{"id":3427,"date":"2007-07-03T09:12:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-03T16:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2021-01-27T01:25:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T08:25:01","slug":"fantastic-invasion-of-planet-earth-the-bubble-the-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3427","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth, The \/ Bubble, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s a wall made out of glass &#8212; it&#8217;s the screwiest thing I ever saw!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Poster-1-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Poster-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Poster-1-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Poster-1-181x270.jpg 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Poster-1.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA man (Michael Cole) and his pregnant wife (Deborah Walley) ask their pilot (Johnny Desmond) to make an emergency landing in a strange town, where the inhabitants act like zombies. Soon they realize that they are trapped inside a glass bubble, and must find a way to get out.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arch Oboler Films<\/li>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Mind Control and Hypnosis<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not clear why Peary includes this tedious film in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>, given that he acknowledges its &#8220;weak acting and lackluster production&#8221;, notes (appropriately) that the &#8220;characters seem to just wander about&#8230; as if they were waiting for someone to finish the script&#8221;, points out that it&#8217;s &#8220;full of bad conversation that&#8217;s meant to be profound&#8221; (&#8220;Are we really here? Or is it some kind of a crazy dream?&#8221;):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still-1024x532.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still-1536x799.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still-519x270.png 519w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Bubble-Still.png 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; laments that it&#8217;s &#8220;much too long, even in [its] shortened version&#8221;, and labels the ending &#8220;unsatisfying&#8221;. In addition, because the movie was filmed in 3-D, it&#8217;s full of contrived, laughable shots of objects floating in the air, and characters pushing items out towards the camera. In short, writer\/director Arch Oboler takes a reasonably interesting premise, and somehow fails to generate any drama at all. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not much of anything<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While it holds some historical interest for its gimmicky use of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stereoscopy\">&#8220;stereoscopy&#8221;<\/a> (i.e., 3-D cinematography), this film is simply too tedious to recommend. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0060396\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-bubble\/review\/120910\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a wall made out of glass &#8212; it&#8217;s the screwiest thing I ever saw!&#8221; Synopsis: A man (Michael Cole) and his pregnant wife (Deborah Walley) ask their pilot (Johnny Desmond) to make an emergency landing in a strange town, where the inhabitants act like zombies. Soon they realize that they are trapped inside a glass bubble, and must find a way to get out. Genres: Arch Oboler Films Escape Mind Control and Hypnosis Science Fiction Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3427\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3427"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66323,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427\/revisions\/66323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}