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Love what he said about stop motion, something about the audience not wanting reality but something more dream like, he definitely provided that. His creatures have haunted my dreams since I was tiny.
When I was in grade school at the end of one year there was a huge Fun Day with all kinds of activities for the students. In the library the librarian was running the Matthews Sinbad film. I got see Harryhausen's work on a huge projector screen and was awed. Been a fan ever since.
That's really cool. There was just something special about watching and discovering films in unique ways like that. I remember seeing Bedknobs and Broomsticks at my local library one summer vacation. That has always stuck with me.
I was so happy to see you cover some of my favourite films - because you are my favourite presenter. Not disapointed - never am with your vids. Lovely delivery, great facts and great jokes. I think I said before but Sam Wanamaker came to the UK because of the whole McCarthy witch hunt thing and founded the Shakespear theatre - and gave us Zoe Wanamaker who taught Harry Potter how to ride a broomstick. Many thanks for this great vid - my personal favourite is 7th Voyage - just love that music and the general pace of the film - but they are all great. Yet again - top notch stuff from you - great job.
Very nice, tying the comment to Harry Potter. I didn't even catch that. I'm sure I've mentioned before that I'm a big fan of that series. One of the few films series of the modern age that I really get into. Not so sure about the upcoming remake, though. Talk about one of the most unneeded things ever made. Thanks for all the support, Jason. You're good people.
Another fantastic video from the coolest dude on RUclips. Growing up in the 70s in the UK, it was a great time to catch up with Ray's later movies at the cinema, and to see his older ones shown on TV. Modern CGI can do some incredible things, but for me it doesn't come close to the imagination and talent of Ray's work. Best wishes from England.
I try not to rag on CG all the time, but man, I just can't help it. It's my one negativity vice, I think. But even the best CG creature just can't compare to a great stop-motion beastie. Have you seen The Primevals by Dave Allen? Highly recommended. Thank you much for the kind words, Mr. Glover.
@ johnjames-glover4630 - As a testament to Mr. Harryhausen, there have been scores of books written analyzing his work , but can you name ONE CGI artist? Didn't think so.
Ray Harryhausen was just 'something else', wasn't he? Stop-motion genius with the eye of a true artist. You could hardly do better than the great Willis O'Brien as a mentor, but he went on to create so much, with his stop-motion not so much a genre as a vital ingredient in some outstanding movies. Went to see all of these when they first came out, and man I remember every frame you've just shown. Clunky as some of them may look by modern standards, I've yet to see anything in CGI that matches his sheer imagination and panache.
I agree in full. Even the best CG creature just doesn't have that same feeling of reality that stop-motion does. I recently watched The Primevals by Dave Allen, which is a stop-motion film that was started in the 90s, but didn't finish until recently. And let me tell you, the stop-motion in that is unreal.
I literally grew up watching Harryhausen's movies from the 50's all the way up to to 80's. It was a unique period of movie making and he was truly the master of the stop motion art form. Excellent video, sir! Great memories.
Thank you much, Steve. And same here. From Clash of the Titans to the Sinbad films, Harryhausen was a major part of my youth and some of my earliest movie memories. I remember first seeing 7th Voyage one summer vacation and just being in awe of it.
I've surprisingly only seen 7th Voyage out of these so thank you for showing the footage of so many cool, unseen to me stop motion creatures and Caroline Munro.
Fantastic ! I saw the second and third films at the cinema way back in the 70s - I love them to this very day. My favourite scenes are : The fight with Kali, the transformation of the disfigured vizier, and the scene with Taryn Power and Jane Seymour bathing by the stream. Great retrospective Mr Sterling. Thank You.
Loved these movies as a child and I was lucky enough to see Sinbad & the Eye of the Tiger at the Cinema back in 1977 - although The Golden Voyage of Sinbad will always be my favourite, as the combination of John Phillip Law, the delicious Caroline Munroe and always dependable Tom Baker, make it unforgettable for me. Incidentally, Tom Baker's performance of the evil Koura apparently cemented his casting in the role of Doctor Who (according to producer Philip Hinchcliffe). Thanks for another great video - R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen - An absolute legend!!
That's really cool to hear. I'm glad someone else digs Law as Sinbad. I expect the anti-John Philip Law comments to start pouring in at any moment. But I've always liked him and his style of acting. Thanks for stopping by. Good to hear from you again.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I think he kind of underplayed his Sinbad, but I enjoyed him. But considering how wonderfully broad Tom Baker was as Koura the Magician and especially considering the blindingly fetching broad he was co-starring with, it's easy to see how he might be overshadowed. Hubba -hubba Chandu!
Good evening Mr. Sterling: You're at your stupendous best with this special Sinbad overview! Harryhausen is a hero of mine and I must tell you that one of my prized possession is a CD of Bernard Herrmann's score for THE 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD signed by Ray himself. I'm old enough to have seen his last two Sinbad films when they opened in theaters and found them as enjoyable as an adult as I did when I was kid in awe. Anyway, all three of the Harryhausen Sinbad movies have fantastic scores by a trio of legendary composers: Bernard Herrmann, Miklos Rozsa and Roy Budd. They're all available on CD if you shop around. Well, Cheers to everyone for now, and I think I'll pull out my Harryhausen Sinbad blu-ray collection for the weekend after Halloween so I can enjoy all my trick-or-treat candy while I watch!
That is extremely neat - an actual Harryhausen autograph. Kudos on that, good sir. Wow. And that's really fitting too, because November is fantasy month for me. I look forward to it like horror fans look forward to halloween. I have a whole month of fantasy related books, shows, and movies all lined up.
I really appreciate that you focused on the great Harryhausen, he really deserves more credit. If you havent done so yet, a retrospective on Jason and the Argonauts would be great. Thanks for another awesome vid!
It's something that's been long overdue for the channel. And if it does well, I plan to do even more Harryhausen content. Jason and the Argonauts in particular. Thank you kindly for watching.
Howdy!! I absolutely love these retrospectives! All of your videos have love for the source material, but something about this one kicks it up a bit more. Well done. Cheers! Joshua
That's really nice to hear. I'm glad you picked up on that. The Sinbad films really were an important part of childhood for me. Lots of the stuff I cover I didn't see until I was an adult. But these were there with me from as far back as I can remember. How's the comic coming along?
