BBC Four will be airing their television version of H. G. Wells’ The First Men in the Moon. Although I haven’t seen it yet, for my money the best version of this story is the 1964 film of the same name produced by Charles Schneer with special effects by Ray Harryhausen. In my view it is one of Harryhausen’s neglected films, eclipsed by his other works such as Jason and the Argonauts, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and Twenty Million Miles to Earth.
The Den of Geek! features a positive review of the new treatment of Wells’ story, and mentions not only its good qualities, but its shortcomings in contrast with Harryhausen’s work.
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