| Author | Subject: Re: john beck version |
| Francois Beaulieu | Posted At 15:12:13 05/15/2002
You are right that it never aired again. But an acquaintance of mine got the video a few years ago and a group of local fans (of the Pal movie) got together one evening and watched it. Many found it quite a downer to watch because it is so amazingly dull. But we did have some good laughs too. You are also right about the reference to Classics Illustrated. This 1978 adaptation is loosely based on the 1956 Classics Illustrated version - like the David Duncan screenplay is - but it borrows more substantially from David Duncan's screenplay, although in a very uninspired way... and everything it adds or changes is for the worse ! By the way, either at the beginning or at the end of the movie, you actually see a copy of the Classics Illustrated comic book but with the Machine redrawn to look like the one in that movie !!! |