I'm 78 years old and I loved it. I come from NYC and I went to every theater that played it.
@Jimserac
4 жыл бұрын
This movie is one of my most cherished memories. As an 8 year old in 1955, my mother made me give assurances that I would not have any bad dreams and then took me to the Park Cinema in Cranston Rhode Island to see "This Island Earth". It was absolutely thrilling, of course to an 8 year old whose only other usual video input was on a 12 inch (yes 12 !!) Black and White TV screen, to see all this cosmic stuff going on. I remember the meteors raining down on the planet and almost wanted to duck behind the seat ! The other great move of that decade that came the following year, in 1956, was "Forbidden Planet" with a young Leslie Nielsen before he switched over to comedy. And that one really was "scary" and with magnificent special effects.
@marbleman52
4 жыл бұрын
Jimserac, You mentioned 2 of the great classics...absolutely..!! The title " This Island, Earth", is terrific and invokes so much meaning in just 3 words. I always thought that using guided boulders to attack the city was genius. In Heinlein's book, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", wasn't that same thing used by the leaders ( ? ) on the Moon as a threat against Earth? And the other superb classic, "The Day the Earth Stood Still", is still as exciting and imaginative today as it was when it first came out. There were other good and even other great Sci-Fi movies made in the 50's. but these three, and particularly "Forbidden Planet" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still", are, in my opinion, the 'diamonds' of them all.
@marbleman52
4 жыл бұрын
@Ken Hudson I guess all kids like the monster movies and I was no different. I was born in '52 and lived in a small farm town of about 6,000 ( and it has grown very little since then .) By the time I was 7 or 8, I would ride my bicycle to the local movie theater sometimes on week-ends and especially in the Summer and watch the greats like Karloff, Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr., Peter Lorre, Vincent Price and the other monster/horror stars. I always loved sci-fi movies and would watch any that came to town. You mentioned " uncritical absorption". Yep, me too, and as a kid I didn't know anything about movies having any Social commentary angles and stuff like that, I just enjoyed the movie. I was also a huge comic book reader and I remember when Spiderman comics started having a social message written in, I lost interest. I didn't want that; I just wanted pure make believe. I mean, come on...that's what Spiderman and Superman and all the other Super Heroes are....pure make believe.!!
@michelleregis6181
4 жыл бұрын
@@marbleman52 I couldnt agree with you more, I saw this kind of movie and others as make believe, that's best!
@brucezar9517
2 жыл бұрын
@@marbleman52 well said
@redblade8160
2 жыл бұрын
@@marbleman52 Was your tyres let down when you got back on your bicycle?
@PaulKyriazi
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary on the movie. Right NOW on my shelf is a one-foot tall Metaluna mutant and a hand-signed to me by Rex Reason photo of him fighting the mutant. I got to meet and talk with Rex. I had the 8mm Castle film, but it was never on TV. Finally, it came to a kiddie matinee at my home town when I was a senior in high school. None of my friends wanted to be seen there, so I went alone. Not the last time I went alone to a kiddie matinee to see a classic movie. This documentary was gold for me Jonny. I didn't want it to end.
@johnbockelie3899
2 жыл бұрын
" It came from outer space" was made in 1953.
@brucezar9517
2 жыл бұрын
Huh??? lol
@banditquest4756
3 жыл бұрын
This Island Earth is a Legend in the Sci-Fi film industry. This movie was one of the greatest science fictions ever and my absolute favorite in the 1960's when I was a child.
@paulwalters3446
2 жыл бұрын
How appropriate to put Holst's 'Mars, the Bringer of War' in the background of this episode! I like it!
@silentxero5955
3 жыл бұрын
I think the Metaluna Mutant was and still is one of the coolest aliens in Sci-fi history, not to mention the 1950's alone. It's a classic!!
@loanaoftheshellpeople5627
3 жыл бұрын
It was certainly scary with that exposed brain and those crab-like hands. It was the epitome of a Bug Eyed Monster.
@eddstarr2185
3 жыл бұрын
One of the outstanding features of "This Island Earth" is the the early laboratory/workshop scene where the "new age of electronics" is detailed. Very enlightening and dramatic coming from the year 1955!
@9256steven
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the making of the Interocitor.
@ToyKingWonder
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I liked the work on all the parts...lots of interesting details.
@monteceitomoocher
2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed, they accurately foresaw the miniaturisation of electronic components, certainly capacitors have dramatically reduced in size but increased in performance.
@howardmiller5381
2 жыл бұрын
I always found the scene where they are testing the capacitor a bit jarring. At those voltages, there should have been an arc between the terminals.
@james5460
3 жыл бұрын
A sci-fi classic. Loved how they brought the airplane into the saucer. The Monitor was cool and showed some real creativity. The way they escaped the Mutant was really done well. I have nothing but good memories of "This Island Earth," the most underrated sci-fi film of them all.
