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Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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gavin6942 A security agent investigates sabotage and murder at a secret underground laboratory, home of two experimental robots.This film is the third episode in producer Ivan Tors' Office of Scientific Investigation (OSI) trilogy, following "The Magnetic Monster" and "Riders to the Stars". Best of the three? I say yes!William R. Weaver said, "The production moves steadily forward, keeping interest growing at a steady pace, and exciting the imagination without overstraining credulity." And, indeed, the film is based on science fact rather than being a complete fantasy, and incorporates many interesting ideas.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- GOG, 1954, An 'Atom project' security agent investigates sabotage and murder at a super secret underground laboratory, home of two experimental robots planned for space exploration and travel to Mars.*Special Stars- Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall. Produced by Ivan Tors.*Theme- Space was going to be conquered by robots and a wheel space station.*Trivia/location/goofs- THe centrifuge was at USC and caused actors to get too sick to work. They were replaced by dummies for shots. William Schallert(later to become SAG president in the 80's) was paid $250 for two days work. Film had a 3-D version, now missing. Location was Hal Roach studios Hollywood and George AFB Victorville CA. Gog and Magog were partially operated by little people inside them. Scrambled F-86 jets are magically changed into F-94s in the same flight.*Emotion- A wonderfully produced film from Ivan Tors(60s & 70's adventure TV producer) that incorporates the right amount of intrigue, Cold War tension, suspense, and science fiction of it's day. Great casting of lead actors helps the film. The result comes out very impressive on camera much like a George Pal film of the same era. Excellent entertainment.

Michael_Elliott Gog (1954) *** (out of 4) A security expert (Richard Egan) is at a secret laboratory where they are experimenting with possible space travel. They're also working on a couple robots and soon various doctors end up dead and it's clear there's a murderer running loose. GOG is a pretty talky little picture yet it does a very good job at holding ones attention from start to finish. When the movie started I wasn't really sure where it was going to go but director Herbert L. Strock handles the material quite well and makes the film worth viewing. As with many science fiction films from this era, there's some laughable moments today and especially when we now know about time travel and various other things that they were just guessing at when this movie was made. Some of their thoughts on these subjects are pretty funny today but this doesn't take away from the movie. I was really surprised to see how little action there really is. Usually when you have a movie like this full of dialogue it gets bogged down and becomes very boring but that doesn't happen here. I think the idea behind the story was interesting enough and the actors good enough to where they could keep the viewers attention. Egan does a great job in the leading role and his serious performance certainly helps you feel as if these events are really going on. Constance Dowling is good as the woman with a crush on him and we get strong support from Herbert Marshall and John Wengraf. The two robots really don't look scary at all and today they'll probably be more campy than anything else. Still, GOG has enough going for it to make it worth viewing for fans of the genre and this era of science fiction.

davebeedon I was perhaps seven or eight years old when I saw "Gog" in the 1950s. The story was only somewhat comprehensible to me; although I understood that the laboratory was some type of research facility, it was unclear to me why things were going haywire. The jet flying overhead was a mystery: where did it come from, who was in it, and what was it doing?The scientific devices were fun to watch, especially the "ray" weapon. Being unable to grasp the concept of sabotage, I didn't appreciate why the device was not operating as designed. But what had the biggest effect on me was the action of the robots. Their running amok in the lab scared me to death. Maybe I picked up on the terror of the lab's occupants.The combination of confusion and fear made watching the movie (on TV) unpleasant but fascinating. It would be fun to see "Gog" now, knowing what I do about the plot, the actors, and the Cold War era in which it was made.