Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!LFeinberg.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA From: LFeinberg.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: The First Spaceship on Venus--Slight SPOILER Message-ID: <16557@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 23:11:01 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16557 Posted: Wed Feb 8 23:11:01 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 05:57:55 EST Lines: 18 A classic 1960 S.F. movie which is quite often overlooked is "The First Spaceship on Venus". While this film is often dismissed (my "Guide to T.V. Movies" gives it 1 1/2 stars out of 4), it is actually a neglected masterpiece. In this film, a group of scientists flies to Venus, where they find the remains of an ancient, dead, civilization. Those scenes on Venus inside the ruins of this civilization are a surrealistic masterpiece. Highlights include the scenes where the astronaughts are chased up the spiral ramp-like building by the flowing lava, the scenes inside the green and glowing pit ( a brain? a computer?) on the planet, and the bizzare reversal of the ending. Like "Dark Star", this is a low budget cheapy, and has some real flaws that are hard to overlook. But for capturing the bizzare and numinous essence of surrealism on screen, this movie cannot be equaled! Anyone else remeber this one? Lawrence