@devinreese1397
20 күн бұрын
Monitor? Or Interocitor?
@markstevenson3047
5 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favourite movies , I would loved to have seen a sequel .
@TheRadioAteMyTV
4 жыл бұрын
Says the person who didn't get subjected to an awful follow up ruining what came before it.
@mabusestestament
3 жыл бұрын
The sequel would be a short film: they return to the planet and see that it is completely scorched by the nuclear bombardments and there is no life anymore. So they go back again 😉
@TheDejael
Ай бұрын
The sequel, "ALIENS IN THE SKIES", written by screenwriter Franklin Coen in 1956, has Cal and Ruth married and working as scientists at Ryberg Electronics, where they are attempting to replicate the Interocitor using his memories of the device and a copy of the plans he made and hid away. UFO sightings in the southern California area are reported, and at last when Cal and Ruth get their Interocitor working they receive a cryptic video message from Brack - who has returned to Earth in another flying saucer, with an army of Metaluna Mutants, which he unleashes on Edwards Air Force base after landing his saucer there, disabling some Air Force jets and personnel with his neutrino rays. What follows is a battle of wits between the sinister Brack and Cal & Ruth as they attempt to stop Brack's foolhardy attempt to outwit the U.S. Air Force at the Pentagon. It would have co-starred Rex Reason and Faith Domergue, with Lance Fuller reprising his role as Brack, and would have had a million dollar budget, in Technicolor and CinemaScope. We have Universal Studios head Edward Muhl to thank for refusing to put it into production in 1956. Muhl did not care for science fiction, in spite of what the public wanted. His idea of a science fiction movie was the same as Sam Katzman over at Columbia - cheap black & white B-movies with stupid monsters in them for the teenagers at the Drive-Ins across America.
@devinreese1397
20 күн бұрын
What would they call it? That Island Earth?
@devinreese1397
20 күн бұрын
@@TheRadioAteMyTV You cannot predict sequels will be awful though some are.
@robinlmorgan1
3 жыл бұрын
When Mystery Science Theater did their feature film they paid homage to this movie by doing a great job!
@dethwilson420
9 ай бұрын
I've loved this movie because of MST3K, I couldn't get the jokes out of my head when I watched the movie on its own. My parents couldn't understand why I kept laughing during the movie. Good times...
@TheDejael
Ай бұрын
HA! When Rex Reason heard about it in 1996, he was really upset, and went to Universal and demanded a percentage for the use of his likeness in the film, and received a generous sum through his attorney to make him feel comfortable about it. I was a friend of Rex Reason and his brother Rhodes from the 1970s until they both passed away.
@47barolo
4 жыл бұрын
Now I know where the creators of the "Mars Attacks!" cards got their inspiration for the Martians "look".
@vanillagorilla8236
3 жыл бұрын
Invasion of the saucer men is probably nthe movie they got the idea from.
@dubuyajay9964
3 жыл бұрын
Except it was a 60s collector's card series before it was a movie?
@nrs6956
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Universal for making "This Island Earth." A great film, that should be given appreciation for the finished product. I still remember my first viewing.
@TheDejael
Ай бұрын
Me too! I was 8 years old in the summer of 1955 when I first saw this movie at an Art Deco Neon theater, and loved it!
@JoseyWales44s
4 жыл бұрын
I find the over-use of the word "cheesy" a little irritating. The film was made as good as it could be at the time. You can't blame the filmmakers for not having access to technology that would not be invented for 50 years. I'll take classic science fiction with "cheesy" effects over modern crappy movies with over-used boring CGI.
@scousesonata
4 жыл бұрын
Well said Mr Franklin.
@AgrippaKCsGunTime
4 жыл бұрын
i stand with you sir.
