jaragon Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 George Pal produced this adaptation of Lester Dent's classic pulp novel. The movie feels more like a pilot for a tv series than an actual film. Pal did not have the money to pull off the period details and even the special effects are not that effective. Ron Ely is fine as Doc- he looks the part and so are the actors playing his five sidekicks . The films tone is Batman tv camp while the action scenes are played straight. This is not a terrible movie but clearly aimed at the kid matinee audience. Warner Brothers Archive has released in a good looking blu ray edition. There are no extras. Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Guaranteed to be a re-make someday. In fact I think its already in the works. Hollywood is desperate for more superhero properties. One wants to ask: isn't the audience ever going to outgrow this trend? But the answer is no. It'd be laughable if it wasn't so pathetic; that a nation of 300 million people are satisfied with comics. A whole generation of infantile-minded morons has grown up with big-budget superhero spectaculars and thinks nothing of it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Eucalpytus P. Millstone Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Three years later, after Sgt_Markoff's dyspeptic response, no remake yet. IMO, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze is atrocious -- doubly so for having been made by George Pal. A pity that it was Pal's swan song as a film producer. What possessed Pal to go the campy route? Did he expect to coast on fumes from the Batman TV series six years earlier? A lamentably missed opportunity. Oh well, at least Lester Dent's widow loved Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. According to the IMDb, Pal wanted Steve Reeves to portray Clark Savage, Jr. I think Reeves hewed more closely to James Bama's artistic renderings than did Ron Ely. But, Ely was the better actor. I share Sarge's attitude about the preponderance of superhero movies. That said, were a truly faithful adaptation of Lester Dent's scientist-adventurer (or adventurer-scientist) to be made, I'd go see it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 17 hours ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said: Three years later, after Sgt_Markoff's dyspeptic response, no remake yet. IMO, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze is atrocious -- doubly so for having been made by George Pal. A pity that it was Pal's swan song as a film producer. What possessed Pal to go the campy route? Did he expect to coast on fumes from the Batman TV series six years earlier? A lamentably missed opportunity. Oh well, at least Lester Dent's widow loved Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. According to the IMDb, Pal wanted Steve Reeves to portray Clark Savage, Jr. I think Reeves hewed more closely to James Bama's artistic renderings than did Ron Ely. But, Ely was the better actor. I share Sarge's attitude about the preponderance of superhero movies. That said, were a truly faithful adaptation of Lester Dent's scientist-adventurer (or adventurer-scientist) to be made, I'd go see it. I guess Pal thought he was aiming at the movie at the kids- but it was barely released and it bombed- yes a sad a end to the Pal legacy Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 Here is the trailer the film looks great on Blu ray... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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