40 Films in Robotech: The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
When I saw this film mentioned in McKinney’s Battlecry book, I thought it was interesting that he called the film The Shape of Things to Come since it looks like he’s talking more about the 1936 film Things to Come directed by William Cameron Manzies. Both 1979’s The Shape of Things to Come and 1936’s Things to Come are based on H.G. Wells’ story, The Shape of Things to Come (1933). But since I have never seen the 1979 version and that’s how it’s referenced in Robotech , that’s the one we're featuring… ROBOTECH MENTION: Page 31 in Jack McKinney’s Battlecry (1987)… SYNOPSIS: In his book The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – The Definitive Illustrated Guide (1996), David Pringle called H.G. Wells’s The Shape of Things to Come (1933) one of Wells’s “later scientific romances” of “less literary merit and yet still, in many cases…of profound interest.” The 1936 film was relatively true to Wells’ vision. TCM’s Sloan De Fo...
