“War of the Worlds” is my #1 all time favorite film!

@MalachiWhite-tw7hl

13 күн бұрын

Hope you're talking the 1953 film, not the remake.

@davebooth5608

13 күн бұрын

@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl yes, I didn’t specify because he was talking about the 50’s. But now that I think about it, I should have said that I meant the 50’s film. The remake took things from the book, radio, and and movie and sprinkled them in. Not enough action in the remake and plot sucked.

@MalachiWhite-tw7hl

11 күн бұрын

@@davebooth5608 The 1953 film is my fave scifi film of that Golden Era as well. BTW, what age range are you?

@davebooth5608

5 күн бұрын

@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl I’m 53. I grew up watching the classic sci fy thru the late night horror hosts in Cleveland TV. I also watched Saturday afternoon host called “Super Host.” He’d show an hour of 3 Stooges then 2 classic sci fy. I love the classics to this day.. those hosts got me hooked on Godzilla movies and I never outgrew it. Love all sci fi and fantasy films from that era. Music as well. I have an old soul as they say!

@MalachiWhite-tw7hl

4 күн бұрын

@@davebooth5608 We're of similar ages and, to an extent, regions, mine being Pittsburgh area. We had the Saturday afternoon matinee hosted by varied Pittsburgh newscasters, and then Bill "Chiller Theater" Cardille that night.

The Thing from another world !..."nuff said

The alien ships on *War of the Worlds* where the coolest things. (i still watch this movie every now and them).

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

@Ron4885 Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. They were literally the coolest ships I had seen the first time I saw them. And they have held up in terms of their design. If they would have remade the War of the Worlds with the original ships instead of the Tri-Pods from the book, I would have paid money at the theater to see an updated version of that. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there are two more videos in this series coming very quickly. Have a great day. Mike

@MalachiWhite-tw7hl

13 күн бұрын

And the sound effects.

@kevingossett8881

4 күн бұрын

Forest J Ackerman set the designer of Japanese and they were designed after manta rays.

Forbidden Planet! 🛸

@lloydbraun6026

5 күн бұрын

Anne Francis sure could act

@christhornton1785

5 күн бұрын

​@@lloydbraun6026Yes, but looking like that, who cares about her acting!

The Lady Scientist was the greatest invention of 50s Scence Fiction.

I'm a big sci fi fanatic. The Day the Earth Stood Still is my all-time favorite ("Them" honorable mention). Still waiting for my Fly Car though.

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment, I hope you enjoyed our video. I’m with you. Where are the flying cars at. I’ve been waiting forever for those. Your comment is greatly appreciated, and stay tuned, there are two more videos coming in this series. Have a great day. Mike

@eddieboggs8306

14 күн бұрын

In the early 60"s flying cars were made but only in the experimenting stage.

@danf321

14 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmoreI read that the military refused to participate because they did not like the way in which their “superior” forces were decimated.

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

@@danf321 Thank you for your comment. I was looking for something when I was putting this together to explain why the military, definitely, specifically the DoD did not want to participate in the production. But I was unable to find anything that had a clear cut answer and I did not want to knowingly put bad information out. But, I would not be surprised if what you suggested could be plausible. I’m still going to look for an answer, and if I find one that is credible I’ll include it in either part two or three of this series. Thank you so much for your comment, it is greatly appreciated, and stay tuned, part two and three are coming quickly. Have a great day. Mike

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

@@eddieboggs8306 Thank you for your comment. I knew about flying cars being in some experimental stage, but I was not sure on the time frame. That’s actually very interesting to know. I still feel like the Jetsons cartoon lied to me. And then compounded by Doc Brown building a flying delorean for Back to the Future, but I’ll get over it, lol. Thank you for your comment and I hope you enjoyed our video. There are two more in this series coming very soon, so stay tuned. Have a great day. Mike

Well done. I enjoyed it.

Excellent video. I am looking forward to the next 2 videos.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@jameskerr8091 Thank you very much for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. Originally I thought I could do this three parter in one video. But as I was researching, the script kept getting larger and larger. And I did not want to intentionally omit relevant details so three parts made more sense than one watered down abbreviated version. As far as the other two videos in the series. I should have part two posted by Friday of this week week, if all goes well. And part three will be right on its heels after that. So stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Again thank you for your comment, and have a great day. Mike

As a very young child in the 50's...I became a real fan! "War of the Worlds" and "When Worlds Collide" as well as two others..."Day the Earth Stood Still" and 1960's "Time Machine" were, and still are, my top favorites. As to the remakes....BOOOOO!!!! As a side note, the way the world is going today...we need a Klaato to shake up the human race!!!!

