Review of Fantastic Voyage (1966) by Alan L — 28 Dec 2011

Back in the '60s it seemed that the U.S. Government had lots of amazing scientific organisations that built the likes of space rockets (NASA), time tunnels (Project Tic-Toc) and nuclear and flying subs! And to top them all there was the C.M.D.F. (Combined Miniaturized Deterrent Forces) who could miniaturise absolutely anything to the size of a microbe, including whole armies, weapons or even Donald Pleasance and Raquel Welch!

'Fantastic Voyage' is still pretty amazing to watch 45 years since its release - and I don't just mean Ms Welch in her wet suit - the production design IS fantastic. Watch out for those antibodies! Joe Dante paid homage to this classic when he made the enjoyable 'Innerspace' (1987) and now rumours are surfacing of a proposed 3D remake. Hopefully James Cameron will give up playing with space Smurfs and get involved.