@@AtomicSnackBar That makes sense given the reference to your first ever sci-fi con. It's also nice to see the deeper career dive rather than drifting around "Jason and the Argonauts"; there's a accumulation of a career and honing in of a craft over the Sinbad movies. Comic is coming along, thank you for asking! My artist is about 2/3rds of the way through the third issue, and we're just about to start colours. It's exciting to see these project through to fruition. We're moving at a bit more of an accelerated pace for the third one to hit a target of 3 issues in a year, then will probably take a breather till April while I refine issues 4, 5, and 6.
I love these films & I'm glad you're talking about them! seventh voyage specifically is my second favorite harryhausen movie only beaten out by man kind's greatest achievement The Valley of gwangi. even still I love these movies and wanted to go to bagdad as kid which probably will never happen.
@@AtomicSnackBar I fully agree. I tried to get that on the bluray as my family has to approve it based on it's use of my gruncle's image but warner refused.
@ Yeah, I know what you mean. I read “1,001 Nights” (or “Arabian Nights” or whatever the actual title was), years ago. It’s a great book, although I think there were 24 volumes of those stories in total. I only read the first volume.
@ That’s cool. I never got a chance to get into “Dungeons and Dragons” much when I was a kid. I think I played the first game on Nintendo, and I think at that age, that game struck me as unusually difficult to play for some reason.
Great job.... I went to the theater w my parents to see 7th Voyage, 75¢ for each of them, 35¢ for me, 10¢ for the popcorn. I was 5 . I got so scared when the cyclops appeared that we had to leave. Mom later told me my heart was beating so fast she thought I was going to have a heart attack, lol .
Don't forget Patrick Wayne's real claim to fame, hosting the Early Eighties syndicated variety program, " The Monte Carlo Show". Popular enough at the time to be parodied by Benny Hill.
Here we go! Now you're speaking my language. Much as I love the creatures in "7th Voyage" (especially that iconic cyclops, which I included in one of my D&D monster books as an illustration, and which Ral Partha released as that miniature you got), I think it's the weakest of the three. The story and acting just isn't as compelling as the other two. "Golden Voyage" is probably my favorite, thanks as you mention to Law as Sinbad, and Baker as the terrific villain (and the fact that it featured prominently in Famous Monsters of Filmland, which I had just got into at the time). The fact that we had two Doctors in those films was such a terrific bonus to my young self. Although I have to give that Kali character pride of place as the best of the series. Great stuff.
Great minds, my friend. As a kid, I was all about 7th Voyage. The cyclops was just too cool. But when I saw the films again as an adult, I much preferred Golden Voyage and Eye of the Tiger. And Golden Voyage is probably my favorite of the films as well, all Law aside. And congrats on how well your channel has been doing these last several videos. They've been darn good and the views are well earned.
Great job. .... I saw 7th Voyage in the theater w my parents. 75¢ for each of them, 35¢ for me, 10¢ for popcorn.I was 5. When the cyclops appeared I got so scared, we had to leave.Later Mom told me my heart was beating so fast she thought I would have a heart attack ,lol.
@AtomicSnackBar A friend was a film major at Temple University. He was a big Harryhausen fan and did his own stop motion films w little creatres he'd make. He had it on 8 mm film and of course had a projector, so I know we watched it at college. But I think I saw it on TV before then. Not a whole lot of TV shows back then so they'd do movies in the afternoon. " Your Dialing for Dollars jackpot is now up to $85 ! " They'd call folks who signed up and ask a film of the day question to keep everyone watching. I was 7 when the next film w stop motion came out , so I wasn't as scared
@ terryenglish7132 - Great memories, sir. I saw all of the 50s-60s Harryhausen films after school in my Elementary school cafeteria. Schools were so much better in the 60s. Dialing for Dollars! Now that's a DEEP pull from the Memory Box. Thanks.
I met him once. He was at an animation event at the BFI in London. My 7 yr old son did some animation. And I got to see some of the models including a surviving skeleton. I was too tongue tied to say how much seeing Jason as a child at the cinema had meant.
Whenever I carry out any 50’s related research, I’m surprised how much Nathan Duran’s name pops up. I met Caroline Munro a few years ago and she was lovely. I’ve never seen Eye of the Tiger, must get around to that one. This was not Sinbad at all, it was Sinvery good!
Some folks take issue with the tone change in Eye of the Tiger, but I always thought it was a ton of fun. As a great man once said, it was Sinvery good.
I loved all three Sinbad movies , only saw one of them in the theaters, that was Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger… I did think that the second actor to play Sinbad was the best of the three, but I also liked Patrick Wayne as the third Sinbad quite a bit… Thanks for this video on three good movies! I have been a fan of Ray Harryhausen since I was a young lad … His stop motion photography was amazing!
For sure. I definitely liked all three Sinbads, but John Philip Law just stands a bit above the others in my book. But it's really a small margin over all. Thanks for watching, your knightlyness.
Heck yeah. I would have loved to see any of the Sinbad films on the big screen. I did, though, get to see Clash of the Titans in the theater. And I absolutely loved it. Thanks for stopping by, Cliff.
@@AtomicSnackBaraccurate on all accounts my good man. Do you have a fave monster/ creature of these three flicks? A tough choice to be sure. Dance for me Kali! Homonculus is a close second for me
Mr.Sterling, you always create amazing videos, but this is pure love for me. Jack the giants killers, the Simbad trilogy, Harryhausen❤ All his creatures are pure magic, but for me the wood figurehead on the ship and the khali statue have some special vibes. Thanks for this video
You forgot to mention the blond girl at 11:00 in "Eye of the Tiger" was the daughter of Tyrone Power. I never knew Hessler had directed "Golden Voyage"' He directed my favorite Vincent Price movie, "Cry of the Banshee".
This might very well be my favorite video on the channel. That’s really saying something considering how long I have been around. When it comes to action adventure,and fantasy you don’t get much better than the Harryhausen Sinbad series. I know that these films are famous because of the amazing creature effects and rightfully so, but I really love the storytelling in these films. It’s the excitement of following these beloved characters. It’s a perfect example of The Hero’s Journey. These films are important. They are special. I’m not going to get all crazy here in the comment section. You know me well enough to know how I feel about pretty much anything connected to Ray Harryhausen. This was highly enjoyable good buddy. I’m hoping for some Jason and Clash love on the channel in the future. Keep it Snacky!!
Eye of the tiger was one of the first movies I remember seeing in the cinema. I would only have been 6 or 7. I was obsessed. Remember reading magazine stocks about it and everything. Almost as obsessed as I was about that little space movie that came out the same year.
