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Old 16-11-2007, 01:15 PM
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Does anyone remember the Stingray episode where they chase after the Loch Ness monster? Troy Tempest in tartan - there's alliteration for you!

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Does anyone remember the Stingray episode where they chase after the Loch Ness monster? Troy Tempest in tartan - there's alliteration for you!

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Don't remember that one! I do remember Roger Moore as Simon Templar getting embroiled in a murder mystery involving Nessie, quite a good episode as I remember, one of the later series in colour I think.
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That episode was called 'The Convenient Monster' and featured in series 5 (1966/67).

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That episode was called 'The Convenient Monster' and featured in series 5 (1966/67).

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And it had Mr MacKay in it, before he started doing Porridge.

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i haven't seen any of these, but i have read the books, so i know about the stories. how about the following works by lewis grassic gibbon (leslie mitchell):

Grey Granite (1983) (TV)
Cloud Howe (1982) (TV)
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden (1976) (TV)
Sunset Song (1971) (TV)
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Old 22-11-2007, 06:04 PM
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Would none of you include Loch Ness in your lists? This film certainly made an impression on my children who were for weeks running around asking "Have you seen the water kelpie Dr Dempsey?"
... and HMV stores currently have Loch Ness at only £3

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Old 22-11-2007, 06:12 PM
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That movie just doesn't deliver enough monster! And I always somewhat resent those movies where the monster turns out to be fake (although THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is a favourite movie of mine). Don't filmmakers realise that the audience for Loch Ness Monster movies is primarily a kids audience, and what kids want is REAL monsters, and onscreen A LOT. I mean, that's what *I* want, and I'm 40!
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Old 22-11-2007, 06:38 PM
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The Secret of Loch Ness (1933) contains a fair amount of 'real' monster action. It may not have the highest production values, but it's great fun!

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I'm sure Bats means "The Secret of the Loch" - if I'm right, that film also has the bonus of a very young Rosamund John in her first screen appearance (as Maggie). Truth to tell, she's not awfully good, but she went on to become just wonderful!

The Secret of the Loch (1934)

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I'm sure Bats means "The Secret of the Loch" - if I'm right, that film also has the bonus of a very young Rosamund John in her first screen appearance (as Maggie). Truth to tell, she's not awfully good, but she went on to become just wonderful!

The Secret of the Loch (1934)

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Yep, that's the one ... cheers Rob. I only watched it the other day and still got the date and title wrong ... .

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That movie just doesn't deliver enough monster! And I always somewhat resent those movies where the monster turns out to be fake (although THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is a favourite movie of mine). Don't filmmakers realise that the audience for Loch Ness Monster movies is primarily a kids audience, and what kids want is REAL monsters, and onscreen A LOT. I mean, that's what *I* want, and I'm 40!
I'm not sure that I entirely agree with you here Mr Cairns. So many films seem to deliver too much monster! Isn't our greatest fear that of the unknown? That's why we're scared of the dark, and why we draw our curtains at night (so that we cannot be seen by someone - or something - that we cannot see ourselves). Films that focus on this fear of the unknown by building atmosphere are so much more creepy; for example, The Descent was really quite scary until we actually saw the creatures, and then it became rather silly. And so it is with the various films about Loch Ness; we can be scared until we realise that the monster is only plastic and special effects after all.

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I'm not sure that I entirely agree with you here Mr Cairns. So many films seem to deliver too much monster! Isn't our greatest fear that of the unknown? That's why we're scared of the dark, and why we draw our curtains at night (so that we cannot be seen by someone - or something - that we cannot see ourselves). Films that focus on this fear of the unknown by building atmosphere are so much more creepy; for example, The Descent was really quite scary until we actually saw the creatures, and then it became rather silly. And so it is with the various films about Loch Ness; we can be scared until we realise that the monster is only plastic and special effects after all.

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Braveheart - nah, only kidding. :O)
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