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One more reason to be proud of the BBC
Mark Gatiss' adaptation of H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon (just finished on BBC4) was a marvellous piece of TV. Such a shame it was hidden away on a digital channel because it would have made a fine cinema experience, too.
The characters were great and considering the usual budget of these things, the production design was fantastic, especially costumes, props, gadgets and the details of the sphere design, even the CGI Selenites were OK and, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miss_s_b said, reminiscent of Harryhausen's skeletons.
I don't think I've been glued to the TV like this for quite some time. Very well done indeed.
If you haven't seen it, are in the UK and have only a vague interest in (retro) SciFi, steampunk or just a fab fantasy story, go to iplayer and watch it.
The original story by H.G. Wells is available as free download from Project Gutenberg.
The characters were great and considering the usual budget of these things, the production design was fantastic, especially costumes, props, gadgets and the details of the sphere design, even the CGI Selenites were OK and, as
miss_s_b said, reminiscent of Harryhausen's skeletons.I don't think I've been glued to the TV like this for quite some time. Very well done indeed.
If you haven't seen it, are in the UK and have only a vague interest in (retro) SciFi, steampunk or just a fab fantasy story, go to iplayer and watch it.
The original story by H.G. Wells is available as free download from Project Gutenberg.