It isn't 80's Turner Movie Channel colorization. Color film stock has been cheaper to buy and develop for decades, and many B/W films, like Forbidden Zone, were shot in it.
Black and white was an esthetic choice. And I think it was the correct one.
Sorry baleen but you suck for not watching it all. I usually agree with you, but not this time buddy.
Yeah, it was weird the first time around, and the seoncd, and the third, etc, but each time it got progressively deeper burrowing into my heart like a lovely screwfly cluster.