POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon the

technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels.  I saw them both at a

drive-in back then.  I can't remember films using hibernation before that, but

then, I was about 8 years old.  Does anyone know when hibernation debuted as a

sci-fi film phenomenon?

FF

POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon the technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels. I saw them both at a drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation before that, but then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when hibernation debuted as a sci-fi film phenomenon?
FF

Good question

i'm not sure if the concept ever happened in

Star Trek or Doctor Who or Lost In Space back in the 60s

 

It would seem to me that maybe that was the only way they could comprehend a way for humans to make a long journey - not sure what other options there could be

 

An off-topic question would be what else did POTA do that was innovative for a sci-fi movie that had not been done with other 60s sci-fi films?

 

I think we should work on a 60's index of sci-fi movies

 

 

 

POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon the technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels. I saw them both at a drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation before that, but then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when hibernation debuted as a sci-fi film phenomenon?
FF

On Star Trek, Khan's people were found in suspended animation in "Space Seed." 

The concept has also been used in a number of other sci-fi vehicles, including

Buck Rogers, which debuted in the 1920s. In the '60s, it was also used on The

Twilight Zone and in the film Sleeper.



Cryonics was used in early works from H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs,

Robert Heinlein and others. In addition, Juliet (from Shakespeare's Romeo and

Juliet) used a drug to put herself in a state similar to suspended animation, to

fool everyone into thinking she was dead so she and Romeo could run off together

(we all know how well that turned out).



And then there's Marvel Comics' Captain America, who was frozen in the '40s and

thawed out years later.







--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "Terry Hoknes" <hoknescards@...> wrote:

>

> Good question

> i'm not sure if the concept ever happened in

> Star Trek or Doctor Who or Lost In Space back in the 60s

>

> It would seem to me that maybe that was the only way they could comprehend a

way for humans to make a long journey - not sure what other options there could

be

>

> An off-topic question would be what else did POTA do that was innovative for a

sci-fi movie that had not been done with other 60s sci-fi films?

>

> I think we should work on a 60's index of sci-fi movies

>

>

>

>

>

>

>   POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon the

technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels. I saw them both at a

drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation before that, but

then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when hibernation debuted as a

sci-fi film phenomenon?

>   FF

>

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "rassmguy" <handleyr@...> wrote:



> And then there's Marvel Comics' Captain America, who was frozen in the '40s

and thawed out years later.



John W. Campbell Jr's 'Who goes there' (The Thing from another world/The Thing)

was published in the late 30's.



Dave

Here's a question. Were the astronauts in POTA really in Suspended Animation or were they in some kind of induced medical coma?

I ask this because they continues to age as shown by their growing beards. If they were in Suspended Animation shouldn't that not have happened?

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "Terry Hoknes" <hoknescards@...> wrote:
>
> Good question
> i'm not sure if the concept ever happened in
> Star Trek or Doctor Who or Lost In Space back in the 60s
>
> It would seem to me that maybe that was the only way they could comprehend a way for humans to make a long journey - not sure what other options there could be
>
> An off-topic question would be what else did POTA do that was innovative for a sci-fi movie that had not been done with other 60s sci-fi films?
>
> I think we should work on a 60's index of sci-fi movies
>
>
>
>
>
>
> POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon the technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels. I saw them both at a drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation before that, but then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when hibernation debuted as a sci-fi film phenomenon?
> FF
>

It should be a sort of hybridal process between hibernation and suspended

animation, since they don't age, but beards grow.

And remember how the girl died...







--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "James" <JamesA1102@...> wrote:

>

>

> Here's a question. Were the astronauts in POTA really in Suspended

> Animation or were they in some kind of induced medical coma?

>

> I ask this because they continues to age as shown by their growing

> beards. If they were in Suspended Animation shouldn't that not have

> happened?

>

>

> --- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "Terry Hoknes" <hoknescards@> wrote:

> >

> > Good question

> > i'm not sure if the concept ever happened in

> > Star Trek or Doctor Who or Lost In Space back in the 60s

> >

> > It would seem to me that maybe that was the only way they could

> comprehend a way for humans to make a long journey - not sure what other

> options there could be

> >

> > An off-topic question would be what else did POTA do that was

> innovative for a sci-fi movie that had not been done with other 60s

> sci-fi films?