@RSEFX
4 жыл бұрын
Well, this is a pretty darn good commentary, all things considered. I'm glad that the film can be seen for it's accomplishments: Placing films, art, writings, etc. within a context and history is the most valid way to view works done in earlier times, and this commentator does quite well with that. (I should add that the commentator has called up some information on the film that I have written about over the years, which have been repeated and reprinted. It's nice to know that one's labors have found their way into the world of cinematic "lore". I knew and interviewed many of the people who made THIS ISLAND EARTH. The director was a friend, among many others. I won't get picky here about some information that isn't quite correct, other than to state, categorically, that the rumor---and it is that---that Jack Arnold re-did the scenes on Metaluna is not true. In fact, this was verified by the guy who started that rumor in the first place, Jack Arnold himself. I interviewed him, and once he knew how much research I'd done into the making of the film, how many people I'd spoken to, paperwork I'd dug up etc., he must've figured, "the jig is up" as he admitted that he did almost nothing on the film. None of the actors and others could recall ever working with Arnold, including Jeff Morrow, Regis Parton, the producer, the editor, the effects crew and Rex Reason who was on screen through so much of the film. He flat out declared that Arnold did NOT work on the film in any scenes he was in, and that would include virtually all the sequences on Metaluna. Rex put that in writing. So this rumor--really an outright lie--- should cease to be repeated, as it has taken on a rather outlandish role in the film's history. ) As to another matter here: That word "cheesy" is so overused it has become, in and of itself, a rather "cheesy" use of the english language. It doesn't really say anything if you think about it, and has become the perpetual "go-to" (another overused phrase) of film commentators. (I believe the word cheesy is a derivation of---evolved from--- another overused word from many decades ago, namely the word "chintzy", based on the word "chintz", which is/was a type of shiny, usually brightly-colored cotton cloth. Chintzy came to mean, generally, something gaudy, colorful and/or inexpensive. I wonder if someone launched the word "cheesy" after mis-hearing the original word and it wound up being repeated and repeated and repeat...ed...etc. as "cheesy"? Well, I've probably put way too much thought into this, but I have to agree that it may be time to ditch that word and substitute something a bit more fine-tuned. Ok, sounds like I'm tearing this fellow's work here to bits. I'm not, or at least it's not my intent. He's done a fine job, and has done very well in his presentation of stills and clips etc, and most of the research is accurate as far as it goes. I applaud this kind of work. I mention these other things since, well, since I'm very close to this film and felt I could help clear up the oft-repeated Arnold rumor. Ok, I better shut up now.
@RSEFX
4 жыл бұрын
I see lines crossing out what I had to say about Jack Arnold's claim to have re-done big parts of THIS ISLAND EARTH. I'm not sure what that means. Is that section still readable to everyone? Why are there lines thru that section? Curious. Never saw that before.
@x.y.8581
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah? Look at all that cheese piled on top of Morrow's and Fuller's heads! LOL
@QuantumRift
4 жыл бұрын
I love this movie. I was BORN in 1957, and this SCI-FI movie was one of the FIRST I can remember ever seeing....though not at the theater, the local TV station here in Columbus ran "Chiller Theater" on Friday nights, where at 11:30 pm they started a sci-fi or horror (or sci-fi and horror) double feature, and this movie, along with "The Crawling Eye", and "The Colossal Man" scared the beejezzzus out of me. Love 'em all.
@bradfordhatch5085
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1956 myself and I love all those movies as well. Still do.
@johnbockelie3899
2 жыл бұрын
The top part of the space ship bares a striking resemblance of the bridge and lower area of the saucer section of the U.S.S.Enterprise. I've always noticed that.
@michaelsegriff3362
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I was born in 1955, and first saw this on Million Dollar Movie, on Channel 9 in NYC. Loved it, and recently watched it, after having not seen it for at least 30 years. It really holds up great. Also, loved Forbidden Planet, Creature From the Black Lagoon, The Brian from Planet Arous, The 4D Man, The Thing From Another World, and many many others.
@michaelsegriff3362
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnbockelie3899 Great observation!
@antonyasteriz6861
4 жыл бұрын
This film is still a masterpiece, and anyone should always overlook the dimension of time's limits imposed on it by the era from which it hails.
@michelleregis6181
4 жыл бұрын
. As. a young teen I thought it great, Domergue was special!
@brucezar9517
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent wordage
@redblade8160
2 жыл бұрын
@@brucezar9517 Disagree
@brucezar9517
2 жыл бұрын
@@redblade8160 you have me at a disadvantage, sir. The communist censors deleted my freely donated yet priceless insightful, gold minted words - so idk exactly what you're responding to. 😏
@chadcastagana9181
Жыл бұрын
The poster states it was 2 1⁄2 years in the making but most of that was post production
@StickCrab
2 жыл бұрын
Spent years trying to track this film down. I remember watching this when I was a kid.
@IntrospectorGeneral
2 жыл бұрын
The lead actor, Rex Reason (his real birth name), had a brother who was also an actor, mostly in 1960's tv. His name? Rhodes Reason. Rex said that he got used to being approached by fans who congratulated him on roles actually performed by his brother. Rex was a contender for the lead in the original (1962) Manchurian Candidate but lost the role to Laurence Harvey after production was moved from Warner Brothers. He left movie acting after this to run a real estate business and do voiceover work.
@williamneuman7783
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video about This Island Earth. It's one of my favorite 50's SciFi movies. Also love the UFO tv series intro music.
@Wintersoldier73
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, I saw this movie as a kid, at an age when I really couldn't appreciate it. I ended up watching it again about 5 years ago & I really loved it.
