tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post5741610927665559688..comments2024-03-28T07:17:29.768+00:00Comments on STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN: 1979: THE BLACK HOLE Movie Novelization SLOW ROBOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-27747188023624491142015-07-02T07:55:59.525+01:002015-07-02T07:55:59.525+01:00I agree wholeheartedly... it's an excellent mo...I agree wholeheartedly... it's an excellent movie that seems to have an unfair reputation. The production design is just stunning. <br /><br />If I recall correctly (and I'm not sure where I recall it from), they started shooting the movie (ala ST TMP) without much of a clue as to how they were going to finish it. So the ending was a closely-guarded secret in the "it doesn't exist yet" sense. <br /><br />The comic book adaptation is also suitably vague, although this might be down to a reluctance in portraying hell and various other biblical bits-and-bobs in a kiddie comic. <br /><br />The comic book (which didn't last long) then went on to run a couple of issues of post-movie adventures. It turns out they crossed through to a "mirror universe" which was the same... but different. At the time I thought this was amazing... the strips were reprinted in the one-and-only British annual. <br /><br />Confession time: I saw this in the cinema when it was released and I was so into it that the spinning effects at the climax made me dizzy. I can still remember the sensation as we left the cinema afterwards. SLOW ROBOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-188332682968577532015-07-01T16:33:58.530+01:002015-07-01T16:33:58.530+01:00That makes two of us krusty ! Its still hugely...That makes two of us krusty ! Its still hugely under-rated and if I recall correctly, the super freaky ending in the movie is barely alluded to in the novelisation. Instead there is some vague reference to being stretched to infinity.... I can only assume that Alan dean foster was never told about the actual ending and had to make up his own. It was a closely guarded secret by Disney at the time.<br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-35040858525312699012015-07-01T09:30:04.654+01:002015-07-01T09:30:04.654+01:00The publisher (NEL?) also produced a concurrent &q...The publisher (NEL?) also produced a concurrent "junior novelisation" (featuring Foster's text edited down by about one-third), which was another sign of confidence in the property.<br /><br />I love The Black Hole. It's unfairly dismissed as a Star Wars wannabe when it really had a great feel all its own. It's essentially a haunted house/creepy mansion horror movie, with the Cygnus as the house.KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.com