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5/10


I worship the goddess Amber Tamblyn

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It was an ambitous little movie with some fine performances. Certainly better than most flying saucer movies. Sure, it was a little stage-bound and maybe copped some of the iconic aspects of The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), but it is a good entry into the genre. It attempted to make a real sci-fi movie, unlike other titles such as Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) or Mars Needs Women (1967).

Devil Girl from Mars would make a nice companion piece to The Man from Planet X (1951).

The robot may have had a silly name and clunky, but I always liked it. I like the effort that was put into it all.

The spacecraft was done quite well, OK everybody knows it's a minature but it was clever. The interior of the ship had a suitable foreboding look to it. Phillip's explosion was an interesting effect, too.

I'm glad that you, Xcalate, and another poster named Squashpants tried to wring some good out of this title.

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The fact that the ship was "organic metal" or such was quite an advanced idea for the time period.. Cue Babylon 5 some 40 or so years later and the Vorlon ships are like that.

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I did not know that about Babylon 5. The alien in Atomic Submarine (1959) also had a "living" spacecraft.

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I think it was them and the Mibari ships made out of some kind of living metal or such. Plus that artifact they found in the 1st season that turned that guy into a killer cyborg thing.

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It is easy to see why such a concept would be interesting to writers. It opens up a wide spectrum of possibilities.

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I wouldn't mind opening up Nyahs wide spectrum of possibilities!

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Well, if she bailed out of her spacship and lived somewhere in Englnad, she'd probably appreciate your company. Let's see... she was born in 1919....She'd like someone to chat with. Pour her tea for her. Talk about the old days...

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