@razrentals8897
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love those matte paintings.
@RK-eo8gl
4 жыл бұрын
This movie is a "Classic" Great & Fun to watch movie, yes it's silly at times...lol. I'm very happy to say I own a copy in my video library.
@RSEFX
4 жыл бұрын
I'm writing about the film. What parts do you feel are silly? Thanks.
@Ratatoskr0_0
2 жыл бұрын
First time I had seen This Island Earth was today. I was impressed by how well this film was done,. in 1955...
@marco5911
2 жыл бұрын
I loved all the Syfy B movies, especially THIS ISLAND EARTH. Great review, I liked the connections between later movies and TV show references. Another favorite of mine was FORBIDDEN PLANET, 1956. It was star-studded, had great special effects and inspired Gene Roddenberry in his creation of the original Star Trek TV series. Nicely done, thank you.
@TheDejael
Ай бұрын
Neither THIS ISLAND EARTH or FORBIDDEN PLANET were B-movies. Both were expensive A-productions.
@maxsmodels
3 жыл бұрын
I just built a model of the Metaluna Mutant . The character is popular enough that a model maker went through substantial expense to have molds cut for the mutant.
@MarkTheMorose
4 жыл бұрын
I remember as a youngster having some bubblegum cards, they had pictures of old horror/sci-fi films on, including Frankenstein and what I now realise was This Island Earth. Each card had a (black and white, as I recall) photo from the film, and a humorous caption below. The card for This Island Earth, predictably, had a picture of the big-head alien creature; the caption was something like 'have you got anything for a splitting headache?'. The one for Frankenstein was the creature and the creator looking at each other, the creator holding a flaming torch; I don't remember the caption. Probably just as well! This would have been over 40 years ago. How old do I feel typing that in?!
@durrcodurr
4 жыл бұрын
I had this one too, IIRC, except it was the German version, and it read "Haben Sie etwas gegen Kopfschmerzen?" ("Do you have something for a headache?") :D
@MarkTheMorose
4 жыл бұрын
@@durrcodurr Some humour travels well; even to the depths of space, it seems.
@richardvinsen2385
3 жыл бұрын
I remember those cards, too.
@themagus5906
3 жыл бұрын
We have to pass this stuff down to our grown kids with some conversations. I still have my collection of old Outer Limits cards, Mars Attacks cards, and Famous Monsters of Filmland magazines. Priceless to my 30 year old son.
@ObsessedCollector
2 жыл бұрын
"You'll Die Laughing" cards?
@PaulHagl
5 жыл бұрын
Another fine and informative video. This film was a childhood favourite of mine. Thanks to Ivan Hutchinson for presenting it.
@jimbronaugh
4 жыл бұрын
I saw this in theaters and, as a eight year old, it stuck with me of several years. It was the most enthralling movie I had seen until then, (I didn't see the Gene Berry 'war of the worlds' until the mid sixties) and even then the mutants of this movie stayed with me in my nightmares. Really great movie.
@mabusestestament
3 жыл бұрын
Nice! 🍻
@TheYoufuckingtubeabl
3 жыл бұрын
Worth mentioning that the title actually does mean something. In the novel the situation of Earth in the story is explicitly compared to that of a Pacific island during WWII--its natives caught between two distant and alien governments with unfathomable technology.
@fattyfat-fat6639
2 жыл бұрын
Though an excellent film, the real story is missed if one doesn't read the book. Raymond Jones did an exemplary job of capturing the nightmare that had entrapped native Pacific Islanders of WWII, as Japan and the Allies waged their mindless war of annihilation across their tiny islands. In his book, Jones cast the Earth in the same role that those helpless, hapless, Pacific Islanders actually endured. In the book, every "island planet" occupied by the invading alien belligerents, translated out as destruction for their inhabitants. This analogy wuz not lost on 1950's adults either, many of whom had literally played the role of the conquering, hell-bent-on-destruction "aliens" of the book, in the Pacific theater of war. Like the Earthlings in the book, real-life Pacific Islanders were simply "collateral damage" left in the wake of the "invaders" quest for victory and expansion. Jones' story wuz a genius anology. Understandably, the film tip-toed around his controversial approach to real-life anology: truly a Gene Roddenberry approach!!! Nevertheless, a great film! ---Great Book👽🛸
@sidneyburch2457
3 жыл бұрын
I was ten years old when this came out. Loved it.
@guy_incognito
3 жыл бұрын
Producer Wiliam Alland played "Thompson" the unseen journalist in Citizen Kane. The Monitor was played by Douglas Spencer (Scotty from The Thing from Another World).
@walterbenjamin1386
2 жыл бұрын
JonnyBaak, your commentaries are excellent! I sincerely love and admire these films, made at a time when UFOs were considered a probability. Today, after the DoD's release of their UFO films, these pictures have a new relevance. Thank you for your superb research.
