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Irwin Allen - A True Legend

posted 17 years ago by Richard_Albiston
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In my opinion, Irwin Allen was one of the greatest Cinematic legends, if not THE greatest! Irwin took a genre that he felt very strong about and re-created it for a whole new generation. I mean, The Poseidon Adventure was released in 1972 and it is my favorite film of all time and I'm 17! So his films still have an impact. Even some of Irwin Allens later work, The Swarm And Beyond The Poseidon Adventure, which are greatly unappriciated in my opinion, still have an impact today. Living In The UK, Most of his films are shown every Christmas and me and my family always sit down and watch his movies. Now I don't know if Irwin Allen has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, but if not, Why Not?? Someone who gave so much viewing pleasure to so many people, including myself who is collecting his movies one by one, deserves that star.

[–] boinnng 11 years ago

Hi.

Hopefully you've tracked down all of Irwin Allen's disaster films by now ("When Time Ran Out", "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" and "The Swarm" have harder-to-find longer TV versions floating around somewhere...but they're not on DVD as far as i know). The reason for my comment is that your initial thread was posted in 2006 and you were boasting about being 17 years old. You must be 24 now or close too it. Geez, how time flies...

Good luck to you.

CHEERS!