MInd Boggling Trivia For 1950's Sci Fi Classics

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:22 PM

HOLD THE FORT!!!!

The Forbidden Planet!! How the hell did I forget that one! That's a true masterpiece.

That would have to go in the top ten at least, maybe even top five.... Jeez. Can't believe I left that out!

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ECGORDON

Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:55 AM

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The Forbidden Planet!! How the hell did I forget that one!

I was about to mention that one myself.

And two more: Destination Moon and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

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12) The Quatermass films: III, II, I

I assume that is the way you are ranking them, but for me it would be III, I and then II. I've always wanted to see the original BBC productions too.

JONGSSTRAW

Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:40 AM

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And two more: Destination Moon and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

They're both classics of 50's sci fi. Love the Woody Woodpecker segment in Destination Moon. And don't forget its big brother "Conquest Of Space", based on the Willy Ley and Chesley Bonestell book. Bonestell painted the movie backdrops, and the ship and space station designs were taken from their series that ran in Collier's Magazine from 1950 to 1952.

JONGSSTRAW

Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:51 AM

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Hmm I've not seen Killers From Space, Angry Red Planet or Creation of the Humanoid so will have to seek those out.

Time to get cracking!

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While we're on favourites:
1) Creature from the Black Lagoon.
2) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original cut)
3) The Thing (1951)
4) Mysterious Island
5) War Of The Worlds
6) Day the Earth Stood Still...
7) the 7th Voyage of Sinbad
8) Time Machine
9) Jason and the Argonauts
10) The Incredible Shrinking Man (Best ending along with Planet of the Apes)
11) The Beast from 20,000 fathoms
12) The Quatermass films: III, II, I
13) Journey to the Centre of the Earth (James Mason)
14) This Island Earth
15) First Men on the Moon
16) 20 million miles to earth
17) Destination Moon
18) When World's Collide
19) Dr Cyclops
20) Invaders from Mars.

That's an impressive list of classics. Here's a few more to think about or see if you haven't yet...

Not Of This Earth... w/ Beverly(My Three Sons)Garland; remade w/ Traci Lords
The Blob...w/ Mayberry's favorite teacher Helen Krump and The King Of Cool
Atlantis, The Lost Continent...just adore every minute of this Pal treasure
The Lost World... w/ Michael(Klaatu)Rennie and David(Voyage To Bottom of The Sea)Hedison
First Spaceship On Venus...the lovely Yoko Tani covered in space goo!
Red Planet Mars...another one w/ Peter Graves
Queen Of Outer Space...same ship and snow landing as World Without End
Beyond The Time Barrier...raping mutants set free by murderous Russian babe
Attack Of The Crab Monster...w/ the Professor, no Maryanne
Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman...big gal kills the smoking hot Yvette Vickers
Rodan...worms and big egg scared me to death as a kid, final scene is epic
War Of The Planets...Italian sci fi fun
Kronos, The Planet Killer...w/ Jeff (This Island Earth) Morrow
The Giant Behemoth...second cousin to Beast From 20,0000
Gorgo...w/ Bill Travers from Born Free
Journey To The Seventh Planet...Agar at his cheesiest w/ hot Euro babes
Journey To The Center Of Time...cool flick
Women Of The Prehistoric Planet...Agar even more cheesier, w/ Elvis babe Irene Tsu
The Time Travellers...w/ sci fi legend John(When Worlds Collide)Hoyt and sexy Merry Anders
Day Of The Triffids...Howard Keel w/o singing
From The Earth To The Moon..w/ the lovely Debra Paget and suave George Sanders
Village Of The Damned...another George Sanders classic
Island Of Terror...intense and scary
She Demons...not for the weak of heart, Nazis, young girls, radiation
Horror Hotel...w/ beautiful Venetia Stevenson and Christopher Lee
Missile To The Moon...giant walking rocks, killer sunburn, big spider
Rocketship XM...w/ Lloyd (Commander Cain of the Pegasus) Bridges
Project Moonbase...Jeannie's Dr. Bellows sends 50's sweater girl to the moon

** Special thanks to WOR Channel 9 in New York for airing Chiller Theater every Saturday night, and Million Dollar Movie every weekday after school before dinner. You helped make me the immature man I am today.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:25 PM

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And two more: Destination Moon and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

Yes! Love those. Good call.

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I assume that is the way you are ranking them, but for me it would be III, I and then II. I've always wanted to see the original BBC productions too.

I'm partial to Quatermass 2 for the atmosphere. But love the whole trilogy.

