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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Avengers : End Game.
    One of the reasons I got Disney + was for the marvel movies, and End Game was a Hoot.
    Pure entertainment and in 4k Can't wait to look at them all over again. I also watched an
    old Favourite of mine The Rocketeer with Timothy Dalton, very obviously enjoying himself
    playing the villain.
    Just started watching my Favourite Marvel movie Cpt America : The winter soldier, great
    story and special effects nicely blended together.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,906MI6 Agent
    Avengers : End Game.
    I too watched that the other night.
    For a four coloured superhero movie, it's not really satisfying escapism for these troubled times, is it.
    Our heroes are all sitting round brooding and depressed because half the population has just disappeared forever, and what could they have done differently?
    and unless real life scientists are working on time travel when they should be working on a vaccine, I don't think we can take any hope from the Avengers' solution.




    speaking of time travel...
    @Thunderpussy !!!
    please tell us more about Dr Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD!!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :D
    Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. was made in 1966 as a follow up to
    Dr Who and the Daleks made the year before and a third film based on the
    Dr Who TV series " The Chase " was to have been made, but never was.
    The first Dr Who film was very successful and was basically a film version
    of the television series, only Dr Who was changed to a Human Grandfather
    who was a brilliant scientist, none of this Time Lord nonsense :D It got
    some good reviews and it would have been the first time Daleks were seen
    in colour, and in some fantastic looking sets.
    The second film Didn't do as well, once again working from the Terry Nation
    story. They tried to go bigger, but on a similar if not smaller budget. Due to
    its lacklustre success, plans for a third film were shelved.
    The story concerns an invasion of earth by our favourite over lords the Daleks
    They want to drill down to its core and then tow the planet back home
    to use it as a spare, well for its minerals etc. The Doctor manages to send their
    " Core bomb " of course and defeat them. Bernard Cribbins ( Later to appear in
    New Who ) has one memorable scene playing a "Roboman ". They are men
    controlled like robots by the Daleks. It all physical humour trying to fit in to
    their strictly timed movents etc. Another scen had two Londoners caught by the
    daleks ( That sounds very sore ) One tries to escape, but is shot by them, falling from
    a shop roof on to some rubble. The stuntman who did it actually broke his leg on
    landing but had to hobble on to finish the scene. So when Ton Cruise goes on about
    a broken ankle, just tell him to try it with a broken leg.
    I first saw this film when I was a very young kid and was totally immersed in it,
    to the point. That during a chase from the Daleks in a red van, My Mother asked
    me to hurry and stop that Post office van !!!, ....... I was up off the floor and had
    opened the front door, before I realised, She was joking. ;)
    Much later, I learned that at one point Peter Cushing was offered the role of Dr Who in
    the TV series, which he turned down, although he later said he regretted not doing it.

    Gymkata I agree it was fantastic to see Robert Redford again, I think because he'd
    made a few movies like three days of the condor. They wanted him as the story concerned
    surveillance, or rather abuse of surveillence.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,906MI6 Agent
    thank you very much Thunderpussy, I learned plenty from that.
    You are a wise and patient professor of all things truly important.
    All I knew about these Dr Who films before before is that Peter Cushing played the Doctor.
    I see you say Terry Nation wrote the script so that makes the films official, if not canonical.

    followup questions, sir:
    Was Cushing any good?
    Was Hartnell still the actual Doctor at that time? (I note you say the CushingDoctor was a grandfather but not a timelord)
    Did Cushing try to channel Hartnell's performance or was he doing an original take on the character?

    are the two films based on previous TV storylines?
    (I think it was the second Dalek storyline that saw them first invade earth, that's also the one where Susan is written out of the series)

    and did you see this as part of that BritBox streaming service you mentioned elsewhere, or do have the dvd?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Hartnell was still the actual Doctor at the time, I'm a big Peter Cushing fan so I thought he
    was brilliant. He did his own version of the Dr, He was very friendly and out going unlike the
    rather grumpy Grandfather figure of Hartnell. The films are based on the TV series scripts,
    just tweaked to get them to film length. I bought it as a download from Amazon Prime.
    Apparently it was one of the first British films to use Product placement, with Quaker Oats
    financing part of the film, Hence why in one opening scene in London 2150, it's under a big
    poster for Sugar Puffs :D
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,906MI6 Agent
    no further questions, your Thunderpussyness.

    but that was awesome, we gotta get you to do more essays on your areas of expertise like that!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    A little note on the great Christopher Lee, I recently read that he said he only got
    the role of Frankenstein's Monster because his agent charged a little less than
    Bernard Bresslaw's agent ! and that lead to Dracula ........ ;)


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    Here with Sid James.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,906MI6 Agent
    actually I do have a followup question, or four, Thunderpussy.

