Hello, I'm here. Just switching my other laptop on to watch. And at some point I will fall further behind, as I will have to get my dinner, which is currently cooking.

Been there!

Surely you can starve for ART!

Been there!

Liking the very sci-fi music.

I can watch and eat (but alas, not watch, eat and type) at the same time.

The British government has not yet issued any statement - sounds like a British government to me.

I think that if a ufo landed, I would not rush out to see it.

I think that if a ufo landed, I would not rush out to see it.

This guy is like Dayna. That thing made no bump in his outfit.

I think the apology would sound more sincere if it came from the President himself rather than his secretary.

I would like a Gort for door opening duties.

I like the way you first see Klaatu from the back, and when you finally see his face, it is really rather ordinary.

I like the way you first see Klaatu from the back, and when you finally see his face, it is really rather ordinary.

Why don't the Americans just ask if they can go inside the ship?

Neatly explaining where he got the clothes from.

Why do Americans always look for the most dramatic, the most frightening...is it because their news agencies are commercial operations, competing for an audience? The more terrifying they make the reports, the more the frightened people feel they need to watch...

This slimey creep - Patricia Neal's friend - is played by Hugh Marlowe. For years, I got him confused with Richard Carlsson who also appeared in the genre.

Brylcream = creepy?

What he does later = creepy

Surely this film aims to undermine that.

Brylcream = creepy?

No, I wasn't denying that he would turn out to be creepy, I was just wondering if the Brylcream foreshadowed it.

I'm only talking about the news media as such. The film is visionary but has had little effect on how they (still) report the news over there.