tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post1226099325728806437..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: Them! (1954)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-1657383224607537442012-08-17T21:50:00.383+01:002012-08-17T21:50:00.383+01:00Great film this one, and one that gets better with...Great film this one, and one that gets better with age. I am also shocked that no remake has been forthcoming. And grateful!venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-51855927768189571922012-08-13T11:31:03.239+01:002012-08-13T11:31:03.239+01:00By all accounts THEM! would appear to be one of th...By all accounts THEM! would appear to be one of the most loved sci-fi/horror pics of the 1950's. I have yet to come across a dissenting voice, and would be intrigued if I did so. You raise an interesting point about the role played by Joan Weldon. She is an unusually proactive feminine presence, and although we have the mild opposition from the FBI Agent, she is completely accepted, and this Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-38742520694889981672012-08-13T05:29:34.416+01:002012-08-13T05:29:34.416+01:00THEM! is one of my favorites for many of the reaso...THEM! is one of my favorites for many of the reasons you state. I'm from New Mexico as well, so the Trinity/Atomic mutation thing strikes a happily familiar chord!<br /><br />Forgive me if I get a bit recondite here, but you bring up some things that make me wonder. The daughter figure in THEM! seems to subsequence the strong female sidekick from jungle/adventure pictures of the forties; the The Goodkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294509858220476081noreply@blogger.com