@markboles135
2 жыл бұрын
Never saw the film until it was posted. The only reference I knew was by British rock singer Bryan Ferry on his 70s album The Bride Stripped Bare, which included a track called, "This Island Earth."
@halnwheels
2 жыл бұрын
I only became aware of this film when I found it posted on KZitem. Yes it's primitive by todays standards, but I can appreciate that it is pretty well written and that they were able to get a sci-fi film produced in color. It pre-dates Star Trek by 13 years, which is a pretty long time at this point in special effects technology. Thanks for giving us this video containing all this information about the film.
@BrettMcS
4 жыл бұрын
The MST3000 version of this film is genius.
@RK-eo8gl
4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Some hate MST for making fun of this movie. It's a good movie on its own and also the MST version is funny as hell.
@Gappasaurus
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was just OK 😄 The worst movies always make the best MST episodes, and This Island Earth really isn’t that bad. I remember reading once that it wasn’t the crew’s preferred choice for just that reason, but one of the trappings of making MST3K: The Movie was studio interference, and that included choice of film 😕
@RSEFX
4 жыл бұрын
I know (or, rather, knew Joel Hodgson, and we talked about the choice of this film for MST. He did NOT think this was a film they should've done. He was concerned that they were starting to harming the history of some of the films they made fun of---such as ROCKETSHIP X-M and a couple of the Russian fantasy epics, like SADKO. Some of these films, including THIS ISLAND EARTH were only chosen because they were available as PD or thru special deals they worked out with studios. In the case of ISLAND EARTH, this was the only film in color that Universal had in their library of 50's SF that they could use for their own feature, and color was one of the requirements. Otherwise, they might've chosen something like THE DEADLY MANTIS or CULT OF THE COBRA and lesser films like those.
@jcf20010
3 жыл бұрын
@@RK-eo8gl I'm one of them.
@bryanirvine6169
3 жыл бұрын
Some of the things in This Island Earth were begging to be razzed, though. The handholds in the Tubes? "They're magnetic (MST line: and if your hands were made of metal, that would mean something). "Will the tube stop them? Maybe (MST line: Well, no).
@marshallmajor4971
4 жыл бұрын
Aahhhh, Forbidden planet is still my favorite, and of course The day the earth stood still.
@vanillagorilla8236
3 жыл бұрын
War of the worlds ?
@mabusestestament
3 жыл бұрын
The Trollenberg Terror 😘
@stevenlitvintchouk3131
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most original ideas of "This Island Earth" was how the aliens first contact Dr. Meecham: by sending him a catalog of their electronic gadgets. If space aliens ever do send a message to our planet, I'm hoping it will say something like "Please visit our website."
@TheDejael
Ай бұрын
Nobody ever mentions the music for this movie by Herman Stein, Hans J. Salter, and Henry Mancini, except for Jonny Baak. Thanks! The music suits the visuals perfectly!
@danielduran7829
3 жыл бұрын
I was 7 years old when I first saw this movie in a theater in downtown L.A. My father and godparent took me with them to see it. Great memory.
@gotellbossc4t-vb9hz
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely a golden era for entertaining scifi. Some classics.
@benthejrporter
2 жыл бұрын
Very good film! I didn't notice the mutant's ordinary trousers and it certainly didn't spoil the effect.
@MinorKeyDancing
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the aliens sending a spare part to the scientist which he'd never seen before. It is a unique story. Thanks for making this!
@mojothepyruttleworthy3270
2 жыл бұрын
Why did he pull the plug of the machine
@MinorKeyDancing
2 жыл бұрын
@@mojothepyruttleworthy3270 I thought to keep it from blowing up.
@3ccdmike
3 жыл бұрын
The introduction of the Interociter was the most important science fiction hardware ever concaved.
@ThomasTalbotMD
Жыл бұрын
My favorite memories of the film was the part when they assembled the electronics in the laboratory. Get your interossitors ready! The automated DC-3 was cool too.
@loanaoftheshellpeople5627
3 жыл бұрын
Loved this Island Earth, One of the best Science Fiction films of the 1950's.
@vonmazur1
4 жыл бұрын
Where's my interossitor? I ordered it eons ago!
@x.y.8581
4 жыл бұрын
You can only order the parts...some assembly is required...and NO batteries are included!
@magistrumartium
4 жыл бұрын
My telepathic orders always get screwed up!
@Kinnakeeter
3 жыл бұрын
You've got an interossiter?! We can use it to get back to earth! Why don't you tell me these things?!
@MajorGrin
3 жыл бұрын
I check under my bed for a moo-tant every night
@Willowphase2
5 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video as knew nothing about the films production. Thank you!
