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Well, that's neat. Small world.

That's great to hear. Welcome to the Snack Bar, Eddie. It's all about classic sci-fi and fantasy here.

@AtomicSnackBar Rock on!!! That's my first love when it comes to movies and tv, Horror and Westerns battling for second place lol

@AtomicSnackBar And Thank Ya for the welcome Brother!

@@EddieBloecher Most excellent. I'm a big western fan as well, and I cover them on occasion. Most recently a little retrospective on Death Rides a Horse.

I know, right? It's a mystery.

@AtomicSnackBar Lol I went hunting for clues in an old time Police CallBox but it was a Hammer studios Call Box so the only guy there was Peter Cushing! Lol

@@EddieBloecher My favorite Dr. Who. Controversial choice, I know.

@@AtomicSnackBar I've always been hovering between Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee but in the Hammer WHOVERSE Cushing is Doctor Who. Lol not the Doctor but Doctor Who as he introduced himself lol. I admit we had Baker reruns in Wausau Wisconsin where I grew up and on a weekend trip to my cousin's in Milwaukee we were watching old sci fi movies and BAM Doctor Who and The Daleks came on. I didn't know the movie existed until then amd when Cushing said, " I am Doctor Who " I was like what the hell? Lol But Cushing, The Daleks and the awesome technicolor won me over. So I understand why he's your favorite. Btw sorry didn't mean to type an autobiography there. Lol

I was 8 or 9 at the time. I didn't really even understand what a con was or that there were guests. I really just thought it was the dealer's room and people in costumes. I didn't find out about Mr. Troughton's passing until decades later. That said, it was still a very memorable experience for me. So, I take it you were stationed at Fort Benning?

Thanks, Tom. Always good to hear from you, though part of your comment got cut off there.

Okay, you had me worried there that this would be a nonsense-free comment. That I cannot abide by.

I'm familiar with John Carter, but haven't dug into any of the books yet. I did see the movie from several years back, which I actually enjoyed as far as modern movies go. I thought it got a bad rap. But my lack of knowledge of the source material could have something to do with that.

Hear, hear.

Oh yeah, it was big business. When watching basic cable late night TV nearly every commercial break featured a 900 number. The bulk of which were very not kid friendly.

I was going to comment on my favorite of the Lamb's Navy ads. But upon looking over them again . . . I couldn't pick a favorite. They too powerful.

I really appreciate that, Rudy. I certainly try to bring a little good spirited fun to the TH-cams. Thanks for watching, and nice to hear from you again.

Yeah, there's a few. I just wanted an excuse to make the Tigger joke.

Yessss indeed.

Awesome. I appreciate you going back and watching this one.

@@AtomicSnackBar I always watch as time and work/personal events allow. BTW where did you get you terrific theme music? It sounds familiar but kinda not. 😁🫡

@@dwh5512 That's actually just a piece of free-to-use library music available for YT content creators. It's called Drag Race by TrackTribe. I really dug that surf rock kind of sound.

The backbone and the highwater mark as well.

@AtomicSnackBar Agreed 👍

He surely did. One of my favorite character actors. It's a shame his scene was cut from Pulp Fiction.

Well, most excellent. I do appreciate that. I certainly try to make things a bit more fun.

@@AtomicSnackBar 👍

I thank you much.

Well said. I couldn't agree more. And still to this day, I marvel at how good and timeless stop motion is.

Famous . . . infamous. Either or, really.

An excellent point.

Ohhhhhh man, I think it might be time you started writing an autobiography, good sir. I would certainly take a looksee at that fine tome. So, what did he say was the reason for no sequel to Jason and the Argonauts? That's was an excellent question. Thanks for watching, Sam. It's always a real pleasure to hear from you.

My all-time favorite sci-fi show, right there.

That's a lot of fun. I would have loved for something like that to have happened when I was a lad.

No mullets in this one either. So don't get too excited.

@AtomicSnackBar what? But I love fish...

@@Madmax-rz5hz That's some nonsense based wordplay after my own heart.

