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  1. Dick

    THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (1969) coming from WAC

    What killed the non-dinosaur material for me were the two leads. Wooden, zero chemistry, bad dialog. The kid was a better actor than either James Franciscus or Gila Golan, or for that matter, Richard Carlson. Laurence Naismith was the only saving grace among the adults here, in my opinion...
  2. Dick

    THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (1969) coming from WAC

    When you put aside the cool 9-minute Harryhausen sequence, this "documentary" is pretty much a bust. The live-action animal footage is mediocre at best, and the two-person narration is silly and childish, denigrating anything seen onscreen for the sake of a laugh. I saw this film as a kid in...
  3. Dick

    THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (1969) coming from WAC

    WAR OF THE WORLDS and WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE are Paramount titles, so who knows when we'll see these. I have viewed both films on HD masters and they're good, but not spectacular. WAR OF THE WORLDS has a very high demand, so why this has been passed over all these years is puzzling and maddening...
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