Comments on: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/ Sci-Fi, Horror, and General Whoopass Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicole http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Nicole Sat, 02 May 2009 22:21:50 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=1557#comment-331 Dear Cold Fusion Video: We just posted an article on our blog, "The 100 Top Horror Movies From the 1970's" (http://www.eeriebooks.com/blog/horror-movies/70s-horror-movies-100-top-horror-movies-from-the-1970s/). I thought I'd share the article and the URL with you in case your readers might be interested. I'm also happy to let you know that your site (http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/) was included on the list at "72. Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Warmest regards, Nicole Dear Cold Fusion Video:

We just posted an article on our blog, “The 100 Top Horror Movies From the 1970′s” (http://www.eeriebooks.com/blog/horror-movies/70s-horror-movies-100-top-horror-movies-from-the-1970s/). I thought I’d share the article and the URL with you in case your readers might be interested.

I’m also happy to let you know that your site (http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/) was included on the list at “72. Invasion of the Body Snatchers”.

Warmest regards,
Nicole

]]> By: Harold Alexander http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Harold Alexander Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:57:01 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=1557#comment-261 There's also a subtle nod to the original book at the end of the movie: Finney's pods are parasitic in his behaviour because they duplicate and eliminate the species in any planet, but they cannot have any offspring, and their lifespan is short (I think one pod person in the book says they last about ten years before dying), so, when the time is come, they die, the seeds they've been cultivating are free again to roam the space, and behind they leave a barren planet. In this movie, at the end, we see that the epilogue happens during a bleak day, with trees without leaves (remember, the first organisms to be parasited in the movie were plants) and we watch Donald Sutherland as he walks through his place of work, now untidy, with rubbish on the floor, and the lab equipment showing slight signs of decay (rust, dust, dirt...) It's a world that's falling apart. P.S: Excuse my poor english, for it isn't my native language. There’s also a subtle nod to the original book at the end of the movie:
Finney’s pods are parasitic in his behaviour because they duplicate and eliminate the species in any planet, but they cannot have any offspring, and their lifespan is short (I think one pod person in the book says they last about ten years before dying), so, when the time is come, they die, the seeds they’ve been cultivating are free again to roam the space, and behind they leave a barren planet.

In this movie, at the end, we see that the epilogue happens during a bleak day, with trees without leaves (remember, the first organisms to be parasited in the movie were plants) and we watch Donald Sutherland as he walks through his place of work, now untidy, with rubbish on the floor, and the lab equipment showing slight signs of decay (rust, dust, dirt…) It’s a world that’s falling apart.

P.S: Excuse my poor english, for it isn’t my native language.

]]> By: Naomi http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Naomi Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:11:53 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=1557#comment-240 Ezra: That leather thing on the back of Nimoy's hand is two things: (1) part of a wrist support brace, because the character presumably writes his books longhand, and (2) vaguely out of place and unsettling, because this is Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Ezra: That leather thing on the back of Nimoy’s hand is two things: (1) part of a wrist support brace, because the character presumably writes his books longhand, and (2) vaguely out of place and unsettling, because this is Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Nathan Shumate Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:07:08 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=1557#comment-239 Yes, Nimoy does show a more relaxed and "human" side than in the role he's most famous for. (Hey, did you know he can act?) Yes, Nimoy does show a more relaxed and “human” side than in the role he’s most famous for. (Hey, did you know he can act?)

]]> By: Felicity http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Felicity Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:30:03 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=1557#comment-238 If I were a psychiatrist in a body snatcher/pod people movie, I would attribute the epidemic to mass Capgras syndrome. Nimoy's character in this movie is Spock-like in that he's an intellectual, a voice of reason, and eventually an alien, but Nimoy gets to show off a greater range of acting as Kibner than he did as Spock, so in that sense, he did get away from Spock for this movie. If I were a psychiatrist in a body snatcher/pod people movie, I would attribute the epidemic to mass Capgras syndrome.

Nimoy’s character in this movie is Spock-like in that he’s an intellectual, a voice of reason, and eventually an alien, but Nimoy gets to show off a greater range of acting as Kibner than he did as Spock, so in that sense, he did get away from Spock for this movie.

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