Friends of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (by StuOz)
Link to a video I made about VTTBOTS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lv1EyA2Ds
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- CreatorLarry CohenStarsRoy ThinnesKent SmithMax KlevenThe Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.VTTBOTS also had aliens that took over humans. Both shows also had the same grim faced determination in the lead actors.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyIn the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.VTTBOTS had a touch of Star Trek (Alexander Courage music, "red shirts" who get killed by creatures, danger, adventure, explosions, blinking light computer banks on the ship, time travel, military talk, etc)
- CreatorLeslie StevensStarsBob JohnsonBen WrightWilliam Douglas"The Outer Limits" was an anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.VTTBOTS pinched some of the OL crew and was also a "monster-of-the-week" show.
- CreatorLorenzo Semple Jr.William DozierStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City.VTTBOTS was also a 20th Century Fox series that had many batcave props on the Seaview. VTTBOTS also had a new special guest villain each week (be it be a Russian spy, Vincent Price, Frost Men, Rock Men, etc)
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Joker pulls off a string of key-related pranks throughout Gotham City, then with his magic box, proceeds to snatch a priceless jeweled key right under the noses of Batman and Robin. The Dynamic Duo wise up to his ways and thwart him at their next encounter. However, the Joker has more devious plans to do away with them both before his final caper.VTTBOTS had Mr Pem instead of The Joker.
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierAfter a reworking, the Joker's magic box holds the power to alter time forward and backward. Batman and Robin learn of his plans to pollute the city water supply, and butler Alfred is sent to take over as security guard at the water works. Alfred nabs the box upon the villain's arrival, freezing him and his cronies in time, but unwittingly commits a dangerous error when he removes the box's key.VTTBOTS had Mr Pem instead of The Joker.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsAdam WestBurt WardLee MeriwetherThe Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.Submarine (the inside of it is in fact the Seaview!).
- DirectorAlex MarchPaul StaderStarsJosé FerrerBurgess MeredithMel FerrerAfter a century of being in suspended animation, the mysterious submarine commander is revived in modern times for new adventures.Submarine. Irwin Allen. Captain Nemo. Despite lasting just three episodes, this is my second favourite submarine show/movie ever made!
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsRichard BasehartDavid HedisonRobert DowdellThe submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsGuy WilliamsJune LockhartMark GoddardA space colony family struggles to survive when a spy/accidental stowaway throws their ship hopelessly off course.VTTBOTS used all the monsters and computer banks. The Lydecker effects for the FS1 and J2 crash landings looked alike. Both shows had a pirate played by the same actor. The Terrible Toys spaceship also appeared in LIS. The Mullendore & Leith Stevens scores in both shows sounded alike. And so it goes - I think you get the idea!
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertWhit BissellTwo scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.Irwin Allen's sister series to VTTBOTS - I sort of view Whit Bissell (Kirk) as another Nelson. Both shows have that same grim faced determination in the lead actors.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsGary ConwayDon MathesonStefan ArngrimA spaceship from Earth crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on which everything, including the human-like inhabitants, is twelve times the size of its counterpart on Earth.Irwin Allen. The flying sub and spaceship Spindrift look alike. VTTBOTS had many episodes about "giant" sea creatures, giant dinosaurs and even a giant man in one episode.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsGene HackmanErnest BorgnineShelley WintersA group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.Irwin Allen at sea. The footage of flooded ship corridors does indeed bring back memories of VTTBOTS.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineSally FieldTelly SavalasAn extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.Irwin Allen at sea - a ten out of ten movie! Every single cast member is outstanding. How often can you say that about a disaster movie or any movie? This is also one of the most amusing disaster movies ever made - more amusing than the first Poseidon flick.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard WidmarkA huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.Irwin Allen with monsters (aka bees). A good part of this movie is Michael Caine yelling at Richard Widmark but what the hell. Some of the acting is a bit average. I like the action scenes, the Irwin Allen quirks and the wonderfully LOUD Jerry Goldsmith score.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierWhen the Dynamic Duo realizes Ma Parker has seized control of the Gotham Penitentiary, they must get in to stop her."Sparks" makes an uncredited appearance at the very end as a prison guard. He only says about four words.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsStuart WhitmanRosemary ForsythRobert ColbertA group of 21st-century colonists inhabit the underwater city called Pacifica. They find they must defend the city against hostile alien forces.A movie that has casted a lifetime spell over me. See also the 1969 mini-version which is available on Youtube.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsWalter PidgeonJoan FontaineBarbara EdenWhen the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.Starring the submarine Seaview not the human cast. This was Irwin's first GREAT movie! Before this we got things like The Story of Mankind and The Lost World. The Paul Sawtell score is very good - and I even like the Frankie song at the start! This started the 60s, or my take on the 60s. See below for 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) for more VTTBOTS related comments.
- DirectorFred C. BrannonStarsGeorge D. WallaceAline TowneRoy BarcroftStrategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon.VTTBOTS also had Howard Lydecker flying craft effects (FS1).
- DirectorPaul StanleyStarsVince EdwardsRichard BasehartWilliam ShatnerThis story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy.Basehart really got a chance to show his vast acting talents in this film where he plays a General with a troubled past. In 2023 I made a Youtube video about this movie and it was/is a surprise hit.
- DirectorFred C. BrannonStarsJudd HoldrenAline TowneWilson WoodThe invaders come to Earth to create an H-bomb to blast Earth out of orbit so that Mars can take its place.VTTBOTS had these sort of Howard Lydecker flying craft effects. The colorized version is shorter and better.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsStephen BoydRaquel WelchEdmond O'BrienWhen a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.20th Century Fox full-scale submarine. Something needs to be cleared here! VTTBOTS had a whale set seen in Jonah And The Whale. It has often been reported that Irwin pinched the set from FV. However, after looking at every frame of FV it is clear to me that the set was NOT seen in FV. It is possible the set was made for the flick but never used (this often happens in massive budget flicks like FV).
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonPaul LukasA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.Before VTTBOTS came this! This was the first GOOD sub production ever put on film! The sub miniature effects very much resemble the FX for the Seaview. "Leagues" is related to VTTBOTS in a few ways as it used the massive Fox tank for some of the Nautilus scenes. IMDb reports that Howard Lydecker was an uncredited consultant on the film however no other website seems to confirm this??
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsMichael CraigJoan GreenwoodMichael CallanDuring the Civil War a group of Union soldiers, a Confederate and a civilian escape the stockade using a hot-air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.Submarine. Captain Nemo. Bernard Herrmann music.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsLloyd BochnerJames BrolinGlenn CorbettFailed pilot for a show that was meant to replace Star Trek after it got canceled. In the future, humans and humanoid amphibians live in cities beneath the sea. Matthews and the crew of his sub Titan must save their city from a saboteur.Submarine (the flying sub re-used in fact!).