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@larryboysen5911 Thank you for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed our video. I would say that the 1950s and 60s movies really shaped my young mind in the 70s. They were always on Saturday afternoons in the 70s on the local Detroit Creature Feature and I never missed them. As far as the remakes go, while it is always good to see a fresh perspective, they relied more on visual effects than story, despite the fact that the remake of War of the Worlds tried to be more accurate to the book. With that said, the innovation of the 1950s forced people to tell a stronger story since the effects just didn't exist. And the effects we did get were exceptionally creative at the time. Klaato would defiantly make a dent in the world today. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated and stay tuned, there are two more parts in this tribute to 1950s Sci-Fi coming soon. Have a great day. Mike

@larryboysen5911

11 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmore We had a local Creature Features with the late Bob Wilkins. Saturday matinees were special, as not only the movies, but our neighborhood movie palace...The Irving Theater...opened in 1926-demolished 1962...note the reversal of numbers. I'm a movie palace buff as well. We lost our Fox Theater in '63...opened in'29. This theater was the capstone of the Fox Chain. You can Google Fox Theater, San Francisco to see interiors, although, I'm sure you have.

Mike,, i CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, THIS WAS MY ERA THE LATE FORTIES AND THE FIFTIES. I devoured many of these movies, Destination Moon , War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, Forbidden planet. AS a boy ages 5 or so up to 18, I saw these and many more in our local theater. TV Dinners, Drive INs... my Youth. The second part I'm sure will be a winner for me. I am not a nostalgia person, but man oh man, this got me. Of course having read almost all the SF literature from the late 19th century through to the early seventies and having subscriptions to mags of that era, I really got what film makers were doing, for better or worse:) I read the original Dune in serial and Flowers For Algernon, which became, Charlie" the movie. The film makers destroyed Henry Kuttners, "Mimsy Were The Borogroves" and called it "Mimsy", nothing like the Kuttner , Padgett stories. I was a friend of Harvey BIlker, who had been President of S.F.W. A. and had the chance to meet Isaac Asimov, Fred Pohl, Keith Laumer and a number of others connected to the SF genre. So many of the early tales were used in Science Fiction Theater introduced by Truman Bradley. Again, my deep felt thanks! Frederick "Rik" Spector

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@rikspector Good Morning Rik, and as always welcome back to the channel my friend, and thank you very much for your comment and your continued support. What a great story. It would have been such a great honor for me to meet Issac Asimov. I'm glad you had that opportunity. And you have given me a great idea. I actually forgot all about Science Fiction Theater, maybe I should do my homework on that subject and make a video for it. Again Sir, thank you for your ongoing support, it is very much appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@dolphinsrr

7 күн бұрын

Yea you are a nostalgia guy. As you just proved with your comment! So am i! Watch those films growing up and read a boat load of science fiction!. Im 66 and still a geek. And proud of it.😊

@christhornton1785

5 күн бұрын

Glad you mentioned Destination Moon. Very good and overlooked film. Way ahead of its time considering it was made in 1950.