BBC series was awesome. A friend bought me that years ago. I had to leave it behind in my travels. Well worth a watch EC.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:52 PM

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Not Of This Earth... w/ Beverly(My Three Sons)Garland; remade w/ Traci Lords

Not seen

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The Blob...w/ Mayberry's favorite teacher Helen Krump and The King Of Cool

Have seen and I love it! And the remake is rather good. Shawnee Smith's character is very close to Buffy!

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Atlantis, The Lost Continent...just adore every minute of this Pal treasure

I just watched this this afternoon upon your recommendation. Yeah I liked it. Some of the Design was very impressive. The Atlantian Sub!

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The Lost World... w/ Michael(Klaatu)Rennie and David(Voyage To Bottom of The Sea)Hedison

Always liked this film. I loved the set design and the saturated colours. Quite a large character list too. Brave.

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First Spaceship On Venus...the lovely Yoko Tani covered in space goo!

Sounds interesting :D Space goo eh?

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Red Planet Mars...another one w/ Peter Graves

Looking forward to this.

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Queen Of Outer Space...same ship and snow landing as World Without End

I think I may have seen this, but can't remember for sure....

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Beyond The Time Barrier...raping mutants set free by murderous Russian babe

Is this a Russian Sci-Fi? I've been on the look out for those...

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Attack Of The Crab Monster...w/ the Professor, no Maryanne

With a title like that... You gota watch it right ? :P

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Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman...big gal kills the smoking hot Yvette Vickers

This film always made me feel sad on so many levels.

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Rodan...worms and big egg scared me to death as a kid, final scene is epic

Good sales pitch J. Will have to watch this. Cheers!

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War Of The Planets...Italian sci fi fun

Oh really? OK I like Italian Horror so this may be interesting.

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Kronos, The Planet Killer...w/ Jeff (This Island Earth) Morrow

I like Jeff Morrow!

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The Giant Behemoth...second cousin to Beast From 20,0000

Not seen it.

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Gorgo...w/ Bill Travers from Born Free

Think I've seen this.....

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Journey To The Seventh Planet...Agar at his cheesiest w/ hot Euro babes

Exploitation Sci-Fi eh? :D

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Journey To The Center Of Time...cool flick

No don't know of it, but sounds awesome!

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Women Of The Prehistoric Planet...Agar even more cheesier, w/ Elvis babe Irene Tsu

Sounds hilarious! It's a must!

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The Time Travellers...w/ sci fi legend John(When Worlds Collide)Hoyt and sexy Merry Anders

Awesome!

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Day Of The Triffids...Howard Keel w/o singing

truly chilling!

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From The Earth To The Moon..w/ the lovely Debra Paget and suave George Sanders

Big fan of George Sanders. Saw this about twenty years ago and loved the pacing!

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Village Of The Damned...another George Sanders classic

Oh simply awesome! Clever, and smart Sci-fi. Probably Val Guests best. Children was good too!

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Island Of Terror...intense and scary

Is this the one where the animals turn on the people? I think I've seen this.

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She Demons...not for the weak of heart, Nazis, young girls, radiation

Ha,ha. Sounds like a Russ Meyer flick :D

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Horror Hotel...w/ beautiful Venetia Stevenson and Christopher Lee

Oh yes.

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Missile To The Moon...giant walking rocks, killer sunburn, big spider

Really! That sounds fun!

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Rocketship XM...w/ Lloyd (Commander Cain of the Pegasus) Bridges

Yup loved it!

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Project Moonbase...Jeannie's Dr. Bellows sends 50's sweater girl to the moon

Not heard of it, but I love moon based themed Sci-fi :D

Thanks for those Jongsstraw. I'll endeavour to catch those whenever I can. One that just came to mind is Attack of the Mole People. Have

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, December 14, 2012 12:57 AM

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Hmm I've not seen Killers From Space, Angry Red Planet or Creation of the Humanoid so will have to seek those out.

Angry Red Planet is really a terrific movie for many reasons. The female lead is Nora Hayden, and a more vivacious fiery red-headed space gal you won't find. The martian creatures and landscapes are imaginative, and the ending is quite foreboding. Made by Ib Melchior, it has many of his trademark elements.

Killers From Space is an early 'b' movie starring Peter Graves. Starting a bit slow, it builds up little by little to make it a very enjoyable campy flick. A favorite of Chiller Theater, it gave me nightmares as a kid.

Creation Of The Humanoids is a strange and eerie film. It has a mood and atmosphere that is quite unique; a story about a post-apocalyptic world where some humans (flesh and blooders) are fighting against their perceived threat of humanoid robotic domination. Has a great ironic ending.

