The Amazing Captain Nemo/ Return of Captain Nemo (1978). Nudge, Nudge. Say Nemo.

[@tracybuck4829]

Another fine childhood TV fever dream explained...Thanks.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

A child who watched this TV series at 6 years old this was perfect TV by all accounts. Loved it then and I still love it today.

[@HansHenker]

I was eight. I remember at the time thinking this was awesome and feeling disappointed that it effectively ended after only 3 episodes. Now that I get to hear the actual dialog again, after all these years, I'm a bit horrified by how much worse it was than I had recalled. It is a shame in a way. The premise was pretty cool, and Ferrer is fantastic. With a much better writing, and some more creative production decisions, this could have been pretty good.

[@ferociousgumby]

But Jose Ferrer looks so gorgeous with a beard! And that voice. My favorite voice of all time.

[@Tommykey07]

I had forgotten about this one. Now I remember watching this as a kid.

[@Rhubba]

1970s US TV sci-fi always had the protagonist end up having to work for the government. A Victorian anti-hero has been thawed...get him to work for the government. A water breathing Atlantean has been found? Get him to work for the government. A pair of invisible men, a cyborg, his cyborg girlfriend....heck, even in the 25th Century a man from the 20th ends up having to work for the government.

[@jimjam51075]

Guy who finds an alien supersuit and loses instructions (technically 80s)? Amazon Princess? Yup. Yup. Both work for the government.

[@Rhubba]

@@jimjam51075 Good call on those two.

[@martykarr7058]

@@jimjam51075 But a certain web-slinger didn't. And a certain AMERICAN big green guy ran and hid from the government.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Easy way to explain where they get their support and intel. Plus, make them not vigilantes running around doing things the government should be worried about.

[@malpanda1974]

Where did Charlie's Angels get their Intel? "Don't worry about it, girls. If you get caught, tell them Charlie sent you. And the government will disavow all knowledge of your actions. This speaker box will self-destruct in ten seconds."

[@debbierussell1495]

Wow! I have not thought about this since the early 80's. Forgot it existed.

[@MasterJediDude]

As a post-Star Wars production, this show suffered by comparison. But of course, everything sci-fi suffered that curse after 1977. I remember being excited when I saw the commercials for this show. TOR comes across as a poor attempt to emulate Darth Vader and the laser effects were swiped right out of Star Wars. But you know what? I would have been there every night this came on. Sure, it’s 70’s cheese, but so was EVERYTHING else on TV. As a kid, I lived for these shows. ❤️ Jose Ferrer and Burgess Meredith made this work.

[@reb3102]

The villain's sub looks surprisingly like a Space: 1999 Eagle!

[@lostinfinchley]

Please please please do condorman, please please please! Please with a cherry on top!

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Another notch in Burgess Meredith's career, Training Rocky, helping Perseus and telling Black GI's during WWII that it's perfectly normal for the British public not to be racist.

[@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe]

Indeed. The British public were very welcoming, kind and compassionate to African American GIs. Something unfortunately the white Americans lacked. A great stain on America at that time. A lot of great friendships and relationships were formed between Americans and the British public. A heart-warming moment in history.

[@bensneb360]

So it’s like an Aquatic Doctor Who (an eccentric but educated older gentleman in a slick outfit, takes on two companions to travel in their advanced technology to fight robot aliens) lol

[@andrewmurray1550]

Cunningham and his Aqua-Cybermen. All we need is a certain blue box to show up with a guy with curly hair and a 6-foot long scarf.....and a gorgeous companion hanging off his arm. (1978 would make it about right for Tom Baker and Liz Sladen).

[@petesmith4498]

Saw this one at a Saturday Morning Kids Cinema Club. Always remember Burgess Meredith's pronunciation of "Gold BOOLYAAN" And they definitely raided the Space 1999 model parts bin.

[@martinsear5470]

Woke up feeling crap, then I saw this vid. Thanks for cheering me up dude. Seem to recall another underwater based show or film from about the same time called Goliath or something similar.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

I suspect you’re thinking of the movie “Goliath Awaits”.

[@afjkernow1808]

Green sweater please! I do like your reviews of lesser known series from tv’s past. Keep up the good work. Your Dr Who reviews are excellent.

[@charlesballard5251]

I saw the mini-series on the original broadcast. I remember loving it.

[@christophernuzzi2780]

"...fire up the wave motion engine." BOL. And yes, the Raven definitely looks like the Space: 1999 Eagle model was used in its construction.

[@j.s.templeton3065]

This was the first film I ever saw at the cinema (in the UK). I was five and it was my brother's birthday. Thank you.

[@simonllawrence]

I loved this show as a kid I recorded it on my dads betamax video recorder and watched it most weekends.

[@russb606]

Fire Delta Beam!!!!!