Thanks for your deep dive into The Day The Earth Stood Still and its production. It is one of my all-time favourites. A detail you did not touch on was that it was greatly enhanced by the innovative musical score by Bernard Herrmann. I have the soundtrack on CD as well is the movie DVD, and I've noticed that the soundtrack still enjoys the occasional live performance, one of which was on KZread recently showing the orchestra along with the theremin being played. Hermann's use of the theremin was a striking example of his innovative approach, which enlivened his films with Hitchcock as well as inspiring soundtracks by others in the 1950s/60s. I was a kid in the 50s, so could only partake of the SF trend in the late 50s, enjoying first releases of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and Forbidden Planet. I was too young to see others at first release, such as Destination Moon, War of the Worlds, and This Island Earth, but saw War of the Worlds at re-release and then managed to catch up with many of the 50s classics in 16mm and on TV as a student during the 1960s. But it was not till after I married and had children of my own in the 1970s, working in a small town up a valley with poor TV reception, that I learned TDTESS was running on a channel outside my reception area, and I drove one hour to a coastal town to watch it on a friend's TV! Decades later I have my own DVD so can watch it whenever I like, and I have a collection of Bernard Herman's soundtracks on CD… My favourite is the soundtrack from Journey to the Centre of the Earth, followed by TDTESS and Mysterious Island.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@EdMorbius46 Thank you for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed our video. I myself was a kid in the early 70s and my Dad and I would watch all of the 1950s Sci-Fi movies in my Dads basement every Saturday afternoon on your typical late 1950s early 1960s old black and white TV. I think you could have dropped that TV off a building and it would still work. It looked like the typical stereotype TV. The nobs were gone and you had to use a pair of pliers to change the channels and turn it on or off. I remember we had a metal hanger attached to it since the antennas were gone. You had to play with the dial to get any one of the three VHF channels to come it, and it only picked up one UHF channel. At least the one UHF channel was the one that ran all the 1950s Sci-Fi movies, and the 1960s star trek when it was syndicated. But all the channels that came in had static and distortion. It even had duct tape on it holding something together. I can't exactly remember what. Good times, good memories. I look at what is available now for home cinema and its hard to image our old television, but what great memories. Again, thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, I should have part two of this series posted by Friday of this week and part three right on its heels. Have a great day. Mike

@EdMorbius46

11 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmore Great times indeed. My brother and I so enjoyed Journey to the Center of the Earth on its first release that we bullied our parents and siblings to join us (at the State Cinema in Christchurch, New Zealand) a week later! 😆 I am subscribed, and awaiting the next instalment.

I miss the drive-in theaters the most..

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

@fulltimer56 Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. I am with you on that one. I was not around in the 1950s. But in the 1970s my dad and my Uncle would take my cousins and I to the drive in, and what a great experience. It's unfortunate that they are not around anymore. There was a push in the late 80's and early 90's to reinvigorate the Drive-in, but unfortunately, they caught back on. Anymore, it seems like the theater is going down the same road. I like watching movies at home, but there is something special about seeing it on the big screen. Thank you again for your comment, and stay tuned there are two more parts to the 50s tribute coming very soon, and more sci-fi after that. Have a great day.

@JBoomer-pi6ml

13 күн бұрын

Yes! These young folks will never know the Drive In experience. In the Dallas area we had the Astro Dive In, and it had a $1.00 a carload night. It was the social spot for us and our friends. I Remember the 20-pound speaker that we had to hang in the window. The memories.

@Primus54

10 күн бұрын

Having attended high school from ‘68-‘72, drive-in movies were still a frequent destination for dates. They were nicknamed the “Passion Pit”. 😉😅

@waverlyking6045

8 күн бұрын

They had a perfect opportunity to reinvigorate and reinvent the drive in during the COVID lockdowns.

@JBoomer-pi6ml

8 күн бұрын

@@waverlyking6045 They actually tried in Delaware. A company set up a screen in New Castle, DE. They had limited success.

What a terrific video thank you. I'm British and i love 50s Sci-Fi movies there is just somthing magical about them i have most of the movies you mention on DVD and Blu Ray.

i will nominate this presentation for a Rondo Hatton Horror Award!

Being a kid and watching these sf movies, was one of the greatest times in my life. I subscribed to all the science fiction, monster, and horror magazines. One day my mother got rid of all my magazines without my knowledge. To this day Im still angry about it. I was born in 1945. There are so many great sf films,but a few of my favorites are, It, The Thing, The Mole People, 20 Million Miles to Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Forbidden Planet, Tarantula, and to me, one of the absolute greats would be Flash Gordon serials from 1936 to 1940. Made over 80 years ago and inspiration for the making of Star Wars. The Mole People and Tarantula may be more of a creature feature than science fiction. What are your favorites?

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@georgeloveday9674 Thank you for your comment and I completely agree with you on the Flash Gordon serials. I would do my best when I was a kid to stay up until midnight on Saturday nights to watch the 1930s Flash Gordon on TV. That show was great and I never wanted to miss an episode. I haven't seen it n years, and maybe to should try to find and watch it again. I hope you enjoyed our video, there are two more coming in this series, and I should have part two posted by Friday of this week, so stay tuned, and have a great day. MIke

Terrific video, really enjoyed it, a lot of research obviously went into this. I first became a sci-fi addict in the 1970s when I was a kid, watching Star Trek reruns on tv and some of these movies on Saturday nights on tv. Luckily in Sydney we had a great education system and one of the first books we studied in English when I was about 10 was The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle (another was The Hobbit by Tolkien). I was about 10 at the time in 1976. I used to ride my bike to the local library and borrow all the great sci-fi classics by Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury and others and basically had my head always stuck in a book. Great memories.