You took some time and thought into your post below. It's a lot of fun to go through it. Here's some more details that may be helpful...

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Not Of This Earth... w/ Beverly(My Three Sons)Garland; remade w/ Traci Lords

Not seen

The 50's b&w original is good and scary. A worthy effort! The remake is campy and fun. It stars Traci Lords in her first non-porno movie, but fret not, there is some gratuitous nudity.

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Atlantis, The Lost Continent...just adore every minute of this Pal treasure

I just watched this this afternoon upon your recommendation. Yeah I liked it. Some of the Design was very impressive. The Atlantian Sub!

The ordeal of fire and water in the sunken triangle pit. I guess they actually had to build that amazing thing.
The half-men/half-animal creations by their wicked scientists.
The two small crystals and the large mobile crystal death ray weapon.
The holy man who helped Demetrius was Ed Platt from Get Smart fame.
The giant crystal weapon firing randomly and vaporizing the bad guy into a skeleton.

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The Lost World... w/ Michael(Klaatu)Rennie and David(Voyage To Bottom of The Sea)Hedison

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Always liked this film. I loved the set design and the saturated colours. Quite a large character list too. Brave.

Jill St. John and Fernando Lamas (TRIVIA ALERT: Ricardo Montalban's brother).
Love when the greedy guide gets the diamonds and then gets swallowed by the dinosaur.
Love when Lamas sacrifices himself by grabbing the lava lake retaining log.
Love the native girl leading them though the underground world.

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First Spaceship On Venus...the lovely Yoko Tani covered in space goo!

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Sounds interesting : Space goo eh?

Kind of a silly movie, but yes, lots of bubbling crude.

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Red Planet Mars...another one w/ Peter Graves

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Looking forward to this.

Interesting movie with strong religious and anti-communist themes.

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Queen Of Outer Space...same ship and snow landing as World Without End

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I think I may have seen this, but can't remember for sure....

Great movie with a bad title.
Stars Eric Fleming from Conquest of Space and Rawhide fame.
Mysterious beams attack Eaqrth's space station.
Beams carry spaceship at speed which breaks the indicator pointer (like World Without End)
Zsa Zsa Gabor is not the Queen, She's a rebel scientist desperate for love.
Laurie Mitchell is the evil and bitter Queen with a great body and glittery mask.
Used the costumes and weapons from Forbidden Planet.

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Beyond The Time Barrier...raping mutants set free by murderous Russian babe

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Is this a Russian Sci-Fi? I've been on the look out for those...

No. Made by and starring American Robert Clarke (Hideous Sun Demon).
Air Force pilot tests new jet and breaks the time barrier.
Later, in the future, one of the greatest explanations

THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, December 14, 2012 5:17 PM

Jongsstraw.

Thanks very much for all that breakdown. I can clearly see you're more than a match for me with 50's Sci-fi trivia and general savvy :D. This is really impressive knowledge. I will endeavour to try and see most of, if not all of these! Currently trying to find a copy of Angry Red Planet.

(oh and I've definitely seen the Zsa Zsa Gabor flick. I remember that because I think she looks into the camera one or two times :P )

It's a pleasant surprise to find someone as into these as I am. Can I ask what was your first exposure to 50's Sci-fi ?

For me it was watching Joe Dante films. I was really into his stuff when I was a kid and I caught "The Explorers" You ever see that? One of the characters really likes 50's Sci-Fi and much of the film has clips of them in the background; there's even a great spoof film within the film starring Robert Picardo - and it's hilarious!! That sort of stirred my wonderings and I found myself trying to hunt them down. All of them!

Thereafter it snowballed into what it is now, a full on preoccupation!

Thanks again J. Really very kind of you.

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JONGSSTRAW

Friday, December 14, 2012 8:37 PM

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Jongsstraw.

Thanks very much for all that breakdown. I can clearly see you're more than a match for me with 50's Sci-fi trivia and general savvy :D. This is really impressive knowledge. I will endeavour to try and see most of, if not all of these! Currently trying to find a copy of Angry Red Planet.

I thank you for this most enjoyable stroll down memory lane. I have some good knowledge of the subject, but I also know many others whose knowledge would put me to shame. All any of us can do is continue to watch the movies, and continue to be passionate in our pursuit of the genre. BTW, I bought 'Angry' from a dvd seller at a sci fi con years ago. The quality is very good.

