To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill

Name: Hollywood Aliens & Monsters
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997-11-09
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Forrest J. Ackerman, Mark Hamill, Ronald V. Borst

Original title: Hollywood Aliens & Monsters

TV Movie
1997
1h 38m

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6.5/10

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To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (1997)

Documentary

Mark Hamill is hosting an informational tour through the history of science fiction movie-making. The focus is not on special effects and action scenes, but on the relationship between socie... Read allMark Hamill is hosting an informational tour through the history of science fiction movie-making. The focus is not on special effects and action scenes, but on the relationship between society's hangups and fears and the subject matter of the movies. The effects of the American p... Read allMark Hamill is hosting an informational tour through the history of science fiction movie-making. The focus is not on special effects and action scenes, but on the relationship between society's hangups and fears and the subject matter of the movies. The effects of the American public's changing paranoias, e.g. the communist scare, is particularly well explored.

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- Kevin Burns
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6.5/10

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Great Historical Overview - and entertaining

The product description above is certainly accurate. Chock full of examples, it entertains and kind of keeps you on the edge of your seat. Definitely not a dry documentary sort of thing. Mark Hamill does a great job of hosting and his is not the only voice. You get some super heros in the industry like Robert Wise (among others) as well. It takes a straight line approach through time and adds just enough background about what's happening in the real world at the time to put things in that perspective. So, let me put my 10 star rating in perspective.

Two sci-fans walkin' down the street; you and me. You say - "Dude, I love the sci-fi movies. I wish I could find a really good historical overview that runs less than two hours." In a heart-beat, I'd be like "Dude: 'To the Galaxy and Beyond With Mark Hamill: A Century Of Science Fiction Cinema', you've got to see it." You'd thank me. So really - what I'm saying is this is really good.

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