Journey To The Seventh Planet (1962) -
Wow! This was bad. So bad that the vocal track didn't even sync with their mouths, although it may have been in Danish originally. And the special effects on 'Star Trek' (1966-9) and 'Lost In Space' (1965-8) actually looked amazing, compared to this. I mean it would be awful to drown in a pit of polystyrene 'bean bag' balls wouldn't it? I do think that films should come with warnings about real spiders being used as giant monsters though.
As for the set, I will never understand why they always end up in a backwards medieval style village? It was supposed to be his childhood home from about 1970 not 1570!
I loved the fact that they chose to send the crew to Uranus, but they were determined that no one would accidentally say "Your anus" so they changed the pronunciation entirely. Just go to Saturn instead?
They were also very hopeful in thinking that all war would be over by 2001, so it was a shame that the sexist attitudes hadn't evolved and it felt like they had to have a German on board to show that there was no hard feelings after WWII.
I would have liked the writers and producers of the time to have really thought about how humanity might have evolved, because the script was still very much using the language and attitudes of the 1960's and some that were almost archaic. There was a typical Irish man, a girl hungry guy and not one woman or person of colour among them. Thank God that Gene Roddenberry came along when he did.
The whole thing was actually very similar to the first ever 'Star Trek' episode 'The Cage' and later 'Star Trek: The Next Generation's' (1987-94) - 'Encounter At Farpoint' in the way that the planet adapted to fit their needs, but a more sinister plot lurked.
The end credits looked like a they were from 'Button Moon' (1980-8) and the theme song was a bit unnecessary, not to mention the wrong tone.
Honestly, it was really quite badly made and performed and the script and direction was just dead daft. They should have called it "Wh0re$ In Space" and I'm not talking about the siren like women that tried to ensnare them on that hilariously named planet. (Snigger - Your anus!)
267.08/1000.
Wow! This was bad. So bad that the vocal track didn't even sync with their mouths, although it may have been in Danish originally. And the special effects on 'Star Trek' (1966-9) and 'Lost In Space' (1965-8) actually looked amazing, compared to this. I mean it would be awful to drown in a pit of polystyrene 'bean bag' balls wouldn't it? I do think that films should come with warnings about real spiders being used as giant monsters though.
As for the set, I will never understand why they always end up in a backwards medieval style village? It was supposed to be his childhood home from about 1970 not 1570!
I loved the fact that they chose to send the crew to Uranus, but they were determined that no one would accidentally say "Your anus" so they changed the pronunciation entirely. Just go to Saturn instead?
They were also very hopeful in thinking that all war would be over by 2001, so it was a shame that the sexist attitudes hadn't evolved and it felt like they had to have a German on board to show that there was no hard feelings after WWII.
I would have liked the writers and producers of the time to have really thought about how humanity might have evolved, because the script was still very much using the language and attitudes of the 1960's and some that were almost archaic. There was a typical Irish man, a girl hungry guy and not one woman or person of colour among them. Thank God that Gene Roddenberry came along when he did.
The whole thing was actually very similar to the first ever 'Star Trek' episode 'The Cage' and later 'Star Trek: The Next Generation's' (1987-94) - 'Encounter At Farpoint' in the way that the planet adapted to fit their needs, but a more sinister plot lurked.
The end credits looked like a they were from 'Button Moon' (1980-8) and the theme song was a bit unnecessary, not to mention the wrong tone.
Honestly, it was really quite badly made and performed and the script and direction was just dead daft. They should have called it "Wh0re$ In Space" and I'm not talking about the siren like women that tried to ensnare them on that hilariously named planet. (Snigger - Your anus!)
267.08/1000.