tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post5270436413877972286..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: The Creature From the Black Lagoon seriesEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-8522658091404359962009-07-08T21:55:05.828-04:002009-07-08T21:55:05.828-04:00This is very nice. I particularly like your disse...This is very nice. I particularly like your dissection of the psychosexual stuff, but it's damn fine writing overall.Rick Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846018585978997261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-33563638700238677602009-07-07T11:30:27.318-04:002009-07-07T11:30:27.318-04:00Sam, I forgot to mention Clint, who makes his debu...Sam, I forgot to mention Clint, who makes his debut here and also appears as the jet pilot at the end of <i>Tarantula</i>, definitely a funny beginning to his career. I don't know if I agree that these films are so much worse than the Universal series, though. Almost all these films were relatively weak in terms of plotting and non-monster stuff, with interesting scenes scattered throughout. Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-75781098180856881132009-07-07T10:15:44.536-04:002009-07-07T10:15:44.536-04:00"In one of the film's most startling, daz..."In one of the film's most startling, dazzling sequences, the creature glides along beneath the water as above it, bathing beauty Kay (Julie Adams) swims leisurely along the surface of the lagoon." Spielberg HAD TO BE thinking of this scene when he filmed his opening shark attack. <br /><br />I saw the original <i>Creature From the Black Lagoon</i> in 3-D at an arthouse. The 3-D Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-43172717925564279662009-07-07T09:44:43.280-04:002009-07-07T09:44:43.280-04:00Of course, the screen debut of Clint Eastwood is n...Of course, the screen debut of Clint Eastwood is now one of this film's most famous trivia notes, but aside from that you have again captured what I would consider to be this noted Universal monster's most fascinating traits, as a sexually-repressed outsider who is looking in on all the fun. This is the wekest series in the Universal horror pantheon, even falling below the extended MummySam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-67287764077535104662009-07-06T14:57:46.566-04:002009-07-06T14:57:46.566-04:00Seriously, for scientists they're not too swif...Seriously, for scientists they're not too swift. I mean, I can't blame the creature -- they got some especially pretty girls for these films. The poor creature's all confused; dangle a pretty girl in his face and then get all mad at him when he wants to do something about it.<br /><br />I'd love to see the first Creature in 3D, I bet it's a blast. The third one definitely isn&Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-91178085692407324802009-07-06T14:15:41.768-04:002009-07-06T14:15:41.768-04:00don't these movie scientists ever learn what h...<i>don't these movie scientists ever learn what happens when you bring a dangerous monster back to civilization</i>?<br /><br />And dangle a pretty lady in front of their eyes. They're always dangling the pretty ladies in front of them. Morons!<br /><br />This was a great overview Ed. I've never actually seen the third installment, just the first two. I saw the first (probably Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.com