Colossus of New York, The Space Children, Project X (1968) 6/19 Pre-orders from Olive

[bluskies]

The Colossus of New York Blu-ray



The Space Children Blu-ray



Project X Blu-ray

http://www.classicflix.com/olive-col...721048f4a84730

[Dex Robinson]

YES!!!

I DESPERATELY want BOTH of these movies. I've been eyeing THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK DVD for weeks.

And everyday at look at that DVD at the video store and think, "What are the chances...?"

Fortunately, I mustered the will power to wait. I have a friend who thinks THE SPACE CHILDREN is the greatest movie every made (OK, he's a bit odd). I hesitate to tell him about the Blu-ray because he may have a heart attack.

[bgart13]

Plus PROJECT X (William Castle & Christopher George!). And THE BOOGENS over the summer, plus DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS later in the year or early next.

[nateynate87]

I literally just bought the colossus DVD......oh well I'll be buying the blu as well.

Great sci-fi flick

[Deciazulado]

The Colossus of New York Blu-ray

The Space Children Blu-ray

Project X Blu-ray

[Arkadin]

for those of you who haven't heard, Olive has just acquired the rights to a ton of Republic film titles including High Noon, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, Letter From An Unknown Woman, Force of Evil, Indiscreet, Operation Petticoat, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and many others!!
these Republic films had been under the control of Lionsgate until the recent acquisition by Olive. Whether or not the rights were obtained through Lionsgate or Paramount is unclear, but it sounds like great news, and may bode well for upcoming blu-ray releases of some amazing films that have languished on terrible dvd releases for over a decade.
a partial list--

[Show spoiler]'Accuse (1938)
Bound
Reuben, Reuben
Cujo
Trust
Comment Ca Va?
Ici et ailleurs
The Stationmaster's Wife
The Magic Christian
Dorian Gray (1970)
The Pawnbroker
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Devil's Widow
High School Confidential!
Johnny Guitar
Indescreet
She Devil
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Cry Vengeance
Beware My Lovely
High Noon
Rio Grande
The Quiet Man
The Sound Of Fury
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
The Men
Caught
Letter From An Unknown Woman
Macbeth
Force Of Evil
Secret Beyond The Door
The Lost Moment
Three Secrets
Stranger On The Prowl
The Sun Shines Bright
Private Hell
China Gate
Body And Soul
Pursued
Ramrod
Ruthless
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Angel And The Badman
Cloak And Dagger
Cry Danger
The Enforcer
Bullfighter And The Lady
Only The Valiant
The Diary Of A Chambermaid
Strangers In The Night
The Devil And Miss Jones
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Johnny Come Lately
Blood On The Sun
The Bells Of St. Mary
Magnificent Doll
That's My Man
Magic Town
The Other Love
Sleep, My Love
Champion
Home Of The Brave
Copacabana
Operation Petticoat
The Grass Is Greene

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[HuggyBear73]

I'm going to blind buy SPACE CHILDREN and COLOSSUS. Those two sound the better of the three. What's everyone's opinion on PROJECT X?

[Filmmaker]

Jesus, how many movies are titled PROJECT X?!

[HonestJohn]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

for those of you who haven't heard, Olive has just acquired the rights to a ton of Republic film titles including High Noon, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, Letter From An Unknown Woman, Force of Evil, Indiscreet, Operation Petticoat, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and many others!!
these Republic films had been under the control of Lionsgate until the recent acquisition by Olive. Whether or not the rights were obtained through Lionsgate or Paramount is unclear, but it sounds like great news, and may bode well for upcoming blu-ray releases of some amazing films that have languished on terrible dvd releases for over a decade.
a partial list--

Awesome new, I'll take these please ....

Dorian Gray (1970)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
High Noon
Rio Grande
The Quiet Man
The Sound Of Fury
The Devil And Miss Jones
Operation Petticoat

[bgart13]

They won't be releasing DORIAN GRAY. Raro has released it on dvd already, wouldn't be surprised to see a bd some time soon.

