Welcome to episode 19. Today, we discuss the 1952′s, “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”.
Not familiar with the movie? Take a look at IMDB for more information.
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Up next episode? The 80′s classic, Dream a Little Dream.
Great show.
Only thing that surprised me is that the Canadian operator was not mentioned. How nosy can a telephone operator be, to know exactly how a person someone wants to talk to thinks.
Missed chance there.
WOW! I just realized that’s the movie that had me freaked out for weeks when I was a wee lad. But I only knew it under the german title “Panik in New York”. Rewatching as we speak. The internet (and this podcast) = awesome. Also, Ibbott’s impression of a swiss person talking english is uncanny. And the swiss version of german is indeed quite different from the “official” german from Ze Official Germanz In Germany. Jawohl.
*runs*
Awesome awesome awesome!
Buzz this, Brian
I’m a bit surprised that this movie even predates 1954′s Godzilla (Gojira).
Although this beast is a prehistoric monster released from the ice, and Godzilla is a radioactive lizard, both movies revolve around nuclear weapons testing and a big monster just happening to come across the biggest city he can find.
Good stuff.
Hey, listening to this one right now, and you were just talking about the fact that the sound of an explosion in the distance happens on the film at the same time as the visual of the explosion, as opposed to what happens in real life when sound travels more slowly than light.
There have been many experiments over the years with separating the sound and visuals as you would see in real life… one of the more famous with the battle scenes in Barry Lyndon, and it turns out Audiences HATE HATE HATE this. They get confused and annoyed with it. They showed the Barry Lyndon shots to test audiences and they hated it so much that even though they’d spent huge amounts of money to actually record real sound on the site of the battle scenes, they went back and matched the auido and visuals together again.
Basically audiences just don’t get it and get uncomfortable in a pretty big way. Just thought you’d like to know! I really do love the show!
Hi Guys,
I love your podcast.
As a resident of Scotland, I wish to draw attention to the commentary in the Breast (Booby!) sorry that should be the Beast from 20,000 Fathoms episode where the character refers to the Loch Lomond Monster. He should of course have said the Loch Ness Monster.
Just an idea, would it be possible for you to include a feedback from listeners as I am sure that the podcasts are hugely popular and thought provoking.
Regards,
Hugh.
I agree with Scott… we all should wear fedoras again.
While much was made of Paul Hubschmid (Christian)’s accent, no where do they mention that he’s American. I think he even had a line about when he came to America.
Have to say, my favorite scene in the film is after the beast has been shot with the bazooka, while the soldiers are walking the streets. Something about their slow methodical march, droves of soldiers, through darkened city streets. Very surreal and the scene that conveyed, to me at least, the magnitude the beast’s appearance at all was. Then when they all began getting sick (I admit, I thought it was radiation poisoning) just in the presence of the blood… it gave a great ambiance to how dangerous the beast was. It was interesting how they tried to meld together the future of the “atomic age” with the past of paleontology. It felt like propaganda for pro-atomic/nuclear science. Radiation was what brought the beast about but it was also the power that destroyed it. Maybe just plot device, it just felt it was a positive movie point at a time when the world was unsure.
For the past month, you guys have excelled with the entertainment quality of the podcast! All have been great to listen to, but last 4-6 episodes have been laugh out loud funny. I am afraid now, I don’t think anything will top the Christopher Walken impression.
I just wanted to leave a humble suggestion for an addition to your already fantastic FilmSack checklist. If you pick a movie from the 50s, 60s, 70s or 80s then you will most likely find that at some point in the movie there is commentary (be it subtle like in this movie or be it blatant like in Planet of the Apes) on the Cold War. The lion’s share of movies made in those four decades include some allusion to our epic and frigid battle with the Soviet Union. So, I think “Allusion to/Commentary on the Cold War” would be an easy check. That or maybe I am just taking too many Russian Foreign Policy classes this quarter.
Great episode, gentlemen. Keep up the good work.
i like the cold war reference idea. It reminds me about how everything these days has to have a reference to the ‘war on terror’.
Wow, you must feel like a jerk. Re: Corey haim aka the ugly corey
@dominic I thought we said Feldman was the considered the less attractive of the two Corey’s and since he is still alive we can say that.
Also, I like the cold war reference idea from @ben. I’ll try to remember it the next time.
Thanks for all the kind and thoughtful comments from all. It really drives us.
Isn’t using the codename operation experiment like if they called D-day, operation storming the beaches of Normandy?
Paul the octopus is definitely the most alterative prophet
paul the octopus is surely the freshest new prophet