Review of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) by Vincent P — 20 May 2008

Well, it had some interesting moments, like when they were explaining about how if the earth were ringed in fire, the UN would try and stop it by either a) waiting for it to burn out or b) shooting missiles at it.

This seems like an accurate enough assessment of international politics. The US scientists were the ones that came up with the idea of blowing it up, because if there's one thing that'll stop a giant space fire every time, it's more fire.

The main premise of the movie seemed to be that the international community doesn't matter, and it's really up to one slightly insane individual (male of course) to bravely defend the earth (weather they want to be defended or not).

It makes you wonder if perhaps it was in fact an early video add for George W. Bush's foreign policy. If you like kitsch, then this might be amusing, especially the giant squid and all those flashing buttons and cool blinking screens.

If not, you'll probably be bored out of your mind.