The 100th anniversary of the release of METROPOLIS will be in 2027. I am so hoping that there will be a re-release of the restored version onto movie screens so that cinephiles like me could have the opportunity to see this masterpiece on a big screen, the way it was meant to be seen. Just imagine seeing this movie on an I-MAX screen!!!
When I 1st started my home theater library (in the mid-80's) I stumble upon a cheapo copy of 'Things To Come'! I Still have it to this day! I considerate it one of the most influential Sci/Fi flics to this day! Not only did it (nearly singlehandedly) establish the Post-Apocalyptic Sub Genre... I've always felt the Wandering Sickness served as the templet for Zombie Lore!
Might I suggest the "Doc Savage" series by Lester Dent as being an early form of science fiction? I realize that it is mostly crime-fighting, but Doc prefigures Superman in many ways, thought he is completely human who through his father's and his own efforts has reached the pinnacle of strength and intelligence. Also, there was usually an irrational or mysterious problem, like 'The Meteor Menace" par example, where Doc and his gang solve by using science and falsifying the mystery and magical element established by the title and early chapters.
There is an anime called Metropolis which in large part part based on manga by osamu tezuka of the same name which was inspired by the poster of the original movie. To make it a bit more weird it is pretty clear that the filmmakers of the anime also took inspiration form the original to help stretch what was a short manga into a full length movie.
Very educational. I will make this another exciting / interesting class for Juliana and I already have links to the films mentioned. Thanks again Professor Zee for taking the time and effort to share your lifetime of learning / expertise on ALL of these great subjects!
My library for years had this I think it was a DVD from some small disturbing company one of those ones that pick up public domain films and sells them for cheep of The Shape Of Things To Come which was how I first watched it. Later I bought a coupe for my friends birthday.
This is gonna be a great series. I thought I was an expert and I learned things. Live long and prosper Mr Sci Fi!🖖🏼. And the best of luck on Space Command. Unfortunately I’m broke so I was unable to donate to the cause but I love the first hour that you have posted. Cheers sir! 🍻
Thanks Marc for this great series on SciFi films. Sorry all I can do to support you is clik Like . I already subbed and rang da bell. I live on a very low SSI disability income so sorry, I can't afford any Patreon donations.
Ray Bradbury... inspired buy 'King Kong' & 'The Lost World', rights a short story called The Foghorn! This kick-starts the global obsession with giant monster movies to this day!
Great Job!!! Thank You. But I'd also like to mention (with all due respect) that anyone who's researched the depths of SCI-FI & HORROR (from 1925 to 1980) knows that 'Forrest J Ackerman is Mr. SCI-FI'.😁
Great video! I would also recommend Fritz Lang's Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon). Wether political or not Aelita is a great science fiction film, Metropolis is also a political film (I see it as a defense of the SPD ideology) but it doesn't mean it is not science fiction or a cinematic masterpiece.
Marc TCM is promoting science fiction films on Tuesday nights for a while. I don't know if you have reached out to them already but I think you'd be an excellent guest host to pick some films and comment on them and the associated history.
@@MrSciFi WOW... The little boy they do a still-shot on after the initial raid on Everytown??? THAT'S Pathworthy's son!?! 35 years & I never noticed that! (Learn something new every day! Thanks!) There is another Pathworthy descendent who's a friend of Oswald Cabal... Maybe Pippa had another son?
I'm most interested in hearing the history of science-fiction circa *Forbidden Planet* and *Robinson Crusoe on Mars* (whenever they were made) to ... well ... the end of mankind, I suppose (which shouldn't be more than a few decades).
Sadly... they don't really make Sci/Fi anymore! (That's one SF Buff's opinion!) There's no 1 reason for this, but the short answer involves a changing market! & funny you chose those two particular works as your starting point... as BOTH are actually adaptations of non-sci/fi literature.
