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Lost Planet Serial Cliffhanger You can either buy this Serial Cliffhanger on DVD, or watch all of the episodes for free: Free Options:
The Lost Planet is a 1953 Columbia Pictures 15-chapter serial which has the distinction of being the last interplanetary-themed sound serial ever made. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet with a screenplay by George H. Plympton and Arthur Hoerl (who also wrote for Rocky Jones, Space Ranger). It appears to have been planned as a sequel to the earlier chapterplay Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere and shares many plot-points, props and sets, as well as some of the same cast. However, the Video Rangers do not appear, and their uniforms are instead worn by "slaves" created electronically by Reckov, the dictator of the Lost Planet (Gene Roth) with the help of mad scientist Dr. Grood (Michael Fox) and enslaved "good" scientist Professor Dorn (Forrest Taylor). The serial is interplanetary in name only, since while Dr. Grood has a "space projectile" identical to that seen in the Captain Video serial, the other characters fly to the Lost Planet in an ordinary light aircraft! As on the Rocky Jones, Space Ranger TV series, with which it shares a writer, the dialogue is often as unintentionally hilarious as that of an Ed Wood film. Typical: "How are we going to find it, it's the Lost Planet." text from wikipediaThese Serial Cliffhangers are terrific entertainment, however, the video quality is not nearly as high as the suspense in each chapter. What we're saying is, if you're used to high definition video, this is a massive step down. We recommend that before you buy, watch an episode through one of our free options.
Or watch each chapter for free on our blip.tv channel The Lost Planet Chapter 1: Mystery of the Guided Missile Chapter 2: Trapped by the Axial Propeller Chapter 3: Blasted by the Thermic Disintegrator Chapter 4: The Mind Control Machine Chapter 6: Disaster in the Stratosphere Chapter 7: Snared by the Prysmic Catapult Chapter 9: The Hypnotic Ray Machine Chapter 10: To Free the Planet People Chapter 11: Dr. Grood Defies Gravity Chapter 12: Trapped in a Cosmo Jet Chapter 13: The Invisible Enemy |