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad was my first introduction to Sinbad as a character. Sinbad was a sailor and an adventurer. His eyes had seen many things in his travels. Things both fascinating and terrifying. Through his eyes he became a leader of men. Smart, strong and wise. His crew would follow Sinbad to Hell. Sinbad the sailor is an endearing character to those who dream about adventures to the unknown. Ray Harryhausen. His work is legendary. It was said that he provided the facial expressions of Joe Young in Mighty Joe Young. My first film was Jason And The Argonauts. It not only had great special effects and visuals, but it had a story that gets the viewer involved. In an interview on Entertainment Tonight, he was asked what his favorite monster was. He said it was the Kraken from Clash Of The Titans. I could see why because of the design, which was a combination of his own creatures like the head and torso of the Ymir from 20 Million Miles To Earth, the tentacles of the giant octopus from It Came From Beneath The Sea, and maybe the giant Merman in Jason And The Argonauts, who kept the way open for Jason and the Argo to pass through the crashing rocks that crush ships if they pass. And since the Kraken had no legs, it was able to create tsunamis and whirlpools(I assume). Ray Harryhausen’s creations were recyclable. There were Sinbad(or other lower budget movies) that never showed a monster in the movie, just someone telling an account. Some do it well, others, not so much. The film The Thief Of Baghdad(the Alex Korda version mentioned(if my memory serves)Sinbad’s name. Sabu’s character said that he wanted to join Sinbad’s crew and sail the world with him. I remember reading about Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger in Famous Monsters Of Filmland magazine. I was 12 when it came out. But didn’t watch it until it was shown on television on ABC a year later. Great memories. Great video.😎👍
I thought Bigfoot was cool when I was a kid so maybe it was a confusion of mine or else there was a really hairy chested Hercules in one of the movies get us to show what I pay attention to
Harryhausen turned the Sinbad films into a mishmash of interweaving mythologies as some of the concepts and creatures are derived from Greek myths. And the cyclops was the "inspiration" for the rubber suited cyclops from Mexico's SHIP OF MONSTERS. The suit would be reused for SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VERSUS THE MONSTERS minus the hair and fur and painted green to resemble the Creature From the Black Lagoon. And tell me George Lucas didn't lift the Luke and Leia rope swing from THE 7TH VOYAGE.I saw a making of featurette on GOLDEN VOYAGE and at the very least John Phillip Law did do the rope climbing stunt himself, a pretty impressive physical feat. And finally SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER plays out more like a Robert E. Howard Conan novel, which usually take place during the fictitious Hyborean age, a time during prehistory that man obtained the same level of advancement akin to the medieval era. So characters like Conan and Red Sonja interacted with mammoths and saber tooth tigers. According to the mythology created by Howard once the Mediterranean Sea opened up in a massive tectonic shift the resulting earthquakes and tidal waves destroyed the Hyborean civilizations and humanity was once again reduced to grunting cavemen. I wonder if maybe Ray Harryhausen was trying to get away with doing a Hyborean age story without having to deal with the copyright hassles.
I've always been a fan of kitchen sink film making. And now that you mention it, an excellent point as always, Harryhausen's Sinbad films were kind of the kitchen sink films of mythology and fantasy. And funnily enough, when I was doing the research for this episode, I had the same thought about the Robert E. Howard connection to Eye of the Tiger. Heck, they even go to "Hyperborea" in the film. I know some folks complain about the tonal shift in that one, but I've always dug it a lot.
It seems like all myths are based on facts. That era is covered in Graham Hancocks Netflix series, which I haven't seen as I don't have Netflix. But I'm familiar w his and others work on the topic.. The global civilization of the time apparently was destroyed by a Comet air burst over the Ice Sheets, that killed everything in North America that couldn't hide in a hole to escape the after fires if they weren't killed by the initial explosion. All the people and any 50 lb.+ animal. The vaporized Glaciers' water vapor caused global rain floods where it rained for weeks w out ending..... "And it rained for 40 days and 40 nights."
Really good retrospective.(I loved the nod to Freaked. I wondered if you had seen it. It seems like your kind of movie.) Just one thing, why didn't you mention the music, especially Bernard Herrmann's epic score for Seventh Voyage? And why do I keep thinking Eye of the Tiger is where Sinbad fought Mr. T?
Heck yeah. You called that one. Freaked is probably my favorite Keanu Reeves role too. And yeah, I probably should have squeezed in some talk about the music. Just totally slipped my mind. Like I said, "Sloppy and all over the place."
Speaking of plurals.. is it Bigfoot’s or Bigfeet? 🤔anyways, growing up I loved harryhausen movies. They made for a great childhood. I remember watching monsters inc with my daughter and one of the characters made dinner reservations at Harryhausens.. 😂 I was the only guy in the packed theater to laugh at that joke.
That is a great question. I would probably just use Bigfoot. Kind of deer. Both singular and plural. A tribe of Bigfoot. I think Bigfoots would probably work as well.
Longtime fan of the Sinbad trilogy! Didn't see them all till I was an adult, though. I was 20 the year "Golden Voyage" came out and had never seen the 1st one until a '70s re-release. Knew all about it from the monster mags, though. I had the 4-reel 8mm sets of each film and got the DVDs, later. Just upgraded to Blu-rays, not too long ago.
Speaking of mythology, in 7th Voyage the Cyclops is blinded, just like the Cyclops in the Odyssey. I guess that's not pure coincidence. In the Sinbad movie the Cyclops also captures and eats people, just like the Cyclops in the Odyssey. BTW: what's your opinion on Jason and The Argonauts (1963)?
I've been thinking about watching all the Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts films. I'd have to research it to find out just how many films that would be and then I'd have to see if they are all available on DVD. This kind of quest can be fun. I did it with Paul Naschy werewolf films and Christopher Lee Dracula films.
You need to do a review of one of my favorite overlooked movies: The Fabulous World of Jules Verne: ruclips.net/video/uuhO1aJDxws/видео.htmlsi=8G39hUn17ZEIwFUT This style of animation (“Mystimation”) was never attempted again. I once saw an interview with the director’s daughter, where she explained that he’d enlisted her in drawing lines on everything to achieve the Copperplate Engraving look of the movie.
Who needs Sinbad when you have Caroline Munro or Jane Seymour -- alas, the Snake Woman was more my speed! Cheers Warren, who's kinda glad the dating scene is over!
