Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea preview - S03E17 The Heat Monster

[macwhites]

next week the arse monster! heh heh

[macwhites]

nevertheless the seaview was a beautiful design as was the flying sub.allen shoulda pumped much more money into it.it deserved a star trek budget.some great actors there too,richard basehart wotta guy.

[joshweiss01]

They sure used Alfred Ryder a lot. I wonder how much Irwin Allen influenced his directors to push the guest actors over the top into melodrama land. When Eddie Albert was interviewed about the pilot episode, he called Allen "crazy". What was Crane shooting at in this promo; a flame?!?

[shuttlemasterbkg]

An extraterrestrial Zippo Lighter as the villain?...the writers definately ran out of ideas; hilarious nevertheless.

[TooleMan87]

@shuttlemasterbkg More than likely the producer ran out of money for a new monster costume.

[ssosmcin]

This is my favorite third season episode. It's so bloody awful, but incredibly watchable. I love it.

[NSXFiles]

Brings back great fond memories of childhood. Great show then, and still a great show today. Thanks for the post.

[rolko52]

That ship must have broke the surface at close to a 90 degree angle. Is it a sub or a dolphin at Sea World?

[paullubliner]

@rolko52: It was 60 degrees, the same as the Titanic in the 'fifties Fox version of that movie since they used the same tracked pit!

[joshweiss01]

@rolko52 I keep waiting for an insert shot of bridge crew sliding towards the rear hatch when she brakes the surface!!!

[65kowalski]

What made the latter-season alien menaces so unbearable was the flat voice-overs provided by Jim Mills (and others.) Aliens who speak English like 4th grade speech club kids ruined many a VttBotS episode. Had the extraterrestrial Zippo spoken to Dr. Bergstrom and the crew "inside their heads 'in their own voices, this episode would have been tolerable.

[Actionguy1]

At this point in the run of the serires, Allen also had "Lost in Space" and "The Time Tunnell" underway.

I think Irwin Allen's basket was too full for him to handle, so that's why the plots for "VTTBOTS" and "LIS" suffered!

Too bad!

[TooleMan87]

What, you didn't like this episode? (I kid you).

I was 11 when this first ran. But the local ABC station in my area did not show the third season of Voyage. Had they carried the show, I might have had the same reaction.

[CatapultYourMom]

@paullubliner Yeah, the third season was death for the show to me as a kid (a bit younger than you). Everything on it was absurd. The fourth season was a joke whenever I happened to see part of an episode.

[zoomar1]

Heat Monster?! ...ha! ... It's called "FIRE!" You put it out with "WATER." Or if that doesn't work, use a "fire extinguisher."

[TooleMan87]

Another example of the writers running out of ideas, and Irwin Allen running out of money. "Let's see, what can we do with a flame pot..."

[ACLTony]

@TooleMan87 - Guys, what happened was that the studio heads decided to change this show from Sci-Fi drama to a kids show as it was running in the same time slot as another competing kids show (I forgot which one). Sad to say, as the 1st couple of seasons had some good plots that were, generally, geared towards adults with spy missions, espionage, etc. The changes doomed the show, but the actors continued performing the best they could for the situation.

[paullubliner]

@ACLTony Dead on target!