@durrcodurr
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, I always loved this movie, especially the cute alien monster, and the interocitor machine, which the guy meticulously assembled. One of the most realistic sci-fi movies to me.
@johntiggleman4686
3 жыл бұрын
A great 50s Sci-Fi film. I really enjoyed watching the building and operation of the Interoscitor. Yeah, that alien was hokey, but still a great film. I need to find a copy for my small Sci-Fi video library.
@theymusthatetesla3186
3 жыл бұрын
One of the top ten old sci-fi movies, EVER!
@sidoftheid496
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for such a brilliant video. Your films are always so informative and interesting. I have always enjoyed this movie and it's always great to hear about the stories behind the films and the trouble that they went through just to get them made. Once again an amazingly detailed and well documented video. Thanks again.
@paulware4701
2 жыл бұрын
I first saw this movie as a late night double bill with (if you can believe this) Barbarella. It hooked me right from the start and has stayed with me ever since. Some of the special effects are utterly seamless and still stand up today. I saw it in black and white (because everything was in black and white in those days) but even so it was possible to "see" the colour - there was something about it that made it stand out when compared to actual black and white movies like Quatermass. It was possibly the first serious SF movie I'd ever seen, a movie that clearly wasn't just for kids.
@NathanTarantlawriter
4 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the best movies ever.
@MrStarbuck27
5 жыл бұрын
The mutant made a surprise appearance with robby the robot in loony tunes back in action. It still scared me as an adult!
@jimleon7894
3 жыл бұрын
I love that film!!
@Charlesputnam-bn9zy
4 жыл бұрын
The photography of this movie is superb to say the least.
@michelleregis6181
4 жыл бұрын
it is and it was quite incredible, to see it in a darkened theater, the colour and all was exciting for a 12 year old, awesome back then. Still it's on my 10 best list!
@Charlesputnam-bn9zy
4 жыл бұрын
@@michelleregis6181 Watch again the flight sequence of the beginning. How come the colors are better than those of today ?
@fattyfat-fat6639
2 жыл бұрын
To appreciate the film, you've got to read the book. Its an anology of the WWII Allied march through the Pacific Islands. Very enlightening!!
@marcparella
3 жыл бұрын
Great underrated film.
@kylecurry577
5 жыл бұрын
Another fun sci-fi movie of the 1950s.
@michelleregis6181
4 жыл бұрын
it was special to me
@tgarnett25
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@rjmacready8830
Жыл бұрын
The theme that occurs when they approach Metalluna was used on "Monster Movie Matinee" in my hometown of Syracuse in the mid 70's-early 80's.
@johnhart6228
2 ай бұрын
Thank you Jonathan an excellent video
@UntitledShowwithBobandPat
4 жыл бұрын
I first learned of this movie from mst3k the movie, and later was surprised how much of This Island Earth was cut out.
@reoprod2012
4 жыл бұрын
I was a fan of mstk3k until they butchered this movie.
@Jimvanhise
4 жыл бұрын
I actually saw this in a re-release in the 1960s and I felt that the first 3/4 were really good, but when they get to Metaluna they are only there briefly, we don't see much of it and then they leave so soon that I wondered why they bothered going there at all because they are unable to repel the attacks on the planet before they leave right before the planet is destroyed. The film only adapts the first 3/4 of the novel which has a long sequence beyond what is shown in the movie.
@Tommykey07
2 жыл бұрын
Agree completely. Would love to see it remade aa a series and have several episodes take place on Metaluna. Even have a brief period where the human scientists help turn the tide, and only afterwards do they discover that the Metalunans plan to relocate to and take over the Earth.
@shoe2241
2 жыл бұрын
you have to look at these films, when they were made. great effects for the time.
@rightlyso8507
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the great video about an awesome film! I never look at any sci-fi film through modern day eyes and sensibilities. To me, I view them as if I'm watching these films at the era in which they were made. In this way, I avoid any thoughts of how 'primitive', for instance, the special effects look as compared to today's films. I can sit back and enjoy a 1930s Flash Gordon serial, without the thought that it's hokey or campy or downright silly as to the acting and/or effects.
@markesquivelarvizu6942
4 жыл бұрын
Mt Wilson is part of my view out my window!
@michaelstevenkelley2888
5 жыл бұрын
Great Job!
@antonnym214
5 жыл бұрын
great video! I was 10 in 1970 and got to see all these, sometimes late at night on TV in NYC area. If you take requests, I'd love to have one of these about Forbidden Planet. All good wishes!
@darrensmith6999
4 жыл бұрын
Superb review thank you. Love this movie cached it since I was a kid and am 54 now. Always marveled at the Enterossiter and wanted one.haha
@loanaoftheshellpeople5627
3 жыл бұрын
It was basically a Flat Screen TV. You can find those anywhere, now.