I was expecting " controversy " from you but nothing to see here. Completely unanimous agreement. Harryhausen is the Hallmark of Stop Motion and outstanding storytelling. Bird people that turn into devils? Isn't that part of the plot of The People that Time Forgot? Caroline Munro? .......What was I talking about? My braincells fried out for a moment. Poor Taryn Power. Jane Seymour's star was being pushed which left her in Jane's shadow and barebacked. Is that what was considered 'nude'? Really? Charlton Heston's naked bum showed more flesh. Cheeky. Although if it were her bum that was bare... 😶 Apologies to her father Tyrone. Charles Schneer deserves a lot of credit for making it possible for Ray's genius to shine. Nathan Juran was the go-to guy in fantasy films of that era. First Men in the Moon? Oh right. You haven't seen that one. Tom...who? Capybaras. Gotta luv 'em. Now that Halloween is over, the Sinbad Trilogy are on the neverending rewatch list. Chandu!
Oh, there is controversy all right. I'm just waiting for all the anti-John Philip Law folks to take me to task for highlighting him as my favorite. It was a bold move. But I'm a bold kind of bot. I mean guy. Not bot. That's silly. All human here. But I have seen First Men in the Moon, courtesy of a Mr. Santiago who graciously sent me a copy. Along with photos of Charlton Heston's bum. I was slightly less appreciative for the latter.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Oh...🤔 So THATS what happened to those photos. Please send them back. Mrs. Heston was asking and didn't believe me when I said that I had misplaced them. If they show up on EBay, it's your...
How popular were these films in their time? Do you do retrospectives on the ABA, the forerunner of the NBA? No. Where the NBA is a staple of modern life, is sci-fi and fantasy a staple of television today? Is there a “family friendly” sci-fi or fantasy series that can be shown on network television? Not currently, I think. Most of the genre is on cable. Which is a good sign that they’re being taken seriously, but also a sign of “adult content”. There is a reason I fantasize, like many others, about Caroline Munro. I don’t have to fantasize about many of the female leads in modern shows do I? They’re either actively the protagonist and/or frequently nude. Strangely it’s kind of “icky” to imagine Caroline Munro nude. Her association with these films sort of hold an innocence that the film also has. In my mind, to a degree. Does sci-fi and fantasy have to be ultraviolent and sexually graphic? Obviously not. I’m not averse to that at all, but I do miss the made for tv shows. The “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”, the Xena and Hercules stuff. These days I find myself watching the “Comet” channel for a little dose of Stargate and Grimm to get my fix of good, “clean”, sci-fi and fantasy. If the networks can make a procedural cop show about sexual assault, why can’t they make a procedural sci-fi or fantasy show? Budget, sets, costumes? Maybe I should watch the Max series “The Franchise”? Nope.
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The multiple skeletons in argonauts was incredible.
That it was. And if this one does well, I plan to dig even deeper into Harryhausen's work. Jason and the Argonauts included.
Love what he said about stop motion, something about the audience not wanting reality but something more dream like, he definitely provided that. His creatures have haunted my dreams since I was tiny.
Harryhausen truly loved this stuff, and you can certainly tell. It comes across in everything as way more than just a job like so many of the time.
When I was in grade school at the end of one year there was a huge Fun Day with all kinds of activities for the students. In the library the librarian was running the Matthews Sinbad film.
I got see Harryhausen's work on a huge projector screen and was awed. Been a fan ever since.
That's really cool. There was just something special about watching and discovering films in unique ways like that. I remember seeing Bedknobs and Broomsticks at my local library one summer vacation. That has always stuck with me.
(95) HUZZAH Mr. Sterling!!! Ray Harryhausen was a RARE treasure in American cinema. And I applaud you for show-casing him.
I thank you much, Mrs. Stone. I applaud your applauding.
Quality stuff. Cheers. Always a joy to hear more praise for Harryhausen.
Thanks, Tom. Being such a big fan of Harryhausen's work, I was long overdue for a fully dedicated episode.
I was so happy to see you cover some of my favourite films - because you are my favourite presenter. Not disapointed - never am with your vids. Lovely delivery, great facts and great jokes. I think I said before but Sam Wanamaker came to the UK because of the whole McCarthy witch hunt thing and founded the Shakespear theatre - and gave us Zoe Wanamaker who taught Harry Potter how to ride a broomstick.
Many thanks for this great vid - my personal favourite is 7th Voyage - just love that music and the general pace of the film - but they are all great. Yet again - top notch stuff from you - great job.
Very nice, tying the comment to Harry Potter. I didn't even catch that. I'm sure I've mentioned before that I'm a big fan of that series. One of the few films series of the modern age that I really get into. Not so sure about the upcoming remake, though. Talk about one of the most unneeded things ever made.
Thanks for all the support, Jason. You're good people.
@wetdog1606 - Harryhausen and the Great Bernard Herrmann. A match made in Heaven.
The Tom Baker joke was worth the price of admission.
Thank you. Thank you very much. I was rather pleased with myself, I must admit.
@@AtomicSnackBar yes yes, definitely worth the price of the capybara
Another fantastic video from the coolest dude on RUclips. Growing up in the 70s in the UK, it was a great time to catch up with Ray's later movies at the cinema, and to see his older ones shown on TV. Modern CGI can do some incredible things, but for me it doesn't come close to the imagination and talent of Ray's work. Best wishes from England.
I try not to rag on CG all the time, but man, I just can't help it. It's my one negativity vice, I think. But even the best CG creature just can't compare to a great stop-motion beastie. Have you seen The Primevals by Dave Allen? Highly recommended.
Thank you much for the kind words, Mr. Glover.
@ johnjames-glover4630 - As a testament to Mr. Harryhausen, there have been scores of books written analyzing his work , but can you name ONE CGI artist? Didn't think so.
Ray Harryhausen was just 'something else', wasn't he? Stop-motion genius with the eye of a true artist. You could hardly do better than the great Willis O'Brien as a mentor, but he went on to create so much, with his stop-motion not so much a genre as a vital ingredient in some outstanding movies. Went to see all of these when they first came out, and man I remember every frame you've just shown. Clunky as some of them may look by modern standards, I've yet to see anything in CGI that matches his sheer imagination and panache.
I agree in full. Even the best CG creature just doesn't have that same feeling of reality that stop-motion does. I recently watched The Primevals by Dave Allen, which is a stop-motion film that was started in the 90s, but didn't finish until recently. And let me tell you, the stop-motion in that is unreal.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Hey! How about showing some luv to that one with a review. I'm there.
