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Summary: A Must For Sci-Fi Fans!
Review: This lesser known film starring Roy Thinnes (From TV's Invaders) is actually what I consider a lost gem. It was made at a time where the story was more important that the special effects (though the effect are fairly good for its time).A scientist theorizes that there is another world in Earth's Orbit directly behind the sun. Since the sun always blocks it from us we can never see it from Earth. Roy Thinnes is selected to go on a mission to get to this world. I don't want to tell the rest of the plot because it will give the rest of the movie away. Let's just say there are some real surprises. The movie is British and has that good British flavor of acting that was in such TV series like The Avengers.
Rating:
Summary: A Must For Sci-Fi Fans!
Review: This lesser known film starring Roy Thinnes (From TV's Invaders) is actually what I consider a lost gem. It was made at a time where the story was more important that the special effects (though the effect are fairly good for its time). A scientist theorizes that there is another world in Earth's Orbit directly behind the sun. Since the sun always blocks it from us we can never see it from Earth. Roy Thinnes is selected to go on a mission to get to this world. I don't want to tell the rest of the plot because it will give the rest of the movie away. Let's just say there are some real surprises. The movie is British and has that good British flavor of acting that was in such TV series like The Avengers.
Rating: 
Summary: More Bizzare then the Twilight Zone
Review: This movie is so bizzare, I doubt Rod Serling himself could have understood it, and he wrote some very unuseal stories with the Twilight Zone. But where the bizare nature of the Twilight Zone kept viewers coming back each week for more. The poor screen writing and awful acting in this movie would turn people away, and I can't see why some people have compared this movie to 2001 or Star Wars, it's no where near their film heights of quality. Just one big mess of a film.
Rating: 
Summary: A Glorified Twilight Zone Episode
Review: Three of the most influential movies I saw in the theater as a little kid are "Ice Station Zebra", "2001 A Space Odyssey", and this movie. Unfortunately, this movie has aged far less well than the others. That's not really the fault of the production, which invokes childhood memories of "Thunderbirds" and "UFO" and looks pretty darn good in the DVD transfer. It's just that I've gotten more intellectually snobbish: the plot is so unscientific and full of holes as to be totally ludicrous. It would pass muster in a Rod Serling treatment, but the lavish care that was expended on the movie (despite its obvious low budget) is pretty much wasted. Still, I consider this movie to be a classic example of "Brit" sci-fi and am glad to have added it to my collection. And it does have some good moments. This must have been filmed at Pinewood sometime after much of the work for "2001" was already completed, for it contains some obvious digs, such as the dream sequences during the flight, the transfer to the lifting body, and the wheelchair/mirror scene at the end. On the other hand, the few attempts at social and political relevance are pretty lame.
Rating:
Summary: A Glorified Twilight Zone Episode
Review: Three of the most influential movies I saw in the theater as a little kid are "Ice Station Zebra", "2001 A Space Odyssey", and this movie. Unfortunately, this movie has aged far less well than the others. That's not really the fault of the production, which invokes childhood memories of "Thunderbirds" and "UFO" and looks pretty darn good in the DVD transfer. It's just that I've gotten more intellectually snobbish: the plot is so unscientific and full of holes as to be totally ludicrous. It would pass muster in a Rod Serling treatment, but the lavish care that was expended on the movie (despite its obvious low budget) is pretty much wasted. Still, I consider this movie to be a classic example of "Brit" sci-fi and am glad to have added it to my collection. And it does have some good moments. This must have been filmed at Pinewood sometime after much of the work for "2001" was already completed, for it contains some obvious digs, such as the dream sequences during the flight, the transfer to the lifting body, and the wheelchair/mirror scene at the end. On the other hand, the few attempts at social and political relevance are pretty lame.
Rating:
Summary: A Glorified Twilight Zone Episode
Review: Three of the most influential movies I saw in the theater as a little kid are "Ice Station Zebra", "2001 A Space Odyssey", and this movie. Unfortunately, this movie has aged far less well than the others. That's not really the fault of the production, which invokes childhood memories of "Thunderbirds" and "UFO" and looks pretty darn good in the DVD transfer. It's just that I've gotten more intellectually snobbish: the plot is so unscientific and full of holes as to be totally ludicrous. It would pass muster in a Rod Serling treatment, but the lavish care that was expended on the movie (despite its obvious low budget) is pretty much wasted. Still, I consider this movie to be a classic example of "Brit" sci-fi and am glad to have added it to my collection. And it does have some good moments. This must have been filmed at Pinewood sometime after much of the work for "2001" was already completed, for it contains some obvious digs, such as the dream sequences during the flight, the transfer to the lifting body, and the wheelchair/mirror scene at the end. On the other hand, the few attempts at social and political relevance are pretty lame.
Rating: 
Summary: Goofy Props, Good Goofy Sci-Fi
Review: Widescreen Edition Audio: 2.0 Mono with some crackling and distortion Video: Good Oddly overblown soundtrack, eerie at times, at others just too big. Still not sure what the spy intrigue that starts the movie has to do with the final plot line, and how it bears on Thinnes' tragic death. Gerry and Sylvia Anderson are the makers of Captain Scarlet, a marionette show from the 60's, as anyone who has seen both would realize. The special effects and detailed models are a hallmark of their work. Detailed or not, though, they still look like models. The DVD is very skimpy on extras. There are none, just a scene index. The sound is 2.0 mono. Only a fan of whatever genre this sort of movie falls into would like this. I'm no expert on this, but the DVD seems to show some ghosting, but by far one of the better transfers. Strange for such a limited interest DVD. In case my review sounds negative, it isn't. This is one of my favorites, even though the sets and script and actors are all goofy.
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