tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post2565849679625614521..comments2024-03-25T21:59:05.113-07:00Comments on 13: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - Season 4, Episode 2 - "The Deadly Dolls" (1967)Eegah!! and Tabonga!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-27709503881664326512023-10-28T15:57:54.967-07:002023-10-28T15:57:54.967-07:00If you don't mind watching the shows on your c...If you don't mind watching the shows on your computer, then you can watch these any time you please.<br /><br />https://archive.org/details/PDTV0266Eegah!! and Tabonga!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-2408878906397217222020-08-08T21:01:17.113-07:002020-08-08T21:01:17.113-07:00VTTBOTS sometimes tried some character development...VTTBOTS sometimes tried some character development and human interest drama in the first two seasons, but then settled into the "monster of the week" pattern. <br /><br />Voyage and Lost In Space were both played fairly straight at first, but became increasingly silly and campy in the 1966-67 season. The same thing happened with The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, and The Avengers (I mean the British adventure series with Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg as MI5-type agents). Campy comedy was the fad, and the goofy (but smash hit) Batman TV show was a big influence. <br /><br />Of course, the fad passed, and, by 1968, the trend was toward relatively realistic, character-driven drama. Which is why Land of the Giants was "the most sincere and well-written of Allen's shows on a human level." TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-14406515024915341142019-08-26T14:23:20.418-07:002019-08-26T14:23:20.418-07:00Nowadays I'm mostly into Corman and of course ...Nowadays I'm mostly into Corman and of course my favorite filmmaker, Lupino! I have a lot more respect for Ida than Roger. Roger was just a businessman, while Ida was making social justice and human interest type films, and making little off of them. KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-91125706546274705232019-08-26T11:55:29.407-07:002019-08-26T11:55:29.407-07:00Yeah, his stuff was very inspiring to me before I ...Yeah, his stuff was very inspiring to me before I got out of puberty and into filmmaking. <br /><br />My main inspirations as a kid were the first year of LOST IN SPACE (29 episodes) and the entire one season (30 episodes) of THE TIME TUNNEL. (LAND OF THE GIANTS and VOYAGE were sometimes hit-or-miss plot-wise, (i.e. one cool episode/one dumb episode/another cool one/then a so-so one, etc.) The main problem with VOYAGE was that out of the 110 or so episodes, only a few females appeared in the show. Was that phallic submarine Seaview a real "sausage party" or what?!? The VOYAGE episodes and much of TIME TUNNEL was written strictly to be played by robots. Very little characterization or humanity from the regular cast members at all. But...LAND OF THE GIANTS was the most sincere and genuinely well-written of Allen's shows on a human level, since the wonderful and mostly heartwarming first season of LOST IN SPACE. (This coming from a guy who just spent $125 on a 700-page slick color book on the career of Irwin Allen, full of storyboards, set designs, behind-the-scene goodies, and fantastic rare photos.)KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-56371452480682801612019-08-25T21:24:56.560-07:002019-08-25T21:24:56.560-07:00I'd like to have four credits like that.I'd like to have four credits like that. EEGAH!!https://monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com/2019/08/voyage-to-bottom-of-sea-season-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-71067978634459698132019-08-25T19:07:58.663-07:002019-08-25T19:07:58.663-07:00Being a fan of many of the works of Irwin Allen (a...Being a fan of many of the works of Irwin Allen (and having met him briefly, and being a secret fandom consultant to one of his regular staff members), I just can't go for most of the episodes of VOYAGE. Randall's "seriously weird shit" fits a lot of this series, also I'll add 'seriously boring shit' for most of the first season. <br /><br />I'll be there to defend the B&W first season of Allen's LOST IN SPACE as a fine family show in the '60s, but I must skip all but a handful of episodes of the second and third seasons as just plain stupid, silly and childish. THE TIME TUNNEL was very impressive, and his most well-liked series by Mr. Allen himself, as well as by his actors and crew members. Only when they started the late series run of "silver skinned aliens and time travelers" nonsense did the show slip. But LAND OF THE GIANTS was, of the four 1960s Allen tv shows, the most consistently well-written, with eye-boggling optical effects and near-perfect oversized sets and props, making it his highest quality offering of his four sci-fi shows. KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-19217181070299377262019-08-17T21:24:18.910-07:002019-08-17T21:24:18.910-07:00CometTV,which is aired just about everywhere these...CometTV,which is aired just about everywhere these days, is currently running 3rd season VttBotS. I've seen some seriously weird shit that I'd forgotten as episodes.<br />Randall Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459066894752870249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-47683879913368944122019-08-17T20:12:53.015-07:002019-08-17T20:12:53.015-07:00W!.. T!!.. F!!!W!.. T!!.. 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