The film was one of three that was produced by a Canadian oil company that wanted to venture into movie production. Their goal was to produce affordable original content for independent TV stations. Other studios were trying to do the same thing by remaking classic B&W sci-fi films in color with equally limited budgets. TV was finally being seen as a market to cash in on.
Michael Rennie "carried" "The Day the Earth Stood Still", a genuine all-time sci-fi classic easily enough, I'm sure he found this bit of schlock a fairly light load.... Are we not going to talk about how this is basically "Terminator", 18 years earlier? It even has him rolling up his sleeve to show his mechanical arm, like Arnie did in T2...
The film was one of three that was produced by a Canadian oil company that wanted to venture into movie production. Their goal was to produce affordable original content for independent TV stations. Other studios were trying to do the same thing by remaking classic B&W sci-fi films in color with equally limited budgets. TV was finally being seen as a market to cash in on.
Michael Rennie "carried" "The Day the Earth Stood Still", a genuine all-time sci-fi classic easily enough, I'm sure he found this bit of schlock a fairly light load....
Are we not going to talk about how this is basically "Terminator", 18 years earlier? It even has him rolling up his sleeve to show his mechanical arm, like Arnie did in T2...
Is this the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 🤣🤣🤣