Can't WAIT to see Part II !!!!

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@Nunofurdambiznez Thank you for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed our video. I should have part two completed and ready to post tomorrow with part three ready to post hopefully by the end of the weekend. So stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

Totally agree...This Island Earth far out strips Star wars and the likes, This Island Earth is just classic sci fi..

Them is my favorite.

We saw all these old sci-fi/monster classics at the kiddie matinee back in the 50's for a whopping 15 cents (later for 25 cents) for a double feature, cartoons, a Laurel & Hardy or a 3 Stooges shorts and another 20 cents for a popcorn, soda and a candy bar ((Sugar Daddy for me. It lasted an entire movie). My favorites were: The Thing from Another Planet, War Of The Worlds, It Came From Outer Space, Invaders From Mars, Forbidden Planet, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, The Blob, Godzilla (Raymond Burr US version), The Man From Planet X, This Island Earth and Creature From The Black Lagoon. I own around 550 sci-fi-monster-horror movies from the 30's, 40's 50's and early 60's that I play on my DVD/VCR combo players. I still enjoy them today.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@AllanGonnella Thank you for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed our video. With that collection you have it sounds like you could open your own theater and run all these classic films. That is an impressive collection. For me Forbidden Planet is probably my overall favorite. But everyone of the movies you mentioned is fantastic in its own right. Recently I just watched It, the terror from beyond space. And it was just as good as I remember it. I have said this many times in the comments. But I believe what made the 1950s era Sci-Fi movies special was the quality of the story. The effects that are available today just didn't exist back then, so a compelling story needed to be delivered, and in many cases it was. Stay tuned, part two of this series should be posted tomorrow, with part three right behind it. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. Have a great day. Mike

@AllanGonnella

11 күн бұрын

Richard Cunha's movies from the 50's will never make the "underrated" list but should make the "it's so bad you have to watch it" list. "Frankenstein's Daughter". HORRIBLE!! "Trudy! Do you know who I really am? I'm not just Oliver Frank! I'm really Oliver Frankenstein!" OLIVER??? "Missile To The Moon." DESPICABLE! I'm the Lido and you will die!" A queen on the Moon called the Lido? THE LIDO?? How about "Giant From The Unknown?" If Vargas, the Diablo Giant, came to life during a freak lightening storm half way through the movie then who was responsible for all the gruesome murders at the beginning of the movie? Just asking! "She Demons" was another Cunha fiasco. Nazi soldiers led by a crazy Nazi mad scientist on a deserted island in the Caribbean just of the coast of Florida? The geography just doesn't add up! Anyway, like I said. These were horrible Sci-Fi's but they were sure fun to watch. During kiddie matinee we would throw our empty popcorn boxes at the screen while viewing crap like Cunha's films.

In 1960's England Amazing Stories could only be bought in a very few paper and sweet shops, they were older copies that had been used as packing material for items that arrived from the US. They were sold cheaply, and I loved them whenever I could get my hands on them.

Very well done. Also, very good analysis of this period in SF movies.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@georgeburns7251 Thank you very much for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. There are two more videos coming very soon. I originally thought about doing this in one video, but then you leave so much out. So as I was doing my research and finding more and more it made sense to break this video into a three part series in the interest of being as thorough as possible. So thank you again for your comment and stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi coming. Have a great day. Mike

The best description of moves the 50's great Era. I really love this channel, you are the best!! 🥰😇

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

Without a doubt you are the queen of this channel. Thank you for all of your support, and all of the encouragement. And thank you for being, my wife, the greatest Mrs. Sci-Fi and More ever.

@georgeburns7251

11 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmore best comment I’ve read this week. My wife and I both got a good laugh.

Somewhere around mid -00’s there were dvd collection boxes like 50 sci-fi movies. Or horror , monster , western and war variations. Why , oh why did I think : ”I’ll get them later”? ALWAYS go with the first instinct. Now they’re nowhere to be found. OR , they cost a retina , a kidney , two heart valves , a gallon of blood and a healthy man-child.

I always loved drive-in theaters. They were the best places to take girls on dates when I was in high school and college. It wasn't until after I graduated from college that I discovered that drive-in theaters actually showed movies.

