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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
OneSparePart
THURSDAY 18th APRIL at 7.45pm:
Be here or disappear!

I was so glad to see this film in Cygnus Bazza's list. I was wondering if I should put it up for viewing. No one seems to talk about it as they do with Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still. And they should, it's really very good. I hope you like it too. I would highly recommend reading the book by Richard Matheson, a writer responsible for many of the best films in this genre. And the film sticks remarkably close to the book.


https://archive.org/details/the-incre...inking-man
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M1795537OCVirn
Putting the movie poster here rather than taking up half the News page.

i.imgur.com/9hvKLuU.jpeg

Definitely need to watch yourself on those humongous scissors, mate!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn
Right. Where is everyone? OSP??
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OneSparePart
I'm not here. This is an alternate reality OSP....
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OneSparePart
There seems to be no one else in this reality. Better return to the usual...
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M1795537OCVirn
Argh! They're all leaving me to watch scary films on my own!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Argh! They're all leaving me to watch scary films on my own!

I can't imagine anything that could scare you!
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OneSparePart
Have we started?
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M1795537OCVirn

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Argh! They're all leaving me to watch scary films on my own!

I can't imagine anything that could scare you!


You're right, of course. Nothing scary about these films. Not yet anyway.
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OneSparePart
Love the shades of film noir music
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M1795537OCVirn

OneSparePart wrote:

Have we started?


I have now.
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OneSparePart
The cloud cometh...
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M1795537OCVirn
Is that from the inside of one of those Rover balloons?
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Is that from the inside of one of those Rover balloons?

You better hope not or something strange will happen to you...
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M1795537OCVirn
Who is the doctor? Seen him in other films, I'm sure.
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OneSparePart
Now the doctor I know from other films but I don't know the lead and he is good in this as I recall.
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Who is the doctor? Seen him in other films, I'm sure.

We snapped on that one!
I have just been looking. He's been in EVERYTHING!
Edited by OneSparePart on 18-04-2024 18:58
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M1795537OCVirn
He'd better be nicer to that cat....
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M1795537OCVirn
Live x-rays! State of the art!
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M1795537OCVirn
Chromatography? I did that at school.
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Chromatography? I did that at school.

What school did you go to? Braniac School for Would be Supreme Leaders?
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OneSparePart
It's horrific what's happening to him
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M1795537OCVirn

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Chromatography? I did that at school.

What school did you go to? Braniac School for Would be Supreme Leaders?


Naturally.
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M1795537OCVirn
The set builders had a ball on this one.
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

The set builders had a ball on this one.

They make it look natural, real.
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M1795537OCVirn
This antidote is going to makes things worse, isn't it?
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

This antidote is going to makes things worse, isn't it?

There are not many happy-ever-afters in this genre...
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OneSparePart
Oh dear. Tiny togetherness...ahem ahem
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M1795537OCVirn
Nice idea, and so far, nicely done.
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OneSparePart
A fake furry arm through the window?
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OneSparePart
Hey! The cat attack looks great
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M1795537OCVirn
I warned him about the cat!
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M1795537OCVirn
Who told the media he'd died?
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OneSparePart
This guy wouldn't survive in one of those minimilist homes with no clutter in them.
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Who told the media he'd died?

His brother.
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M1795537OCVirn

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Who told the media he'd died?

His brother.


Did he do it for the money?
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M1795537OCVirn
Look out for spiders!!
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Look out for spiders!!

Mystic meg!!
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Who told the media he'd died?

His brother.


Did he do it for the money?

No. Media was already interested so...
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M1795537OCVirn

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Look out for spiders!!

Mystic meg!!


I just know these things....
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