tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post4049416465187389178..comments2024-03-20T13:48:59.399-04:00Comments on Classic Sci-Fi Movies: The Amazing Transparent ManUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-67007966593383204512009-09-27T01:06:41.974-04:002009-09-27T01:06:41.974-04:00Quote: As a promotional gimmick, it seemed cute en...Quote: As a promotional gimmick, it seemed cute enough, but the fact that Joey Faust dies near the end of the movie seemed to ruin its potential effectiveness.<br /><br />Maybe he's invisible because he's a ghost? LOLMike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-60562113156402482772009-09-26T10:29:17.078-04:002009-09-26T10:29:17.078-04:00Hi Mike,
As a promotional gimmick, it seemed cute ...Hi Mike,<br />As a promotional gimmick, it seemed cute enough, but the fact that Joey Faust dies near the end of the movie seemed to ruin its potential effectiveness. If he died at last Saturday's matinee, he couldn't be haunting this weeks. etc. etc.<br /><br />That gimmick must have been an afterthought. Would have been more 'fun' if Faust was hinted at escaping the blast. ValidNightowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636207098734817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-52466886258798521232009-09-22T18:19:39.667-04:002009-09-22T18:19:39.667-04:00Quote: The producers/promotoers, no doubt, hoped a...Quote: The producers/promotoers, no doubt, hoped adolescent viewers would take the hint and pull some invisible-man pranks.<br /><br />Sounds like they were gonna pull a William Castle type gimmick, but according to the book "Beyond Ballyhoo" it was just a "prove he ain't here" deal.Mike Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375478276868296242noreply@blogger.com