And all I can can say is wow, the hi-def makes it look like this movie could have been shot today. This movie may not be better effects-wise than movies being made today, but it has a way better story...I think after many years and many viewings, I finally understand where the monster REALLY came from.
shareI think after many years and many viewings, I finally understand where the monster REALLY came from.
From the Id. Monsters from the Id.
shareNo, from Disney !
It is great to see it now in HD for sure. Brings back memory of seeing it in the huge, dark, elaborate Mastbaum theater in Philly. It was incredible, and lost out on special effects oscar to Ten Commandments. Should have won but hard to trump DeMille I guess.
Should have won but hard to trump DeMille I guess.
The monster was composed of focused energy, similar to the food devices in all of the iterations the "Star Trek" series; except it existed only as long as Morbius' basic instincts materialized it. The Krell were trying to convert energy into matter; hence, the purpose of those 400 square miles of fusion reactors. A similar concept is melodramatically presented in the vastly inferior "Fiend Without a Face" (1958).
shareOh.
shareAgreed. A truly brilliant film that would not be made today.
Oh gravity thou art a heartless bitch