He is...Chuck. 😉

Wouldn't a reboot be great?

He’d be a Black female.

The casting of Donlevy as Quatermass effectively removes Nigel Kneale's character from the films. Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark?

Have you seen the stone tape or beasts?

I thought The Quatermass Conclusion was a terrible ending for the series. It has some great ideas, but is so long and badly realized on screen. It meandered on forever. The version edited down to feature length was a bit of an improvement, but still not very convincing.

Quatermass and the pit.

In America it was called Five Million Years to Earth.

I generally give little credence to the "joe bob" reviewers of the world. So many of the reviewers are more concerned with making an impression than well-balanced thought.

I have trouble with Donlevy because he's such an unsympathetic bulldog of a blowhard that whenever he shifts into self-parody with a histrionic monologue he makes it impossible for viewers to share Quatermass' passion for science. "Personal feelings have no place in science". Not a message anyone but a Nazi would embrace.

@@robvangessel3766 Entirely agree ! In his 1st Quatermass film, good old Brian is as unlikeable as possible. I remember being astonished (having seen this one only after the 2nd ''Quatermass 2 - Enemy from Space", (where he appeared in a more positive light ) by his sheer disregard for other people's anguish and grief. In the French version I saw, he was rebuked sharply by the astronaut's wife - played by Margia Dean : "Only to serve the selfish people like you !" when he tried to comfort her into accepting her husband's sacrifice ''for science" ! And in the end, he self-righteously walked away promising to ''do it again !" without a thought for the victims of his ''Xperiment" !

@@Charlesputnam-bn9zy I watch the film with mixed feelings, still enjoying the intelligent moments like watching the 3 astronauts in the film recording. You can bet, from the scene where the guy walks up the side of the haul, Stanley Kubrick viewed this movie along with many others prepping 2001).

Interesting, one of my old ferrets had similar hair on its head and was equally cantankerous. Don't know if Donlevey stank as bad although I hear he was a functioning alcoholic by this point of his career. Andre Morrel, tv Quatermass and the Pit, had a wonky eye similar to one of our cats. John Mills as the Prof in the 80s sported massive bugger grips which made him resemble a demented hamster. Andrew Keir - the Prof in 1967 film Quatermass in Pit - had no features in common with any animal I'd owned so he stood out for me and is therefore my favourite.

Yes. '5 Million Miles...' is the alternative title for 'Quatermass II'

Andrew Kier played Quatermass it it, where as Brian Donley played the character in the first two films. Same character, different actor.

What a stupid thing to comment about.

Konstantin Urich The BBC IS publicly funded by a licence fee and government subsidies, however it still has to compete because if no one watches, no one will buy a licence and the government will stop funding.

Ah, there is an option not to have it? Here (Germany) having internet counts as access and gets you billed. Or the radio in the car.

Konstantin Urich Yes, you don't have to have one, but you can't legally watch or record terrestrial tv. German law sounds VERY authoritarian. As expected!

Our public "media" does include the radio stations and the websites as service. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beitragsservice_von_ARD,_ZDF_und_Deutschlandradio And the majority ain't liking it.

Konstantin Urich WHAT?! You have to pay it even if you don't use the service?! It's about £15 a month... that's outrageous. And I thought our licence fee was bad...at least we don't pay if we don't use the service.

A well done British sci fi movie, DESPITE the recurring irritant called Brian Donlevy. You might as well have cast Arthur Askey...

There's an old script book of the original series in existance.

@@PitchSkullBlack Was just about to say that.

Oh, man. These films freaked me the heck out as a kid. My personal favorite is the 1967 film Quatermass and the Pit. Any trailers you find on KZfaq won't do it justice. It's a Hammer film so the color in the film is just gorgeous. It really reminds me of the 1985 film Lifeforce (the original British cut, not the butchered American version). If you like over the top spooky mysterious sci f with a bombastic ending, I would highly recommend you check it out. Look around on the Net for a copy. I'm sure you'll find it. I downloaded mine from KZfaq a while back, but sadly it's not up anymore. (That I can see.) :/

Totally agree.

Check out the stone tape by Nigel Neal and also the show beasts.

Seriously folks you'd think 3 into one would make him a new messiah, the pope would've sensored that gag but I beat him at the 18th hole. And speaking of holes Bings' wallet was found in a cave near Desmoines, apparently it was his round when Dean Martin walked in. If Jerry Lewis had been there who knows where it would've ended up - if your not laughing just know that gag was sponsored by Paramount. But I digress, this huge gelatinous blob is giving me the fear, it reminds me of the time I walked in on Ethel Merman changing costume. I figure if I go on long enough it'll sacrifice itself just to make it stop - it doesn't know me very well does it folks? Where are they Val? Have they left the theatre? Make my cheque out to Leslie Townes, its more tax efficient.

Obviously, it does. Had the BBC followed I Love Lucy's example, you'd have pristine copies of the complete original series.

Except that as the video makes clear there would have been fun and games with the unions who would, I assume, have argued that telerecordings (kinescopes) would have meant fewer new productions and less work for their members

@@johnabbott9526 I guess desi arnez was a smarter man than any human being put in administration position at the bbc. Wow.

@@Maniac536 The BBC is also public funded and run by people who would rather protect abusers (see: Rolf Harris, Jimmy Saville).

@@RichardWatt so you’re saying they’re not only incompetent but they’re perverts too.... if I was a British subject I would demand their resignation (update: turns out these events were a long time ago and Jimmy S died a decade ago so he can’t resign)

I agree, at the same time that the casting couch can also be abused and keep more talented actresses from getting work because they won’t do such things.

@@tablescissors People are simply not as prudish as they pretend. All people -- men and women alike -- fuck around like animals when it is possible and convenient for them; and then they often pretend to be "abused" when _that_ is convenient. You can never be cynical enough when you have to do with humans. It is NOT a big deal for ANYONE to fuck around unrestrained; but it is popular to pretend it is a big deal, and lie about what really happened.