tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post1227570346816991986..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: City Beneath the Sea (1971)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-21489712893722368542015-09-18T11:19:14.717-07:002015-09-18T11:19:14.717-07:00It is brainless fun but the way the plot piles one...It is brainless fun but the way the plot piles one crisis after another on poor Pacifica gets ridiculous quite fast.G-8https://www.blogger.com/profile/04075395312161405849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-58625702029780830512015-09-17T22:02:04.818-07:002015-09-17T22:02:04.818-07:00"Yet City Beneath the Sea also hints at Allen..."Yet City Beneath the Sea also hints at Allen’s future, because the picture is a disaster saga, and Allen’s name became synonymous with the disaster genre once he unleashed The Poseidon Adventure (1972)."<br /><br />Fitting, since Irwin Allen's entire oeuvre was a disaster of sorts.Peter L. Winklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005846686173676213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-11432145339641053822015-09-17T13:39:42.424-07:002015-09-17T13:39:42.424-07:00Peter, thank you for this. Yes, brainless fun -- ...Peter, thank you for this. Yes, brainless fun -- but with Irwin Allen conviction and dedication, by gum. Another bittersweet reminder that the future isn't what it used to be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984112497088619496noreply@blogger.com