"This Island Earth", Film 4, 3pm, today! 5/8/06

[Saturlight]

I love this film. Made in the the 1950s, it's totally camp, and wonderful, plus the chick, Faith Domergue who plays Dr Ruth Adams, is really sexy in her '50s' clothes, hair, and make-up. Yummy!

Err!!! Back to the film...

This intelligent slice of 1950s sci-fi - two and a half years in the making proclaimed the poster proudly - ranks among the best and most cleverly conceived of the genre. Really it's a film of two parts.

A talky earthbound section finds brainy boffins being recruited, nay shanghaied, by the marvellously otherworldly Jeff Morrow to save his distant homeland from destruction by interplanetary warfare.

That's followed by a full-blooded space opera featuring astounding surrealistic landscapes on the planet Metaluna and fearsome insect-like mutations with huge bulbous craniums. It's hokey at times, but its message is clear: the more advanced the technology, the greater the scope for destruction.

Watch it.

 

[spiney]

I'm sure my extensive publicity campaign raised the viewing figures for this, probably by 2 people, maybe even 3!

Yes. agreed, 1950s womens' underwear, surely they used antigravity?

 

[Saturlight]

Three? No, let's go for four! ;) Anyway, I can't help it if I have a fetish for women dressed in '50s' clothes, make up, and high heels.

It's a fetish...it's my fetish!

 

[spiney]

Hmmm .......

Before the 1940's/50s, and the mysterious "womens' foundation garments" - we men all get a bit lost here - I believe it was a matter of "infinite petticoats", going back to Victorian days (when even table legs had petticoats on) .....

 

[Saturlight]

Spiney, who invented women's transparent stockings, to show ladies' legs off.

 

[spiney]

Don't know.

Silk has been around several thousand years (as have ladies' legs).

Nylon was invented in 1930s, by Carothers at Du Pont, 1st nylon stockings came out around 1940.

Yes, you've guessed right, Wiki has an article about stockings! Just type "stockings wiki" into google.

 

[Saturlight]

I am going off the top of my head, but I would guess women's legs weren't a sexual asset until dress lengths rose around 1918...

Until then then Victorian garb went down to the ankle. As skirt lengths rose, legs became sexually attractive, and thus nylons were used to enhance the legs, along with high heels. Then fish-nets were born and with that, the introduction of the word "kinky".

 

[spiney]

Er, dunno .....

You'd need to look at historical costumes, maybe theatre references .....

 

[Saturlight]

I will do. By the way, was I getting a bit pervy there, m8? ;)

 

[Channel Hopper]

I will do. By the way, was I getting a bit pervy there, m8? ;)

Nah, pervy starts when you put some extra shine on the shoes to look up Victorian skirts

 

[spiney]

Didn't they use special periscopes, disguised as umbrellas?