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 Quatermass II aka Enemy From Space (1957 film)
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 03-06-2023 18:59
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Date: Thursday 8th June Time: 7.45 ish Brian Donleavy rides again as everyone's favourite Rocket scientist. His police sidekick, Lomax, is played, this time, by John Longden who is very much in the Jack Warner mould: stolid and dependable, an anchor to keep Quatermass grounded. STORY: Quatermass, struggling to gain support for his project to colonise the moon, becomes involved in mysterious events in Winnerden Flats. What are the meteorites that are falling in this area, where an industrial complex - strangely resembling Quatermass's moon project - is supposedly making synthetic food? Our doughty Professor calls for Lomax's help in trying to solve the mystery and soon finds that not everyone will come out of it alive! Donleavy's 2nd outing as the Professor sees him ably supported again by well-known and well-loved actors from British cinema: Sid James, Bryan "Nanette Newman" Forbes, William "sshhh, you know who" Franklyn, Charles Lloyd Pack, Percy Herbert, Michael Ripper. I love these films in their own right but the ensemble cast is wonderful too. Val Guest directs again but this time Nigel Kneale co-writes the screenplay, adapting his own TV play. It was filmed in Essex and around the Thames Estuary. Here's the link: https://youtu.be/rbnm6Qh_kak And here's the back-up: https://youtu.be/Po-zuiTPAE8 Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-06-2023 07:19
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My favourite of the three films by quite a distance. What a brilliant name 'Quatermass' is. Franco-Belgian origin, I believe.* Not that I've ever met a 'Quatermass', mind, nor indeed expect to. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-06-2023 10:33
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It's a tightly written screenplay. Pace is fast but still you don't feel as if the story is being rushed. I really can't wait for this one.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 04-06-2023 15:18
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Oh, and in case the name seems familiar to anyone, Charles Lloyd Pack was indeed Trigger's dad (OFAH). |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 15:54
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My favourite of the three films by quite a distance. What a brilliant name 'Quatermass' is. Franco-Belgian origin, I believe.* Not that I've ever met a 'Quatermass', mind, nor indeed expect to. Apparently so, and not related to Quartermain, as in Allan, although they sound to me like garbled versions of the same thing. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:40
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Getting even more excited about this rewatch....
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:43
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Alpha Grade Posts: 11306 Joined: 16.01.22 |
Oh. Apparently I have been misspelling Brian Donle (a)vy's name...oops
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:43
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Did I read that right? Sid James? Evenin' all, by the way. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:44
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Did I read that right? Sid James? Evenin' all, by the way. He appeared in some serious films back in the day. Evening to you too. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:44
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You call this serious?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:45
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Starting.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:45
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You call this serious? Deadly serious! Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:46
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Hello - just warming my other laptop up to play the film. Could we start in a couple of minutes? |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:46
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It starts straight in the action
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:47
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Hello - just warming my other laptop up to play the film. Could we start in a couple of minutes? Paused! Let us know when u r ready Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:48
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OK started. Fullscreen working this week. Music of doom, and a doomed young couple in a car. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:49
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How's the picture quality on youtube. My dvd is terrible on these modern tvs. It's the night scenes that are worst.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:50
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And by a strange co-incidence, Q's just happened to be the only other car on that road all evening. SPOOKY! As I typed that my pc crashed. Now it won't play the film. Trying the other link... "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:50
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Ssshhh you know who....
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:51
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And by a strange co-incidence, Q's just happened to be the only other car on that road all evening. SPOOKY! As I typed that my pc crashed. Now it won't play the film. Trying the other link... Quatermass won't take sarc. from anyone... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:52
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There was a village there, but they must have pulled it down, she says calmly??? World War II has a lot to answer for! |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:53
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This all reminds me a lot of the Avengers. Mysterious research carried out in mysterious houses in the middle of nowhere. It must have been a very odd world to live in then. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:54
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There was a village there, but they must have pulled it down, she says calmly??? World War II has a lot to answer for! People did except mad things like that in those days Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:55
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And the girls in their place - typing and getting coffee. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:55
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This all reminds me a lot of the Avengers. Mysterious research carried out in mysterious houses in the middle of nowhere. It must have been a very odd world to live in then. Quatermass would have got on well with Ironman's dad Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:55
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There was a village there, but they must have pulled it down, she says calmly??? World War II has a lot to answer for! People did except mad things like that in those days Nest time someone tells me that out government is authoritarian, I will cite this in evidence! |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:57
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OK, I'm back. Where are you up to?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:58
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OK, I'm back. Where are you up to? They're taking the Carlisle road, and they've just found a roadblock. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 18:58
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Quatermass has mellowed out in this film
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:00
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Poor old Bryan Forbes
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:01
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Does he ever take that coat off?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:01
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Quatermass has mellowed out in this film I'm not seeing it! He seems pretty driven to me. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:02
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Brutalising a boffin! It's wrong!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:03
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Quatermass has mellowed out in this film I'm not seeing it! He seems pretty driven to me. Well, he IS acknowledging other people's existence... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:04
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That's not a British car! Let him out!!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:05
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Quatermass has his own pet policeman
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:05
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Alpha Grade Posts: 11306 Joined: 16.01.22 |
That's not a British car! Let him out!! Is it martian? Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:06
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Alpha Grade Posts: 7918 Joined: 16.01.22 |
Quatermass has mellowed out in this film I'm not seeing it! He seems pretty driven to me. Well, he IS acknowledging other people's existence...  |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:09
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Alpha Grade Posts: 11306 Joined: 16.01.22 |
Does he ever take that coat off? Better ask Mrs Quatermass Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 08-06-2023 19:11
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Does he ever take that coat off? Better ask Mrs Quatermass |
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