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Doc Savage: Man of Bronze |
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Doc Savage: Man of Bronze  Rating: Rating:  - Enjoyable as an alternate Doc SavageThis movie may not be flattering to the Doc Savage that so many are fond of but it is enjoyable if you accept it for what it is...a sort of alternate Doc Savage, not quite the Doc of literaray fame but a fun Doc Savage just the same. Rating:  - Movie was a disappointment for a true Doc fanWas not true to the main people in the books made them more like a cartoon show than a real attempt at doing this moive right . Hollywood gives us what they think we want not what we want. Someday hopefully someone will do it right for us real Doc Savage fans. END Rating: - Best seen through squinted eyesThis is Producer George Pal's (the George Lucas of the 1950s) last film. He spent the rest of his life working on the Paramount lot trying to put together a few final productions. Pal had some great source material with Doc Savage. Bantam reprinted nearly all of the Doc Savage novels from the pulp era, and Doc became something of a cult hero on campuses in the 1960s. But Pal made the mistake (possibly at the studio's urging) to go campy with this production. Campiness has not worked when working with a hallowed hero like Doc. A few years later Dino DeLaurentiis camped up Flash Gordon with similar disappointing results. It's too bad no one else has tried to make a Doc Savage movie. For now, this is all Doc Savage fans have. Despite the John Phillip Souza marches and the tongue-in- cheek patriotism, there's a few things to like about this film. Ron Ely makes a decent Doc Savage. The casting of his "Fantastic Five" assistants is really good. And the plot stays pretty close to that of the first book in the series. It's a shame that one of the pulp era's most popular creations was treated so shabbily. But it's only been recently that Hollywood has treated super heroes with respect. If Pal had treated it more like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" instead of "Batman" this might have been memorable. Maybe one day someone will remake Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze the way it should be made. Until then, this video is probably only for die-hard Doc fans. END Rating: - Only for people interested in anything about Doc SavageThis video is a campy take off of the Doc Savage character. It is similar to the Batman series in the 1960's. Those who truly enjoy reading the series will not be amused with the antics and truly bad acting of this show. I gave it a three because it had the Doc Savage character. END |
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