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Destination Moon-Part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 7, 2011

Woody does an admirable selling job, so much that the gathering of industrialists are almost jumping out of the chairs saying “Let’s do it !”. The general puts the icing on the cake by adding, and I’m paraphrasing here, “If you don’t do this be prepared to be unde read more

Colossus: The Forbin Project-Part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 2, 2011

Forbin is supposedly a genius. But he asks what kind of action will be taken. Now that has to be one of the most stupid questions ever asked. The man has a brain. Supposedly. By this point in the film you know that whatever action is taken it will not be good. Colossus has started to order its creat read more

Colossus: The Forbin Project-Part 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 31, 2011

One day, not long ago someone had the idea of putting the missiles of America and its allies under the control of a super computer, and the massive miscalculations of it’s creators and the politicians involved.  Dr. Charles Forbin played by Eric Braeden Colossus was built inside a mountai read more

I need your input-really badly. Please Help !

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 28, 2011

I like to show case science fiction film. Long before you see anything here I try to a lot of research. I don’t want to simply parrot very basic film info you could get from some other site. The other day I was doing some research on the film Marooned. It claimed it was not science fiction any read more

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms–Part 3

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 26, 2011

Production Notes The budget for the film was 210,000 dollars. An extremely low budget for a film with such lofty ambitions. The live action sequences were shot in a two week period. The special effects however, took significantly longer to perfect, to shoot, and to merge into the live action sequenc read more

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms–Part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 25, 2011

Dr. Elson, now much more willing to consider the fact there just may be a monster on the loose, sits in on a meeting at the office of Col. Evans navy friend. According to him a fishing vessel has sunk for no apparent reason near the Grand Banks, another was destroyed, a lighthouse was destroyed in read more

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms–Part 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 24, 2011

You’ve had a really rotten day at work. The dog ate your favourite slippers, the kids are howling, your mother-in-law, who you thought was your best buddy after your wife, is rumbling that you are no good lazy schnook, and somebody stole your charge card number and just bought a boat that maxe read more

2010: Book versus film–The Differences–Part 6

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 19, 2011

There are quite a few plot points that could have been in the film, that were in the book. So many in fact that if the film had been faithful to the book the film would have been made for a much better film. And a lot less confusing if you saw the film first, then read the book. There are so many pl read more

2010: The Differences between 2001 and 2010

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 19, 2011

In the novel 2001 the planet Discovery is at is Saturn, not Jupiter. The planet was changed to allow the simplification of the special effects. The novel 2001 and the film 2010 use both use Jupiter. In the film 2010 a blue, a blue spacesuit is missing its helmet, even though the spacesuit was never read more

2010: The Year We Make Contact–Part 5

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 18, 2011

Cameo Parts and Early Production Notes The author of 2010: Odyssey Two Arthur C. Clarke appears in about three scenes very early on in the film. In the film sequence when Floyd is talking with Victor Milson they are sitting on a park bench in front of the White House. On another park bench to the le read more

2010: The Year We Make Contact–Part 4

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 17, 2011

In restoring HAL to functionality Dr. Chandra does a little detective work. While inside HAL’s logic circuits (above and below)he does a little probing and discovers the reason for HALs abnormal behavior in 2001. HAL was instructed to withhold from the crew the true meaning of the mission. HA read more

2010: The Year We Make Contact–Part 3

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 16, 2011

Floyd writes home to his wife and son – via radio. He is uneasy about finding the monolith, and he suspects that it knows they’re there. But before the Leonov came find the Discovery it must enter orbit around Jupiter. They do this via a ballut. Inflated balloons surround the Leonov and read more

2010: The Year We Make Contact–Part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 15, 2011

Sources for screen captures are as follows: Google Images, http://www.impawards.com/, http://www.inetres.com/, http://www.raresource.com/,  http://www.fourcolorcomics.com/  and http://www.badmovies.org/               &nb read more

2010: The Year We Make Contact–Part 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 14, 2011

If you read the book, then saw the film I’ll bet you were disappointed. And if you saw the film first and then read the book (like I did) I bet you thought the book was a lot better than the film.  I thought the book was way better than the film. But we’re here to discuss the film. read more

Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers–Part 6 Connections

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 10, 2011

A number of plot elements in this film were also used in George Pal’s 1953 film The War of the Worlds. The aliens kill a relative of one of the main characters The aliens use disintegrator ray weapons The aliens go out of their way to blow up a wooden water tank The alien craft could use a fo read more

Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers–Part 4

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 9, 2011

  The aliens interrupt the festivities with the helmet to intimidate or terrify the masses. They say they will manipulate the sun to create eight days of really lousy weather. They go on to insist that all world leaders meet in Washington to discuss surrender terms. Unwilling to throw in the to read more

Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers–Part 5 Lobby cards and posters

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 9, 2011

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Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers–Part 3

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 7, 2011

  Back in Washington the Marvin's all three surviving members of the foursome(Major Huglin, Mr. & Mrs. Marvin – the cop was turned into a mindless zombie-like creature) are debriefed. Dr. Marvin has an idea for a gun that uses sound to disorient the UFO’s causing them to crash. read more

Earth vs. The Flying Saucers–Part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 6, 2011

                                         The Cast Of Characters   Hugh Marlowe as Dr Russell M read more

Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers–Part 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 3, 2011

This has to be one of my all time favorites. The storyline has been done to death, the special effects are almost laughable, the cinematography is a joke. But for the year it was released, 1956, fifty-five years ago, it was almost state of the art. There is something almost endearing about this film read more
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