[net.sf-lovers] "Genesis II" and John Saxon....

@RUTGERS.ARPA:jcr@mitre-bedford (02/21/85)

From: jcr@Mitre-Bedford


Random (rti-sel!rcb@topaz) writes:


> The heavy is John Saxon. He plays a lot of bad guys and even the
> occasional good guy. He has been in a lot of SF (good and bad). The
> first ones that come to mind are _Planet Earth_, _Genesis II_ and a
> third one that I can't remember the name of. They all deal with a
> post-holocaust (sp?)  world where the only technical and peaceful
> group left is called Pax. Not bad movies on the whole. A little
> standard on the plots but worth a couple hours on saturday
> afternoon.


"Genesis II", the first film in the series, did not star John Saxon.
The lead here was played by Alex Cord; Saxon took over the role in
the second and third films. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name
of the third one, either. Random's evaluations of the movies are
appropriate.

				 ---  Jeff Rogers
				      jcr@Mitre-Bedford

leeper@ahuta.UUCP (m.leeper) (02/22/85)

REFERENCES:  <732@topaz.ARPA>


> The heavy is John Saxon. He plays a lot of bad guys and even the
> occasional good guy. He has been in a lot of SF (good and bad). The
> first ones that come to mind are _Planet Earth_, _Genesis II_ and a
> third one that I can't remember the name of.

Genesis II (1973)
Planet Earth (1974)
Strange New World (1975)
				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!ahuta!leeper

berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval) (02/25/85)

Ah, yes, I remember GENESIS II -- filmed on the University of
California at Riverside campus while I was an undergrad (just
dated myself, eh?).  I have fond memories of standing in a group
and cheering as the film crew "burned" down the Library....

Scenes for "BUG", a horrible version of THE HAEPHESTUS PLAGUE were
filmed in my apartment building.  One of my friends in Scientific
Illustration made all the foot-long plastic cockroaches.

What strange things one gets nostalgic about.
-- 
Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900				(kerch@lll-tis.ARPA)

martillo@mit-athena.UUCP (Joaquim Martillo) (02/26/85)

In  the  second  post-bomb  movie (Planet Earth? with the Amazons -- who
were mentioned in the first movie) the bad guys  are  the  Kreeg.   They
reappeared in Star Trek -- The Movie as none other than the Klingons.