It was a great movie for its time............
And then there’s “When Worlds Collide” — the book was so obviously written by someone who knew nothing (and didn’t bother find out) about space travel that reading it should result in unintended mirth. “After Worlds Collide” is the sequel, and is actually more interesting, but originating before the War, it’s got some stupid politics of the time.
The movie of WWC is pretty hilarious; there’s a scene when they’re almost to the point where they’re going to land on the alien planet — and the movie antedates space travel — when the pilot is asked if they’re going to make it, his eyes go down, there’s a cutaway to what looks like the dashboard of a car with a fuel gauge, and he replies, “we’ll be okay, we’ve still got a quarter tank left”. Howls of derisive laughter, Bruce.