Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:49 pm
Then there were the other gimmicks, what was that one with the spine-tingling aliens, where they had electric shocks in the seats?!
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darn auto correct.....'GOG' not 'GOD'....SCARED the heck out of me..when I was a kid...when I first saw it in 1959, some 5 yrs after it was released..the scientist freezing and shattering into pieces, when he hit the ground..really spooked me out....Frankymole wrote:I remember reading about "It Came From Outer Space" in 3D, in the early 70s, wished I could've seen it that way as I quite liked the film.
The Quatermass films, weren't well received here in the states...'too british' was the opinion...and they weren't promoted well...as for some of the best known and loved sci-fi of the 50's, that would include, Desination moon,(1951) It came from Outer space (1953) The Thing (1951) Them (1954) GOG (1954) Forbidden Planet (1956) Earth VS the Flying Saucers (1958)Frankymole wrote:Some 50s SF stands the test of time far better than 60s and 70s stuff... Quatermass, Forbidden Planet, etc
And that was the judgement given to the Avengers film at the test screenings.mousemeat wrote:The Quatermass films, weren't well received here in the states...'too british' was the opinion...
darren wrote:if memory serves me right....THERE was NO press screenings for that film..as Warners probably realized what a train wreck that film was..most of the time, the press gets a screening...so a review. ( pro / con ) is written..alerting the public..mousemeat wrote:And that was the judgement given to the Avengers film at the test screenings.Frankymole wrote: The Quatermass films, weren't well received here in the states...'too british' was the opinion...
and there was NO press screenings in North America, either....darren wrote:There was certainly no press screening in the UK.
I remember that they had some sort of post-screening party as a premiere where some z-list celebrities turned up - a weather girl dressed as Emma Peel.
Ian Wegg wrote:It isn't only young people. From the mid-seventies onwards my mother has refused to watch anything in not in colour, her reasoning being that she didn't spend all that money on a colour set to watch in black & white. It caused a few family arguments over the years.Frankymole wrote:After a short time my brain just ignores the lack of colour, like it ignores the lack of three dimensions, the edge of a frame, smell, touch and other senses... I'm dumbfounded that some young people can't get over the lack of colour, when all the riches of sight and sound are on display.
Interesting point about the frame, hardly anybody mentions that. All attempts to introduce 3D television have failed because of it - 3D can never work unless you can get the picture to fill your entire field of vision, it seems strange to me that few people seem to realise that.
0Ian Wegg wrote:It isn't only young people. From the mid-seventies onwards my mother has refused to watch anything in not in colour, her reasoning being that she didn't spend all that money on a colour set to watch in black & white. It caused a few family arguments over the years.Frankymole wrote:After a short time my brain just ignores the lack of colour, like it ignores the lack of three dimensions, the edge of a frame, smell, touch and other senses... I'm dumbfounded that some young people can't get over the lack of colour, when all the riches of sight and sound are on display.
Interesting point about the frame, hardly anybody mentions that. All attempts to introduce 3D television have failed because of it - 3D can never work unless you can get the picture to fill your entire field of vision, it seems strange to me that few people seem to realise that.