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THE SOLDIER
Lloyd Nolan, Michael
Ansara, Tim O'Connor,
Catherine McLeod, Ralph Hart, Jill Hill, Allen Jaffe, and Marlowe Jensen.
A killer soldier from the future is catapulted back in time to the present.
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QUICK SCAN...
This is the episode was part of the inspiration, for the "Terminator"
feature films. Michael Ansara (guest starred on "Star Trek")
is entirely believable as the brutal, futuristic soldier. Lloyd
Nolan is quite sympathetic as a language expert, trying to communicate
with the futuristic military man.
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SYNOPSIS...
In the future, two soldiers stalk each other. When they are struck
by powerful laser beams, one of the soldiers is catapulted into the
past, our present. The other is stuck in time, between the past and
the future.
The soldier from the future is captured by our military. A language
expert attempts to communicate with him.
The language guy takes the soldier home with him. The soldier's enemy
shows up. They battle, and both are yanked back to the future.
REVIEW...
Director Gerd Oswald's ,THE SOLDIER, is an
involving time travel tale.
Michael Ansara is quite convincing as a soldier from the future. With
his big frame and intense manner, we can easily buy him as a killing
"machine" from the future.
Lloyd Nolan holds our attention as a contemporary language expert,
determined to "crack" Ansara's odd lingo. He brings passion
to lines like, "He's from somewhere, or some time, that's completely
outside our knowledge. He's a walking challenge."
Part way through, the story falls apart. It is unlikely that government
man, Tim O'Connor, would let Nolan take the violent Ansara home to
stay with him and his family for a month. It does lead to some interesting
story complications, however.
You may find some similarity between story elements of THE SOLDIER
and the hit Sci-Fi action thriller, "The Terminator". So
did scriptwriter Harlan Ellison. Ellison won a settlement against
Terminator's Writer/Director, James Cameron.
The episode's central FX involve Ansara and the enemy soldier falling
through space and time, superimposed over a rotating spiral pattern.
It's not bad, bringing to mind the FX from the old "Time Tunnel"
TV series. Van Der Veer Photo Co. is responsible for the Photographic
Effects.
Director of Photography, Kenneth Peach, delivers clever visuals. He
gives us great shots of visored soldiers of the future, guns at the
ready, running through a stark, rocky, fog shrouded landscape.
The music is sometimes high pitched and wierd, and at other times
light and gentle. Harry Lubin gets the composing credit.
THE SOLDIER should be rather watchable for most Sci-Fi fans. "Terminator"
and/or Harlan Ellison fans will particularly dig this episode.
 
 
 
 
 
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