Stoo
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Yes, I did manage to see the 1st episode and it was SUPERB! This series could very well be one of the best adaptations yet. Anxious to see the rest.Le Saboteur said:Did you ever sit down and check out the series? I started to, but then got annoyed with the image quality and stopped approximately halfway through the pilot episode. It's been one of those things I've been meaning to get back to watching, but never did.
Wow! This looks like fun. They even say that it's filmed in DYNAMATION! Definite tip-o'-the-hat to Harryhausen. Not sure but it seems like Cpt. Picard is reading lines from the actual text in "Thousand and One Nights". Thanks for the heads-up.Le Saboteur said:Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage appears to have come out a couple of years ago in... Iran? Bollywood? I'm not sure, but the majority of the cast appears to be of (at least) Arabic origin. That's Captain Picard doing the narration, and it looks like it'll have a US-release sometime in 2014. Not sure if that'll be theatrical, but home video seems virtually certain.
For some people though, the real treat of the flick will be their use of classic stop motion animation a la Harryhausen!
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In other news:
"Son of Sinbad" is nuts! It's about the secret of 'Greek Fire', the legendary & forgotten formula for ancient napalm. Vincent Price is great in it (in a comedy role)! The final 30 mins. are good with references to other "Arabian Nights" tales & some decent action (which includes the Greek Fire). Great premise but the movie is really about something else...
Unbeknownst to me before, this was co-produced by Howard Hughes, which may be the reason why the film was filled to the brim with about 100+ scantily-clad, sexy babes. It was literally wall-to-wall chicks from beginning to end with a large amount of provocative dance sequences. Pretty bombastic and, apparently, the film was very controversial at the time. It came out in 1955 but was actually finished a few years earlier. Release was stalled because its numerous, risqué dance scenes had to be trimmed. (One of the main characters was played by the infamous, Lili St. Cyr, whose striptease act in Montreal during the late '40s & early '50s caused an uproar with the French Catholics. She got arrested for it and the club was shut down.)
The story, however, doesn't have much globe-trotting. No sailing involved at all! The only sizeable body of water to be seen is Lili St. Cyr's bathing pool (seriously)!
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NOTE: Sinbad's 1955 costume is a missing link! I'd often thought that Kerwin Matthews' shirt in "7th Voyage" was meant to resemble Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.'s shirt in the bookends of "Sinbad the Sailor". However, it's now obvious that Dale Roberston's outfit was the basis. See how "Son of Sinbad" maintains the Fairbanks look with the turban, earring, necklace & belt buckle. Then see how "7th Voyage" strips Kerwin Matthews of the jewellery & turban but keeps the exact same shirt & pants. (Maybe Columbia got a hold of the "Son of" costume when RKO folded right around that time?)
This was a fun discovery!