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Sadly, I agree. Sad

And I'll add the obvious fact that Hollywood caused the public to have that low opinion of science fiction, simply because the vast majority ...

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The Satellite Ships (what they were called in the script, so drones) were wood models, in three different scales. They had no lighting, and moved by photo animation, like the Mars Gravity Probe.
Ah ...

It's nicely photographed by Wilkie Cooper in Eastman Color using the Super-Dynamation process, but the film also suffers in parts for the restoration. For the prints that exist on DVD now are beset by ...

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Ah-ha! I stand corrected. Thanks, David.

I won't correct my post above unless Pow wants to change his, then I'll fix both our errors. Very Happy

This was an intriguing film with a fascinating premise. An intelligent sf movie that really twists around the old concept of aliens wanting the Earth but not via war.
I totally agree! Very Happy

And I fe ...

I am a big fan of TDTESS. One of the issues which bother me was the arbitrary way in which Gort dealt with soldiers.

When Klaatu returns to his ship in order to set up the neutralizing of the earth ...

I always found it intriguing that both Forbidden Planet & Disney's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea had 2 similar scenes which I enjoyed.

On FP we have Mobius show the crew of the star shi ...

Always admired Heston for doing SG, along with the 2 Apes films & Omega Man.

Most kept away from sf at that time.
Isn't it ironic that for many decades the situation among the Hollywood crowd ...

. . . The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad & Jason & The Argonauts. . . were examples of where the scripting & F/X worked together wonderfully as a team instead of the script merely serving as an ...

Ya know, the way things are going in the world these days I'm wondering if ol' Colossus would do any worse if we let 'em run things?
I've had that same thought recently as I've watched the news and s ...

Never understood why TR was not a smash hit for Disney. It remains one of the best superhero movies ever done & should have spawned a franchise.
In 2001 I watched The Rocketeer with my mother, ju ...

Good movie. They reused the Martian ships from George Pal's War Of The Worlds.
That seems to be the case, and the design is certainly very similar. But there are several reasons to wonder if they re ...

Interesting film & considered by many as a more intelligent sf movie from the 50s.

And yet Mystery Theater 3000 had fun with it.
So true, Pow. And yet MST3K makes good use of an interesting p ...

Always thought that the manta ray shape of the Martian vessels was very cool looking.
As beautiful as they are, I've always thought it was a shame that they weren't flying machines instead of slooooo ...