Thanks for your contribution to this genre. It has been my favorite since THE DAY THE EARTH STILL was aired on NBC's Saturday Night At The Movies in the 60's. The Blu-ray I have provides many extras including an audio version of the original novella.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@davidqualls1766 Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. I haven't had an opportunity yet to see the blu-ray with the extras. I think that would be interesting to see. I have not read the original novella since I was a kid. I keep telling myself that I am going to go back and start re-reading some of these older classics just to refresh myself, but I still need to do it. Again thank you for your comment, and there are two more videos in this series coming. I should have part two posted by Friday of this week, so stay tuned. Have a great day. Mike

WOW. Excellent video! Loved your presentation of the history and your narration is exceptional! Thank you!

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@TrevorAnthonyBand Thank you so much for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed our video. There are two more coming to complete this series. I should have part two posted sometime tomorrow. I think what helps the presentation is the fact that I am a fan. And to be fare, sometimes I will miss details here and there, but as a fan I think its important to do a video like this in a way that honors the movies of the time but also you put genuine enthusiasm into the presentation. And, I am huge fan of talking about history. History to me is foundational and fun to talk about. However, If I did a video on teen romance films, I am about 100% sure the presentation would sound infinitely worse since I am not a fan of that genre. Again, thank you for you comment, it is very appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

Great information. I grew up really enjoying this era of sci-fi. Looking forward to part 2 & more...!

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@1kylecurry Thank you for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed our video. the 1950s really were a special era in the Sci-Fi genre, and are still relevant. Many of the classics have been remade, but for my money, I'll take the originals all day. Part two of the series should be posted by Friday of this week with part three a couple of days later, so stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Thank you again for your comment, and have a great day. Mike

@1kylecurry

11 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmore you are welcome.

When I was 6 years old, I saw the original The Thing in a theater. Scared the crap out of me. I still think its a scary movie, and one with good dialogue. James Arness (as The Thing) hated that movie.

Thanks for an excellent look at my favorite period of cinema from a bandy-legged old git born in the 50's. I grew up reading Analog magazine, Robt Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, & Ray Bradbury. Never missed "Science Fiction Theatre" on TV. My favorite film is Forbidden Planet (can't miss w/a story based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' - his last & best play). That film was stolen from for Star Trek & others (sincerest form of flattery). No surprise that I just loved this documentary - pray, continue. I'm subscribing!

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@chrisnurczyk8239 Thank you for your comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed our video. I just made another comment regarding Science Fiction Theater. I had completely forgotten about that. I might need to make a video about that. My favorite film as well is Forbidden Planet, and Star Trek did borrow heavily from that movie, but I think a more glaring example is the 1960s Lost in Space. That was a cross between forbidden Planet and Robinson Crusoe. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. There are two more videos in this series coming soon, and I should have part two posted by Friday of this week. So stay tuned, and have a great day. Mike

Hello Mike. I really enjoyed this video as well as your style of presentation. I was a young kid in the early 60s (born right at the end of 1958) so I began discovering these movies on TV on the weekends. In L.A. there was a local show called “Chiller” where these movies were broadcast, as well as films like “Frankenstein”, “Dracula”, “The Werewolf” etc. There was no host, they just showed the movies. There was no introduction - no context. So for me, at that age, there were just these uncanny, sometimes scary, wild images and situations. Many of these films I would then check out again when I was older. It was interesting to see many of them once I could follow the stories and had a deeper appreciation of the acting, the effects etc. As a kid the impact was visual and auditory - mainly I remembered the monsters, the music, the sound effects and overall mood. As an older person, I could more fully appreciate everything as a film. (Older folks used to talk about seeing 3-D movies back in the fifties. When I was in college some of the revival or art-house theaters in town would have science-fiction festivals. I got to see “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “It Came From Outer Space” in 3-D. Now anytime I see those movies I look for the shots that were meant to enhance the 3-D effects.) I am betting you will discuss “Invaders From Mars” in your upcoming videos. That was a movie that really planted a lot of specific, scary and dreamlike images in my young kid brain. As an adult I have met many people (of a particular age range) who also saw that movie and ended up with the same lasting impressions on their psyches! (After watching that movie as an adult, I’m not even sure how great it was compared to many of the others you discuss - but seeing it at a certain age, it had a lasting impact.) (One minor point - at about the 10:03 mark in the video you are discussing John Campbell - but I am pretty sure the photo at that point is of Isaac Asimov.) Also: “The Outer Limits” was easy to find in repeats on television in the early sixties - I watched a lot of those also. That is another show that planted impressions and images at a young age - and then turned out later to actually have some pretty good stories. I’m looking forward to more of your videos! - Ken

Every SINGLE one of these classic movies has posters showing some half-naked babe screaming in the arms of a monster--and almost none of them actually had any such scenes. Gotta wonder.

