tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post7932959421292663087..comments2024-03-17T07:11:44.454-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: The Films of 1974: EarthquakeJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-38200839557677198222016-01-28T11:40:27.966-05:002016-01-28T11:40:27.966-05:00John I think the best part of EARTHQUAKE(1974) was...John I think the best part of EARTHQUAKE(1974) was the re-use of the footage in 1979 for the Cylon Raiders attacking Los Angeles in the Battlestar Glactica:1980 pilot movie "Galactica Discovers Earth".<br /><br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-72756533059829398152016-01-28T10:46:27.976-05:002016-01-28T10:46:27.976-05:00You are a perceptive reviewer, John. Yes, in simpl...You are a perceptive reviewer, John. Yes, in simple terms: <b>The Poseidon Adventure</b> and <b>The Towering Inferno</b>, good; <b>Earthquake</b>, bad.<br /><br />As a young lad in the midst of the 'disaster film' cycle, I was bored by this one.<br /><br />By the way, those beautiful matte paintings were done by the great Albert Whitlock, who also did the equally beautiful paintings for <b>Star Trek</b>, including the one of the lithium cracking station in "Where No Man Has Gone Before".Barry Smighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464450751543573690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-11276026870824407712016-01-28T10:18:35.739-05:002016-01-28T10:18:35.739-05:00Your reference to "soap opera" was most ...Your reference to "soap opera" was most apt. When I saw this movie as a kid, I couldn't help but feel like it was a TV movie that had been dressed up with movie budget special effects. The inclusion of people like Lorne Greene and Marjoe Gortner (!) reinforced that feeling. Also, speaking as someone who saw it in the theatre with sensurround, I can tell you it did not enhance the experience. It was like going to a concert where the bass amp is cranked too high. Just a weird, annoying rumbling in the pit of your chest. By the time of the last aftershock, I was thinking, "Oh no, here we go again." I think this movie was the first time where I realized I could like a movie because it was bad, in the MST3K sense. I found it laughably bad.Neal Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053148427058126745noreply@blogger.com