*History of Science Fiction in Film* 🎞 (1890’s-1920’s) 0:59 Herbert George “H.G.” Wells writes _The Time Machine_ In 1895 1:49 The Lumier brothers introduce Moving Pictures as we know them 4:00 _A Trip To The Moon_ 🌝 🔭🚀 5:57 Thomas Edison’s _Frankenstein_ , 1910, 7:07 _Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde_ Fritz Lang 🇩🇪 and Thea Von Harbou 🇩🇪 9:10 *_Metropolis_* 1927 11:34 13:48 Lang‘s Encounter with The Nazi Party American/English Science Fiction Film (1930’s) 15:44 _Just Imagine_ _Lost World_ Arthur Conan Doyle, 1925 17:35 18:33 *_King Kong_* 1933 20:08 _(The Shape Of) Things To Come_ 1936 23:07 War Comes To England 🏴 Bombings. Mankind Destroys Itself. Government run by Scientists 🥼 27:05 *_Island of Lost Souls_* 28:50 Drawn Spaceman picture Comic Strips in Newspapers *_Flash Gordon_* 1936 *_Buck Rodgers_* 1939 (also on radio 📻 ) 31:47 Colorized 32:21 1939, WWII THE ATOMIC BOMB 💣Robert Hienlin _The World Set Free_
America is one of those odd places, much of the early science fiction were slightly propaganda this is even more so during the early years of the cold war. People sometimes forget that America had no real great love for science the Scope trail was in 25 and the government had to make a big push towards science when the space race began in the early sixties,
"we shouldn't hand over the government to the scientists..." I'm... I'm not sure I agree with that viewpoint, since we haven't had any real examples of anyone actually trying it out in real life... :/
The 100th anniversary of the release of METROPOLIS will be in 2027. I am so hoping that there will be a re-release of the restored version onto movie screens so that cinephiles like me could have the opportunity to see this masterpiece on a big screen, the way it was meant to be seen. Just imagine seeing this movie on an I-MAX screen!!!
You have THE BEST description of SCI-FI history in film since Forrest J Ackerman. Thanks for the rewarding and insightful dialogue.😊
This was the first apocalyptic/post apocalyptic movie I ever saw when I was a kid way back in the day and it turned me on to that genre.
When I was in college in 1989, I took a class called "Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature" and the professor showed us the film "Things to Come".
When I 1st started my home theater library (in the mid-80's) I stumble upon a cheapo copy of 'Things To Come'! I Still have it to this day! I considerate it one of the most influential Sci/Fi flics to this day! Not only did it (nearly singlehandedly) establish the Post-Apocalyptic Sub Genre... I've always felt the Wandering Sickness served as the templet for Zombie Lore!
@@thrashpondopons2776 My dad also bought a cheapo copy of it around 1986.
Most excellent, I would have mentioned the 1935 film, Transatlantic Tunnel. Just what it says, it was a British film about a massive project.
Oh wow......when you mentioned Bob Clampett you made me think about one of my favorite cartoons as a boy. " Beany and Cecil " .
Might I suggest the "Doc Savage" series by Lester Dent as being an early form of science fiction? I realize that it is mostly crime-fighting, but Doc prefigures Superman in many ways, thought he is completely human who through his father's and his own efforts has reached the pinnacle of strength and intelligence. Also, there was usually an irrational or mysterious problem, like 'The Meteor Menace" par example, where Doc and his gang solve by using science and falsifying the mystery and magical element established by the title and early chapters.
There is an anime called Metropolis which in large part part based on manga by osamu tezuka of the same name which was inspired by the poster of the original movie. To make it a bit more weird it is pretty clear that the filmmakers of the anime also took inspiration form the original to help stretch what was a short manga into a full length movie.
Very educational. I will make this another exciting / interesting class for Juliana and I already have links to the films mentioned. Thanks again Professor Zee for taking the time and effort to share your lifetime of learning / expertise on ALL of these great subjects!
My library for years had this I think it was a DVD from some small disturbing company one of those ones that pick up public domain films and sells them for cheep of The Shape Of Things To Come which was how I first watched it. Later I bought a coupe for my friends birthday.
Wonderful. So glad you started this series.
Great work Marc, thanks. Looking forward to the future installments.
This is gonna be a great series. I thought I was an expert and I learned things. Live long and prosper Mr Sci Fi!🖖🏼. And the best of luck on Space Command. Unfortunately I’m broke so I was unable to donate to the cause but I love the first hour that you have posted. Cheers sir! 🍻
Very interesting. On to part two!
Marc, you should see the behind the scenes story for the Brando/Kilmer version of the Island of Dr. Morou, it’s so bizarre.
Thanks for this Marc. It's a great collection!
this really helps with my reasearch, very inspiring and interesting thank you!!
Great series already. Thank you.
Been waiting for this, cool! I recently watched the series about novels and was puzzled when it never got to films.
Love this, thanks for sharing your expertise!
