tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post143369026134133369..comments2023-11-23T04:26:01.790-08:00Comments on Gone & Forgotten: BEYOND THE BLACK HOLECalamity Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-22631871437949749272017-06-23T00:43:19.086-07:002017-06-23T00:43:19.086-07:00I like the part where Anthony Perkins gets buzz-sa...I like the part where Anthony Perkins gets buzz-sawed by Maximilian the Killer Robot. Greg Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12036389755957689966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-55717894592926132492016-04-23T07:19:53.764-07:002016-04-23T07:19:53.764-07:00Apparently issues 5 and 6 were published in Mexico...Apparently issues 5 and 6 were published in Mexico by Editorial Novaro - I can find very little information on them, and there's no mention of English translations. http://www.recalledcomics.com/TheBlackHole4.phpTom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16872052228898599872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-30323997997286467462016-04-22T13:06:16.837-07:002016-04-22T13:06:16.837-07:00Fun fact: more than half of the movie's $20 mi...Fun fact: more than half of the movie's $20 million budget was spent on Slim Pickens' attempt to actually have his consciousness placed in a robot body, thus gaining cybernetic immortality.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018676010322401578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-48978458547403203662016-04-21T15:10:03.307-07:002016-04-21T15:10:03.307-07:00There are at least two of us BLACK HOLE fans. I lo...There are at least two of us BLACK HOLE fans. I love the misguided attempt to squeeze R2D2 into a scifi/horror hybrid. Whatever shortcomings the story (and casting) have, they are more than offset by the awesome score and fantastical visuals. Love it.Wriphehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601501793018325712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-53227596904266062072016-04-20T16:24:47.895-07:002016-04-20T16:24:47.895-07:00One too many.One too many.Calamity Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-79631164718415519192016-04-20T15:54:58.063-07:002016-04-20T15:54:58.063-07:00I love the Black Hole and it's proto-Event Hor...I love the Black Hole and it's proto-Event Horizon aesthetic. I even owned the storybook/record combination back in the day.<br /><br />I understand it's a hard film to enjoy. But I think it's worth the watch. It's a live-action Disney film with on-screen murder, humans transformed into automatons, and the plunging of the villain into a literal Hell. How many of those are there?Jamie Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03025283302198707150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-58762579108598855062016-04-20T13:58:38.372-07:002016-04-20T13:58:38.372-07:00All I basically remember about "Captain Nemo ...All I basically remember about "Captain Nemo in the Outer Space" was the annoying floating robots and the fact that Ernest "McHale's Space Navy" Borgnine was in it. Why they did not turn him into a robot and call him "BORG-9" is a mystery.Bill the Spluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453196457398617329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-53837870321702583462016-04-20T13:51:54.475-07:002016-04-20T13:51:54.475-07:00I actually loved it as a kid, and when I re-watche...I actually loved it as a kid, and when I re-watched it last year for the first time in quite a while, I was surprised by how much of it stuck with me.<br /><br />I'm a little surprised to hear that it's so disliked. It definitely has its problems - the main issue for me is that in spite of using a cast of mostly well-known actors, they're all at a point in their careers that makes you feel like you're watching the sci-fi equivalent of a Love Boat episode. The robots are trying way too hard to be the next R2-D2. The ESP thing feels like they felt the need to cram every sci-fi trope they could into the film.<br /><br />But the effects hold up well, the set design is great, and much of it is surprisingly dark for a film trying to cash in on the Star Wars craze.Chris Wuchtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804769839792219280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-80246583858326729412016-04-20T11:00:44.796-07:002016-04-20T11:00:44.796-07:00Yeah, that's sort of the unfortunate reality o...Yeah, that's sort of the unfortunate reality of the movie -- you can really only celebrate bits and pieces of it. What they did right was really memorable, everything else -- poof!Calamity Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800364546694770009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-13384029542115466072016-04-20T10:58:53.927-07:002016-04-20T10:58:53.927-07:00I will brook no offense against any movie with a J...I will brook no offense against any movie with a John Barry soundtrack. Also, the design of the Cygnus as a sort of gothic space cathedral was really unique and looked great... that's all I got.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018676010322401578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243661303845968536.post-45759113436874877432016-04-20T09:35:47.338-07:002016-04-20T09:35:47.338-07:00I never read the comic but I saw the movie when it...I never read the comic but I saw the movie when it debuted in theaters. All I can remember about it is that one of the robots --the evil one, I think-- looked really cool! That says a lot about it that the plot was so easy for me to forget.O. Douglas Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793924706435516noreply@blogger.com