The Talkies, So much better Than Silent Pictures
Ogres,hunched over, looking nasty and angry,
boogey men,too,
lurking in the shadows,
and for good measure
moon men, arriving in clunky chrome costumes in a swirl of dust,
we can't afford to make a spaceship on this budget,
the screaming maiden kidnapped in the dead of night,
by the time the hero finds out, she is far away,
taken to be auctioned to the highest bidder at remote slave traders hide away,
while in London, at clubs of silver haired black suited dandies,
cigars are smoked, stories told, whiskey drunk,
and a glance at the front page
of The Times
talk of a new horseless carriage,
and electric lights,
the mad scientist works
with strange equipment with dials,
lights, switches, gauges,
a laboratory beside a vast lake, in the shadow of a volcano,
the army approaches,
explosions and rocket launches,
the evil mastermind makes his cunning moves,
the spectacular battle plan, maps of escape,
folded landscapes buckling with earthquakes,
flood locks hold tides, the troops might be drowned
rivers swell as nature demands attention,
where are the newspaper reports?
What does the public know or care?
See these battle grounds
B grade science fiction
after the first feature
The Attack of The Giant Sea Slug from Atlantis,
the crowds run in fear,
Panic spreads,
another day in the world of the imagination,
a comic book attention span,
the need for escape,
the adventure of the movie,
the exploits of explorers,
in darkest Africa,
shrunken heads, jungle vines,
drums and exotic bird calls,
even a kookaburra call,
how did that get there?
It's okay,
the public wont know,
movie house magic,
black and white action,
pukka guys fighting wild animals
while
capturing it all on celluloid,
the movie is
a directors vision, a script writers dreams,
an actors great chance in the spotlight,
they're going to be famous,
what a hit!
It's gonna be huge, sweetheart!
Buy a bottle of champagne!
We're going to celebrate.
boogey men,too,
lurking in the shadows,
and for good measure
moon men, arriving in clunky chrome costumes in a swirl of dust,
we can't afford to make a spaceship on this budget,
the screaming maiden kidnapped in the dead of night,
by the time the hero finds out, she is far away,
taken to be auctioned to the highest bidder at remote slave traders hide away,
while in London, at clubs of silver haired black suited dandies,
cigars are smoked, stories told, whiskey drunk,
and a glance at the front page
of The Times
talk of a new horseless carriage,
and electric lights,
the mad scientist works
with strange equipment with dials,
lights, switches, gauges,
a laboratory beside a vast lake, in the shadow of a volcano,
the army approaches,
explosions and rocket launches,
the evil mastermind makes his cunning moves,
the spectacular battle plan, maps of escape,
folded landscapes buckling with earthquakes,
flood locks hold tides, the troops might be drowned
rivers swell as nature demands attention,
where are the newspaper reports?
What does the public know or care?
See these battle grounds
B grade science fiction
after the first feature
The Attack of The Giant Sea Slug from Atlantis,
the crowds run in fear,
Panic spreads,
another day in the world of the imagination,
a comic book attention span,
the need for escape,
the adventure of the movie,
the exploits of explorers,
in darkest Africa,
shrunken heads, jungle vines,
drums and exotic bird calls,
even a kookaburra call,
how did that get there?
It's okay,
the public wont know,
movie house magic,
black and white action,
pukka guys fighting wild animals
while
capturing it all on celluloid,
the movie is
a directors vision, a script writers dreams,
an actors great chance in the spotlight,
they're going to be famous,
what a hit!
It's gonna be huge, sweetheart!
Buy a bottle of champagne!
We're going to celebrate.