@MoonjumperReviews
3 жыл бұрын
Very informative. I recently rewatched this film and enjoyed it even more than I did the first time.
@cindystrachan8566
4 жыл бұрын
This has always been one of my favorites. Some of those movies, cheesy as they may seem now, terrified me. I still get nervous swimming in water that isn’t clear, just in case something swims up from the depths and grabs my ankle!
@AgrippaKCsGunTime
4 жыл бұрын
A classic. great effects for it’s time. one of my all time favs! True story, i have seen this film in 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, VHS.
@michelleregis6181
4 жыл бұрын
hey me too
@Agorante
3 жыл бұрын
I was fascinated by this movie about ten years ago. I couldn't find it on DVD or TV. So I read the book. The book is very different - almost unrecognizable. It's - as I remember - about Islands in the Second World War. Now you can see it almost anywhere but ten years ago it was quite rare. The best sequences are those at the beginning. The aliens recruit earth talent to help them fight their interstellar enemies by giving them a test. They send them a kit for making an "interrocitor". Exeter makes a mistake in referring to "Your Mozart" and exposes his alieness. The best Sci-Fi film of the fifties was of course "Forbidden Planet" but this one is close.
@j20tower
2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest sci-fi’s ever
@Rudimentary007
3 жыл бұрын
Subbed and awesome narration. 👍
@iasimov5960
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the interesting history of This Island Earth. One bit of trivia: Coleman Francis (Hollywood's OTHER Ed Wood) had a bit part in the film.
@fuffoon
2 жыл бұрын
I'm back into classics lately for film.
@WoodysAR
Жыл бұрын
"Universal International? If it's universal it's already international..." -Mike MST3K
@johnanthony44
5 жыл бұрын
It was also the film Mike and the bots riffed in the MST3K movie.
@RSEFX
4 жыл бұрын
Joel Hodgson didn't want to get involved with this movie. He said that they shouldn't be making fun of movies that they themselves weren't capable of doing better. He thought this film was a classic that should've been left alone (he told this to me personally), but it was the only older SF film Universal had that was in COLOR, and color was a requirement. So, they were stuck ragging on a decent film (often considered one of the real classic sf films of the era). They had to cut a lot out since it was obviously a better film than what they usually riffed on (like MONSTER A-GO-GO, THE CREEPING TERROR, MANOS HANDS OF FATE etc.). They sorta used this film as a floor mat to rub their "jokes" on...and possibly regretted doing so in later years as it didn't do all that well.
@georgescott4550
4 жыл бұрын
@@RSEFX Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed MST3K back when it was still on the air and Joel was on it, and was kind of baffled why they'd choose one of the great 50's sci-fi flicks for the movie, especially since there WERE plenty of bad ones made. I skipped the movie and in hindsight it seems like that was a good choice.
@DiggerjohnKansas
4 жыл бұрын
@@georgescott4550 MST3K the Movie was hilarious.
@RSEFX
4 жыл бұрын
@@georgescott4550 Thanks. Yes, it was a poor choice, and they had to publicize ISLAND EARTH---to potential film critics who knew nothing about it---that it was considered one of the worst sf films ever made, which makes no sense. But, like sheep, the critics all repeated the "information" in the press kits that had been sent out. Since I knew the director and a lot of the people involved, I felt this a real insult to these talented, dedicated film makers. But, not long before he passed away (at nearly 100 years of age) the director, Joe Newman appeared in person in LA for a Q&A with a screening of the film...And there, he got to see a theater full of people applaud his work and thank him for making the film. I was so happy he lived long enough to have that experience. He was a very very nice, talented and thoughtful man, and I still miss him.
@opalprestonshirley1700
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I loved all the SciFi and monster movies no matter how much people called them "Cheesy". I have many of these old films on DVD and still watch them.
@xboomer3004
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites.... in junior high school... yes... before it was called "middle school"... during lunch time they would show about 15 to 20 minutes of a movie, so we ate quick and went off to the auditorium... and more the next day... so this was one of those films, it is where I first saw it... another was "Six Black Horses" with Audie Murphy. which I recently watched for the first time since... WOW... many decades later.... well, great shows...
@sejembalm
3 жыл бұрын
I am watching this video on my DobbsVision sync-lock interocitor. Looks great!
@BigDaddy-fx4nx
4 жыл бұрын
This was a good movie for it's time.
@ricktatum
3 жыл бұрын
I love this classic science fiction movie I saw this when I was a kid. And still every once in a while we'll watch it. Classic science fiction movie.
