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I've had a fun time lately watching Antonio Margheriti's "Gamma One" tetraology: WILD WILD PLANET, SNOW DEVILS, WAR OF THE PLANETS, and PLANETS ON THE PROWL. I know WWF was released to theaters; it...

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1962's "Planet's Against Us" could also be a part of that universe, just a bit earlier.

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By the way, watching the movie "The Big Clock" with Ray Milland and Charles Laughton there's a character named "Max" who is the same person whose voice was heard in dubbing a number of characters in...

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Did some research, it's Dan Tobin who died in 1982 but that's the voice that dubbed a number of characters in the Gamma 1 films

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I just watched the Wild Wild Planet on TCM. " Watch out for those gadgets on the chests!" I almost choked on my sandwich when I heard that line. LOL

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Just watched Snow Devils so now I've seen all of them. I've got to say they're a chore to sit through. I'd be hard pressed to name a single redeeming quality in the bunch. Well, the girls are pretty.

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I watched the majority of those shown on TCM the other day too. I had never seen the snowman one. I haven't read every post in this thread yet, has anyone compared/contrasted the Gammas and concurrent...

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Planets Around Us made in 1962 could be considered one of this group.

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SNOW DEVILS has the best musical score. WILD WILD PLANET wins for shear goofiness (just what the hell were those doll people doing?). PLANETS ON THE PROWL is a remake of BATTLE OF THE WORLDS. Too bad...

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Okay, I know there is a BATTLE OF THE WORLDS 'cause it's got Claude Rains.I know there's a GREEN SLIME 'cause it's got Luciana Paluzzi and Richard Jaeckel.And I know there's a SNOW DEVILS 'cause it's...

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Havta admit, I'm in the "they're goofy fun!" camp. These psychtronic babies are like live-action versions of some lost '60s Dell space comics!

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Rick wrote:[...]But I'm firmly convinced that all the others -- however many titles you list -- are really just one movie.  Which is somewhat what I was saying about them being like formulaic westerns...

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Wich2 wrote: Havta admit, I'm in the "they're goofy fun!" camp. These psychtronic babies are like live-action versions of some lost '60s Dell space comics!I dunno. WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS and SNOW...

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Rick wrote: Okay, I know there is a BATTLE OF THE WORLDS 'cause it's got Claude Rains. I know there's a GREEN SLIME 'cause it's got Luciana Paluzzi and Richard Jaeckel. And I know there's a SNOW...

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Tim Mayer wrote: Time to give this thread a bump. I've just obtained a copy of BATTLE OF THE WORLDS wide-screen and in Italian. No subtitles, but I've watched the movie so many times I don't really...

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gorgozilla wrote:Tim Mayer wrote: Time to give this thread a bump. I've just obtained a copy of BATTLE OF THE WORLDS wide-screen and in Italian. No subtitles, but I've watched the movie so many times...

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I still think the commander from Snow Devils was the inspiration for Zapp Branigan on "Futurama." Man, that hair! That qualifies as the film's best special effect!

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Rick wrote:Okay, I know there is a BATTLE OF THE WORLDS 'cause it's got Claude Rains.I know there's a GREEN SLIME 'cause it's got Luciana Paluzzi and Richard Jaeckel.And I know there's a SNOW DEVILS...

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Thanks for doing all the work! Great to see the Gammaverse lives on. There is also a superb HD print of BATTLE OF THE WORLDS on YouTube. It is the best one I have every...

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As I posted almost 9 months ago, I finally determined that I hadn't seen WAR OF THE PLANETS. I had seen WILD, WILD, PLANET ... WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS ... PLANETS ON THE PROWL ... BATTLE OF THE WORLDS...

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They are an acquired taste. My fascination comes from my childhood memories. When I was ten, WWP played at all the Drive-Ins in my town and I would have killed to see it based on the cool TV ads. My...

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