#mysterious island

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Cover to Jules Vernes' The Mysterious Island (1875) by Newell Convers Wyeth

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Mysterious Island S1E3

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Mysterious Island (1929)

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I’ve just rewatched “The Mysterious Island” (1961), based on a novel by French author Jules Verne. It’s set in the 1860s and tells the story of several Union soldiers who escape a Confederate prison via a hot air balloon. A fierce storm transports them to a remote and “mysterious” island in the South Pacific. There they help rescue two women, passengers of a boat that sunk in the same storm.

Things get interesting when they encounter several giant animals on the island - crabs, chickens, and even bees. All of them were achieved via the amazing effects created by Ray Harryhausen and his team. They holdup surprising well for a movie released over 60 years ago. Today, in a similar movie, the effects would be done via CGI. But Harryhausen’s stop motion effect feel so much more fresh and visceral.

The music for the film was done by Bernard Herrmann, Harryhausen’s frequent collaborator. The music is appropriately adventurous and dramatic.

The only effect that doesn’t stand the rest of time is the volcanic eruption at the climax of the film. It’s clearly a model and the lava doesn’t have the “weight” of liquid rocks.

Outdoor scenes were filmed on the Catalan coast in Spain, with indoor filming occurring in England. The overall design is pretty good, especially Captain Nemo’s ship the Nautilus.

The cast is mostly English, with three exceptions. Nemo was played by Czech actor Herbert Lom (best know for playing Inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films); Gary Merrill (who divorced Bette Davis only a year earlier); and Michael Callen, a young actor popular on Broadway and films in the 1960s.

Callen is a prime example of how the perception of men has changed over the years. Callen plays the heart throb and is shirtless in most of the movie. But by today’s standard he looks incredible skinny with no muscle tone.

I particularly like Michael Craig who played the castaways leader. I thought I’d seen him in some old TV westerns but nearly all of his credits are British.

The two women are played by Joan Greenwood as Lady Fairchild and Beth Rogan as her niece Elena. Greenwood has a very artificial sounding voice and I thought her dialogue may have been dubbed over by another actress (it wasn’t). About half way into the movie, Rogan switches from a long dress with petticoats into a very small and revealing leather tunic. It’s so short that her underpants are frequently revealed as she runs across the beach.

I saw “The Mysterious Island” via TUBI, a free streaming service. There were occasional commercial but not as intrusive as broadcast TV.

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On December 22, 1961, Mysterious Island debuted in West Germany.

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Just another St Patrick’s Day in the Poconos

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Faltou verba: "A ilha misteriosa" (Mysterious Island, 2005)

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Hy-Brasil RPG - A Discord RP

This is an RP set on a mythological island, with two rival gangs, and magic is not only possible (And powers) but used in the same way as electricity would be used, and many of the island’s residents are descendants of supernatural/fantasy creatures and beings, along with humans, who are either descended from the original islanders, those who were shipwrecked, or were recently shipwrecked themselves. Your muse cannot leave the island unless specifically assigned for missions to do so. These are decided by career paths. Your primary goal in the RP is to build up the community of the town, get into mischief, and cause a mess. Piss off a gang, or two. Do you accept that mission?

Hy-Brasil is based in Discord. If you wish to join, please message us

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Day in Fandom History: January 31…

After the events of “Whipple the Happy Dragon”, Finn gets separated from Jake, Susan, and BMO and ends up washed ashore on a bizarre island and must find his friends, only to find an inhabitant living on the island. “Mysterious Island” premiered on this day, 7 Years Ago.

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AMOW 2023 Day 3 - Drowning

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Mysterious Island (1961)

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The Dark Cloud: With the vampire essence released in the form of a ferocious monster, Marceline must make a personal sacrifice to save Ooo.

Mysterious Island: Separated from the group, Finn explores the strange island he ended up on.

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On December 20, 1961, Mysterious Island debuted in the United States.