Out of the Unknown - Sci-Fi TV Series - Epsiode 2 - The Counterfeit Man - (1965)

This is one of the surviving episodes of the British TV Series - Out of the Unknown, aired from 1965 to 1971. Something similar to The Twilight Zone. A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.

This is the second episode.

On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy. But perfect enough to escape discovery on the long return trip to Earth? Can the deadly counterfeit be detected and stopped before its hunger for new life can endanger an entire planet?

Directed by

George Spenton-Foster

Writers

Alan Nourse, Philip Broadley

Stars

Alexander Davion, David Hemmings, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Subs: English.

LINK:  https://dai.ly/k4VxdTifBBlJfACTJji

Je t'aime, Je t'aime (Alan Resnais, 1968)

"Je T'aime, Je T'aime (1968, Alan Resnais), a rarely-seen science-fiction cult film, exercises the viewer's mind with superb style. As with the films of Jean Luc Godard, "Je T'aime" has a chaotic narrative which oozes with dystopian gloom. The non-linear structure is a bit fatiguing and frustrating. Still, I like it because of the arresting imagery and magnetic cast.

Claude Ridder (played by Claude Rich), who has held many different office jobs, has recently survived a suicide attempt. When leaving the sanitarium, Claude is approached by creepy members of a secret organization which is conducting time-travel experiments. At the remote facility he is encouraged to allow the scientists to transport him back a year in time for a minute. The scientists tell him that they have successfully conducted this experiment with lab mice and now need him for the first human trial. A few days later, Claude and a mouse (in a small container) enter the Time Machine (which looks like a human brain from the outside). The Time Machine (TM) starts up. Woops—it immediately begins skipping like a dirty CD. While the scientists outside the TM lament their inability to stop it, Claude begins reliving short segments of his past randomly without end. He can exit the TM only after decompressing for four minutes; but the endlessly-looping Time Machine keeps interrupting the closing sequence. The repeated perspective of a large brain in the background with anxious scientists in the foreground worried about the brain's condition comments upon brainwashing.

Director

Alain Resnais

Stars

Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac

Subtitles: English, Portuguese, Spanish.

MOVIE LINK: https://dai.ly/k4gtLbNayOcFUqCNQRQ

Elizabeth R - BBC Mini Series - Episode 6 - Sweet England´s Pride (1972)

 This the final episode of this remarkable mini series. It deserved a 1080p resolution but this is the only available.

MOVIE LINK WITH SUBS IN ENGLISH: https://dai.ly/k1rSaYX2Zi7aRLCNgB4

We are now in the final years of Elizabeth’s life and reign. Though she defeated the Armada she is still at war with Spain and later battles have been a strain on the country’s treasury. Many of these battles have been headed by Robert Devereaux, the favorite who replaced Dudley but Devereaux is much more arrogant than his stepfather and a bigger headache for her Council.

Elizabeth still relies on her Spirit, the elder Cecil but his son now serves the Queen and serves her well despite her ever changing moods. If his father can deal with it, so can he but like his father he has another favorite causing chaos in the realm but as I said before, Devereaux is worse than Dudley.

This is no more evident then when he DARES to try to raise a hand to her in front of her Council and they all prove they would be willing to kill him right then and there because what he did was treason. Still, like Dudley before him, he is bound to make a mistake that will get him out of favor.

He does make a mistake and it is the ultimate betrayal, a rebellion! Not even Dudley had the balls to do that and making matters worse he makes fun of her. His arrogance was so great he honestly thought the people would back him but they know which way the wind blows and it is always in the Queen’s favor. This time she does not hesitate. She orders his execution and he can’t talk his way out of it this time. He is even willing to throw his own kin under the bus to spare his swelled head but it’s not enough. He’s finished, it’s his own doing and the Council members present are enjoying every second of his downfall and demise.

Elizabeth’s final days are full of agony and pain. Her servants plead with her to go to bed but she refuses and spends long hours standing, her thumb in her mouth. This actually happened and Glenda recreates this splendidly. Finally she sits down and dies peacefully but not until she names Mary Queen of Scots’ son James VI as her heir and with this final act she unites the kingdoms of Scotland and England.

This series respects the history it represents with a cast equally respectful and sadly they do not make historical dramas like this anymore. Now it’s more sexualized rather than plot driven and younger generations look more to these shows to learn their history rather than look in the materials the writers of this series did.

THIS IS NOT ALL, FOLKS! 

I WILL TRY TO POST THE MOVIE 'MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTS'  WITH VANESSA REDGRAVE AND GLENDA JACKSON, WHICH WAS FILMED BY THE SAME TIME.