said earlier in this forum, it was the fault of some untalented Studio heads that demanded it be written this way. Last Edited By: bob7708 Oct 12 11 9:58 PM. Edited 8 times.
skelton knaggs		#86	[-]
Oct 11 11 11:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	http://www.archive.org/details/destinationSpace Something awfully fishy going on here....... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
starhawk60.movieserialmess...		#87	[-]
Oct 12 11 12:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Seems that someone took a page from the Irwin Allen book of TV production.
bob7708.themousepad		#88	[-]
Oct 12 11 1:43 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sorry guys, your both mistaken. I got these images off my DVD copy of "Conquest Of Space" by running my DVD disk through Nero's player. I can stop the movie anyplace I want and execute a screen grab command by pressing C on my keyboard.
Reegs		#89	[-]
Oct 12 11 3:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bob7708 wrote: I share the same feeling as a lot of forum members that the script ruined what could have been a great picture by George Pal. Instead it turned weird very fast when the Captain went nuts and a lot of valuable time was wasted watching fighting and arguing between some of the crew when they should have taken the audience on a scientific exploration of Mars just as they did in RXM and Destination Moon. I was just a small kid when I first saw it and was very disappointed in how the script was written. I was actually very angry at the Jerk Captain going off his nut the way he did as I was with some of the other crew members for acting as if they were stuck in a cold and drafty cabin dealing with a weak and whinney party member instead of feeling elated over being members of the greatest exploration team in the history of mankind. I just can't believe that Pal wanted it this way and that, as was said earlier in this forum, it was the fault of some stupid and untalented Studio heads that demanded it be written this way. "But a pitcha's gotta have some conflict if ya wanna sell tickets!"
vayapues		#90	[-]
Oct 12 11 7:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Anyone remember that in dear Fantastic Monsters #4 (1963), there's a nice George Pal career article written by the late Mike Minor -- Bob Burns buddy, illustrator extraordinaire, & effects designer. As Bob mentions in one of his books, Mike first came to him principally as a Pal freak, so this piece is notably informed by his love & passion for the subject. He gives CONQUEST a proper raking as Pal's first SF failure; the opening spread, though, is illustrated with a Mike-created diorama of the Mars ship against a starfield.
bob7708.themousepad		#91	[-]
Oct 12 11 11:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	vayapues wrote: Anyone remember that in dear Fantastic Monsters #4 (1963), there's a nice George Pal career article written by the late Mike Minor -- Bob Burns buddy, illustrator extraordinaire, & effects designer. As Bob mentions in one of his books, Mike first came to him principally as a Pal freak, so this piece is notably informed by his love & passion for the subject. He gives CONQUEST a proper raking as Pal's first SF failure; the opening spread, though, is illustrated with a Mike-created diorama of the Mars ship against a starfield. Thats interesting. Did he say what Pal thought of "Conquest Of Space"? I guess he had the script yanked out of his hand by some Studio head that thought he new more than Pal did. Last Edited By: bob7708 Oct 12 11 1:32 PM. Edited 1 times.
vayapues		#92	[-]
Oct 12 11 12:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, bob, the article is an early one: even though Pal was certainly alive when it was written, as is so often the case skeletons don't come out of the closet until after the safe distance of years or decades. Also in those days, monster mag articles rarely had anything like the depth & insider gossip we take for granted nowadays. All that said, it was the first serious Pal article, remains tasty & enthusiastic even today. Happily, Mike Minor went on to many great things, even though sad to say he died at an early age.
HalLane		#93	[-]
Oct 12 11 12:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	vayapues wrote: Mike first came to him principally as a Pal freak I have this image of a humble acolyte seeking enlightenment, bowed in reverence before the ancient Master in the Basement of the Ages.
vayapues		#94	[-]
Oct 12 11 12:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just about right. And you haven't come close to nirvana until you've listened to Bob doing a bang up on the sitar.
bob7708.themousepad		#95	[-]
Oct 12 11 11:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	vayapues wrote: Actually, bob, the article is an early one: even though Pal was certainly alive when it was written, as is so often the case skeletons don't come out of the closet until after the safe distance of years or decades. Also in those days, monster mag articles rarely had anything like the depth & insider gossip we take for granted nowadays. All that said, it was the first serious Pal article, remains tasty & enthusiastic even today. Happily, Mike Minor went on to many great things, even though sad to say he died at an early age. I would love to read it sometime. It's a rare and extremely talented person who could come over here from war torn Hungary and produce major science fiction hits like "Destination Moon" and "The War Of The Worlds". Pal must have had talent oozing out of every pore in his body. Incidentaly, his given birth name was: György Pál Marczincsák Do you know where there are some good books on him? Here's a bio on him from IMDB... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657162/bio P.S. Here's some rare YouTube video's of Pal and others being interviewed on the set of "Destination Moon. Pal doesn't come into this video until about half the way through. Chesley bonestell, Robert Heinlein and others are interviewed on the set of Destination Moon as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwidtTnlGJA Part One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_7VrcG6naM&feature=related Part Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz94nrnunVw&feature=related Part Three Last Edited By: bob7708 Oct 13 11 10:37 AM. Edited 6 times.
skelton knaggs		#96	[-]
Oct 28 11 11:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Quelli italiani hanno capito fino ad una scienza "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
vayapues		#97	[-]
Dec 12 11 3:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bob7708 wrote: I would love to read it sometime. Hi bob, my office computer won't let me contact you, so please let me know if you'd like a nice, readable PDF of that 1963 Pal article by Mike Minor. (Anyone else too for that matter.) Why, you can almost smell the old paper!
bob7708.themousepad		#98	[-]
Feb 16 12 10:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	vayapues wrote: bob7708 wrote: I would love to read it sometime. Hi bob, my office computer won't let me contact you, so please let me know if you'd like a nice, readable PDF of that 1963 Pal article by Mike Minor. (Anyone else too for that matter.) Why, you can almost smell the old paper! Yes vayapues, I would like a pdf copy of that article.
skelton knaggs		#99	[-]
Apr 26 12 8:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
skelton knaggs		#100	[-]
Jun 13 12 2:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And...... It's Feeless Herman (Joan Shawlee) from The Abbot and Costello Show episode Hillary's Birthday! "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?

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