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(oh and I've definitely seen the Zsa Zsa Gabor flick. I remember that because I think she looks into the camera one or two times :P )

Next time you watch 'Queen' check out the monitor screen in her chambers. She uses it to look in on the status of the beta disintegrator being prepped to destroy Earth. It is in fact exactly as modern-day big screen computer monitors look now, even down to the angled support hinge from the base. Star Trek always gets the credit for its pioneering technical and visual futurism, but in this instance, 'Queen' beat 'em to it.

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It's a pleasant surprise to find someone as into these as I am. Can I ask what was your first exposure to 50's Sci-fi ?

I'm 59 years old. When I was six or seven I'd watch many of these movies on Saturday night's Chiller Theater which aired on Channel 9 in New York. My first memeory of any movie is Attack of the 50-Ft. Woman. I spent my childhood watching all their broadcasts which always showed cool sci fi movies. There was also Million Dollar Movie, which would show a movie at 4:00 pm and repeat it every day Monday thru Friday. I remember seeing Forbidden Planet and many others from those days. There was also a movie theater in Valley Stream, NY that showed sci fi movies early on Saturday mornings. My friends and I went almost every week, paid the .50 admission, bought a pack of banana splits candy for a dime, and sat back and enjoyed the show. I saw The Time Machine, Village of the Damned, Atlantis, and many others on the big screen. It didn't take too long for me to know that my developing passion for these types of movies was going to last all my life.

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For me it was watching Joe Dante films. I was really into his stuff when I was a kid and I caught "The Explorers" You ever see that? One of the characters really likes 50's Sci-Fi and much of the film has clips of them in the background; there's even a great spoof film within the film starring Robert Picardo - and it's hilarious!! That sort of stirred my wonderings and I found myself trying to hunt them down. All of them!

I liked 'Explorers' when I saw it on cable in the 80's. I remember the aliens looking at a clip from It, The Terror From Beyond Space...when Marshall Thompson shoots his .45 at the creature while fleeing up the staircase to the next deck.

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Thereafter it snowballed into what it is now, a full on preoccupation!
Thanks again J. Really very kind of you.

If you have to have a preoccupation, 50's and 60's sci fi is a damn good one. Good luck finding them. Most of my collection was purchased from dvd sellers at sci fi cons I've been attending for over 30 years. I got a lot from Amazon also. Thanks!

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, December 16, 2012 4:08 PM

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I'm 59 years old. When I was six or seven I'd watch many of these movies on Saturday night's Chiller Theater which aired on Channel 9 in New York. My first memeory of any movie is Attack of the 50-Ft. Woman. I spent my childhood watching all their broadcasts which always showed cool sci fi movies. There was also Million Dollar Movie, which would show a movie at 4:00 pm and repeat it every day Monday thru Friday. I remember seeing Forbidden Planet and many others from those days. There was also a movie theater in Valley Stream, NY that showed sci fi movies early on Saturday mornings. My friends and I went almost every week, paid the .50 admission, bought a pack of banana splits candy for a dime, and sat back and enjoyed the show. I saw The Time Machine, Village of the Damned, Atlantis, and many others on the big screen. It didn't take too long for me to know that my developing passion for these types of movies was going to last all my life.

Wow I would love to be able to see some of these in the cinema. That's the only drawback of watching them these days, it's all on TV's. Which is fine, I'm not grumbling, but there's certainly a whole different atmosphere to watching them in the cinema. The best I had was, as I say, seeing the Creature From The Black Lagoon in 3D at the university. That was fun. We went as a big group of us, maybe 12-13 of us and we all spent pretty much four hours in the pub afterwards just talking about that and It Came From Outer Space. We had such a good time. Without doubt the best cinematic experience I had. And it was only a 16mm print of it too :D.

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I liked 'Explorers' when I saw it on cable in the 80's. I remember the aliens looking at a clip from It, The Terror From Beyond Space...when Marshall Thompson shoots his .45 at the creature while fleeing up the staircase to the next deck.

That's right. As well as War of the Worlds, This Island Earth and I think The Beast ! All I know is I made it my mission to see all those films shown within the Explorers.

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If you have to have a preoccupation, 50's and 60's sci fi is a damn good one. Good luck finding them. Most of my collection was purchased from dvd sellers at sci fi cons I've been attending for over 30 years. I got a lot from Amazon also. Thanks!

Yeah I know it's not easy. I did have quite a collection before I moved and had to sell them all, but I'm determined to start the collection up again. Still it's maybe easier now than it ever was so, that's encouraging.

By the way, sorry not to have replied yesterday. I had a full day/night of work. So had no time to get on.

....Hmm kind of in a Forbidden Planet mood now...

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