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Sep 26 10 4:56 PM
Rapfred wrote: QUO VADIS was an MGM flick, hence the stock footage was at G.P.'s disposal. But I've always wondered how our pal George got away with using snippets from Paramount's THE WAR OF THE WORLDS in Metro's THE TIME MACHINE.
QUO VADIS was an MGM flick, hence the stock footage was at G.P.'s disposal. But I've always wondered how our pal George got away with using snippets from Paramount's THE WAR OF THE WORLDS in Metro's THE TIME MACHINE.
Sep 26 10 6:57 PM
Rapfred wrote: Apropos of ATLANTIS,. I have the WB Archive disc and the widescreen transfer looks peachy keen to my peepers. Wolfe "Elsu" Barzell never seemed more colorful (and in glorious Metrocolor yet), John Dall's pearlies never shined so blindingly bright, and the dopey hats never looked so, er, dopey -- not even in THE PRODIGAL, the mega-dopey biblical epic from which the headgear hails.
Sep 26 10 9:15 PM
Sep 26 10 9:17 PM
Rapfred wrote: >>Shots from War of the Worlds also ended up in Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers>>I've seen the Harryhausen film a bunch of times but never noticed any stock footage from WAR OF THE WORLDS. Which shots in particular were lifted from the Pal picture?
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Sep 26 10 11:12 PM
Monsterpal wrote:Rapfred wrote: Apropos of ATLANTIS,. I have the WB Archive disc and the widescreen transfer looks peachy keen to my peepers. Wolfe "Elsu" Barzell never seemed more colorful (and in glorious Metrocolor yet), John Dall's pearlies never shined so blindingly bright, and the dopey hats never looked so, er, dopey -- not even in THE PRODIGAL, the mega-dopey biblical epic from which the headgear hails.I think the statue of a bull horned god was from THE PRODIGAL too. It's just used as set dressing in ATLC, if memory serves.
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EdWainwright wrote:Being a fan of George Pal's work, I wish that I could develop at least a little appreciation for ATLANTIS THE LOST CONTINENT, but unfortunately I can't. Except for a nifty submarine design and a few good effects shots, this movie is a disaster. It's easily Pal's worst film IMO; even CONQUEST OF SPACE, which I find rather disappointing, is better than ATLANTIS. Besides the two leads being lousy actors, the dialogue is some of the worst I've ever heard in an A level film. Some of the effects scenes are pretty rough going, and the whole manimal sequence is badly done. I feel rather sorry for talented character actor Edward Platt for being stuck in such a turkey, but at least he had his upcoming role as the Chief of Control on "Get Smart" to make up for this professional embarrassment.
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TomWeaver999 wrote:DOC SAVAGE was pretty lousy, IMHO; TOM THUMB and CONQUEST OF SPACE I hope never to have to see again; THE POWER gets to be kind-of a drag; the endurance test of BROTHERS GRIMM is beyond my capabilities. Compared to those, I think ATLANTIS is fairly decent!
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