lepoisson-1
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Hopefully you can find a decent print. The copy you can download for free (public domain) from the Internet archive isn't too bad.
What you should know:
) It's entertainingly bad. Really entertaining and really bad.
) A main theme of the movie is the Goddess Venus being a loose woman (not a spoiler).
) It's poorly dubbed from Italian
) We were confused a lot (yes, my wife watched it too).
) The little man's dubbed voice often sounded like Grep Proops of "Whose Line is it Anyway." It also sounded a lot like what Greg would say as a parody.
) The God Neptune looked like an exhausted junkie.
) The scene where Vulcan is carrying the little man by his belt and the little man is having a tantrum is worth sitting through the entire movie.
) When the little man clonks a downed warrior with his club, he says "Bonk!" or "Ding Dong!"
) When the barbarians attack Vulcan, they do it serially so each one can get beaten up; I guess it never occurred to them to gang up
) Etc.
What you should know:
) It's entertainingly bad. Really entertaining and really bad.
) A main theme of the movie is the Goddess Venus being a loose woman (not a spoiler).
) It's poorly dubbed from Italian
) We were confused a lot (yes, my wife watched it too).
) The little man's dubbed voice often sounded like Grep Proops of "Whose Line is it Anyway." It also sounded a lot like what Greg would say as a parody.
) The God Neptune looked like an exhausted junkie.
) The scene where Vulcan is carrying the little man by his belt and the little man is having a tantrum is worth sitting through the entire movie.
) When the little man clonks a downed warrior with his club, he says "Bonk!" or "Ding Dong!"
) When the barbarians attack Vulcan, they do it serially so each one can get beaten up; I guess it never occurred to them to gang up
) Etc.
I saw this in the fifth grade in 1965. What made me suddenly remember it? Who knows...but I watched it again last night, and it is still an excellent "hands on" demonstration and explanation of basic physics concepts that could not be duplicated in the classroom.
Would today's kids sit still long enough to watch this black-and-white film? I hope so, but I doubt it. No flashing colors, no music, no children participating, no dancing, no quick edits (when you watch, notice how long the camera shots are).
I could imagine Monty Python having a field day with this thing.
Highly recommended for any science kid you have in the household.
Would today's kids sit still long enough to watch this black-and-white film? I hope so, but I doubt it. No flashing colors, no music, no children participating, no dancing, no quick edits (when you watch, notice how long the camera shots are).
I could imagine Monty Python having a field day with this thing.
Highly recommended for any science kid you have in the household.
Actually, it would probably be pretty disappointing even if we hadn't seen the British version.
The British version is laugh-out-loud / stop-the-video-to-recover hilarious even when you don't know British culture. We watched the first two episodes of the American version and it's just dumb slapstick and shouting.
Check out the British version on youtube (especially after Rob Brydon became the host starting in series 3)...it's worth 10 stars.
The British version is laugh-out-loud / stop-the-video-to-recover hilarious even when you don't know British culture. We watched the first two episodes of the American version and it's just dumb slapstick and shouting.
Check out the British version on youtube (especially after Rob Brydon became the host starting in series 3)...it's worth 10 stars.