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To: Fedora
Well, Puppet Masters actually was adapted, back in 1994. Of course, that one was ruined when they didn't make people walk around buck-nekkid ... <wistful sigh>

The movie Destination: Moon, made in 1950, was the screen version of Rocketship Galileo; for its day, it was keenly innovative. The great George Pal was the producer; the great, great Chesley Bonestell did the matts; Heinlein vetted the script, so the science was accurate. If you ever get a chance, watch it ... it's pretty cool!

The 1950s TV series Tom Corbett: Space Cadet was based on the novel Space Cadet. When you read about various members of the Stone family in The Rolling Stones being seduced by the easy money of serial TV, this is the basis. I remember seeing the tail end of the reruns of this series when I was an itty bitty li'l girl, and I never connected it with Heinlein until I was much older.

The 1953 movie Project Moonbase was written by Heinlein, but, although it is chock-full of Heinleinistic women, it kinda sucks ... I think the suits got ahold of it. However, I think this is the movie that they built the inverted set for. There are scenes where people are walking on the ceiling and the floor; it's also got Madam President, and Colonel Briteis.

Red Planet (1994) was an animated series based on the novel of the same name. I haven't seen all of it, so I have no opinion ... but I do know they did show skating along the canals, and the gun-rights fight.

10,836 posted on 03/01/2004 6:59:25 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... rah rah R.A.H! ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear
I've seen Destination: Moon, Project Moonbase, and the 1994 Puppet Masters; wouldn't mind seeing the first two again (agree George Pal was great and I love 50s SF movies in general), the third was so-so I thought. Haven't seen Red Planet--will have to find that.
10,862 posted on 03/01/2004 7:21:01 PM PST by Fedora
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