Gog (1954)

So I've been wrestling with Blogger like it was Hal from 2001 but I think I now have control back with out having to pull out it's memory chips....although it came close, I can tell you!

So on with the show. And finally some words to go with the pictures...

A security agent investigating possible sabotage at a secret underground research facility discovers that a chain of murders has occurred, apparently engineered via the supercomputer NOVAC which coordinates base operations and its robot minions, GOG and MAGOG.

I've never had the pleasure of this 1954 movie but have given it a quick viewing this evening online and its looks pretty good.

Obviously those spacesuits are familiar to regular followers as Destination Moon spacesuits with helmets from Cat-Women on the Moon, or some yet to be pinned down earlier film,

 

 Steve

 

Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)

Five male astronauts travel to the dark side of the moon and discover a cave with a breathable atmosphere. Venturing in they find the remains of a buried city and the last surviving members of a 2 million year old civilization, who all happen to be sexy leotard dressed women.  Though greeted with food and drink, little do our male astronauts realise that the Cat-Women are really just after their rocket ship.

There are a few films with this general war-of-the-space-sexes plot but I think this is the first of them.  Beyond that it’s a pretty cheap effort with inconsistent continuity, a paper-thin plot and borrowed sets and costumes.  That said it really is that bad that it’s good and so it has its fans.

Looking at the space suits it’s interesting to note, and for no discernible reason, that we’ve got a mix of  suits here with a couple of them being from Project Moonbase and the others from Destination Moon.

Steve