TRIP TO MOON
It appears that what these apparent scientist types are doing is plotting out some kind of a moon landing, but they are soon distracted from that task by a flash outside the window. One of the scientists wanders off to investigate, and is soon greeted by a bewitching melody sung by a ghostly female voice, wafting toward him as if carried on the bitter mountain winds. Soon the voice is given unlikely form in the shape of a woman in a bejeweled floor-length gown, shoulder-length lace gloves and a tiara, who proceeds to perform a fairly standard Bollywood item number while lithely prancing about the craggy, blizzard-swept landscape. This mildly surreal sequence ends when the old professor, having completely fallen under this siren’s spell, is suddenly confronted with her true form: that of a cackling, helmeted spacewoman in a mini-dress, leggings, and high-top sneakers. Soon thereafter, a gang of thuggish moon minions appear and hustle the fellow into a waiting flying saucer, which then shakily takes off toward the heavens.
#1 by lyzard on June 23, 2009 - 4:41 pm
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Okay, this does it: between us, we must know some obliging Hindi-speaking person who can help us subtitle these films and get then to the rest of the world. It’s our duty, dammit!!
Todd, the debt owed to the American serials is apparent in another way: a great many of them open with all guns blazing, then trail away into extremely repetitious fights and/or chases, then pick up for the big finale. If you watched one back to back, I think it would look very much like Trip To Moon.
Also, if someone doesn’t tell me how to get hold of that rhinoceros, I am going to throw SUCH a tantrum.
#2 by Todd on June 23, 2009 - 5:00 pm
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You’re absolutely right, Liz. I have watched old serials in their entirety in one sitting, which basically ends up providing an argument for why they should only be watched as intended: in small sections spread out over a period of time. The experience of watching Trip To Moon was definitely similar.
And I’m right with you on getting these babies subtitled and more widely available. Where do I sign the petition?
#3 by Read MacGuirtose on June 23, 2009 - 7:09 pm
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I will add that to my list of things I will do when I am rich.
It’s a long list, though.
#4 by KeithA on June 23, 2009 - 10:01 pm
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A friend’s dad promised me he was going to sit down with me one day and subtitle all kinds of Hindi movies, so happy was he as an aging fan of b-movies that others shared his enthusiasm for rubber dinosaurs and fights against gorilla suits.
I should note, however, that we were both pretty far into “Indian whiskey tasting night” at that point.