[@Cmdr1962]

Did this air in Atlantis? NEVER heard of this, even though I know every actor... and most of Irwin Allen's collection of props. Also... thank you for the shout-out to Starblazers!

[@r3v3n63]

Wow... I forgot about this. There were a couple of 70's TV movies in this same genre that I vaguely remember and probably incorrectly; one had a villain in an airship with a cloud to disguise it that I think came out around '78 or '79. The other had a sunken ship from the turn of the century where survivors that were trapped inside had created their own ecosystem and were found by some modern day deep sea divers. Just fractions of memories that make me wonder if i ever actually seen these shows. Thanks for reminding me of this movie!

[@Rhubba]

That last one was called "Goliath Awaits" starring Christopher Lee, Frank Gorshin, Mark Harmon and Mr Dodgy 70s sci-fi himself: Alex Cord.

[@r3v3n63]

@@Rhubba HA! That's it! Thank you! Now if I could just figure out the other one then I'll know it's not all in my head.

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@r3v3n63 OK, I'm trying to figure this one out, but no exact matches. AIP did a 1961 movie, "Master of the World", in which Vincent Price plays Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror, and he has a sort of airship. But I don't think there's a cloud.

[@r3v3n63]

@@MattMcIrvin Thank you for the lead, I checked it out and I don't think that's the movie. what I remember gave me the feeling of a made for TV movie and a possible pilot to a series that never got made. It felt like it came out about the same time I saw it, so, 78-79. And tried checking old TV listings for Movies of the Week around that time period to see if anything matched that. But, no luck so far. Thanks again!

[@kesamek8537]

Penguin was great in this. What an actor.

[@bazzatheblue]

I thought that was Mickey Goldmill doing a second job at around the same time as training Rocky.

[@RighteousBrother]

The Martian Chronicles would be great to cover

[@maplebob23]

I remember this. It was a fun show.

[@actioncom2748]

James Mason IS Captain Nemo. Accept no substitute. But I admit, Jose Ferrer did a good job.

[@CaptApril123]

Mason was great but completely different from the Nemo in the book. The 1916 film by Stuart Paton is much better than the watered down Disney version in my opinion. If you get a chance give it a watch, it's a great movie. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYuumqaaa9aqpqM

[@docsavage-8616]

No love for Herbert Lom in the Mysterious Island?

[@user-GAMEGOON]

I agree, nobody did it better.

[@MasterJediDude]

Herbert Lom was great as well!

[@actioncom2748]

Herbert Lom is Inspector Dreyfus, not Capt Nemo.

[@white-dragon4424]

Wow, I'd forgotten all about this! My father had it on video when I was a kid. Thanks for reminding me why I'd forgotten all about it, because in retrospect it's absolutely terrible. It was influenced by Star Wars? Well, the acting, dialogue and script is just like something Lucas would've done, that's for sure!

[@CaptApril123]

"quick! get behind that kelp".. I love the dialogue. Writers room must have been in hysterics.

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

After seeing this as a kid, I built LEGO submarines for weeks... It may be responsible for my early interest in both fission and submarines! A shallow TV series about underwater laser battles could have sold a million toys.. if only they knew.... :)

[@Skaramine]

This is one I would have loved at age 8. Burgess Merideth alone is worth the watch.

[@rosskwolfe]

So, wait... Were there actually aliens, or did the robot just think that there were aliens?

[@russellharrell2747]

Yes!

[@philsmodelmaking2260]

i wonder if some of the missing footage was nemo getting a visit from a stage three guild navigator!

[@chessoc7799]

I loved this show I always hoped they would make more.

[@darkstardavros]

For some reason I kept expecting Batman and Robin to turn up in this ...

[@Trilaan]

I think I've seen or at least known about everything you've covered on this channel...but I have never heard of this one. Wow.

[@fembotheather3785]

Saw it on TV and in the theater. I have the DVD and it's still fun.

[@goodwood-rc4nx]

wonderful to see Miguel Ferrer's father

[@ricardocantoral7672]

He was one of the great actors. Handsome voice.

[@docsavage-8616]

Didn't he win an Academy Award for Cyrano?

[@ricardocantoral7672]

​@@docsavage-8616 Yes.

[@madmat6467]

Thanks Stam for another trip down my own personal memory lane.

[@thirstnhowliv9740]

What!? No special mention for Rojan's opening dialogue with Nemo? He was every bit the cold, dispassionate Kelvan who came to enslave the galaxy, and could only be stopped by another legendary captain.

[@ProBreakers]

I could have seen my kid self enjoying this, if they reran it, as I was 1 in 1978.

[@reb3102]

I bought the DVD release last year. I vaguely remember seeing it back in 1978. Was fun to see it again.

[@sci_fi_kai]

Very hard to believe I was fascinated by this show as a kid ^__^ thanks for the revisit

[@johnruddick686]

Penguin has really changed he shed the gimmick and really let himself go!

