MartinHafer
"The Projected Man" is a film with a low overall score and this isn't surprising since it was featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000"...a show that makes fun of old films. Many of the films featured on the show have been god-awful. And, since the films were lampooned on the show, folks incorrectly assume they're all schlock...which isn't really fair to the folks who made the movies. With "The Projected Man", you've got a dandy sci-fi film that IS worth seeing without all the "MST3000" sarcastic remarks.The film is about Professor Steiner's research on transporting items from one location to another through matter transmission--much like the "Star Trek" transporter system (which also debuted in 1966). They have no problem making inanimate objects disappear and reappear but it's not so easy with living creatures. What the professor and his team don't know is that some folks are deliberately trying to sabotage their work. Ultimately, Steiner does something VERY dumb-- -he uses the system on himself. There's an accident and he ends up being part man part monster...and he's determined to pay back the folks who sabotaged his work.While this is not a brilliant film, it's much more intelligent and thought out than you might suspect. It's NOT just a crappy monster film but is enjoyable and has a bit of depth to it. Worth seeing.
W.S.Sharpe (darkwebonline)
I'm a big fan of MST3K, but some of their film choices are not good. 'This Island Earth', 'Son of Godzilla' and 'I Was a Teenage Werewolf' are all classic films, and while I have no problems with that, it appears that people that post reviews on here only see the MST3K versions, and skew the film ratings on this site. Bear in mind that MST3K often use badly edited, washed out and, in the case of foreign language film, badly dubbed (by Americans) copies of films. I suggest that people post reviews of MST3K episodes on the appropriate page on here (ie the page devoted to each episode of MST3K).On to Projected Man itself, it's a decent take on the matter- transmitter-gone-wrong theme first seen in The Fly nearly ten years earlier. In truth, the influence was more likely the British sequel, Curse of the Fly, made one year earlier. Bryant Haliday makes for a good twisted (both mentally and physically) villain. The main problem with the film is that nothing interesting is really done with the monster, although there are a few creepy scenes, including the claiming of his first victims. This would be fine if the concept of the matter transmitter was original, but obviously it isn't. But at least Doctor Who fans will enjoy seeing Ronald Crisp (from The Dominators/Ambassadors of Death).Overall, an average film, which I'd normally give a six, but due to it's ridiculously low rating on here, I've given it a ten.
Mike Sh.
Start with a knockoff of "The Fly" with the setting changed from Montreal to London (England, not Ontario) with added elements of "Darkman" (though that movie was still more than 20 years in the future). Add liberal amounts of nondescript English actors, add an officious bureaucrat who looks like G.I. Joe (the one with the fuzzy hair and beard) and a cute young blonde who spends much of the movie in her underwear. Fold in lots and lots and lots of talking and top off with Bryant Halliday in some pretty cool monster makeup, and you have this movie.Was it any good? Well, it was OK, but a movie like this seems like it should have been much more interesting. David Cronenberg could have done this much better. Heck, Freddie Francis could have done this movie better....
Bucs1960
Cripes!!....this one will bore your socks off. It's a little bit of a "The Fly" rip-off and a lot of endless talking, talking, talking. Dr. Steiner, of the apricot colored hair, is fooling around with teleportation and pays the price for dealing with things that man was never meant to understand (or so they say). Not only does the doctor have pastel hair and a shocking personality, but Derrick DeMarney, playing a bad guy, has the most unbelievable eyebrows you have ever seen. They soar skyward with saucy little tufts on the ends......unreal! (DeMarney was the lead in Hitchcock's "Young and Innocent" in the 1930's. What a comedown!)The story starts dragging from the first scene and never lets up. The doctor is paranoid about the Institute where he is conducting his experiments, paranoid about his ex-girlfriend who is assisting him and particularly paranoid about Lembach.....is he leaving, is he staying, is he coming or going? Oh, the indecision. What's the deal with Lembach anyway and who really cares?To sum this film up in a word....borrrrring! Of course, catch it on MSTK and get some laughs but on its own it's a loser. By the way, if you see Lembach, give him my regards.
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