[Superwonderscope]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

I'm going to blind buy SPACE CHILDREN and COLOSSUS. Those two sound the better of the three. What's everyone's opinion on PROJECT X?

I've been DYING to see again that rare William Castle flick.A mix of sci-fi & mystery, very ahead of its time. And an amibtious project for Castle. It's a buy for me.

[deedeenova]

Project X is a weird, but interesting William Castle film. I am a huge William Castle fan, and I have been so annoyed with the non-release of his not-so-popular films. This one includes special effects by Hanna-Barbera as well. In fact, the animation they created was used later on Johnny Quest. It's also a very colorful film, and definitely got that 1960s sci-fi feel to it. Harold Gould is great in it and Christopher George is fun to watch!

[bigshot]

Holy cow! Colossus of New York is a real stinkeroo! Amazingly lame ripoff of Day the Earth Stood Still.

[dsman71]

Tell me, how is it a rip-off of the Day the Earth Stood Still ? This move has nothing to do with a man coming from outer space warning humans of war

[bigshot]

Kid secretly befriended by father figure alien/robot, giant robot, schmaltzy moralizing at the UN, zap rays... It's even the same kid actor, isn't it? They just combined the alien and robot into one. Big mistake making the robot guy talk!

[NoirFan]

All three of these arrived from Import CDs today - thank God for them, otherwise I'd be grumbling about paying $20 for Olive's bare-bones discs on Amazon instead of happily pre-ordering virtually everything they're putting out at a much more acceptable $16 price point!

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by bigshot

Kid secretly befriended by father figure alien/robot, giant robot, schmaltzy moralizing at the UN, zap rays... It's even the same kid actor, isn't it? They just combined the alien and robot into one. Big mistake making the robot guy talk!

It most certainly isn't the same kid actor!

[ClassicCraig]

Originally Posted by deedeenova

... the animation they created was used later on Johnny Quest.

Jonny Quest was produced four years before Project X. Still, I had never heard about JQ animation being used in a movie. I'm going to have to watch it.

[ClassicCraig]

I bought this after seeing a reference in the special features for Gorgo -- same director, Eugene Lourie. Watched it last night and have to say it's a total ripoff of Iron Giant.
The main titles may be the most striking part of the film. They rise up out of the water next to the U.N. building and are reflected. There's also a model shot of the father's mansion about 22 minutes in that's worth watching more than once. There's even a miniature person moving (actually, just sliding) in one of the windows. Very convincing, which is why it's strange the later shots of the same model look awful, like 4th-gen dupes.
The story's just OK, the runtime is nicely short but there's not a lot of excitement until the end. They had a concept and couldn't develop much action around it. There's a flub that is so obvious it breaks the tension during the climax.

[Show spoiler]The monster takes the stage and the following crowd shot includes a woman falling to the floor. Then the eye-beams come out and the woman, now standing, gets zapped and falls down again.

In case you're wondering where the dad is from, he's the bad guy in "Saboteur." The kid is from William Castle's "13 Ghosts" and, sarcastically, "Iron Giant," "Lost in Space," "Tetsujin 28," etc.
There are some cringe-worthy scenes were the kid has to grope around in his uncle's pockets to find a present. More than once, it's a regular thing with them. Then the same thing happens with the giant.
The uncle's a creep, BTW. He tries to be sorta good early on, but

[Show spoiler]he almost immediately starts romancing his late brother's wife, then ultimately abandons her and the kid to the whims of the monster he knows is unhinged

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[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by ClassicCraig

I bought this after seeing a reference in the special features for Gorgo -- same director, Eugene Lourie. Watched it last night and have to say it's a total ripoff of Iron Giant.

I don't know how to tell you this, but Iron Giant was released forty years after The Colossus of New York. If anybody ripped anything off, it was Brad Bird and the other writers of Iron Giant.