[@mikejorsch304]

Waiting for the laugh

[@AgentM79]

I do indeed remember this show. It was DAMNED GOOD!!!!!! The Sci-Fi shows of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s were a “golden age”, because the genre was coming into its own. The good ol’ days!!!!!! At least some of us were fortunate enough to have done it “live”.

[@RX552VBK]

OMG! I actually remember this! Wow!

[@tikidino]

“Nemo must DIE!” That’s all I remember from the original TV broadcast. Starved for Star Wars, we accepted anything back then!

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice review.

[@Cavindar]

Love this show 🎉

[@KiloOneThree]

I enjoyed watching this in my yute! In episode format in the UK. I still remember vividly to this day the lines: Burgess Meredith’s Cunningham urgently saying “Fire delta beam!” followed by Tor repeating the order in a more deliberate and slow manner with his deeper voice .. “Fire delta beam!”

[@bored1ca]

I remember seeing the episodes on CBS when they first aired back in the day, and a few thoughts came to me while watching this: - I have to agree about how the enemy sub looked like an amalgamation of Eagles from Space: 1999. Still it was a clever use of model parts. - The actor who played the infiltrator on the Nautilus was Mel Ferrer, and no, he is NOT related to Jose Ferrer. - I find it humorous that Burgess Meredith, another actor who played a Batman villain was captain of their own submarine. The other would be Cesar Romero in the Japanese/American co-production Latitude Zero, by famed Godzilla director, Ishirō Honda.

[@thehighlander8407]

Another Stam Fine classic... I'm off to try and find this to watch 🎉

[@originaluddite]

I probably saw this on a lazy Sunday afternoon, as a repeat in the early 80s, and enjoyed it as a kid. Even now, Meredith is fun to watch.

[@Blindgenxgamer]

Love the Monte Python reference in the title

[@lardyguts2]

i loved this

[@johndutchman]

not an emo Nemo . ya got me

[@agent7796]

I remember my mother taking me to see the film at cinema, awesome, 😎👍👍

[@pauljones1376]

Love this back in the day

[@lexxstrum]

Can't believe you did the whole review and never mentioned that lil troll looking robot that would "fire Delta beam" when the order was passed down from Cunningham to Tor to him. 8 year old me thought that was the coolest thing ever!

[@driftwood9705]

Is it me or does Count Dooku from the Star Wars prequels Remind you of Captain Nemo !

[@Davidgoldenswan]

Totally 😂👍

[@marymungleandmidge4080]

I have the ‘movie version’ on DVD, it’s a fun watch.

[@jimibaboza]

Is it me or does the theme tune get more elaborate with each episode?

[@registromalplena2514]

I think I remember watching this and was confused why The Penguin wasn't wearing a tux and tophat 🎩

[@MattMcIrvin]

The idea of the Nautilus being nuclear is not from Verne but is elevated Disney canon--if they were more like today they'd probably sue. Also, I just realized that the misconception I had for years that Ferrer played Nemo in the Disney movie came from this show.

[@GarysActionManChannel1970]

Memories from 1978

[@JohnCollins]

I liked it because of all the lasers in it when I saw it.

[@rjg7112]

Hey, the Emperor in "Dune" is in this one.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Omg I remember this I watched on VHS in 2004

[@borusa32]

What are you expecting this to be? It is precisely what was intended -cheesy stuff with lots of explosions. I found it quite good fun . The little alien goblin in the Delta Beam turret really was into his job.

[@fredo1070]

Jose Ferrer and Mel Ferrer in the same frame confusing.

[@edwardburek1717]

Just as well Miguel Ferrer wasn't there to tell them they were bad mother-crushers...

[@thechrisandmikeshow]

I remember watching this as a kid and thinking it was great!...ah, childhood. Luved your editing on this, btw, and the part about cardboard and litigation got me. 😂 - Chris

[@rosschannells5407]

Movie Props from lost in Space and Bottom of the Sea 😊😊😊😊 TIME ENOUGH AT LAST. 😮😮

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

I could never forget the evil Dr. Cunningham, I always wondered if he was related To Richie.

[@ashroskell]

Well, that one passed me by. It’s an education, this channel. Always fun. Thanks.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I just barely remember watching this on TV.

[@paristhalheimer]

I forgot about this show. I vaguely remember the first episode.

[@fgeiger41]

The wave-motion engine! 🔥🔥🔥🤣 Put a mustache on Nimoy and he would've been Captain Gloval

[@docsavage-8616]

He does look like the Character from Star Blazers.

[@shedcastle]

Wonderful video! 😃

[@thedonal]

I loved this as a kid- I looked for it later in life as I couldn't remember what it as called. I think we only got 1 or 2 episodes in the UK- it always felt unfinished. Some iffy lines in here but it could be fun to watch again at some point.

