tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post2801831147366335596..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: Warlords of Atlantis (1978)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-75887939559295606202016-09-27T22:24:14.485+01:002016-09-27T22:24:14.485+01:00I have to watch this movie. Sounds right up my all...I have to watch this movie. Sounds right up my alley. Venger Satanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447932700800930510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-29087368021598865992011-02-23T02:50:53.407+00:002011-02-23T02:50:53.407+00:00I still have the old TDK VHS when my dad copied bo...I still have the old TDK VHS when my dad copied both LAND and PEOPLE off of this local channel back in 1981. The last I checked (a couple years ago) the tape still played fine. PLUS! the airing of PEOPLE contained a scene not in the restored DVD version of the film. I specify the dialog and where the scene is in my review of that film. <br /><br />Oddly enough, there's an audio synching venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-43935772906200906242011-02-20T20:34:42.564+00:002011-02-20T20:34:42.564+00:00They're all cheap and cheerful fun Franco, hav...They're all cheap and cheerful fun Franco, have a mini-retrospective of these films - I hope to see your reviews up some day :-)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-42152666717801878432011-02-20T15:31:17.645+00:002011-02-20T15:31:17.645+00:00This looks interesting, and those posters are cool...This looks interesting, and those posters are cool as hell. I need to get into Amicus sci-fi, never seen any of these films.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-78000455181292758762011-02-19T19:43:19.480+00:002011-02-19T19:43:19.480+00:00Many thanks Brian, always appreciated :-) I think ...Many thanks Brian, always appreciated :-) I think the first three are largely devoid of subtext, aside from an interest in turn of the century science and technology they are pretty much straight ahead fantasy adventure films in the pulp tradition. But WARLORDS strikes me as thematically richer. The images of future wars and nazi rallies that Aitken sees when he puts on the headset are part of a Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-78213413341494784962011-02-19T18:26:55.573+00:002011-02-19T18:26:55.573+00:00Excellent review, Shaun. I absolutely love all fou...Excellent review, Shaun. I absolutely love all four of these movies, but I must admit, as many times as I've seen the films (mostly the first three), I've never paid any attention to any subtext in them. I've just watched them as pulpy fun, so that aspect totally went over my head. My favorite is the third picture. I might have to do a marathon and watch these again! I reviewed all venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.com