I literally grew up watching Harryhausen's movies from the 50's all the way up to to 80's. It was a unique period of movie making and he was truly the master of the stop motion art form. Excellent video, sir! Great memories.
Thank you much, Steve. And same here. From Clash of the Titans to the Sinbad films, Harryhausen was a major part of my youth and some of my earliest movie memories. I remember first seeing 7th Voyage one summer vacation and just being in awe of it.
Another great review. I think the only one I saw in the theater was the last film.
Ah, now that's cool. I didn't get to see any of them on the big screen. But what a treat that would have been.
All good movies. I still need to watch 20 Million Miles to Earth. Your channel and Horror Geek are the only ones I really watch for movies.
Funnily enough, I don't really watch movie related content either unless it's someone I know.
Great episode i remember I saw sinbad eye of the tiger and orca the killer whale at the drive-in in 1977 I was 6 !!! Great times
Hot dog. Eye of the Tiger at the drive-in. That's an awesome memory right there.
I've surprisingly only seen 7th Voyage out of these so thank you for showing the footage of so many cool, unseen to me stop motion creatures and Caroline Munro.
Oh man, you are missing out, pal. Put down the chainsaws and the skateboard, and go watch some Sinbad.
The Seventh Voyage is perfection! I remember taping it on VHS from all night movie marathons. Great stuff brother!
You know, I'm not sure which is my favorite of the series. But as a kid, it was always 7th Voyage.
Crazy timing. I just started a rewatch of all of the Harryhausen Sinbad films the other day.
Great minds stink alike, good sir.
Fantastic ! I saw the second and third films at the cinema way back in the 70s - I love them to this very day. My favourite scenes are : The fight with Kali, the transformation of the disfigured vizier, and the scene with Taryn Power and Jane Seymour bathing by the stream. Great retrospective Mr Sterling. Thank You.
All great scenes for sure. And man, to have seen them on the big screen. That would have been great.
Thanks, Peter.
Loved these movies as a child and I was lucky enough to see Sinbad & the Eye of the Tiger at the Cinema back in 1977 - although The Golden Voyage of Sinbad will always be my favourite, as the combination of John Phillip Law, the delicious Caroline Munroe and always dependable Tom Baker, make it unforgettable for me. Incidentally, Tom Baker's performance of the evil Koura apparently cemented his casting in the role of Doctor Who (according to producer Philip Hinchcliffe).
Thanks for another great video - R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen - An absolute legend!!
That's really cool to hear. I'm glad someone else digs Law as Sinbad. I expect the anti-John Philip Law comments to start pouring in at any moment. But I've always liked him and his style of acting.
Thanks for stopping by. Good to hear from you again.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I think he kind of underplayed his Sinbad, but I enjoyed him. But considering how wonderfully broad Tom Baker was as Koura the Magician and especially considering the blindingly fetching broad he was co-starring with, it's easy to see how he might be overshadowed. Hubba -hubba Chandu!
Golden Voyage is my favorite as well. I got to see this one as well Eye of the Tiger at the cinema . Clash of the Titans too.
@@tonysantiago255 I think it's that more subdued bad@ssery that I liked so much. A man of action, not words.
@@chrisbridges4885 Clash of the Titans is the only one I caught in theaters. But man oh man did I love it.
The Harryhausen concept art is so fully realized and classical!! Would I want to be a Bond Girl = Maybe. . .a Phibes Girl = No, I don't think so.
Yeah, a lot of turn around in being a Phibes Girl. And not the safest working conditions.
Good evening Mr. Sterling: You're at your stupendous best with this special Sinbad overview! Harryhausen is a hero of mine and I must tell you that one of my prized possession is a CD of Bernard Herrmann's score for THE 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD signed by Ray himself. I'm old enough to have seen his last two Sinbad films when they opened in theaters and found them as enjoyable as an adult as I did when I was kid in awe. Anyway, all three of the Harryhausen Sinbad movies have fantastic scores by a trio of legendary composers: Bernard Herrmann, Miklos Rozsa and Roy Budd. They're all available on CD if you shop around. Well, Cheers to everyone for now, and I think I'll pull out my Harryhausen Sinbad blu-ray collection for the weekend after Halloween so I can enjoy all my trick-or-treat candy while I watch!
That is extremely neat - an actual Harryhausen autograph. Kudos on that, good sir. Wow. And that's really fitting too, because November is fantasy month for me. I look forward to it like horror fans look forward to halloween. I have a whole month of fantasy related books, shows, and movies all lined up.
The first two films went a long way in jump-starting the D&D/FRP craze of the late 70s and 80s.
That's an excellent observation. I can see that. And I'm sure both had a big influence on my favorite setting, Al-Qadim.
I really appreciate that you focused on the great Harryhausen, he really deserves more credit. If you havent done so yet, a retrospective on Jason and the Argonauts would be great. Thanks for another awesome vid!
It's something that's been long overdue for the channel. And if it does well, I plan to do even more Harryhausen content. Jason and the Argonauts in particular.
Thank you kindly for watching.
They are great Fantasy epics.
They are indeed. And they certainly left a huge impression on me as a lad.
Howdy!!
I absolutely love these retrospectives! All of your videos have love for the source material, but something about this one kicks it up a bit more. Well done.
Cheers!
Joshua
That's really nice to hear. I'm glad you picked up on that. The Sinbad films really were an important part of childhood for me. Lots of the stuff I cover I didn't see until I was an adult. But these were there with me from as far back as I can remember.
How's the comic coming along?
@@AtomicSnackBar That makes sense given the reference to your first ever sci-fi con. It's also nice to see the deeper career dive rather than drifting around "Jason and the Argonauts"; there's a accumulation of a career and honing in of a craft over the Sinbad movies.
Comic is coming along, thank you for asking! My artist is about 2/3rds of the way through the third issue, and we're just about to start colours. It's exciting to see these project through to fruition. We're moving at a bit more of an accelerated pace for the third one to hit a target of 3 issues in a year, then will probably take a breather till April while I refine issues 4, 5, and 6.
I love these films & I'm glad you're talking about them! seventh voyage specifically is my second favorite harryhausen movie only beaten out by man kind's greatest achievement The Valley of gwangi. even still I love these movies and wanted to go to bagdad as kid which probably will never happen.
The Valley of Gwangi - Mankind's Greatest Achievement. They should really add that to the bluray cover. Or at least make it the tagline for the film.
@@AtomicSnackBar I fully agree. I tried to get that on the bluray as my family has to approve it based on it's use of my gruncle's image but warner refused.