I love how in the 1930's they thought that the future would be Art Deco.
Great video I really like these kind of videos please make more like it.
Thanks Marc for this great series on SciFi films. Sorry all I can do to support you is clik Like .
I already subbed and rang da bell. I live on a very low SSI disability income so sorry, I can't afford any Patreon donations.
Bela Lugosi, something he could put his teeth into? .......Ah I see what you did there! :-)
Ray Bradbury... inspired buy 'King Kong' & 'The Lost World', rights a short story called The Foghorn! This kick-starts the global obsession with giant monster movies to this day!
Professor Challenger? well there's something new for me to check out.
Great Job!!! Thank You. But I'd also like to mention (with all due respect) that anyone who's researched the depths of SCI-FI & HORROR (from 1925 to 1980) knows that 'Forrest J Ackerman is Mr. SCI-FI'.😁
Although, I appreciate you carrying the torch.
Great video! I would also recommend Fritz Lang's Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon). Wether political or not Aelita is a great science fiction film, Metropolis is also a political film (I see it as a defense of the SPD ideology) but it doesn't mean it is not science fiction or a cinematic masterpiece.
Interesting retrospective, thanks.
Marc TCM is promoting science fiction films on Tuesday nights for a while. I don't know if you have reached out to them already but I think you'd be an excellent guest host to pick some films and comment on them and the associated history.
Good overview, although I can’t find anything about Wells writing a script for The King Who Was A King.
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LOVED 'Things To Come'... ALWAYS thought that The Boss was the grown-up son of Pippa Pathworthy! Any Thoughts???
I don't think so. They have a close shot of the kid dead in the rubble during the air raid.
@@MrSciFi WOW... The little boy they do a still-shot on after the initial raid on Everytown??? THAT'S Pathworthy's son!?! 35 years & I never noticed that! (Learn something new every day! Thanks!) There is another Pathworthy descendent who's a friend of Oswald Cabal... Maybe Pippa had another son?
I'm most interested in hearing the history of science-fiction circa *Forbidden Planet* and *Robinson Crusoe on Mars* (whenever they were made) to ... well ... the end of mankind, I suppose (which shouldn't be more than a few decades).
Sadly... they don't really make Sci/Fi anymore! (That's one SF Buff's opinion!) There's no 1 reason for this, but the short answer involves a changing market! & funny you chose those two particular works as your starting point... as BOTH are actually adaptations of non-sci/fi literature.
*History of Science Fiction in Film* 🎞 (1890’s-1920’s)
0:59 Herbert George “H.G.” Wells writes _The Time Machine_ In 1895
1:49 The Lumier brothers introduce Moving Pictures as we know them
4:00 _A Trip To The Moon_ 🌝 🔭🚀
5:57 Thomas Edison’s _Frankenstein_ , 1910,
7:07 _Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde_
Fritz Lang 🇩🇪 and Thea Von Harbou 🇩🇪
9:10 *_Metropolis_* 1927 11:34
13:48 Lang‘s Encounter with The Nazi Party
American/English Science Fiction Film (1930’s)
15:44 _Just Imagine_
_Lost World_ Arthur Conan Doyle, 1925 17:35
18:33 *_King Kong_* 1933
20:08 _(The Shape Of) Things To Come_ 1936
23:07 War Comes To England 🏴
Bombings. Mankind Destroys Itself.
Government run by Scientists 🥼
27:05 *_Island of Lost Souls_*
28:50 Drawn Spaceman picture
Comic Strips in Newspapers
*_Flash Gordon_* 1936
*_Buck Rodgers_* 1939 (also on radio 📻 )
31:47 Colorized
32:21 1939, WWII
THE ATOMIC BOMB 💣Robert Hienlin
_The World Set Free_
I guess I've never seen the proper vision of Metropolis then, I'd correct that.
Ruling class is always the problem, regardless of their economic status. Just call them Government.
Metropolis find on Plex. Now we see where Nazis got ideas!
America is one of those odd places, much of the early science fiction were slightly propaganda this is even more so during the early years of the cold war. People sometimes forget that America had no real great love for science the Scope trail was in 25 and the government had to make a big push towards science when the space race began in the early sixties,
"we shouldn't hand over the government to the scientists..."
I'm... I'm not sure I agree with that viewpoint, since we haven't had any real examples of anyone actually trying it out in real life... :/
We haven't had any real examples of handing government over to Harry Potter LARPERs either.