Comments on: Coming Soon!

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:43:20 +0000

@ Outlaw 13: It’s not the series, but we reviewed the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea movie here http://www.republibot.com/content/saturday-afternoon-b-movie-crapfest-%E2%80%9Cvoyage-bottom-sea%E2%80%9D-1961 and we’ve got a blurb on the flying sub here http://www.republibot.com/content/days-future-past-flying-sub-1965-1968

By: JohnFN

JohnFN — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:46:51 +0000

Good times. Good times.

By: Outlaw13

Outlaw13 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:32:40 +0000

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was my favorite. Especially the flying sub from the TV show of the same name.

By: Outlaw13

Outlaw13 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:31:08 +0000

Especially if you saw one or two or the big reels sitting there next to the projector…AWESOME!

By: justjack

justjack — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:07:39 +0000

Fantastic Voyage is still on my personal favorite top-10 sci-fi movies. Last summer I watched it with my son who was then-14. He ate it up.

This movie, and Sean Connery James Bond movies, seemed to always get shown on ABC. I can still hear that ABC movie of the week music in my head, just thinking about it.

At the time, Fantastic Voyage was to me the ultimate cool of what the future would bring: lots of Racquel Welches in white wet suits.

Actually, Outlaw, the thing we all recall wasn’t just Racquel in the wet suit. It was her in the wet suit, being squeezed by the antibodies, and then when the guys got her back into the sub they started grabbing at her body to pull off the antibodies.

The story goes that in the first take, all the guys grabbed at her everywhere EXCEPT for the chestal area — too shy. Cut! shouts the director, who tells them listen guys, you gotta rescue her, she’s strangulatin’! So on take 2, the guys naturally all dive at her chestal area. Cut! shouts the director again, who realizes that they’re going to have to choreograph this scene a little bit.

Oh yeah, I had the One Million BC poster, too. Right next to Farrah’s.

Got to give Racquel her props, though, for the job she did in The Three Musketeers. She was funny and lovable in that. And hot.

BTW, don’t bother with Asimov’s reboot novel, “Fantastic Voyage II.” He was always bugged about the bad science in the original story that he wrote the novelization for, and so he eventually went back and rewrote the story, this time with good science. But in the reboot, he forgot to put in the awesome. Snorrrrr.

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:28:54 +0000

We were debating whether or not I should review this for my “Saturday Afternoon B-Movie Crap Fest” feature, but ultimately decided I probably shouldn’t, since it’s basically an A-picture, even if it is overwhelmingly silly.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:06:48 +0000

Remember walking into a classroom and spotting the projector at the back? Bliss.

By: fritz8945

fritz8945 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:48:58 +0000

I was more into vampire and werewolf flicks when I was a kid. Most likely good training for the politics of today!

By: Kenn Christenson

Kenn Christenson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:37:47 +0000

Had a “sci-fi theater,” every Saturday afternoon when I was growing up. Probably scarred me for life.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:23:42 +0000

Loved Fantastic Voyage as a kid. In addition to the requisite rainy-day viewings, they even showed it at my elementary school, too. Days before video meant anyone could watch the movie anytime, Kit.

Love Innerspace even more.