Monday, April 6, 2009

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

Even in the 50’s they lacked imagination and had to resort to sequels rather than new ideas. This is part two or Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, in which they saved tons of money by reusing most of the first movie and overdubbing narrative over the top of the scenes. When they went to Venus the first time, they thought they heard a human female voice singing. After about halfway through, I wondered if they would ever transition to the new plot, which, as it turns out, they don’t. It’s the exact same movie, with about 10 minutes of new footage scattered throughout the film and occasional narrative thrown in. So the same movie, the same planet, and then these women are there, but never actually meet up with the astronauts, they just prey to their god (some pterodactyl creature) to kill the astronauts which they never do. It’s even the same credits I think. Wow, impressive the levels they DIDN’T go to to make a second movie.

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