4/10
I saw a score of over 5 for this movie. Maybe I haven't seen it...
25 January 2001
...or maybe it is less fresh in the minds of other voters. Back in the '60s in Los Angeles, there was on Channel 9 (KHJ), the famous "Million Dollar Movie." They showed the same movie every afternoon for a week (and I believe there were evening and weekend broadcasts as well). In any case, on a good week, one could see a favorite movie over and over and over. They tended to be Gladiator/Hercules movies but...there was also "The Creation of the Humanoids," which is the direct precursor of "Bladerunner." (It even predates by six years "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" the Phillip K. Dick short that inspired "BR.") This was one of the great films of my youth! I loved it and never, never failed to watch it for as many days that I could. Unfortunately, more than a few years ago, I saw it as an adult (post-"BR"). It did not hold up well. It was like returning to a favorite schoolroom and discovering, geez, what a dump! Bad acting, bad effects, bad writing.... The sets reminded me of "Star Trek." I still have affection for it, but give me "Them!"
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