"Surely you can't be serious."
Posted on 06/05/2022 4:06:08 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Nine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down.
"Surely you can't be serious."
I liked it at the time. A nice addition to “Towering Inferno.:
I am. And don’t call me Shirley.
It’s funny now that I can’t even watch Leslie Nielsen in a serious role without cracking up.
The book was a lot better It really gave you the sense of everything being upside-down. A lot of it really couldn’t be expressed in a movie.
And “Earthquake: In Sensurround”
It’s always better the morning after.
I do remember the theme song by Maureen McGovern ("Morning After") being on the radio.
Disaster movies were all the rage in the 70’s.
Every now and then Leslie Neilsen showed up as the heavy or bad guy in a few 70s shows.
He did that well in addition to comedy.
I saw this movie for the first time in 1975 on a ship going to the Philippines.
The captain was livid with the steward for getting this film.
LOL!
The steward thought “Oh Poseidon. Greek god of the sea like Neptune. This will be a nice movie for an ocean voyage.”
Little did he know.
As I remember the film went over very well with the passengers and crew but the captain was fit to be tied.
Irwin Allen, king of cheese , and creator of 60’s scifi TV, such as Lost in Space ( with the deadly carrot man), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ( with Nazi’s , commies, and deadly sea creatures almost every episode), and Land of the Giants ( with the kitty cat of doom always hunting the little people).
Today the JoeBiden adventure is a plot writing itself... Will it end like the Poopsidedown ( Mad magazines take on the poseidon adventure)? Watch the Fantasy worlds of Irwen Allen hosted by Billy Mumy for a walk down memory lane ( or is it a flying sub ride ( coolest TV vehicle of all time))
I cry every time Shelly Winters drowns. She almost made it!
Great childhood memories.
IIRC, Shelly made the underwater swim but then died of a heart attack.
Then there were a couple drive-ins. Movies were just an excuse to go...🙈🙉🙊
Shove it! Shove it! Shove it!!!
Said Robin to his big sister.
We thought that was almost swearing back in the day.
Gene Hackman’s character was new age-y pastor. We watched it not too long ago and I turned to my husband and said ,”What kind of sermon was that??”
Plus we were laughing at Stella Stevens maneuvering around a capsized ship in high heels!!! But it is entertaining and along with Towering Inferno and Earthquake a bit nostalgic as well
Great Movie, very realistic. Leslie Nielsen plays Captain Biden.
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