> >

> > I think we should work on a 60's index of sci-fi movies

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon

> the technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels. I saw them

> both at a drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation

> before that, but then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when

> hibernation debuted as a sci-fi film phenomenon?

> > FF

> >

>

That poor actress.  For a character who actually had a name, she had the

shortest role in motion picture history.  No lines, not even movement.  Then she

turns into a dessicated hag.



--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "apecalypsenow" <apecalypsenow@...> wrote:

>

> It should be a sort of hybridal process between hibernation and suspended

animation, since they don't age, but beards grow.

> And remember how the girl died...

>

>

>

> --- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "James" <JamesA1102@> wrote:

> >

> >

> > Here's a question. Were the astronauts in POTA really in Suspended

> > Animation or were they in some kind of induced medical coma?

> >

> > I ask this because they continues to age as shown by their growing

> > beards. If they were in Suspended Animation shouldn't that not have

> > happened?

> >

> >

> > --- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "Terry Hoknes" <hoknescards@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Good question

> > > i'm not sure if the concept ever happened in

> > > Star Trek or Doctor Who or Lost In Space back in the 60s

> > >

> > > It would seem to me that maybe that was the only way they could

> > comprehend a way for humans to make a long journey - not sure what other

> > options there could be

> > >

> > > An off-topic question would be what else did POTA do that was

> > innovative for a sci-fi movie that had not been done with other 60s

> > sci-fi films?

> > >

> > > I think we should work on a 60's index of sci-fi movies

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon

> > the technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels. I saw them

> > both at a drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation

> > before that, but then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when

> > hibernation debuted as a sci-fi film phenomenon?

> > > FF

> > >

> >

>

GREAT MOMENTS IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION

Lost in Space

Star Trek

2001

Dark Star

And of course, Planet of the Apes

Nice work on the posted images, thanks.  The upright tubes from the Lost in

Space image remind me of those used in This Island Earth, the

accidentally-comical backdrop for Mystery Science Theater.



From one of y'all's replies, I gather that Buck Rogers' stories from the '20s

may have used deep sleep for space travel.  I'll read up on it.

FF



--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "James" <JamesA1102@...> wrote:

>

>

> GREAT MOMENTS IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION

>

> Lost in Space

>

>

>

>

>

> Star Trek

>

>   [Khan is revived]

>

>

>

> 2001

>

>

>

>

>

> Dark Star

>

>

>

>

>

> And of course, Planet of the Apes

>

And let's not forget the Frankenstein Monster in "Frankenstein Meets

The Wolf Man," and Dracula in "Dracula Has Risen From the Grave."



And remember that TV dinners were around long before POTA.



-- Rory



-----Original Message-----

From: scott bosco <digitalcinema@...>

To: pota@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 6:55 am

Subject: Re: [pota] Hibernation/Suspended animation

















It was used in the episode "Space Seed" in Star Trek, and of course in

2001: A Space Oddesy

- Scott B.



--- On Sun, 7/5/09, Terry Hoknes &lt;hoknescards@...&gt; wrote:





From: Terry Hoknes &lt;hoknescards@...&gt;

Subject: Re: [pota] Hibernation/Suspended animation

To: pota@yahoogroups.com

Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 11:02 PM











Good question

i'm not sure if the concept ever happened in

Star Trek or Doctor Who or Lost In Space back in the 60s

 

It would seem to me that maybe that was the only way they could

comprehend a way for humans to make a long journey - not sure what

other options there could be

 

An off-topic question would be what else did POTA do that was

innovative for a sci-fi movie that had not been done with other 60s

sci-fi films?

 

I think we should work on a 60's index of sci-fi movies

 

 

 





POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon the

technique of deep sleep to accomplish long

  space travels. I saw them

both at a drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation

before that, but then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when

hibernation debuted as a sci-fi film phenomenon?

FF