Awesome video, Sterling! I was always a big fan of Harryhausen’s work, and his Sinbad movies were always particularly great to me. Thanks for posting.
I thank you much. The Sinbad films really were a big part of my childhood and are probably why I'm such a sucker for 1001 Nights-esc stuff.
@ Yeah, I know what you mean. I read “1,001 Nights” (or “Arabian Nights” or whatever the actual title was), years ago. It’s a great book, although I think there were 24 volumes of those stories in total. I only read the first volume.
@@joshdean5449 Not to mention, my favorite D&D setting is the 1001 Nights inspired Al-Qadim.
@ That’s cool. I never got a chance to get into “Dungeons and Dragons” much when I was a kid. I think I played the first game on Nintendo, and I think at that age, that game struck me as unusually difficult to play for some reason.
Great job.... I went to the theater w my parents to see 7th Voyage, 75¢ for each of them, 35¢ for me, 10¢ for the popcorn. I was 5 . I got so scared when the cyclops appeared that we had to leave. Mom later told me my heart was beating so fast she thought I was going to have a heart attack, lol .
Don't forget Patrick Wayne's real claim to fame, hosting the Early Eighties syndicated variety program, " The Monte Carlo Show". Popular enough at the time to be parodied by Benny Hill.
I was not aware of that. I learneded something.
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) was rated G and had a topless scene.
Well, there ya go. Shows what they know.
Here we go! Now you're speaking my language. Much as I love the creatures in "7th Voyage" (especially that iconic cyclops, which I included in one of my D&D monster books as an illustration, and which Ral Partha released as that miniature you got), I think it's the weakest of the three. The story and acting just isn't as compelling as the other two. "Golden Voyage" is probably my favorite, thanks as you mention to Law as Sinbad, and Baker as the terrific villain (and the fact that it featured prominently in Famous Monsters of Filmland, which I had just got into at the time). The fact that we had two Doctors in those films was such a terrific bonus to my young self. Although I have to give that Kali character pride of place as the best of the series. Great stuff.
Great minds, my friend. As a kid, I was all about 7th Voyage. The cyclops was just too cool. But when I saw the films again as an adult, I much preferred Golden Voyage and Eye of the Tiger. And Golden Voyage is probably my favorite of the films as well, all Law aside.
And congrats on how well your channel has been doing these last several videos. They've been darn good and the views are well earned.
@@AtomicSnackBar Thank you my friend!
@@GreyhawkGrognard I meant to say, "The views are well earned." But I think you got what I was saying.
Great job. .... I saw 7th Voyage in the theater w my parents. 75¢ for each of them, 35¢ for me, 10¢ for popcorn.I was 5. When the cyclops appeared I got so scared, we had to leave.Later Mom told me my heart was beating so fast she thought I would have a heart attack ,lol.
To have seen any of these on the big screen would have been such a treat. How much later were you finally able to watch the whole film?
@AtomicSnackBar A friend was a film major at Temple University. He was a big Harryhausen fan and did his own stop motion films w little creatres he'd make. He had it on 8 mm film and of course had a projector, so I know we watched it at college. But I think I saw it on TV before then. Not a whole lot of TV shows back then so they'd do movies in the afternoon. " Your Dialing for Dollars jackpot is now up to $85 ! " They'd call folks who signed up and ask a film of the day question to keep everyone watching. I was 7 when the next film w stop motion came out , so I wasn't as scared
@ terryenglish7132 - Great memories, sir. I saw all of the 50s-60s Harryhausen films after school in my Elementary school cafeteria. Schools were so much better in the 60s. Dialing for Dollars! Now that's a DEEP pull from the Memory Box. Thanks.
They were cool to watch, especially as a kid before Star Wars type effects started in movies.
Shoot, when I was a kid, I probably liked the Sinbad films better than the Star Wars movies. Or at least, very close.
Caroline Munro and Lamb's Navy. A perfect pairing.
Caroline Munro. Also A perfect pairing.
Well said, good sir. Well said.
I met him once. He was at an animation event at the BFI in London. My 7 yr old son did some animation. And I got to see some of the models including a surviving skeleton. I was too tongue tied to say how much seeing Jason as a child at the cinema had meant.
That's awesome. And not something many can say. Heck, I would have been thrilled just seeing the models.
Whenever I carry out any 50’s related research, I’m surprised how much Nathan Duran’s name pops up. I met Caroline Munro a few years ago and she was lovely. I’ve never seen Eye of the Tiger, must get around to that one. This was not Sinbad at all, it was Sinvery good!
Some folks take issue with the tone change in Eye of the Tiger, but I always thought it was a ton of fun. As a great man once said, it was Sinvery good.
I loved all three Sinbad movies , only saw one of them in the theaters, that was Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger… I did think that the second actor to play Sinbad was the best of the three, but I also liked Patrick Wayne as the third Sinbad quite a bit… Thanks for this video on three good movies!
I have been a fan of Ray
Harryhausen since I was a young lad … His stop motion photography was amazing!
For sure. I definitely liked all three Sinbads, but John Philip Law just stands a bit above the others in my book. But it's really a small margin over all.
Thanks for watching, your knightlyness.
I'm old enough that my dad took me to go see Eye of the Tiger in the theaters. It came out the same year as Star Wars. It was a good time to be a kid.
Heck yeah. I would have loved to see any of the Sinbad films on the big screen. I did, though, get to see Clash of the Titans in the theater. And I absolutely loved it.
Thanks for stopping by, Cliff.
Its 6 PM ( well at least my time) do you know where your children are... fantastic job as usual ❤
My guess would be playing on cellphones and being offended at things.
And thank you kindly.
@@AtomicSnackBar your praise is totally deserved... Peace
Great video!
Thank you kindly. And thanks for watching.
Anything he touched was pure gold to me,his movies are deeply etched in my childhood
Thanks for doing this one man! These are faves of mine as well!
That's because you, sir, are a gentleman of class, taste, and excellent footwear. Those cannibals you hang out with all the time told me.
@@AtomicSnackBaraccurate on all accounts my good man.
Do you have a fave monster/ creature of these three flicks?
A tough choice to be sure.
Dance for me Kali!
Homonculus is a close second for me
@@chrisbridges4885 Excellent question. I would probably have to go with the cyclops. A good mix of awesome design and nostalgia.
@@AtomicSnackBar excellent choice….
I love ‘em all!
Another Great video 👍👍👍 🌊🇺🇸
I thank you muchly.
