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Bud Brewster
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| Morbius wrote: | Many years ago when I was a child, the local theater had a double billing of “I Married a Monster from Outer Space” and “The Blob”.
The blob began, and this was a unique monster. When it got to the scene where the old man was lying in the doctor’s office and you can see the blanket move as the rest of his body was enveloped and consumed like a jelly fish — well, that was just too much for me, I was so frightened I had to ask my mother to leave.
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Tom, there is nothing I like more than to read about a member's boyhood experiences when he saw a classic sci-fi movie for the first time.
But don't worry, your secret is safe with us. 
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Maurice
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| Bud Brewster wrote: | | Pow wrote: | It took Ray four days in order to shoot the destruction of the Supreme Court building. He had to laboriously animate each brick or stone that fell, on separate wires.
The wires were held by a specially constructed rig called an aerial brace which was fixed above the animation table. The wires hold the object being animated firmly in place. |
Go to the 3:15 mark in the video below and you'll see exactly what Mike is describing! 
_ Earth vs the Flying Saucers - Washington Attack |
During the scene with the Supreme Court, at a glance it looks like's he animating about a dozen largish chunks and sets of smaller chunks in groups connected together on a wire.
Probably mentioned before, but at 2:05 in that clip the explosion is stock footage of L.A. city hall blowing up from War of the Worlds ( as seen here.). They cut into the effect 44 film frames into the shot as seen in WotW, after the Martian heat ray effect vanishes.
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Bud Brewster
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When this movie came out in 1956 I was just eight years old, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, Sputnik was a year away from making history, and there were 4,000 drive-in theaters across America.
Like this one, the Roosevelt Drive-In in College Park, Georgia.
Sometime in July of that year my parents took me and my sister to the Roosevelt Dr-in to see Earth vs the Flying Saucers . . . and I haven't been exactly normal since then!
Thank goodness.
Imagine being eight years old and sitting in the back seat, watching the movie between my parents' heads. It looked a bit like this.
This was a dream come true for a kid who was already living and breathing science fiction, even though he hadn't been around one whole decade yet. This movie has everything a kid could want! It's got alien brain scans —
— low-flying saucers in broad daylight —
— battles with brave but soon-to-be-vaporized Army guys —
— creepy aliens that absolutely, positively were NOT here to be anybody's friend —
— saucers that cruised in formation over Washington like they owned the place —
— lots of national monuments whose insurance rates were about to go way up —
— amazing scenes of destruction which the guys in the Kremlin probably watched every weekend while they clapped and cheered —
— and a brave scientist willing to try on a big alien helmet and risk having all the folks around him make funny faces while he couldn't see them! 
If this great movie had been given a bigger budget, it would not have been stuck with these suits which had no eyes, no hands, and (the one that really puzzles me) no elbows!
Instead, we'd have gotten something a bit more on the cool side of awesome . . . like this. Click on the image to see a bigger, sharper version — then zoom in to study the details.
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But this movie is still a crowd pleaser after 68 years, as of next. Heck, Gee, I wish I had held up as well as this movie!
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Bud Brewster
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Here's another YouTube member who has created Drive-in Double Feature videos which include a vintage drive-in "welcome messages”, the trailer for the movies, and a double feature
It even has those great old “snack bar” promos during intermission!
"So, get comfortable, folks! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!"
Enjoy!_
Double Feature Drive-in: The Bamboo Saucer & Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers - colorized
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