This Island Earth, A Boomer campy clasic
Added 11/3/2009
Back in the day when an alien threat came from outer space an not from just accross the border. Hunky male scientist, cross-your-heart endowed hot female scientist, good/bad alien plot and a real creepy space monster; what's not to like! Four thumbs up (alien humor). If you've never seen this flick, order now before the invassion is complete.
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Sci Fi Movies & T.V. Series
Added 9/26/2009
Have been a Sci fan since an early age & saw this movie when I was about 12 or 13 years old. Liked it very much. Have been trying to grab a hold of it tried everything my U.S.partner suggested Amazon.com & so I did. Luckey for me I have a D.V.D player that covers all regions. Will be buying more movies from Amazon.com again whether Sci fi or other.Highly recomend Amazon to all.
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not a hard sci fi movie
Added 8/17/2009
I missed this one when I was growing up.The contrast between this movie
and the Anne Francis one is great:Forbidden Planet
They put in insectoid monsters just for the sensation.
The flying saucers here are not very believable either.
Faith Domergue is the best part of this movie for me.
The heat barrier of hypersonic flight is in the atmosphere not beyond
it in outer space. The conversion process for hyperbaric ( high pressure) atmosphere
is also pretty trumped up.
The only thing believable is the idea of the Interociter
being based on control neutrino radiation.
Still I actually like the movie more than disliked it:
some of these 50's movies were just ugly1
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landmark sci-fi classic
Added 6/8/2009
The quintessential 1950s sci-fi romp, THIS ISLAND EARTH is a must see for any fan of the genre. Rex Reason stars as Doctor Meacham, who is 'recruited', along with several other leading world specialists, to help restore the failing protection shield of Metaluna, a planet under siege. Faith Domergue adds the requisite glamour as Dr. Ruth Adams.
The special effects are the main reason why THIS ISLAND EARTH continues to stand up well. The Metaluna scenes look to be a clever mix of miniatures and matte paintings, and are reminiscent of a 1950s era comic book. Faith Domergue, a noir leading lady, has the right air to play Adams, and (most importantly) injects some much-needed life into staid Rex Reason. Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller and Douglas Spencer co-star as the Metaluna aliens.
The current DVD from Universal is sadly in fullscreen format; those with multi-region players should instead seek out the Universal UK disc which has a crisp 1:85:1 anamorphic print.
Mandatory title for cult cinema collectors.
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"MARBLE-OUS, Marble-ous Dah-link" --Our Island Earth as it appears from Space
Added 6/4/2009
My summer project is viewing low budget Sci-Fi movies from the Fifties with cheesy special effects. I love watching this stuff, so I ordered a bunch of them. I have seen all of them before first as a kid, then again as a teenager at the drive-in, then again as a housewife watching the late, late movies. I popped it in the player and was dumbfounded as it is in the most unbelievable gorgeous color. Most of these were in black and white, at the time. I remember the storyline vaguely, but not enough for it to ruin my recent viewing. The set designs were marvelous. The acting was good but the actors did not go on to superstardom and faded away. It had all the right qualities to keep me interested and to encourage me to wax nostalgic about the birth of the Space Age. I am always amused by the fact that models of the earth in early outer space movies never have the wispy clouds surrounding it. No one ever thought to put them there and we had to have those actual photographs taken from space to remind us. This movie was a great cinematographic achievement for its time, and even more entertaining now.
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This Island Earth, A Boomer campy clasic
Added 11/3/2009
Back in the day when an alien threat came from outer space an not from just accross the border. Hunky male scientist, cross-your-heart endowed hot female scientist, good/bad alien plot and a real creepy space monster; what's not to like! Four thumbs up (alien humor). If you've never seen this flick, order now before the invassion is complete.
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Sci Fi Movies & T.V. Series
Added 9/26/2009
Have been a Sci fan since an early age & saw this movie when I was about 12 or 13 years old. Liked it very much. Have been trying to grab a hold of it tried everything my U.S.partner suggested Amazon.com & so I did. Luckey for me I have a D.V.D player that covers all regions. Will be buying more movies from Amazon.com again whether Sci fi or other.Highly recomend Amazon to all.
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not a hard sci fi movie
Added 8/17/2009
I missed this one when I was growing up.The contrast between this movie
and the Anne Francis one is great:Forbidden Planet
They put in insectoid monsters just for the sensation.
The flying saucers here are not very believable either.
Faith Domergue is the best part of this movie for me.
The heat barrier of hypersonic flight is in the atmosphere not beyond
it in outer space. The conversion process for hyperbaric ( high pressure) atmosphere
is also pretty trumped up.
The only thing believable is the idea of the Interociter
being based on control neutrino radiation.
Still I actually like the movie more than disliked it:
some of these 50's movies were just ugly1
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