Conquest of Space (1955)
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Conquest of Space (1955)
The first act takes place on this huge, magnificent space station. In the plot, they decide to skip the whole 'go to the moon' pesky business; no, they say, let's just aim for Mars from the nifty space station. And it is nifty. Gotta hand it to the FX technicians on this one - of course, this is from George Pal, who'd just unleashed The War of the Worlds on us a couple of years earlier. So, the space graphics, the ships - everything - it's no surprise they're stunning. On my DVD edition, space had rarely looked so sparkling.
A crew eventually does reach Mars but their problems are not over; this is wrapped up with some unlikely events, building on the religious tone. This was Pal's last film for Paramount. He went on to Tom Thumb (58) and The Time Machine (1960). BoG's Score: 5 out of 10
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