tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8914223795108675907..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: It Came From Outer SpaceJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-27895457243086405852015-10-24T23:16:18.589-05:002015-10-24T23:16:18.589-05:00Erwin,
I would have liked to see some of those Act...Erwin,<br />I would have liked to see some of those Action Theater episodes. I don't remember the WBE Network at all. It must not have had an affiliate in the North Texas market.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-81220501425691774692015-10-24T12:17:01.656-05:002015-10-24T12:17:01.656-05:00My wife & I saw ICFOS in 3D in 1974 at the Ave...My wife & I saw ICFOS in 3D in 1974 at the Avenue Theater in San Francisco. That was supposed to be the first set of 3D prints since the initial release. The 3D was well planned and executed. In the landslide scene my wife really jumped when a boulder seemed to be landing in her lap.<br /><br />As for Sevengollie… I've seen his show on MeTV a couple of times here in Kansas City. He does know his stuff, but I find his humor, shall we say, lacking. But, I've been where he is.<br /><br />In 1991 the short lived WBE (Worlds of Better Entertainment) network came to life. I hosted <b>Action Theater</b> as <b>Major A.D. Venture</b>. Action Theater had a two hour time slot. More than once the film had a run time of around 60 minutes. I had to fill as much as 25 minutes by myself. The PTB would not allow cartoons, or other filler material. I just blathered along as best I could.Erwin-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077550093912328373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-35965769414122102802015-10-21T17:00:58.190-05:002015-10-21T17:00:58.190-05:00I watch Svengoolie's show not because of him, ...I watch Svengoolie's show not because of him, but in spite of him...there're some classic films that I've either never seen or haven't for a long while. An example of the latter was last week with IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, and I thought it was just an absolute treat.Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-78595085401404467372015-10-21T15:58:58.088-05:002015-10-21T15:58:58.088-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-36824155286521861532015-10-21T10:59:33.838-05:002015-10-21T10:59:33.838-05:00I kind of like Svengoolie. His show is the kind of...I kind of like Svengoolie. His show is the kind of cheesy filler that was part of kid’s TV when I was growing up. It takes me back. Also, I agree with comments about the lovely Ms. Rush, who was a terrific actress and got the chance to show it in later dramas like BIGGER THAN LIFE, THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS, and STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-59716158445388867772015-10-21T10:38:59.003-05:002015-10-21T10:38:59.003-05:00My level of annoyance with Svengoolie seems to flu...My level of annoyance with Svengoolie seems to fluctuate depending on how long the movie is that he's showing. Long movie, less Svengoolie and I find him tolerable and sometimes funny. But when the movie is short and he needs a lot of filler to use up the two-hour time slot, then the stuff gets old pretty quickly. I'll give him credit, though, he really seems to enjoy what he's doing and I always appreciate a throwback to an earlier era, and that's what this show is. Plus he knows his stuff and comes up with some interesting background info on the films.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-5523407054744914162015-10-21T09:39:24.751-05:002015-10-21T09:39:24.751-05:00I find Svengoolie less engaging than I'd hoped...I find Svengoolie less engaging than I'd hoped after hearing a fair amount about him before MeTV networked him, but the New York based trio hosting films in the same time slot on Antenna TV are even less likely to amuse me, and they seem to get much worse (presumably public domain) copies of the films they show.<br /><br />But his show does run some rather good films, and I know I've seen at least some of this one, and will probably catch it in entirety eventually. <br /><br />Rick, in Portland you can see MeTV, a broadcast network available in most of the US, as the secondary affiliation of KTVU Cnannel 2 on its second digital channel, thus: <br />"You can find MeTV over the air on Channel 2.2; on Comcast cable, it's Channel 302; on Verizon, it's Channel 464; and on Frontier TV, it's Channel 463."Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-33809898698496774372015-10-20T18:04:42.776-05:002015-10-20T18:04:42.776-05:00Bradbury's book IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE inclu...Bradbury's book IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE includes several of the treatments he had done for the movie. If they had stuck with Bradbury it would have been a much better film. But then, much better films are not what Hollywood is about.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-67804689578905114832015-10-20T14:05:27.880-05:002015-10-20T14:05:27.880-05:00My brother and I saw this in 3-D when it came out ...My brother and I saw this in 3-D when it came out and were knocked out by it. It holds up very well. Rush is so damned beautiful. It's not at the level of The Invasion of The Body Snatchers but its my second favorite sf of the 50s. There was a melancholy underpinning to the screenplay, the direction and especially the acting that made it seem more adult than the usual sf fare.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-26584608991488245532015-10-20T11:16:36.992-05:002015-10-20T11:16:36.992-05:00I saw it when I was 8 or 9, and remember it being ...I saw it when I was 8 or 9, and remember it being scary then. I saw it many years later as a "creature feature", perhaps hosted by Elvira, and thought it camp, but that was the way we saw things then. I'm not familiar with MeTV, I'll have to see if it's part of the station lineup we get.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-52159625873711221972015-10-20T08:11:51.945-05:002015-10-20T08:11:51.945-05:00John,
I thought the same thing about that shot of ...John,<br />I thought the same thing about that shot of Rush. I don't know if the filmmakers were familiar with Finlay's work or if it was just a coincidence, but it sure is a beautiful shot.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-37251325365711304462015-10-20T07:32:01.117-05:002015-10-20T07:32:01.117-05:00This movie, along with THE THING and THE DAY THE E...This movie, along with THE THING and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL are my favorite 1950s SF films. And I agree with you re: Svengoolie. I always check to see what he's showing. The Saturday lineup on MeTV is excellent: westerns all day, SF/superheroes all night.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-26718924915203904842015-10-20T07:02:41.059-05:002015-10-20T07:02:41.059-05:00The scene of Barbara Rush, wearing a black dress, ...The scene of Barbara Rush, wearing a black dress, standing on a boulder in the desert with the wind in her hair, looks so much like a Virgil Finlay illustration that I almost fell out of my chair.<br /><br />John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-39041420365962657772015-10-20T06:58:46.434-05:002015-10-20T06:58:46.434-05:00Around this time I started to go to the movie thea...Around this time I started to go to the movie theaters by myself at night and this one scared me a lot. But not as much as the pedophiles who used to cruise the movies trying to pick up innocent kids. It was a more naïve time in 1953 and at age 11 I was lucky to avoid trouble. Sort of made the monsters in the SF movies look like good guys.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-54191389853987011502015-10-20T06:36:10.309-05:002015-10-20T06:36:10.309-05:00My aunt drove me to Dallas to see this one in 3-D ...My aunt drove me to Dallas to see this one in 3-D for my birthday when I turned 12. I thought it was great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com