5/30/2023 Journey to the Center of the Earth The Fiery Foe - A Big Lit... by Paul S. NewmanRead Now![]() (Torg looks like a troglodyte, and has a permanent grimace. For some contrived reason, the latter's evil descendant Count Saknussem - 'last descendant of the once-noble Saknussem family' - abetted by 'his brute-like servant Torg', doesn't like this. ![]() Basically, Professor Lindenbrook wants to explore a subterranean tunnel discovered by the late Arne Saknussem. Instead of an 'origin' episode to set up the characters, each episode began with a flashback sequence to explain the show's premise. I saw several episodes of this series at a screening in London in 1972, when someone from Filmation Associates tried to sell the UK syndication rights. This series featured extremely low-budget animation, but had lots of action and some scripts that were hugely imaginative despite their basic implausibility: it seemed as if every week's episode featured yet another lost race of semi-humanoids living in the earth's core, to say nothing of prehistoric monsters. Gertrude the Duck, who wasn't in the novel but provided some comic relief in the movie, shows up here as one of the regular cast of characters. ![]() This animated children's series was allegedly based on Jules Verne's novel, but seems to be based more directly on the 1959 film version. ![]()
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