    You say these two movies were adapted from the first two Dalek storylines?
    in the first Dalek storyline, the Doctor and his companions travel to Skaro where they first encounter the previously unknown lifeform.
    If CushingDoctor is an earthling, not a TimeLord, how did they travel to Skaro?
    Does he have a TARDIS? (cant believe it took me so long to think of that crucial question)
    If so, how did he get a TARDIS?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yes he has the Tardis, but in these films he's just an eccentric scientist/ inventor.
    They do travel to Skaro and the story unfolds pretty much the same. Only Cushing
    has his Daughter, Granddaughter and Roy castle as Barbara's Boyfriend ( Ian )
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Yes he has the Tardis, but in these films he's just an eccentric scientist/ inventor.
    They do travel to Skaro and the story unfolds pretty much the same. Only Cushing
    has his Daughter, Granddaughter and Roy castle as Barbara's Boyfriend ( Ian )

    Used to love that one as a kid. Time to revisit. Only been 30 plus years lol
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,906MI6 Agent
    huh, now I realise its so easy just to say he's an alien Timelord, that's why he has a TARDIS. Leave the rest to our imaginations.
    It's a lot more complicated to explain how a human scientist would invent a TARDIS.
    Does he have any more control over it than the regular Doctor?

    and does that mean Barbara is his daughter?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    In this film Barbara is his Daughter with her
    Boyfriend, Ian. So they didn't have to change
    The scripts ;) ( and not Susan's teachers ) .
    Susan in the film is a child of maybe 12 or
    So.
    He does seem to have more control, as
    It goes where and when he wants.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    I saw that version in the cinema on its release, and didn't like it very much. Olivier was clearly doing it for the money, though Langella wasn't bad.
    Small point of interest- it was the first Dracula movie made by Universal since the Bela Lugosi days.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    A little note on the great Christopher Lee, I recently read that he said he only got
    the role of Frankenstein's Monster because his agent charged a :o little less than
    Bernard Bresslaw's agent ! and that lead to Dracula ........ ;)


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    Here with Sid James.

    What a waste of great talent it would have been, if Christopher Lee had ended up in the Carry On series and Bernard Bresslaw had played Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, etc. Come to think of it, Bresslaw might have played Scaramanga!!! :o
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    What a Carry on, ... that would have been. ;) Acting is at times a case
    of Luck, one role leading to another. Apparently Lee was blackmailed
    in to doing some of the Dracula films, as although he wasn't happy with
    some scripts etc. He was told without his name attached to it, it wouldn't
    get made and all the technicians, crew and other actors would be out of
    work, so he did them !
    In a recent YouTube documentary on the Hammer films, they showed two
    scripts. One from Peter Cushing, which only had the odd note here and there
    to change a word or two, and one from Christopher Lee, which had Notes all
    over it, and replacement lines inserted.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Totally disagree- Olivier couldn't have been less interested!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    In a recent YouTube documentary on the Hammer films, they showed two
    scripts. One from Peter Cushing, which only had the odd note here and there
    to change a word or two, and one from Christopher Lee, which had Notes all
    over it, and replacement lines inserted.

    I'd like to see that one, TP, could you please give a link?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think this is the one, it's in two parts.

    https://youtu.be/KCX1j5YZkls

    https://youtu.be/s1KScQ67XnY

    In fact this channel has lots of Hammer stuff
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    I think this is the one, it's in two parts.

    https://youtu.be/KCX1j5YZkls

    https://youtu.be/s1KScQ67XnY

    In fact this channel has lots of Hammer stuff

    Many thanks, will get watching that soon.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Here is a link to the history of Hammer's
    Frankenstein films. In part two they show
    A script from Peter Cushing's first, which
    Is full of notes and ideas, as he was
    Establishing the character.

    https://youtu.be/HQ3_pCar7E4

    https://youtu.be/0gjljnk2gBY
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  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Totally disagree- Olivier couldn't have been less interested!

    I respectfully disagree. If he was disinterested, he didn't show it or sabotage the film. Then again, he was a pro.

    The only role of his where he looked like he was phoning it in was as Zeus in CLASH OF THE TITANS. He seemed more bemused than anything else.

    You obviously haven’t seen The Betsy :))
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    Here is a link to the history of Hammer's
    Frankenstein films. In part two they show
    A script from Peter Cushing's first, which
    Is full of notes and ideas, as he was
    Establishing the character.

    https://youtu.be/HQ3_pCar7E4

    https://youtu.be/0gjljnk2gBY

    Thanks TP this looks interesting.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Thanks TP.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Just watched " The House that dripped Blood " 1971, on YouTube.

    An all star cast with Cushing and Lee, Jon Pertwee etc. The usual selection of short
    stories all connected to a creepy old house. One funny part was with Jon Pertwee playing
    a Horror actor listing all the great horror actors, Like Bela Lugosi as Dracula, ......" Not that
    new chap ! "
    ;) I'm guessing that was a Christopher lee Joke.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Solo : A Star Wars Story.

    Not as bad as I was expecting, given all the negative reviews I had read.
    Sure Alden Ehrenreich is NO Harrison Ford, but .... I thought it was fun.
    I'm working my way through the Star Wars movies, next up will be
    Rogue One and then the original three Films.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,238MI6 Agent
    Duck Soup, the five-star classic Marx Brothers comedy.

    Failed to elicit a titter from me.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Farewell, Mr booond. Please do not attempt re-entry.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Wow, you call back in after a short absence and McBarbel is still swinging his Claymore!
    Anyway, I watched The Hobbit, The Battle of the Five Armies yesterday. I've read the book... :)) . A lot as I have all of Tolkiens works, but as much as I enjoyed it, it wasn't a patch on the LOTR trilogy and that wasn't a patch on the Books. It was over long and somewhat procrastinated to the point that it felt bloated. Billy Connolly was a nice touch as the bad tempered dwarf, but a touch underused in such a long film. My boy enjoyed it and it kept him quiet for 3 hours which makes it 10/10. :))
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
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