Fly over to Obsessed With Film to read my review of H.G Wells's THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, adapted by Mark Gatiss, brought to you by the brewers of extra-terrestrial mushroom soup:
"Adapted from H.G Wells's 1901 novel by Mark Gatiss (The League Of Gentlemen), The First Men In The Moon is a feature-length BBC production that makes satisfying use of a low budget to retell a story that touches on British imperialism and culture clash. This fourth adaptation of the story begins in 1969, on the eve of the Apollo 11 moon landing, where a little boy called Jim wanders into a tent at a village fete and discovers a wizened old man called Mr Bedford therein, who regales him with a tale about the day he travelled to the moon 60 years before...Continue reading...