1930s SciFi has it alll

Great stuff,keep it coming,please.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@borusa32 Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. There are two more videos in this series that are coming up. I should have part two posted by this Friday so stay tuned. Thank you again for your comment, and have a great day. Mike

What a lovely video! A little late to the party, but very glad to get here. Such care & research! My start with SF began with reading Wells & Verne in my grade school years, followed closely by Asimov, Bradbury, & Clarke. Then a local independent station (WLVI, Boston) started airing 'Creature Double Feature' from 1-4pm each Saturday. 'Godzilla,' 'King Kong,' 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,' 'The Man with the X-Ray Eyes,' the list goes on. Too many classics to choose from as 'best,' but I think my favorite 'giant mutation' film from the 50's has to be 'Them'. The idea of these 15ft long ants, and the threat they pose, was just so terrifying to 10yr old me (57yrs now). For color films, 'War of the Worlds,' tops my list. As you noted, the sheer scale of the sound design was just amazing. I can't wait to dive into the next two parts!

Although a few of the movie content creator I follow have been on a massive nostalgia binge lately, few go back this far. Although there were plenty of movies of the era that were cheap and cheesy. There were also some ground-breaking filmmaking techniques developed for these movies and there were movies with solid storytelling at their heart.

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

@jamesabernethy7896 Thank you for your comment. I absolutely agree with everything you wrote. I grew up watching all the 1950s Sci-Fi movies which generated my appreciation for the genre. Like I mentioned in the video, there were 204 sci-fi movies made through just that decade alone. Now they can't all be home runs. But there were a number of them that still resonate today. I think one of my favorite aspects of the 1950s Sci-Fi films is the writing. The effects, and now the CGI effects, just were not available. There needed to be a well written compelling story. And there are more than a few that delivered on that. One way to look at the quality of the stories of the time, is to see how many of those movies have been remade in the modern era. None of the remakes are a good as the originals. the updated The Day the Earth Stood Still was a good movie with a modern twist, but I'll still take the original. And the update War of the Worlds came the closest to getting the story right by trying to stay closer to what H.G. Wells actually wrote without the limitations of what practical effect could deliver (1950s). But ever that one, I'll take the original all day long. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. There are two more parts to this video coming quickly, so stay tuned, and have a great day. Mike

I've often wondered what happened to those flying cars of the 1950's.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@xbubblehead I still want my flying car. Its been promised my entire life, and then wass teased with Back to the Future. Its time for the flying car. Thank you for your comment. I hope you enjoyed our video, and stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

Another great 3-parter! 🛸

For instance Forry was the only person dressed as the man from the future at the first science fiction convention. He coined the term SCI-FI !!

Great collection althouhg I understand you are concentrated on USA. There is a small country in the Middle of the Europe with few sci-ci movies "pearles" worth to see. Oh, not to say about former and curent furute "enemy´s" cinematography on teh East.

How did you go through this without mentioning the granddaddy of 50s sci fi movies, Forbidden Planet?!

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@user-ue5fn5fh9m Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. This is only part one of three in this series, and Forbidden Planet is one of my all time favorites. So fear not, Forbidden Planet is coming. Thank you again for your comment, and stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

Nice to not hear a robo voice narration.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@zorkonthegreat5879 Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. Yeah the AI robot voice. I can't do that. Originally I thought about it because I slaughter names. Unless someone has a sur-name of Smith or Jones, there is a good chance I'm going to mess it up. But even the robot voice mess names up, and worse yet, they mispronounce some everyday words. Also, I think in a way the AI voice makes a people a little lazy, and it strips all the emotion out of a presentation. Even when I record the narration for my videos, I'm constantly finding typos and fix them as I go, despite previous editing. But when you just feed an unedited script into an AI voice generator, it is not always going to come out clean. Especially if you don't check your work. Long story short, I doubt I'll ever use an AI robotic voice. Thank you again for your comment, and there are two more videos in this series coming soon. Part two should be posted by this friday, so stay tuned. Have a great day. Mike

Forbidden Planet for me, but there are many others, this decade really was a golden age of sci-fi movies

CHES-LEY Bonestell, and BY-RON Haskins,

I had a problem with the Military depiction in The Day the Earth stood still. My problem is that it didn't acknowledge that the military and its deployment requires a civilian decision. The military is headed by the Secretary of Defense. I understand why DoD didn't support the unrealistic portrayal of the soldiers. A little off topic but this was somewhat corrected in the 2008 remake.