Tobor the Great is a great one indeed. I covered that fine gentleman in one of my 1950s specific videos. Top 1950s Sci-fi Robots Part II I want to say.

Most definitely. Clash of the Titans was my first Harryhausen film.

I agree in full. It all holds up so very well.

Exactly the same case for me as well. Clash of the Titans was my first Harryhausen film. And like you, I saw the Sinbad films a little later, and I was just blown away. As to why they haven't tried another, I really don't know. But like you said, they would butcher it. Oh man, would they ever. Thanks, Darius.

@ AtomicSnackBar - You can see what might have happened by watching the remake of Clash of the Titans and it's sequel Wrath of Titans. I enjoyed them but they were heavily criticised and lack the light hearted fantasy adventure of the Harryhausen movies.

@@tonysantiago255 I want to say I saw both of those, but darn if I don't remember a thing about them.

Ah, that's really neat. Clash of the Titans was the only Harryhausen film I was able to see on the big screen. And though I did like the Sinbad films better, I sure loved the heck out of that one too.

Clash of the Titans was my first Harryhausen film as well. It's also the only one I saw in theaters. So I share a similar attachment to it. Jason and Argonauts, though I was familiar with it - my mom would talk about it and I would see the model kits in catalogs - I didn't run across the actual film until I was an adult. And with Law, I really think a big part of it is the accent he used. Not to argue too much with Mr. Schneer, I think it sounds great. Thanks, Trev.

@AtomicSnackBar I envy you, Sir. I caught Clash on TNT in the late 90s (7th Voyage a year earlier as part of a DirecTV pay-per-view double bill with Eye of the Tiger, which scared the crap out of me 😄). I remember having an issue of Amazing Figure Modeler magazine completely devoted to Harryhausen that gave me a peak into the other films Ray made (being a mature magazine, it also opened other doors, hubba hubba 😜). My favorite kit from that magazine was a diorama of the Cyclops fighting the Ymir on Hollywood Boulevard, & the Ymir model had been given a beautiful dark purple & blue gray color scheme evoking Venus. I may have been the only kid who, when catching the end of Argonauts on TV, was hoping for the Harpies (which caught my eye in the aforementioned magazine) to show up, but got skeletons, again. I've since learned to appreciate the technical feats that went into said fight. 😆 The Three Ghouls are still cooler & creepier though, there's my hot take. All the accents used in Golden Voyage, though probably "controversial" by today's standards, add a sense of legitimacy to the film that really elevates it to the top of the pack, IMO. Thank YOU, Sterling, for the videos & listening to me rattle on. 🤝

@@trevthomscultclassiccorner2037 I don't mind listening to you rattle on at all. Except, that is, for your controversial views on llama fur in the workplace. That's a bit much even for me. But man, you got me right in the nostalgias with the story about the magazine. When I was a kid I loved catalogs and was constantly sending off for different ones. Often they were just cheap photocopies, but I loved them nonetheless. It was one of those that I saw Jason and the Argonauts for the first time. Way back on the channel, one of the earliest videos, I took a little look at one of those. th-cam.com/video/KCw8B5udWZ4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rfmRgb7NzEnkj__q

@@AtomicSnackBar Ba Dum TISS! 🤣 I will check that link out. Those magazines felt like portals to another world, & were formative to a lot of my future cinematic taste. While we're on the Sinbad subject, the documentary The Harryhausen Chronicles (narrated by Leonard Nimoy) was also an eye opener for me. I caught it one afternoon on AMC during one of their Monsterfests & was truly awestruck when I saw the segment on Golden Voyage. I finally figured out where Kali was from, & the one-eyed Centaur + Griffin were a revelation. I sought out a VHS of Golden Voyage as quickly as possible, & its been a fave ever since.

That's a really neat idea. I'll give that a little thought, see what I come up with it. Thanks for the suggestion.

I appreciate that. Thanks for stopping by and checking it out.

I got to see Clash of the Titans on the big screen, but none of the Sinbad films unfortunately.

