When I first saw this movie, it was making its rounds through the armed forces theaters overseas. To me, it not only showed a nice future, of beautiful people to what it would mean to be adult, but also a connection to recent childhood fantasies.
I remember as a child that when a show was canceled or we moved away and could no longer see it, we thirst for any possibility of seeing that missed show again. I would watch other shows with the same actors, hoping to see something of the character again. City Beneath the Sea, however, went a step further in giving the devices from what was missed before, such as with the Flying Sub or the Aquafoil. The Flying Sub, further, was not just something we saw on TV but thanks to the Aurora Model Company, it was something that we had actually "owned".
So this movie came along while we were still children and we fell in love with it then and forever.
Would it stand up to time if seen for the first time now or seen with the eyes of an adult? No, probably not. Different era, different level of basic knowledge. It is like trying to read Doc Savage; if one approaches it only from the world they know now, it is very tedious.
See it with the eyes of a child who might see it as they might see their future.
I remember as a child that when a show was canceled or we moved away and could no longer see it, we thirst for any possibility of seeing that missed show again. I would watch other shows with the same actors, hoping to see something of the character again. City Beneath the Sea, however, went a step further in giving the devices from what was missed before, such as with the Flying Sub or the Aquafoil. The Flying Sub, further, was not just something we saw on TV but thanks to the Aurora Model Company, it was something that we had actually "owned".
So this movie came along while we were still children and we fell in love with it then and forever.
Would it stand up to time if seen for the first time now or seen with the eyes of an adult? No, probably not. Different era, different level of basic knowledge. It is like trying to read Doc Savage; if one approaches it only from the world they know now, it is very tedious.
See it with the eyes of a child who might see it as they might see their future.