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October 30th, 2014: The War of the Worlds (1953)

Oct30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Book, Based on a Radio Show, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, War with Aliens Tagged "germs kill the monster", Air Force, Ann Robinson, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Best Special Effects, Byron Haskins, Cecil B. DeMille, Cedrick Hardwicke, force field, Gene Barry, George Pal, H.G. Wells, Les Treymane, Mars, Martians, mob, nuclear weapons, Paramount Pictures, Paul Frees, riot, scientists, square dance, stock footage, U.S. Army

May 19th, 2014: Gojira aka Godzilla 1985: The Legend is Reborn

May19 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Dinosaurs, Disaster, Event Film, Giant Crustaceans, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel Tagged bird songs, Frankenfilm, geologist, ghost ship, Godzilla, gojira, Heisei Series, masers, nuclear hotline, nuclear power plant, nuclear threat, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, paleontologists, Raymond Burr, reporter, satellite based nuclear weapon, satellites, scientists, sea louse, secret weapon, shipwrecks, suitmation, Super X, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka

February 5th, 2014: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

Feb5 by Professor Mortis

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10 Comments Posted in Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged A.I., Cold War, evil computer, James Hong, nuclear threat, nuclear weapons, Universal Pictures

July 10th, 2013: Superman (1978)

Jul10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Sci-Fi, Superheroes, The Original Tagged adoption, before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, California, Christopher Reeve, dying world, father, father-son relationship, Gene Hackman, Glenn Ford, Harry Andrews, helicopter, helicopter crash, Jack O'Halloran, Jackie Cooper, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, John Ratzenberger, John Williams, lady reporter, Larry Hagman, last survivor, Marc McClure, Margot Kidder, Maria Schell, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, mastermind, Ned Beatty, newspaper, nuclear weapons, reporter, Richard Donner, Sarah Douglas, Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects, subway, Superman, Susannah York, Terrence Stamp, Trevor Howard, Valerie Perrine, Warner Brothers

February 15th, 2013: Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster

Feb15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Crustaceans, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, bank robbers, Eiji Tsuburaya, fishermen, Godzilla, Hal Linden, Japan, Kumi Mizuno, Masaru Sato, meltdown, Mothra, nuclear weapons, paramilitary group, Shinichi Sekizawa, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, troubled production, uncharted island, yacht

November 20th, 2012: Thirteen Days (2000)

Nov20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Air Operations, Based on a Book, Campaign History, Movember, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Political Thriller, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Air Force, blockade, Bruce Greenwood, Cold War, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Cubans, Dylan Baker, Ed Lauter, James Karen, JFK, Kevin Conway, Kevin Costner, Len Cariou, New Line Cinema, nuclear missile base, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, President of the United States, RFK, Soviet Union, Soviets, U.S. Navy

September 18th, 2012: Superman IV

Sep18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Family, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged arms control, bad rear projection, bad special effects, before they were famous, Cannon, cash-in, Christopher Reeve, Cosmonauts, Gene Hackman, Great Wall of China, Jackie Cooper, Jim Broadbent, John Cryer, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Mark McClure, Menahem Golan, nuclear weapons, Sam Wannamaker, scientists, Sidney J. Furie, Soviet Union, Sun, Superman, Warner Brothers, William Hootkins, Yoram Globus

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