Comments on: Destination Inner Space (1966)

By: Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:47:43 +0000

Excellent review with one piddling correction: Gary Merrill (Dr. LaSatier) is undoubtedly best known for his role in “All About Eve”, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1950.

I keep hoping that DIS will someday become available on Comcast’s On Demand – Something Weird.

By: Ken Begg

Ken Begg — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:33:20 +0000

I didn’t know that, but I can totally see it. More than, say, Peter Graves and James Arness.

By: zombiewhacker

zombiewhacker — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:17:29 +0000

Thanks, Ken, for the nuggest. When I was a youngster that monster scared the crap out of me.

By the way, did you know that in real life Scott Brady was Lawrence Tierney’s younger brother? Talk about your old school, tough-guy actors with commanding voices.

By: El Santo

El Santo — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:01:50 +0000

Man, that IS a pretty sweet costume! The dimensions are very fishlike.

The scuba fad was an interesting observation. Looking back, I guess there were plenty of ’60s movies with water-based scenes. It’s kinda like how movies featured roller skating in 70’s-early 80’s, aerobics in the mid-80’s, snowboarding in 90’s, and I guess furious internet-related keyboard typing in the 2000’s.

And just because I couldn’t get it out of my head everytime “Sealab” was mentioned, some quips from Sealab 2021:
“Why do you think they call me Dr. Quinn?”
“I just thought that was a nickname. Like Dr. Dre. East-Siiide!!”

By: BeckoningChasm

BeckoningChasm — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:29:31 +0000

EricB–agree completely about the BBC’s “Walking with Monsters” CGI. In fact, all the “Walking With” series had really good, very realistic effects, surprising because I imagine the budgets couldn’t have been huge.

But then, they didn’t have to pay Keanu Reeves millions to stand around and look bewhildered.

By: fish eye no miko

fish eye no miko — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:25:02 +0000

ken said: “And let’s not forget Saturday morning cartoon shows like _Sealab 2020_”

“Were did you get the money for this?”
“Selling pot.
…
Holders.
…
Made of hemp.”

By: Ericb

Ericb — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:46:40 +0000

Some of the best CGI I’ve seen hasn’t been in a monster movie but in the BBC documentary Walking With Monsters about life before the dinosaurs. There’s some good stuff there the best being the gorgonopsid.

By: TV's Grady

TV's Grady — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:06:36 +0000

When I was a kid, my little brother had a bunch of eraser monsters. I really donâ€™t know the manufacturer or the brand (it wasnâ€™t M.U.S.C.L.E.S.) but they were all modeled on b-scifi monsters. I think I recognized at least one more from that set. Unfortunately, I doubt if those things are still around, which is a darn shame because they were cool.

Those might have been Monster in My Pocket:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_in_My_Pocket

By: BeckoningChasm

BeckoningChasm — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:59:22 +0000

Hey, EricB–I’ve got Colossus Rex somewhere in storage, along with his mace!

As for convincing CGI creatures, I think that’s largely due to lack of imagination on behalf of the creature designers. How many “dog like” things have you seen, just because they’re sure they can do realistic fur now?

Two good CGI ones that come to mind are the monster(s) from Deep Rising, and the bugs from Starship Troopers. They actually seemed to have weight and mass.

By: Ericb

Ericb — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:57:00 +0000

Remember these?

http://www.theweaponshop.com/cfa.html