Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sigh

This Island Earth (1955)
directed by Joseph Newman
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix

It's depressing when presidential candidates can't denounce evolution (evolution!) fast enough and a baritone pilot-scientist from fifty years ago looks progressive.

Also it's misogyny week at Argyle Hall. To wit,

Joe Wilson: "Here's something my wife could use in the house. An 'iterociter incorporating an electron sorter.'"

Dr. Cal Meacham (my scientific progressive): "Oh, she'd probably gain 20 pounds while it did all the work for her."

Zing! I remember laughing at this through MST3K: The Movie in 1996, but Crow and Tom Servo must have been out of the theater and back at the ship for those beautiful matte paintings.