[@docsavage-8616]

Another Masterpiece from the Creative Genius of Irwin Allen.

[@TimothyCollins]

See, if I were going to make a TV show about Nemo I'd lean a bit less into the submarine aspect and more into the genius inventor aspect. Sure, keep the sub for travel but the spin it off into... well, almost Dr Who. Have him travelling the world, heck have him find a way to go to other worlds, fighting the evil machinations of other genius inventors. Maybe ad a bit of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen into it.

[@permiek]

This is giving me Disney Black Hole movie vibes

[@russellharrell2747]

Well, crazy captains, veteran actors jamming it up, robots that are obvious people in costumes, isolated locations, late 70s SFX not from ILM, ‘kid friendly’ violence, yeah, it’s the same.

[@langleymneely]

This reminds me of the Fincher adaptation of 20000 Leagues Under the Sea that never happened! As silly as this tv movie is there’s so much good storytelling to mine from Jules Verne.

[@SoylentBlack1]

i always remember seeing the title on a cinema marquee in Glasgow

[@technofilejr3401]

Yep I remember this one.

[@snokuy]

Thanks for advising me that this exists.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

I was the absolute perfect target audience for the show back in 1978. I was 11 years old, I loved submarines, I had been a big fan of man from Atlantis the year before, and voyage to the bottom of the sea was endlessly repeated on my local UHF station, so I watched that avidly. I do not think it would have been physically possible for there to be anyone in the world that this was more directly targeted at than myself. And I liked it. It was OK. Period. But even if a time I was painfully aware of how much of it was ripped off from Star Wars (endless hallway, shootouts, Tor, etc) and how much of it was reused crap from VTTBOTS and I was very much aware that the Raven was just a kitbashed eagle from space 1999. (I do really like the control room for the Raven though.). I have the first two episodes on Betamax. I taped them off TV. I haven’t seen them in 42 years since our Betamax died, or maybe my dad taped a football game over it, But apart from Kate, having more to do, and more interaction with Nemo, I don’t remember very much different. More exposition, a little more showing off the sub. (which seem to consist of only three rooms.) TV in the 1970s was odd. It was not uncommon to get a few episodes of a show with mid season replacement, or a couple TV movies, and then have the show go to full series the next year. I remember being quite disappointed one I tuned in for episode four, and there was no episode four, but I figured , I get a full season the next year, and I just never did. I won’t go as far as to say that’s a shame, but I really had been looking forward to a full year of this kind of thing

[@kamandi1362]

We got the three part version on BBC1 in April 1981. I was very young so while I remember watching it, I don’t recall whether I liked it much. I’d watch any old SF adventure crap in those days and had few critical faculties.

[@spacemanmattscifi]

I remember loving this as a kid. I found the DVD for sale recently and bought it. It was not as good as I had remembered. I guess they expected Jose Ferrer and Burgess Meredith's performances to carry the whole show. But if you had anything with futuristic look technology and robots on TV you could expect to find me watching it.

[@johnnyrico6202]

Starblazers reference....yes!

[@JeffreyJibson]

I watched this on TV when it aired. A couple of days ago, while driving home, I thought about it. I really didn't remember it much, just that I had liked it and was disappointed that it had been cancelled.

[@Davidgoldenswan]

I remember this 👍😁 cool

[@martykarr7058]

I'm pretty sure the Nautilus was a rework of the mini-sub from "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" , as were most of the sets and "electronics".

[@RichardEKranz]

Jose Ferrer was the heavy for 1975's The Big Bus. So um, Lets do The Big Bus.

[@johncliffe939]

Always amazed me how so many works of what was science fiction writing become reality

[@jponeill2151]

What a cast! I wanna watch this now!

[@fredlandry6170]

I remember this show when I was a boy.

[@indetigersscifireview4360]

I remember watching this as a teenager and was sadly disappointed in the science fiction given that nuclear submarines and laser beams were an actual thing. A better short lived show was Fantastic Journey. A scientific expedition gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle and wind up on an island with portals and various types of societies.

[@docsavage-8616]

I remember Roddy McDowell was on that.

[@rodneykelly8768]

I loved this show when I was a kid, but my psychologist thought it was silly.

[@paulbrassil2095]

"Jose Ferrer's look had me waiting for him to give the order to fire up the wave motion engine" I nearly choked on my morning coffee at this comment...Ha!

[@gubbins1933]

This reminded me of: Goliath Awaits, TV Mini Series,1981. Same but different: lost 40's cruise ship discovered in the 1980's. Survivors somehow survived with a reconstructed society dramatic clashes ensue.

[@tinman67641]

I didn’t get to watch as a kid because there was something else on at the same time and that won. I watched it later. It didn’t disappoint. The acting was 1978 t.v. I got what I expected.