Comments on: Silent, Not Silent http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/17/silent-not-silent/ Meh. I've seen worse. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:15:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Todd http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/17/silent-not-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-3367 Todd Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:43 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=395#comment-3367 It does make a pretty convincing case. Just look at the cool DEVO suits that the workers at the launch site get to wear! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Star-Yoko-Tani/dp/B0009PW3TC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219154907&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">This listing</a> at Amazon is the right one. If you really want to hurt your wallet, there's also this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/DEFA-Sci-Fi-Collection-Yoko-Tani/dp/B0009WIEHU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219155108&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">boxed set</a> of DEFA sci-fi movies that includes <i>The Silent Star</i>. It does make a pretty convincing case. Just look at the cool DEVO suits that the workers at the launch site get to wear!

This listing at Amazon is the right one.

If you really want to hurt your wallet, there’s also this boxed set of DEFA sci-fi movies that includes The Silent Star.

]]> By: MatthewF http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/17/silent-not-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-3366 MatthewF Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:11:31 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=395#comment-3366 I quite fancy this but Amazon seems to have the two films confused, as comments for both versions appear beneath 'The Silent Star' and I don't know which one I would be getting. I guess if it's more than a dollar then it's probably the original. There is the worry of course that my kids will see it and instantly become converted to communism. I quite fancy this but Amazon seems to have the two films confused, as comments for both versions appear beneath ‘The Silent Star’ and I don’t know which one I would be getting. I guess if it’s more than a dollar then it’s probably the original. There is the worry of course that my kids will see it and instantly become converted to communism.

]]> By: Todd http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/17/silent-not-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-3365 Todd Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:34:51 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=395#comment-3365 Well, I'd say yes and no. Unlike <i>Battle Beyond the Sun</i> and <i>Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women</i>, <i>First Spaceship on Venus</i> doesn't do anything to alter the storyline of the original. Nothing is added, and some of the cuts actually serve to tighten the narrative somewhat. However, without the original scope presentation and musical score, you definitely lose a sense of the grandiose scope of the original. At the same time, the whole "long journey to Venus" section in the middle is equally tedious in both. I guess, in the end, <i>First Spaceship on Venus</i> is worth watching (and definitely worth buying for a dollar), but, if you like it, you're going to want to watch <i>The Silent Star</i> anyway. Well, I’d say yes and no. Unlike Battle Beyond the Sun and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women, First Spaceship on Venus doesn’t do anything to alter the storyline of the original. Nothing is added, and some of the cuts actually serve to tighten the narrative somewhat. However, without the original scope presentation and musical score, you definitely lose a sense of the grandiose scope of the original. At the same time, the whole “long journey to Venus” section in the middle is equally tedious in both. I guess, in the end, First Spaceship on Venus is worth watching (and definitely worth buying for a dollar), but, if you like it, you’re going to want to watch The Silent Star anyway.

]]> By: Blake Matthews http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/17/silent-not-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 Blake Matthews Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:31:42 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=395#comment-3362 So is the butchered American version actually worth watching? So is the butchered American version actually worth watching?

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