ishiidobie-1

As I am gay, the best part of this movie would not (to me anyway) be Miss Peak's breasts (ample and impressive though they are!). No, it has to be the great wealth of knowledge Pandora shows as she gives witty comments. Never let it be said that a blond with an ample bosom is brainless and empty headed! For example, as I was born and grew up 10 miles south of Scranton, I found it especially informative when Pandora was going on and on about the wonderful people and places she gets to see while traveling in support of her titties, and how she loved the wonderful steam ships in Scranton...uhhh...wait...Scranton is nicknamed SteamTown because of the antique steam TRAINS, not SHIPS! I seem to be defeating the very purpose of this post (add sarcasm as needed).

The fact that Miss Peaks cannot tell the difference between steam ships and steam trains might tell you something about her. I'll leave you to decide just what that might be. Hugs and kisses to you!

Quite a well done film and a good running time. More would have been less. My only gripe about the existing prints/DVD/What have you is that the ending is typically truncated. Perhaps the entire "is there a line of dialog cut or isn't there" debate can be settled once and for all...there is an extra line of dialog. Why Roger Corman can't remember is beyond me, but we ARE talking about a film he shot decades ago. I had this on VHS back in the 80's and yes, just before the abrupt cut to the closing credits the scene starts to fade out and we see Ray Milland's eye sockets glowing on the screen amidst the darkness and we hear him say (i'm paraphrasing as I'm not 100% good on decades old memories either) 'but I can still see!'. I can only guess someone, somewhere, some when decided it would negate the entire 'religious' closure to the film and it would play better with him fulfilling the Biblical verse...it doesn't (IMO) and should have been left in. Why it's not included on the DVD is also beyond me, it would make for a better ending what with the whole 'it's fruitless to meddle in things which you shouldn't' theme of the story. Oh well. Perhaps for the 50th anniversary edition someone will suddenly 'discover' the extra 10 seconds of footage and splice them back on. Until then, this gets 7 out of 10 instead of the 8 out of 10 it deserves.