tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post2284539772256164335..comments2024-03-20T13:48:59.399-04:00Comments on Classic Sci-Fi Movies: The Lost MissileUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-44405396614562366352017-04-22T10:29:04.539-04:002017-04-22T10:29:04.539-04:00Most of the Gerald Fried score surfaced and I was ... Most of the Gerald Fried score surfaced and I was reminded of the need to rip a copy from my DVD-R, so I just watched it again. Some doubt exists as to the actual length of the original film. The version I and another fellow have is a TV copy with cuts for commercials which often cut off dialog in mid sentence and these versions run about 70 minutes and 20 seconds, with what appears to be a thingmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011048675050396438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-54156796698516707072009-03-06T11:11:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:11:00.000-05:00Ok, great! Thanks for clearing that up. I must hav...Ok, great! Thanks for clearing that up. I must have watched The Lost Missle sometime around then and matched the OL show and movie together in my memory.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02275806984740877978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-61133053845628296892009-03-05T16:49:00.000-05:002009-03-05T16:49:00.000-05:00Quote: It was in the 2nd season, I think. '63?Jan...Quote: It was in the 2nd season, I think. '63?<BR/><BR/>Jan. '65, according to the OL Companion. Second to last episode.<BR/><BR/>And yeh, the neg dude was creepy, until you find out what his situation is.Mike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-7303655585937210832009-03-05T16:19:00.000-05:002009-03-05T16:19:00.000-05:00Mike,You beat me to it. I was going to say the Out...Mike,<BR/>You beat me to it. I was going to say the Outer Limits episode. That one happens to be one of my faves. It was in the 2nd season, I think. '63? That "negative man" really gave me the creeps as a kid.Nightowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636207098734817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-40504634582650083722009-03-05T16:12:00.000-05:002009-03-05T16:12:00.000-05:00Bill wrote: " . . a scene is frozen in which a lar...Bill wrote: " . . a scene is frozen in which a large truck is heading straight towards a child on a bike."<BR/><BR/>This is an episode of the ('60s) Outer Limits called "The Premonition".Mike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-79453387505321730962009-03-05T14:34:00.000-05:002009-03-05T14:34:00.000-05:00I've been trying to find out the name of movie I s...I've been trying to find out the name of movie I saw as a kid in the 60s. There are 2 things I remember: something flying over and destroying everything, like in the Lost Missle, and time standing still. Maybe I am wrong that both elements were in the same movie. The thing I remember about the time stands still (but will start again) part is that a scene is frozen in which a large truck is Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02275806984740877978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-29982327405739750052009-02-18T07:40:00.000-05:002009-02-18T07:40:00.000-05:00Hehe, yes, LM was one of the few sci-fi stories in...Hehe, yes, LM was one of the few sci-fi stories in which the aliens show no interest in our women. Unlike the movie just before this one, in which getting our women was their primary goal.<BR/><BR/>In fact, going against the traditional Hollywood grain, the romance element in LM is cast in the tragic hero mode. It's girl-loses-boy instead of boy-gets-girl, or the ever popular love triangle that Nightowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636207098734817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-14912387334444527402009-02-18T00:12:00.000-05:002009-02-18T00:12:00.000-05:00Quote: No monologues about hostile invaders, or dy...Quote: No monologues about hostile invaders, or dying suns or anything.<BR/><BR/>Yeh, suck it up, aliens! It's not our problem and no, you can't have our women!Mike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-86075634732372978592009-02-17T20:17:00.000-05:002009-02-17T20:17:00.000-05:00Mike,Yes, LM is kinda fun to watch. It's like Cold...Mike,<BR/>Yes, LM is kinda fun to watch. It's like Cold War Sci-fi Concentrate. The fact that the rogue missile is never really explained -- just accepted as fatal fact -- is curious. No monologues about hostile invaders, or dying suns or anything. It just <I>is</I>. LM at least keeps some dignity about itself. No bird puppet to spoil the mood. :-)<BR/><BR/>You're right, "This Is Not A Test" Nightowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636207098734817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-78464667403111089132009-02-17T19:37:00.000-05:002009-02-17T19:37:00.000-05:00Berke was a very prolific writer/producer/director...Berke was a very prolific writer/producer/director of "B" movies (mostly westerns). He died several months before LM was released. Jerome Bixby (It! The Terror from Beyond Space) also worked on the LM script.<BR/><BR/>I was familiar with the LM posters, but had never seen the movie till it showed up on the internet. (It's going to be shown on TCM on Mar. 31)<BR/><BR/>I think LM and THIS IS NOT A Mike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.com