Who did the Rocketship XM mask?
I remember reading something about the artist who sculpted the mask they find on Mars in Rocketship XM - such a cool 50s Tiki-insect vibe it had - but I'm searching the net now and can't find any...
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bob7708 wrote: ufso wrote: I just compared both the Wade and the Navarre editions. Wade runs at 1:17:34, the Navarre at 1:17:25 and Imdb at 1:17:00. The Navarre does have the tinted scenes, but the...
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I got mine at Amazon. Haven't watched the RXM yet, I just got it because I never saw MFGH.Here's some screenshots.
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That sky in the bottom frame looks mighty depressing. It was a beautiful reddish-pink sky in the origional film.
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It looks reddish pink to me but maybe my eyes are shot by all that nuclear fallout
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In that screen grab I don't see even a hint of red or pink. Sort of a yellowish-greenish beige.
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Everything I've read indicates that it's the Wade Williams print on that Navarre triple feature DVD? I'd call it sepia- I can see the faintest hint of pink if I think about it hard enough- probably...
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Sepia was probably cheaper... Maybe Mars is just an "antique" planet?
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Bit silly in places (oops, we missed the moon and ended up at Mars - good thing we brought extra fuel!). But it looks wonderful. The cast are strong, and it even contains a powerful anti-nuclear war...
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NoeticHatter wrote: It's frustrating to watch. But I can't penalize the film as it's a product of its era. I like Osa Massen very much - it's just unfortunate that the script treated her so poorly....
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About that whole "oops we missed the Moon, but we made it to Mars" thing, for decades I completely misunderstood the importance of that story element. A guy named Rod Bennett straightened me out in...
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True. But of course the real reason the ship missed the Moon and instead landed on Mars (and probably improved the film immensely because of it) was because George Pal Sued Lippert into altering the...
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A detailed account of the changes made for the Wade Williams version, with some behind-the-scenes photos:https://archive.org/stream/CineMagic001/001#page/n7/mode/2up
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Yep, I bought that issue when it first came out. A very interesting read. Back in the day, there was a video store in the local mall that had the Nostalgia Merchant VHS tape of Rocketship X-M: The...
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Crow, it's actually available on ebay on a multi film disc that was put out five or fix years ago.... I actually had several copies of it, until I got burglarized. I had more trouble finding the...
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I have the original on TRIPLE FEATURE Sci-Fi Classics from Navarre Corp Reel Values. It contains DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS, MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL AND ROCKETSHIP X-M (it's not the WW version.) On sale at...
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Yes, that's the one... although that cut still has two cuts from the WW version in it. The much hyped foreground miniature of the crew leaving the ship, and another very nice shot when the X-M goes...
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Watched ROCKETSHIP X-M again; this one gets better for me on each viewing. The quality on the Image DVD is such a pleasure to experience. Is it out on Blu-ray yet?
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None of the Wade Williams titles have made the leap to Blu yet...but vague rumors suggest that may be changing.
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The original 35mm prints of RXM were not sepia. They used the Kodak Sonochrome "Inferno" red-tinted stock for the Mars sequences.Here's a great article on tinted talkies:...
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