From: jack.bohn64@gmail.com   
      
   Some thoughts that should have been added before it got out:   
   > "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1932) and "The Invisible Man" (1933).   
      
   These are special effects extravaganzas of their day.  If I hadn't been told   
   how they do the Jekyll to Hyde transformation I wonder if I would guess it.    
   The Invisible Man undressing is well documented, and was the process well into   
   the '70s.   
      
   We hear "Jee-kill" pronounced the way real-life Jeckylls do, instead of   
   jeckle.  I wonder if they get a "FRONK-en-steen" response when they correct   
   people.   
      
   > "The Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Birds", and I always wonder if the   
   petshop bird is a clue, but I can't work it out.   
      
   And does this mean the Rod Taylor role is being compared to Seymore?   
      
      
   > "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"/"The Thing from Another World"   
      
   This version of "The Thing" does NOT include the parts of "Who Goes There"   
   that would make it directly comparable to "Body Snatchers", which itself   
   allows comment on the '50s.   
      
   > "The X from Outer Space"/"20 Million Miles to Earth"   
      
   Giant monsters from little eggs grow.   
      
   > "The Wizard of Oz"/"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"   
      
   I suppose Jackson's "Return of the King" is the one of his trilogy that strays   
   furthest from its books.  (The Rankin/Bass "Return of the King" has more   
   songs, but I think it was a TV special, and TCM is pretty good about only   
   playing theatrical releases.)   
      
   > "A Clockwork Orange"/"Soylent Green"   
      
   I first saw "Clockwork Orange" the last time TCM showed it.  A bit of the   
   ultraviolence between the gangs looked stagey and choreographed.  I can only   
   assume it is not a product of my 21st century eyes and that Kubrik meant it to   
   look that way to his    
   contemporaries.   
      
   --    
   -Jack   
      
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