@danf321

14 күн бұрын

But sadly the 2008 remake absolutely sucked. Screw the “politically correct” depiction of the military, just give me a good SciFi movie.

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

@user-vd8oc1it2h Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. As a retired veteran myself when I look at the 1950s version of the movie, regarding the military in the movie it always made me wonder why the DoD would not have participated in the production of this film, given what the military stands for and represents to our country in the real world. If anything, it would have been a great opportunity for the military to showcase and generate some recruitment from it. But more than that, if the events of the movie were a real situation, the military would be there to address an unknown, possibly hostile force. At least the Virginia National Guard was happy to participate. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there are two more entries for this 1950s Sci-Fi movie tribute coming quick, and have a great day. Mike

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If the saucer model for THIS ISLAND EARTH was made out of aluminum, do you know if it has survived?

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment, I hope you enjoyed our video. I was wondering that myself, but I couldn’t find anything definitive on that. However, since you raised the question, I’ll look again, and if I can find something on its location, if it’s still around, I’ll put that information into part 2 or part 3 of the series. Let’s hope I find it. Thank you again for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And stay tuned, there is more sci-fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

@misterlyle.

14 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmore Thanks, Mike!

It took me about 15 minutes before I recognized your voice!

Chesley Bonestell

Yes the fifty’s rule

Would you say attack of the mole people and this island earth are some what similar

@scifiandmore

14 күн бұрын

@PuncherOfAbs Thank you for your comment. I have to be honest, I have never seen attack of the mole people so I am not sure. But I'll check it out to better answer your question. Have a great day. Mike

@PuncherOfAbs

14 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmore It’s on KZread for free ...there is even hey mystery science theater release

Could you please do a video on the importance of Forest J Ackerman, ?? That would be cool 😎

@scifiandmore

4 күн бұрын

@kevingossett8881 I am always up for suggestions, and this seems like a great one. I will put it on my list of upcoming videos. Great choice. Thank you for the idea. Have a great day. Mike

I love the movie Forbidden Planet but no a fan of the soundtrack.

@scifiandmore

11 күн бұрын

@jrcasanova4040 Thank you for your comment, and I hope you enjoyed our video. Forbidden Planet is probably my all time favorite of the movies from the 50s era. Between Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth, The War of the Words, and The Day the Earth Stood Still, those are my personal top four. And they are interchangeable. Which ever one I am watching is my favorite. I have two more videos in this series coming soon, with part two being posted tomorrow. So stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

Not sure why you showed a picture of Isaac Asimov when discussing Joseph Campbell and "Who Goes There?" ...?

Not Chelsie Bonestell. It's Chesley.

Scientifiction was pronounced scienTIfic-sh'n, not scion-t'-FICtion.

@scifiandmore

13 күн бұрын

Well to be honest, I had a hard time with that one.

@RockOfLions

13 күн бұрын

@@scifiandmore just put the emphasis on scientific and you'll do fine

@dolphinsrr

7 күн бұрын

Klattu was not killed by a sniper when he came out of the ship. But later in the film. Just wounded earlier. And i wouldn't call the soldier a sniper . since he was with other soldiers. He was just nervous!😊

@dolphinsrr

7 күн бұрын

Klaatu

@scifiandmore

7 күн бұрын

@@dolphinsrr Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated. And I will say that you are 100% correct with your comment. That is how the movie played out. However, in the part you are referring too, I was talking about how the story unfolded in the book the movie was based on, Farewell to the Master. There was a sniper in the book that killed Klaatu and then a new wing of the Smithsonian was built around the ship while Gort, or Gnut in the book stood there motionless. I need to go back and read that book again. I haven't read it in decades and I might need to revisit it. Also, I saw your other comment, and yeah, I am a pretty big nostalgia guy. Thank you again for your comment(s), awesome discussion point. And stay tuned, there is more Sci-Fi to come. Have a great day. Mike

Your voice is uncomfortable to listen to...