I've heard great things about his portrayal. And though I'm not well-versed in that world, that's the Dr. Who I most associate with the role. Other than my first Dr., Peter Cushing.

A really unique and underrated film that I think people write off unfairly because it's so bright and colorful. But I like my sci-fi bright and colorful.

I can imagine. Heck, seeing them in the '80s for the first time was amazing to me.

They are great. Definitely track them down if you can. I want to say Golden Voyage is here on YT.

All three of them are on here, you won’t regret taking the time to find them!

@@AmericanAurochs Oh, they sure are. Thanks for the head's up.

@ Thank you for making this video, Harryhausen was the GOAT!

@@AmericanAurochs My pleasure. Thanks again.

@ deniseboldea1624 - Kids today are not as bright or imaginative as we were. CGI in films has already peaked in my opinion. It was better 10-20 years ago . Disney's Crank 'em out sweatshop attitude has produced some truly abysmal stuff in recent years.

If you think about it, Harryhausen's stop-motion stuff still looks great after all these years. Yet most CG that comes out now already doesn't look good. Can you imagine how badly this stuff will age in the next 10 or so years?

@AtomicSnackBar I agree, this argument was primarily over them sitting down and watching Clash of the Titans (Original Version) with me. This was weeks after they went to see Avatar and said I should watch it. I finally did when it made it's way to a second run theater, and while the Visual effects where impressive, the story writing was lame which is a huge bugaboo for me about modern movies. They spent all that dough on the effects, just to have the script be a Star Wars/Pocahontas Mashup? Lame. Since I'm a fan of older films, many of which are cheesy, the kids think me to be a bit hypocritical, but I remind them that the old movies even the ones with bad effects, bad writing and bad acting (looking at you Ed Wood) have their charms, and your not wasting $35 just to be disappointed.

@@deniseboldea1624 Very true indeed. And you take a lot of these older movies that are campy. In many cases, they are intentionally so and were never meant to be anything more than fun. Yet now you have these CG monstrosities that take themselves way too seriously, and that's where true cheese comes in.

Oh, did she? I didn't realize it had been so recent. But she made it to 90. Pretty good run there.

Exactly. I concur with every part of that statement.

I could really use to upgrade to bluray myself. I take it you have the Indicator releases? If so, how do they look?

@@AtomicSnackBar My 7th Voyage is actually part of the Harryhausen Collection box set from Sony...the other two are the Indicator releases. They all look pretty good, with the Indicator discs maybe slightly better than the Sony.

@@JCMacLeod555 Those are tempting. I have a region-free player even. I just don't necessarily trust that it will work properly with blurays. It has a mind of its own.

@@AtomicSnackBar The Indicator discs I have are all-region, so you should be ok.

@@JCMacLeod555 Fantastic. It's great when they do that. Thanks for the tip.

Heck yeah. I'd even go as far to say it's better than most CG of today.

@@AtomicSnackBar Yes. I would agree,

@@garfieldsmith332 There's some these days, like those Transformers movies, where I can barely even tell what I'm looking at.

Biollante would have been a great choice, but I try, try being the word, to avoid using Japanese footage. They don't have fair use there, so it's kind of risky. Good question about the Green Slime. I certainly wouldn't argue against it.

I think the scene you are thinking of is when the giant wasps buzz around Patrick Troughton. Or was he pestered by the homunculus and I'm just forgetting that?

@AtomicSnackBar just looked it up...the flying things are 'harpies'.... They tormented him by nicking his food! Great film from childhood....loved them skeletons made from teeth of the hydra when the man says " kill!, kill them all! " and they charge forwards!!! Great stuff!

@@robinlarge1630 Oh yeah, of course. I misread you and was thinking you were talking about the Sinbad film. The old brain box isn't what it used to be.

@ robinlarge2630 - The scene with the Harpies is from Jason and the Argonauts. I'm pretty sure that it wasn't Patrick Troughton as the blind man who was being harassed by them, but I'm too lazy to look up who the actor was. Good stuff all around though.

@AtomicSnackBar 😂😂😂

It's a true mystery.