The Krell Strike Back!
This past weekend saw the passing of two very significant figures in the history of science fiction cinema, Leslie Nielson and Irvin Kershner. Nielson is going to be remembered by most for his roles in Airplane! and The Naked Bun films, based on the short-lived (six episodes) TV series Police Squad. For me though, he will always be Commander J.J. Adams, C.O. of United Planets Space Cruiser C57-D in Forbidden Planet.
I'm blocking out a couple of hours tomorrow to watch it again.
Best known as director of The Empire Strikes Back, Irvin Kershner in 1994 was scheduled to direct one of the many attempted remakes of Forbidden Planet, this one with Syd Mead as production designer. Props were built, but the production stalled and nothing more came of it. I've long been against a remake, but would have liked to have seen what they produced.
Rest in peace, gentlemen, and thank you.
I'm blocking out a couple of hours tomorrow to watch it again.
Best known as director of The Empire Strikes Back, Irvin Kershner in 1994 was scheduled to direct one of the many attempted remakes of Forbidden Planet, this one with Syd Mead as production designer. Props were built, but the production stalled and nothing more came of it. I've long been against a remake, but would have liked to have seen what they produced.
Rest in peace, gentlemen, and thank you.
Monsters from the id, maybe? I've seen them before, but watching FP last night, I checked out the deleted scenes on the DVD. There are a couple of places in the film where the editing is a bit rough with a noticeable jump in the last scene. Seems there's been a debate for years about those spots and the prevailing theory is the reaction from the test audiences' were so positive, MGM released the film as is without giving the crew a chance to polish the cut.
And now you know.
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"..that the reaction from the test audience was so positive..."
C'mon, man.
Honestly, English is my native language.
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There's also a nice tribute to Nielsen over at the Turner Classic Movies website, on the "Movie Morlocks" blog.
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