This was good, but Jason And The Argonauts FTW!
If that one does well, perhaps I will dig even deeper into the Harryhausen world and cover some Argonauts action.
Mr.Sterling, you always create amazing videos, but this is pure love for me.
Jack the giants killers, the Simbad trilogy, Harryhausen❤
All his creatures are pure magic, but for me the wood figurehead on the ship and the khali statue have some special vibes.
Thanks for this video
You forgot to mention the blond girl at 11:00 in "Eye of the Tiger" was the daughter of Tyrone Power. I never knew Hessler had directed "Golden Voyage"' He directed my favorite Vincent Price movie, "Cry of the Banshee".
Oh, I didn't forget. It's all part of the world wide Taryn Power conspiracy. I can't say any more about it. Too dangerous.
@@AtomicSnackBar Sorry, I didn't mean to out you. Mum's the word!
This might very well be my favorite video on the channel. That’s really saying something considering how long I have been around. When it comes to action adventure,and fantasy you don’t get much better than the Harryhausen Sinbad series. I know that these films are famous because of the amazing creature effects and rightfully so, but I really love the storytelling in these films. It’s the excitement of following these beloved characters. It’s a perfect example of The Hero’s Journey. These films are important. They are special. I’m not going to get all crazy here in the comment section. You know me well enough to know how I feel about pretty much anything connected to Ray Harryhausen.
This was highly enjoyable good buddy. I’m hoping for some Jason and Clash love on the channel in the future. Keep it Snacky!!
Another great episode. You just can't beat Harryhausen for stop motion. He was a genius at the art. And Caroline Munro... yeah.
Eye of the tiger was one of the first movies I remember seeing in the cinema. I would only have been 6 or 7. I was obsessed. Remember reading magazine stocks about it and everything. Almost as obsessed as I was about that little space movie that came out the same year.
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad was my first introduction to Sinbad as a character. Sinbad was a sailor and an adventurer. His eyes had seen many things in his travels. Things both fascinating and terrifying. Through his eyes he became a leader of men. Smart, strong and wise. His crew would follow Sinbad to Hell.
Sinbad the sailor is an endearing character to those who dream about adventures to the unknown.
Ray Harryhausen. His work is legendary. It was said that he provided the facial expressions of Joe Young in Mighty Joe Young. My first film was Jason And The Argonauts. It not only had great special effects and visuals, but it had a story that gets the viewer involved.
In an interview on Entertainment Tonight, he was asked what his favorite monster was. He said it was the Kraken from Clash Of The Titans. I could see why because of the design, which was a combination of his own creatures like the head and torso of the Ymir from 20 Million Miles To Earth, the tentacles of the giant octopus from It Came From Beneath The Sea, and maybe the giant Merman in Jason And The Argonauts, who kept the way open for Jason and the Argo to pass through the crashing rocks that crush ships if they pass. And since the Kraken had no legs, it was able to create tsunamis and whirlpools(I assume). Ray Harryhausen’s creations were recyclable.
There were Sinbad(or other lower budget movies) that never showed a monster in the movie, just someone telling an account. Some do it well, others, not so much. The film The Thief Of Baghdad(the Alex Korda version mentioned(if my memory serves)Sinbad’s name. Sabu’s character said that he wanted to join Sinbad’s crew and sail the world with him.
I remember reading about Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger in Famous Monsters Of Filmland magazine. I was 12 when it came out. But didn’t watch it until it was shown on television on ABC a year later.
Great memories.
Great video.😎👍
My favorite one is the one with the big furry Hercules that sleeps all the time for some reason
Sinbad and the Eye of the Sasquatch?
I thought Bigfoot was cool when I was a kid so maybe it was a confusion of mine or else there was a really hairy chested Hercules in one of the movies get us to show what I pay attention to
Harryhausen turned the Sinbad films into a mishmash of interweaving mythologies as some of the concepts and creatures are derived from Greek myths. And the cyclops was the "inspiration" for the rubber suited cyclops from Mexico's SHIP OF MONSTERS. The suit would be reused for SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VERSUS THE MONSTERS minus the hair and fur and painted green to resemble the Creature From the Black Lagoon. And tell me George Lucas didn't lift the Luke and Leia rope swing from THE 7TH VOYAGE.I saw a making of featurette on GOLDEN VOYAGE and at the very least John Phillip Law did do the rope climbing stunt himself, a pretty impressive physical feat. And finally SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER plays out more like a Robert E. Howard Conan novel, which usually take place during the fictitious Hyborean age, a time during prehistory that man obtained the same level of advancement akin to the medieval era. So characters like Conan and Red Sonja interacted with mammoths and saber tooth tigers. According to the mythology created by Howard once the Mediterranean Sea opened up in a massive tectonic shift the resulting earthquakes and tidal waves destroyed the Hyborean civilizations and humanity was once again reduced to grunting cavemen. I wonder if maybe Ray Harryhausen was trying to get away with doing a Hyborean age story without having to deal with the copyright hassles.
I've always been a fan of kitchen sink film making. And now that you mention it, an excellent point as always, Harryhausen's Sinbad films were kind of the kitchen sink films of mythology and fantasy. And funnily enough, when I was doing the research for this episode, I had the same thought about the Robert E. Howard connection to Eye of the Tiger. Heck, they even go to "Hyperborea" in the film. I know some folks complain about the tonal shift in that one, but I've always dug it a lot.
It seems like all myths are based on facts. That era is covered in Graham Hancocks Netflix series, which I haven't seen as I don't have Netflix. But I'm familiar w his and others work on the topic.. The global civilization of the time apparently was destroyed by a Comet air burst over the Ice Sheets, that killed everything in North America that couldn't hide in a hole to escape the after fires if they weren't killed by the initial explosion. All the people and any 50 lb.+ animal. The vaporized Glaciers' water vapor caused global rain floods where it rained for weeks w out ending..... "And it rained for 40 days and 40 nights."
Really good retrospective.(I loved the nod to Freaked. I wondered if you had seen it. It seems like your kind of movie.)
Just one thing, why didn't you mention the music, especially Bernard Herrmann's epic score for Seventh Voyage?
And why do I keep thinking Eye of the Tiger is where Sinbad fought Mr. T?
Heck yeah. You called that one. Freaked is probably my favorite Keanu Reeves role too.
And yeah, I probably should have squeezed in some talk about the music. Just totally slipped my mind. Like I said, "Sloppy and all over the place."
