A new planet moves into the Solar system and four scientists (two couples) are sent to explore planet Nova. In between romantic interludes, the cast faces an iguana masquerading as a Tyranno... Read allA new planet moves into the Solar system and four scientists (two couples) are sent to explore planet Nova. In between romantic interludes, the cast faces an iguana masquerading as a Tyrannosaurus rex.A new planet moves into the Solar system and four scientists (two couples) are sent to explore planet Nova. In between romantic interludes, the cast faces an iguana masquerading as a Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Dr. Ralph Martin
- (as Bill Bryant)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- The Honey Bear
- (as Little Joe the Honey Bear)
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- TriviaMarvin Miller, who narrates this film, was the voice of Robby The Robot in Forbidden Planet.
- GoofsWhen the crew is escaping in the rubber raft, you can see that the girls rowing at the back of the raft, are switched from one side of the boat to the other as the scenes flip from close-up to full view.
- Quotes
Nora: What time would you say it is?
Dr. Richard Gordon: Say it's about 3 o'clock Earth time here.
Nora: 'Cept that we don't know how many hours are in the daily cycle here. You know this place could move around faster than our Earth!
Dr. Richard Gordon: Well let's figure it for 3 o'clock anyway! That gives us 3 or 4 hours before dark.
- Crazy creditsfeaturing Little Joe--The Honey Bear
- ConnectionsEdited into Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)
I can get past all that, in the name of 50's sci-fi conventions and low budgets.
But 5-6 minutes from the end, after one couple has rescued the other from the cave where they were trapped, and the two 'dinosaurs' are wrestling with each other, the blond towheaded guy says, and I am pretty sure I got this right: "I brought the Atomic Bomb. I think this would be a good time to use it!"
So not only do the scientists nuke the island and kill everything on it for no good reason (the friggin dinosaurs never leave the island, and the party could have simply rowed away from the island and never seen the dinos again)...they set the timer for 30 MINUTES and trust they can get across the island ON FOOT past all the other dangerous wildlife, get into their rubber rafts, paddle them across the lake to the other shore and find shelter. In THIRTY FREAKING MINUTES!?!?
I realize this is just an excuse to try to inject some suspense into the ending, but for crying out loud! That timer clearly could have been for several hours, and the scientists could have STROLLED back, instead of running in a panic for their lives. (There is a hilarious shot in the rubber raft as they near shore where the towhead appears to be repeatedly shoving the blond lady back down on her face for no coherent reason.)
I feel bad for the four actors in this silly exercise in White Manifest Destiny. A couple of them went on the do a lot more work, but working on this thing must have seemed like a death-knell to their careers at the time. And if there was any justice, Bert Gordon wouldn't have had a career after this movie either.
1 star added to the deserved 'awful' rating for sheer goofiness, and also for the naiveté and optimism that permeates the film.
- lemon_magic
- May 7, 2005
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- King Dinosaur: El planeta infernal
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1