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Mars And Beyond (ABC 1957)

 
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Eadie
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:50 am    Post subject: Mars And Beyond (ABC 1957) Reply with quote

This still is from the Walt Disney Presents (ABC 1958 - 1961) episode Mars And Beyond (December 4, 1958).



Could it have been influenced by the Forbidden Planet (1956) cyclorama?



If so the large moon of Altair IV could have a very eccentric orbit!
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I made a gallery of screen shots from Mars and Beyond over a year ago, and I've been meaning to post them!

Thanks for reminding me, Eadie!








































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PostPosted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wish that Walt would have done many more TV productions under his Tomorrowland umbrella.

The few things Disney did were wonderful, but he concentrated much more on his frontier, historical, nature, animal projects than the future oriented themes.

I realize that doing futuristic TV shows is almost always costly. And there is a limited audience, especially back in the 50s & early 60s.

However, since Walt was very interested in the future & are true risk taker, it seems as if he would have produced more futuristic projects.

Animated,live action, he could use either format to tell intriguing stories about things to come.

Gold Key Comics had a series titled Space Family Robinson. Producer Irwin Allen made it into his sci-fi TV show "Lost In Space."

I could have imagined that if Walt got there first he could have his imagineers create a show based around the comic & sticking closer to the GK comic book.

On his anthology TV show,Walt could have presented this as either an animated show or a live action one.

It would have classic Disney elements: Family, exploration, adventure. All supported by top notch visuals from that era.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pow wrote:
I wish that Walt would have done many more TV productions under his Tomorrowland umbrella.

You'll certainly get no arguments out of us on THAT point, sir! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Whenever I think of Walt Disney space episodes, I think of this image first.



And then this image.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The only reasons I can come up with as to why Walt did not produce more sci-fi episodes on his Tomorrowland segment is the cost.

As we all are well aware of, doing sci-fi themed shows is very expensive. Creating sets, props & special/visual FX all requires lots of $$$.

Also, maybe he felt that there was not a big enough audience at that time for sci-fi & that it had a limited appeal.

I remember when I was growing up back in the 50s & 60s that while I was always checking out any new television show that was in the sci-fi genre, my mom & dad were never drawn to it. He loved his westerns & detective shows & that was about it.

Most of my friends parents were the same way back then.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Although YouTube has several fine versions of the Disney episode, Mars and Beyond, none of them has the Leonard Maltin introduction which the DVD features.

But I did find the intro. Enjoy!
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_ Disney's 1957 Mars & Beyond Intro by Leonard Maltin


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