@jessesands4099
5 жыл бұрын
Just bought this movie on DVD!😱👽👾🛸
@roberthaworth8991
4 жыл бұрын
Svengoolie is scheduled to show TIE this Saturday (11 April) at 8PM Eastern on MeTV.
@loanaoftheshellpeople5627
3 жыл бұрын
A lot of Universal Classics in rotation on that Program. Definitely worth watching if you're a fan of Old School Genre Films.
@Elainerulesutube
4 жыл бұрын
That mutant monster in the movie scared the shit out of me!
@NextWorldVR
5 жыл бұрын
Oh yay, I wish I had some popcorn!
@jamiebraswell5520
5 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable and impressive looking film for its time. I wish people would not make fun of it and instead understand how impressive it was during its era. I like how those involved were full of ideas and how they all respected one another. Hollywood today could take a few notes.
@randyacuna3248
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliantly impressive, the visually best looking science fiction film of the golden age of 1950s SF.
@LuisSanchez-km9jn
2 жыл бұрын
Short movie but l loved it, one of the best sci fi of the 50s.
@delcannon5051
4 жыл бұрын
Along with, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Forbidden Planet," "This Island Earth" were three of the BEST Sci-Fi films ever made. They tried to remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still" a few years ago and it was a major FLOP. Too bad they didn't put more imagination and money into the project, it could have been an EPIC presentation. I'm afraid if they tried to remake "This Island Earth" in a 21st-century version, they would have another 'major fail.' They have talked about remaking, "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" for a number of years and I believe that would be a BIG mistake. Someone once said: "You can't go home again." Sometimes it's best to leave iconic films back in the era they were meant for. Hollywood has lost its imagination to one extent or another, and can only remake old classics with less artistic and emotional content. I'm a "Baby Boomer" who saw many of the '50s Sci-Fi and Horror films (as a child) when they first came out to the 'Inside theaters and Drive-Ins.' Where would we be without "NOSTALGIA?" It was a better place and a better time.
@randyacuna3248
4 жыл бұрын
Most remakes end up a total disaster and disappointment. It takes real love and respect of the original to pull it off. Depending on one's tastes, a film like the original the thing, had tension and horror combined, the Russell version was just a freak show waiting for the next effect. The time machine with guy perice lost the innocent charm that made the Taylor version such a joy to watch. Hollywood unfortunately will not stop making remakes.
@brucefritzges8759
4 жыл бұрын
This. planet, Earth is a classic, as were a number of others mentioned in the narration and in comments by us enthusiasts. I would also recommend Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
@randyacuna3248
4 жыл бұрын
@@brucefritzges8759 twenty thousand leagues is a good film but, we're only talking about films referencing space be it invasion or on other planets.
@hydrolito
4 жыл бұрын
They have been successful with more vampire, werewolf, Frankenstein, mummy and other science fiction movies. Star Wars copies a lot from Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, Indiana Jones copies a lot from Alan Quartermain, Perils of Pauline and Doc Savage.
@hydrolito
4 жыл бұрын
They had a creature similar to The Creature from The Black Lagoon in Hellboy and also in a movie titled the Shape of water.
@davidbrewer9030
3 жыл бұрын
A poetic title for a 1950s sci fi movie. I wonder who came up with it.
@TheDejael
Ай бұрын
The author Raymond F. Jones.
@cowdog3940
4 жыл бұрын
The mutant was the cherry on top for this great sci-fi flick.
@jcf20010
3 жыл бұрын
That isn't a mutant. It's a genetically engineered creature the Metalunians created.
@glenchapman3899
4 жыл бұрын
This was not the biggest budget SF film of the time. War Of the Worlds was 850k to 1 million (depending who you talk to)
@odysseusrex5908
4 жыл бұрын
Everything I needed to know, except what it's about. You might have included a brief synopsis.
@beav1962
4 жыл бұрын
Movie-wise, I didn't get the last 1/3. They go to the planet, find out it is doomed and then come back home by the skin of their teeth. I always thought it lacked something, but it was a fun movie overall.
@korpienmahtijullit7508
2 жыл бұрын
This film lacked so much, unfortunately stil capable of being top 50´s scifi. Did they really write and produce these flicks heavily intoxicated?
@CaminoAir
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I never knew much at all about the making of 'T.I.E.'. REX reason makes a likeable lead actor who avoids being an insufferable pulp hero. The issues I'd have with the film is that it's aiming for something a bit corny compared to other early high-profile 1950's SF films and the situation on Metaluna when they get there seems to make the space trip pointless. It feels like a rush through of visiting an alien planet, instead of a careful story build-up on an alien planet. Still, there's much that is memorable about 'T.I.E.'
@RSEFX
4 жыл бұрын
Since I am writing more extensively about the film I'd be interested in your thoughts re: "aiming for something a bit corny". If you have the time or inclination. Thanks much!
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