John Scalzi @scalzi.com

He got an Oscar in the feature-length documentary category.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 18:57 UTC

this sent me down a rabbit hole looking for an 00s-era website which treated Irwin Allen spaceship designs as if they were real things and discussed, like, how aerodynamic the Spindrift would have been

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Bruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:05 UTC

THE SEA AROUND US (1952) was early in Allen's career. Judging by IMDB reviews, very "of its time" & has aged poorly (pro-exploitation, gratuitous animal cruelty, etc.). Based on a Rachel Carson book; she disliked the film. Good photography, reportedly, but surviving prints have degraded. 1/2

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