I turned on the TV today to record the BlueJays/Braves game on later today and caught the final few minutes of the 1966 version. My first thought was I did not realize the mullet was one million years old.....not a good look even back then. I was also impressed that the women wore fashionable bikini bottoms under the fur pelts.Today, with the sound off and only catching bits and pieces when I looked up from work, I saw 1940's One Million BC, followed by 1966's One Million Years BC as it was kind of TCM to conveniently run the original and remake back to back.
I don't think I really missed much watching them on mute nor did I miss much catching only parts of them.
In either version, it's fair to say that the ratio of super-attractive women to the overall population of women was much higher in caveman times than today. And cavewomen seemed to wear a lot less clothing in 1966 than in 1940.
Also, my opinion of the advancements of modern dentistry is going down as everyone seems to have had nearly perfect teeth back in caveman times - probably the lack of refined sugar or something.
And the improvement in special effects was not impressive for twenty six years, especially compared to the advancements in special effects from 1993 to today. In some ways, 1940's version - and the B&W cinematography helped, I think - had more verisimilitude or, more accurately, less cheese than the 1966 version.
I'll close with some heresy. While there is no wrong answer, given the choice of Carole Landis or Raquel Welch, I'd choose Landis as I prefer some subtlety and, I think, Welch might have broken me - literally, physically broken me.
And so concludes my review of these two movies.
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My wife went to bed early last night. So, I watched the documentary about Bob Lazar that is on Netflix. Well done documentary, if a bit slow moving at times. Bob Lazar's story CANNOT be true. And yet ...he comes across as very believable. Seemingly normal people who know him well do not hesitate to say they believe him. More importantly, some small-but-telling aspects of his original story that were thought to be pure fiction have turned out to be true over the years. One or two big things also now seem to have more than a germ of truth in them. And yet ....Bob Lazar's story CANNOT be true. Can it?
I'm not familiar with that name.
I really hope you hit record.I turned on the TV today to record the BlueJays/Braves game on later today and caught the final few minutes of the 1966 version. My first thought was I did not realize the mullet was one million years old.....not a good look even back then. I was also impressed that the women wore fashionable bikini bottoms under the fur pelts.
It is a wonderful film, in part, because it shows how and why the sun never set on the Empire.We saw the re release of Lawrence of Arabia on Sunday. It was a special cinema presentation in 70mm. What a great film!
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A Kiss Before Dying from 1956 with Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward and Jeffery Hunter
The original Star Trek TV series was of unimpressive quality - the sets were slapdash, the dialogue often cheesy, the acting often mediocre and the budget reminded one of a father grudgingly handing out an allowance to a child, but the ideas and philosophy were fresh and challenging as were some of the special effects / sci-fi "stuff."
Now, picture all the bad production quality of Star Trek in a movie lacking the philosophical challenge and sci-fi fun of it and you'd have A Kiss Before Dying.
The plot: a young man of modest means schemes to marry the daughter of a wealthy industrialist to advance himself socially, monetarily and career-wise, but she gets pregnant and wants to marry him without her father's approval (and all the advantages the young man wants).
Up to this point, the movie is an okay soap opera despite its two-cent budget, but after this, all heck breaks out as unbelievable events and actions pile up one after another - murders, ridiculous explanations, beyond-sloppy police investigations, a second daughter to court and so on.
It's silly but kinda holds your attention; however, you can't help noticing the low budget as, for example, there are few extras even in scenes calling out for them. The quad - a beehive of activity at most colleges - is all but empty (except for the same kid in a pink sweater vest who seemed to be in the background of every other scene).
It reminds you of when Kirk and Spock would beam down to a city described as populated by seven million, but the streets would seem to have the same five people walking around. Even the awkward dialogue and stilted acting will remind you of Star Trek. Poor Joanne Woodward, an acting pro, tried hard, but struggled to make this material not seem amateurish.
There is some good time travel to the '50s - clothes, cars, architecture and a coffee shop - but it is hard to recommend this one other than in a kitschy, I-have-time-to-kill way. And finally, you have to assume that budget constraints explain why Robert Wagner got the preppy-ish dressing, dreamboat college-kid role screaming out for Tab Hunter or Troy Donahue.
Yes, we watched it last week and were underwhelmed. I did however love the clothes that Wagner wore. A very small wardrobe ...same jacket scene after scene but damn it was a great one.
No, missed it completely.It was a definitely an of-the-period collar on the shirt he wore (as in the pic I posted).
Did you happen to notice the kid in the pink vest that popped up as an extra in several of the college campus scenes? Once I noticed him, I couldn't not notice that he popped up quite often.