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robotech_masterJust got done watching an interesting little historical oddity—an hour-long film called The Invisible Avenger. It's about a fellow named Lamont Cranston who goes around fighting crimes with the power to turn himself invisible. It's a failed 1958 TV pilot that got turned into a movie.
It's interesting, the differences it has with the more "canonical" Shadow. Cranston's sole power seems to be the ability to turn himself invisible—and you can forget about the twin-pistol guns-blazing derring-do. What's more, he doesn't even seem to be too careful about keeping his Shadow identity a secret; he seems to think nothing of vanishing before the very eyes of someone who just got the drop on Lamont Cranston. Also, he travels with a mystical teacher who seems to have more telepathic prowess than he does and who talks with a funny accent.
There's not a whole lot of action in the movie—a fistfight or two, a few gunshots, a stabbing. Mainly it's a drama. On the whole, it wasn't too bad, but I'm not likely to watch it again soon.
It's interesting, the differences it has with the more "canonical" Shadow. Cranston's sole power seems to be the ability to turn himself invisible—and you can forget about the twin-pistol guns-blazing derring-do. What's more, he doesn't even seem to be too careful about keeping his Shadow identity a secret; he seems to think nothing of vanishing before the very eyes of someone who just got the drop on Lamont Cranston. Also, he travels with a mystical teacher who seems to have more telepathic prowess than he does and who talks with a funny accent.
There's not a whole lot of action in the movie—a fistfight or two, a few gunshots, a stabbing. Mainly it's a drama. On the whole, it wasn't too bad, but I'm not likely to watch it again soon.
