Wetlook World Forum

The role that eventually went to Shelly Winters was originally written for Esther Williams, as her comeback role, and she was cast to appear in the film . But then Macho Man Fernando put his foot down because he wanted Esther to stay in the kitchen and bake cookies, so he forbid her to take the part, so it was given to Shelly Winters instead. Personally, I would have preferred it if Stella Stevens had stayed with her dress, and not changed into a man's shirt, because I am not a fan of women wearing male shirts (but I know many will disagree and they love that....so what do I know). As for Carol Lynley, for decades I used to wonder whether she was wearing pantyhose with the boots....because the quality was not sharp enought to make out the details. It was not until I saw the film on Blu Ray and found several behind the scenes photos that I finally confirmed she was in bare legs (bummer for me). Ironically, the only one wearing pantyhose was Shelley Winters, a part that should have been Esther Williams part. I liked the 1979 sequel better, because 3 of the actresses wore pantyhose in their scenes.

They spent mega millions doing 2 remakes of this film in 2005....one was a theatrical film, and the other was a tv miniseries...and both versions sucked as far as wetlook money shots go.

They spent all their budget on props and special fx, and with little attention to a decent script and actors, and almost no wetlook money shots at all.

You do not have to spend millions in order to re-create that film with great wetlook shots. This was demonstrated by the NBC soap opera :"Sunset Beach"  in 1998.....because they devoted 2 weeks of their soap opera to remake the same storyline as their 10 episode saga called "Shockwave" ....in which they copied Poseidon Adventure verbatim.....on a shoestring budget. There are better wetlook scenes in the Sunset Beach - Shockwave story, than in the original film. I recorded all the episodes in high quality via my sat dish 1998. I have not seen a DVD release of this saga so far, but there are low quality versions on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA9C3746AA78EE430

Anyway....my wetlook ratings are

Original film = 7/10

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) = 8/10

Sunset Beach - Shockwave remake (1998) = 9/10

The Poseideon Adventure (2005 tv movie) = 5/10

Poseidon (2006 Theatrical film) = 4/10

MK