What can be said about Forbidden Planet that hasn’t been said already? It was a beloved part of my childhood. And it has become part of my children’s childhood as well. What makes is such an enduring story?
The question is not, is Deep Space a cheesy rip-off of Aliens? — because, of course, it is. The question is, how did these actors get into a movie this bad?
Deep Space
Journey to the Seventh Planet is a campy science fiction movie. It’s set in the “distance future” of 2001. In this utopia, the United Nations now rules the planet. And poverty and war are gone. Humanity now has the resources to explore their solar system. By this time, humanity has explored most of the solar system. Except for the seventh planet, Uranus. So they send a team to explore … But instead of a lifeless world, they find … a Danish village?
The Land Unknown is one of those science fiction movies where good acting is undercut by truly terrible special effects. At its heart, it’s The Lost World – but with several interesting twists, including a very different character stranded there.
The Land Unknown
A female, middle eastern, terrorist is captured by the CIA in Greece after an attack on a marketplace. Transported back to the USA, the terrorist undergoes an operation. She is transformed into a cybernetic killing machine. Now the CIA have a secret weapon to send back to the Middle East …. But how long can they control her?
The Retaliator
Movie review of the 2002 version of H.G. Wells novel, “The Time Machine” written by a fan of the original George Pal version of the story. Surprisingly, I found that I enjoyed the new version as well.
The Time Machine 2002
From a captive planet two million light years away, came a desperate message from space… Help us! On the verge of annihilation, Kido, the leader of the persecuted Jillucians, sends his beautiful granddaughter, Emeralida, to find the eight legendary brave warriors who alone can stop the steel-skinned hordes of the Gavanas Empire! This disparate, rag-tag group (a drunken general, a deposed prince, space hot rodders, a hoodlum, a royal retainer, and a broken-down robot) must band together before it’s too late …. Before the Gavanas can reach their next target: Earth!
In The Day the Earth Caught Fire, British reporters and a weatherwoman get the facts after U.S./Soviet same-day nuclear tests.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Spaceflight IC-1 (1965) starring Bill Williams, Norma West, John Cairney, Linda Marlowe Spaceflight IC-1 seems to be about mankind’s first attempt at interstellar colonization. It also appears to be an attempt at mutiny that goes wrong. Both of those… Spaceflight IC-1
Imagine a future world where everyone is young and beautiful, and can have anything they could ever want. Except the freedom to leave. And everyone faces mandatory death at the age of 30. Logan is a member of an elite police force called Sandmen. They hunt down and kill “runners,” those trying to escape the fate that awaits on their 30th birthday. Logan is assigned to infiltrate the group of runners, and has his own “deadline” pushed forward. Logan meets Jessica, a member of a clandestine resistance group that assists runners. He decides to escape with her to Sanctuary. This is Logan’s Run. But a fellow Sandman frantically pursues …
