Irwin Allen Fans?

[therealsb63]

Anyone here fans of the various Irwin Allen sci fi shows of the 60s? Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea? Time Tunnel? Land Of The Giants? Or of course, Lost In Space?

It seems Allen's shows always started out really good, but declined once the networks started meddling...ABC's "suggestions" did to VTTBOTS what Fox's demands would do to Sliders decades later.

Ironic that CBS had Allen's Lost In Space and turned down Star Trek, but 40+ years later would end up owning Star Trek after all...

 

[Saga]

i love all the Irwin Allen shows. i grew up with the reruns and still enjoy the shows as an adult. i'm just glad that Lost in Space was allowed to end without the purple llama.

 

[RandyS]

I have The Time Tunnel and Lost in Space on DVD, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Land of the Giants on VHS. All series are the complete collections, so yes, I am a fan.

I also like some of his movies. The Towering Inferno, an the original Posiden Adventure currently grace my DVD collection too. I also have Earthquake, but don't remember, is that an Irwin Allen movie?

 

[Saga]

I have The Time Tunnel and Lost in Space on DVD, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Land of the Giants on VHS. All series are the complete collections, so yes, I am a fan.

I also like some of his movies. The Towering Inferno, an the original Posiden Adventure currently grace my DVD collection too. I also have Earthquake, but don't remember, is that an Irwin Allen movie?

no, Irwin Allen had no hand in Earthquake.

 

[Mysterion]

Recently picked-up both DVD sets for Time Tunnel, and it's not aged too badly for the most part. Yes, there are some tin-foil aliens here and there and their future predicitons are way off the mark, but all in all, it ain't too bad.

And the un-aired 2003 pilot version included is an interesting piece of work, as well. Might have made a good series in it had been picked-up by Fox.

 

[lennier1]

And the un-aired 2003 pilot version included is an interesting piece of work, as well. Might have made a good series in it had been picked-up by Fox.

Yes, it's a shame. The idea was actually quite promising.

Never watched the original LiS, but grew up with reruns of Voyage (my brother is fascinated by everything that's even remotely connected to oceans and I love science fiction technology) and Time Tunnel.

 

[ancientone51]

A huge fan of all except "Land of the Giants" I thought that one was cheesy.

And yes, that was in first run, so post comments in context.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

FYI, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea are scheduled Region 2 DVD releases next year.

 

[ToddPence]

Greatest Voyage episode: "The Terrible Toys".

"Search the ship for toys! Destroy any toys you find!"

 

[Zachary Smith]

Irwin who?

 

[rafterman1701]

Love Land of the Giants and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Great fun. Watched them a ton in high school. Need to revisit.

 

[scotpens]

Irwin Allen’s TV series may have had cheesy monsters and aliens and incomprehensible pseudo-science, but they were generally fun. As a kid, I was a big fan of Lost in Space and VTTBOTS before they descended into total silliness. One thing about I.A.’s shows -- they always had cool machines for getting from point A to B. The Seaview, the Flying Sub, the Jupiter 2, and the Spindrift are all iconic sci-fi vehicles and still popular subjects for modelers today. Never mind that the only way this thing was ever going to fly was on a Lydecker rig!

 

[Forbin]

Okay, I absolutely loved all of them as a kid, but I find them all unbearable to watch as an adult. And I can still watch The Thunderbirds with childish glee.

But I still love all the vehicles. Irwin made some of the coolest-looking sci fi vehicles EVER. And god bless Moebius Models for sharing my love.

 

[scotpens]

. . . The Towering Inferno, an the original Posiden Adventure currently grace my DVD collection too. I also have Earthquake, but don't remember, is that an Irwin Allen movie?

no, Irwin Allen had no hand in Earthquake.

Many people also think Irwin Allen produced and/or directed Fantastic Voyage (which was produced by Saul David and directed by Richard Fleischer). It’s an understandable error -- FV was made at 20th Century Fox in the 1960s, it’s science fiction, and a lot of the props, hardware and scenery from FV were re-used in various Irwin Allen productions.

 

[beneldon]

One of my favorite memories of VTTBOTS is when a local channel broadcasting the show after school had Chief Sharkey getting shot in the same shoulder every episode for a week!

 

[beneldon]

One of my favorite memories of VTTBOTS is when a local channel broadcasting the show after school had Chief Sharkey getting shot in the same shoulder every episode for a week!

 

[Warped9]

Irwin Allen had great concepts that unfortunately weren't always well executed. His shows often started out well and then went hit-and-miss and then downhill from there.

I gotta agree that his shows did have some of the coolest hardware.

 

[ToddPence]

"We can't start the reactor now, Admiral. There's a plant monster in the reactor room."

-Commander Chip Morton, speaking as languidly as if he were talking about a mole in the garden.