@AtomicSnackBar It was all downhill for him after Freaked. His best role and Mr. T's second best.
@@TheGuyInTheCheapSeats I second that.
Speaking of plurals.. is it Bigfoot’s or Bigfeet? 🤔anyways, growing up I loved harryhausen movies. They made for a great childhood. I remember watching monsters inc with my daughter and one of the characters made dinner reservations at Harryhausens.. 😂 I was the only guy in the packed theater to laugh at that joke.
That is a great question. I would probably just use Bigfoot. Kind of deer. Both singular and plural. A tribe of Bigfoot. I think Bigfoots would probably work as well.
@ AtomicSnackBar - What do you call a Bigfoot in the womb? Big-fetus. 🤔 😆😆😆
Bing you dawg ! When the super hot Mrs. Crosby was in the film , Bing woulda been 70 !
Wow. I hadn't even considered that. The math alludes me, but I know he was 30 years older than her.
Ooops, I was thinking she was in the 70s one. It was the first. So Bing would only have been 55 or so. Still amazing, but not super amazing
@@terryenglish7132 Oh yeah, cause he died in 1977 or so. But like you said, still amazing.
Excellent retrospective.
Great video on a great trilogy Slim.
Longtime fan of the Sinbad trilogy! Didn't see them all till I was an adult, though. I was 20 the year "Golden Voyage" came out and had never seen the 1st one until a '70s re-release. Knew all about it from the monster mags, though. I had the 4-reel 8mm sets of each film and got the DVDs, later. Just upgraded to Blu-rays, not too long ago.
Speaking of mythology, in 7th Voyage the Cyclops is blinded, just like the Cyclops in the Odyssey. I guess that's not pure coincidence. In the Sinbad movie the Cyclops also captures and eats people, just like the Cyclops in the Odyssey.
BTW: what's your opinion on Jason and The Argonauts (1963)?
A very good point. And Jason and the Argonauts is a classic. If this one does well, I plan to cover it as well in some form or fashion.
OmF, how is it Friday already again
Time travel, I would imagine.
@@AtomicSnackBar most certainly and the kind that you can't stop from moving forward
Oh it was Jason and the Argonauts wasn't it
Yeah it has to be I can remember I wanted to be just like him when I grow up
@@richardkohlhof Ah yeah, that could be it.
I've been thinking about watching all the Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts films. I'd have to research it to find out just how many films that would be and then I'd have to see if they are all available on DVD. This kind of quest can be fun. I did it with Paul Naschy werewolf films and Christopher Lee Dracula films.
You need to do a review of one of my favorite overlooked movies: The Fabulous World of Jules Verne: ruclips.net/video/uuhO1aJDxws/видео.htmlsi=8G39hUn17ZEIwFUT
This style of animation (“Mystimation”) was never attempted again. I once saw an interview with the director’s daughter, where she explained that he’d enlisted her in drawing lines on everything to achieve the Copperplate Engraving look of the movie.
Mystimation, you say? That's a new one for me. I shall look into that right now. Thanks, Fred.
Great video. Is that Klezmer music I hear?
It very well could be. Just something I got from the music library here on YT.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad has three outstanding things. Ray Harryhausen’s brilliant stop motion and Caroline Munro….. Think about it. I do.
The Tigger joke could have simply been said with "Boing-boing..."
Where were you when I was writing the script for the episode????
Patrick Troughton's surname is pronounced Trow-ton. Other than that, great retrospective, thank you.
Who needs Sinbad when you have Caroline Munro or Jane Seymour -- alas, the Snake Woman was more my speed! Cheers Warren, who's kinda glad the dating scene is over!
Planet of the Apes was G-rated with nudity, I don't think you actually see anything in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
I was expecting " controversy " from you but nothing to see here. Completely unanimous agreement. Harryhausen is the Hallmark of Stop Motion and outstanding storytelling. Bird people that turn into devils? Isn't that part of the plot of The People that Time Forgot? Caroline Munro? .......What was I talking about? My braincells fried out for a moment. Poor Taryn Power. Jane Seymour's star was being pushed which left her in Jane's shadow and barebacked. Is that what was considered 'nude'? Really? Charlton Heston's naked bum showed more flesh. Cheeky. Although if it were her bum that was bare... 😶 Apologies to her father Tyrone. Charles Schneer deserves a lot of credit for making it possible for Ray's genius to shine. Nathan Juran was the go-to guy in fantasy films of that era. First Men in the Moon? Oh right. You haven't seen that one. Tom...who? Capybaras. Gotta luv 'em. Now that Halloween is over, the Sinbad Trilogy are on the neverending rewatch list. Chandu!
Oh, there is controversy all right. I'm just waiting for all the anti-John Philip Law folks to take me to task for highlighting him as my favorite. It was a bold move. But I'm a bold kind of bot. I mean guy. Not bot. That's silly. All human here.
But I have seen First Men in the Moon, courtesy of a Mr. Santiago who graciously sent me a copy. Along with photos of Charlton Heston's bum. I was slightly less appreciative for the latter.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Oh...🤔 So THATS what happened to those photos. Please send them back. Mrs. Heston was asking and didn't believe me when I said that I had misplaced them. If they show up on EBay, it's your...
How popular were these films in their time? Do you do retrospectives on the ABA, the forerunner of the NBA? No. Where the NBA is a staple of modern life, is sci-fi and fantasy a staple of television today?
Is there a “family friendly” sci-fi or fantasy series that can be shown on network television? Not currently, I think. Most of the genre is on cable. Which is a good sign that they’re being taken seriously, but also a sign of “adult content”.
There is a reason I fantasize, like many others, about Caroline Munro. I don’t have to fantasize about many of the female leads in modern shows do I? They’re either actively the protagonist and/or frequently nude. Strangely it’s kind of “icky” to imagine Caroline Munro nude. Her association with these films sort of hold an innocence that the film also has. In my mind, to a degree.
Does sci-fi and fantasy have to be ultraviolent and sexually graphic? Obviously not. I’m not averse to that at all, but I do miss the made for tv shows. The “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”, the Xena and Hercules stuff.
These days I find myself watching the “Comet” channel for a little dose of Stargate and Grimm to get my fix of good, “clean”, sci-fi and fantasy.
If the networks can make a procedural cop show about sexual assault, why can’t they make a procedural sci-fi or fantasy show? Budget, sets, costumes? Maybe I should watch the Max series “The Franchise”? Nope.
@AtomicSnackBar >>> Great video...👍