Insidious wrote:Some toy lines, like TV shows, just don't get a chance to find their following. I think this one could have been really big if they just had a little more faith. I had most of these toys and, even as a kid, knowing that there were more coming went a long way in motivating me to convince parents to help me find and buy the whole line. or close to it. Pretty much the same for the other kids in our neighborhood. I would have bought those concept figures in their finalized forms in a heartbeat!
Ah well. Such is life.
Great work though. Thanks for sharing the visuals.
Editor wrote:There is one part of me that hopes that in the push for movie licences, that Inhumanoids has a chance at getting a solid re-boot as either a Pacific Rim style Earthcorp vs Inhumanoids action fest, or given to one of the better horror directors to go smaller and narrower in focus but really dark.
Then I think of the Bay Transformer movies, the missed opportunities with GIJoe, and the absolute crapfest that appears to be the Jem trailer, and realize that we would probably just end up with a crappy mash-up of "The Core" with "Saul of the Mole Men".
Lord Manhammer '74 wrote:Insidious wrote:Some toy lines, like TV shows, just don't get a chance to find their following. I think this one could have been really big if they just had a little more faith. I had most of these toys and, even as a kid, knowing that there were more coming went a long way in motivating me to convince parents to help me find and buy the whole line. or close to it. Pretty much the same for the other kids in our neighborhood. I would have bought those concept figures in their finalized forms in a heartbeat!
Ah well. Such is life.
Great work though. Thanks for sharing the visuals.
Another factor working against the Evil That Lies Within was when the line ,and cartoon made their debut. The industry was going through a bit of a transition. The shows' ratings were in decline in 86'-87' season with the original audiences getting older. Also, even show runner Flint Dille, and others who worked on the show expresses some miss givings about the quality of the toys. And also according to Dille, when the head honchos at Hasbro, when they finally got to watch the show. They were a tad bit shocked at what they wrought. And I've read a post that apparently they were worried that angry parents were going to give them what for over scaring the little tykes. Although, most kids I knew at the time were renting every gore fest horror flick at the Video Rental store, and me, who was basically what you'd call a weenie when it came to horror. Loved the show. I'd love to see the property revived by Hasbro and IDW down the line. With the Autobots and Decepticons back on Earth in the TRANSFORMERS mag, I keep holding out for a return appearance of Metlar and his posse. It seems like a great back door pilot for the Inhumanoids to make a return.
erisk75 wrote:I can see why the Hasbro brass would have been a bit apprehensive. The Gagoyle ripped off D'Compose's arm. That's kind of shocking to me today, and I'm 39! Still, I loved it as a kid, and my son thinks it's the best of my "old" shows. Given that they were apparently going to introduce the "Devil" on the show, I can see parents groups coming unglued. But man, what a premise!
Lord Manhammer '74 wrote:erisk75 wrote:I can see why the Hasbro brass would have been a bit apprehensive. The Gagoyle ripped off D'Compose's arm. That's kind of shocking to me today, and I'm 39! Still, I loved it as a kid, and my son thinks it's the best of my "old" shows. Given that they were apparently going to introduce the "Devil" on the show, I can see parents groups coming unglued. But man, what a premise!
Thinking back to that era in kids' entertainment I could actually see the Devil making through. While not overly what some would call Satanic, most Saturday morning fare had appearances by the guy in the red union suit quite regularly. And I'm not talking about Santa Claus. Heck, the Looney Tunes had the Devil show up in an ep or two. Duke frequently said "What the Devil !." as an expression of surprise on G.I. JOE:A Real American Hero !. The Joe ep "Skeletons In The Closet" Lady Jaye being sacrificed to some Lovcraftian creature by Destro. The Real Ghostbusters were literally trapped in Hell as contestants on the Devil's own gameshow. And Satan's various other names were even rattled off by Ray as an answer to one of the questions. It wasn't until the early Nineties when family values started becoming a buzzword ,and political correctness became the rule instead of the exception. When The Real Ghostbusters aired on the Family Channel, the episode I mentioned was dropped from the rotation along with others because some felt it was encouraging devil worship. Although, I think we could get away with the Devil character today, instead of calling him the Devil or Satan. We'd name him something like Baal, Demonicus, or some other synonym for Big Evil Demon Ruling Hell. Flint Dille and company never struck me as lacking an imagination.
erisk75 wrote:Editor wrote:There is one part of me that hopes that in the push for movie licences, that Inhumanoids has a chance at getting a solid re-boot as either a Pacific Rim style Earthcorp vs Inhumanoids action fest, or given to one of the better horror directors to go smaller and narrower in focus but really dark.
Then I think of the Bay Transformer movies, the missed opportunities with GIJoe, and the absolute crapfest that appears to be the Jem trailer, and realize that we would probably just end up with a crappy mash-up of "The Core" with "Saul of the Mole Men".
I would agree with you there. I would love a movie, and in a lot of ways, Pacific Rim kind of filled that want. But I'm afraid you're right, a movie would probably end up being something I wouldn't want to watch. It's funny, with all of the Lovecraftian elements in Inhumanoids, Guillermo Del Torro would actually be perfect for the property. But Hasbro seems to not want to put that kind of director in charge of their properties. A movie would probably be unrecognizable. Too bad. Now a comic on the other hand...
Lord Manhammer '74 wrote:An interesting Facebook page that sprouted up on the World Wide web entitled "Hasbro Should Unearth the Inhumanoids"
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hasbro-should-unearth-the-Inhumanoids/392320197476004
Lord Manhammer '74 wrote:Another factor working against the Evil That Lies Within was when the line ,and cartoon made their debut. The industry was going through a bit of a transition. The shows' ratings were in decline in 86'-87' season with the original audiences getting older. Also, even show runner Flint Dille, and others who worked on the show expresses some miss givings about the quality of the toys. And also according to Dille, when the head honchos at Hasbro, when they finally got to watch the show. They were a tad bit shocked at what they wrought. And I've read a post that apparently they were worried that angry parents were going to give them what for over scaring the little tykes.
"It was a killer series back in the day,[it's] a shame it didn't last longer, had some really gruesome **** that I wouldn't mind tackling someday."
Greebtron wrote:Apologies for the necro, but this seemed the best place to put it.
Full storyboard sets for The Evil Eye and Primal Passions, found in Flint Dille's storage and sold off, are now up for viewing at the Sunbow Marvel Archive: https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.co ... unbow.html
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