tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post6643694250689652487..comments2024-03-20T13:48:59.399-04:00Comments on Classic Sci-Fi Movies: The MansterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-43726867405474320542013-02-28T00:09:51.529-05:002013-02-28T00:09:51.529-05:00I don't know if it's a 60's thing or n...I don't know if it's a 60's thing or not, but certainly the good guys in comics, westerns and sci fi had a tendency to be total wusses at times. Ellison's early draft of "City on the Edge of Forever" originally had a mirror universe with bad guys running the big E while the good guys return to the Guardians (people not sculpture) to change time back. Jerome Bixby had a Randall Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459066894752870249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-35366897230050892772013-02-26T07:11:06.956-05:002013-02-26T07:11:06.956-05:00Randall,
Glad you liked the review. Yes, I think T...Randall,<br />Glad you liked the review. Yes, I think Tara's death was partially a morality tale subthread. Bad girls are eventually destroyed by the bad life.<br /><br />I always thought there was something a bit "off" with the premise behind "The Enemy Within." I think you've hit upon it. Kirk's "good" side was almost a waste of oxygen. Indecisive, Nightowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636207098734817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102724177937132986.post-56405492250380790032013-02-26T00:49:52.045-05:002013-02-26T00:49:52.045-05:00The same theme is also repeated in Star Trek's...The same theme is also repeated in Star Trek's "The Enemy Within" wherein Captain Kirk is split by the transporter into two entities, one good and one bad. Unlike this film (and "Manster" is one of my favorites), Richard Matheson's story surmises that one has to have BOTH good AND evil parts, and that that duality makes us stronger. Kirk's "evil twin" is Randall Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459066894752870249noreply@blogger.com