3 reviews
Starring the Music Cues
Captain Crane has nightmare-type visions on an almost empty submarine Seaview.
If this episode seems unlike other Voyage/Sea episodes, there is a very good reason for it: Other people were running the show in this hour! This one had a very different director and a very different writer, and adding to the situation, Irwin Allen was probably busy putting together Land Of The Giants at this time. In a nutshell: This is Voyage/Sea but it not Voyage/Sea!
Many people like Nightmare, I once knew a guy in New York who thought this hour was one of the wonders of the world. But I just can't get into this nightmare world created here. The trial scene, the "killing" of Patterson scene, none of it created the desired response from me. It just looked dumb.
But the hour has nice stock music cues which often play without actors talking over them.
If this episode seems unlike other Voyage/Sea episodes, there is a very good reason for it: Other people were running the show in this hour! This one had a very different director and a very different writer, and adding to the situation, Irwin Allen was probably busy putting together Land Of The Giants at this time. In a nutshell: This is Voyage/Sea but it not Voyage/Sea!
Many people like Nightmare, I once knew a guy in New York who thought this hour was one of the wonders of the world. But I just can't get into this nightmare world created here. The trial scene, the "killing" of Patterson scene, none of it created the desired response from me. It just looked dumb.
But the hour has nice stock music cues which often play without actors talking over them.
Oh, who knew that Nelson could be so evil!
A spooky,creepy atmosphere,in an empty sub...
There really isn't much actual substance to this episode. Despite this,the director somehow manages to project a spooky,creepy atmosphere from what little there is to work with here. Basically,the Seaview submarine seems to be haunted (or something?) Apparently the set-making crew had never toured a real submarine,because the whole interior of the Seaview is unbelievably,ridiculously,impossibly BIG. The cathedral ceilings,the long,wide hallways and the large empty rooms would make this submarine the size of an aircraft carrier in real life. Nobody thought about this or mentioned it to the show's producers ? This tv series had some definite possibities but there were simply too many weak episodes like this one for it to be taken seriously. 3/10.
- ronnybee2112
- May 17, 2024
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