Watch the skies! That fired my imagination as a kid.

Watch the skies! That fired my imagination as a kid.

Watch the skies! That fired my imagination as a kid.

Anybody else still here?

You were a child in 1951?

Anybody else still here?

You were a child in 1951?

They've just set up an electric net for the thing and are waiting for it to turn up. I have to say that the word I would use for this film is 'intriguing'. There are some nice ideas, but I haven't found it the slightest bit frightening, and not even very suspenseful.

I could watch this back to back and still spot something new

They've just set up an electric net for the thing and are waiting for it to turn up. I have to say that the word I would use for this film is 'intriguing'. There are some nice ideas, but I haven't found it the slightest bit frightening, and not even very suspenseful.

There was this thing called a television and it showed films...

They've just set up an electric net for the thing and are waiting for it to turn up. I have to say that the word I would use for this film is 'intriguing'. There are some nice ideas, but I haven't found it the slightest bit frightening, and not even very suspenseful.

Very obliging of the alien to wait for them to turn the generator on again.

I'm a bit bothered how their electricity passed through the wooden (insulator) walkway, but hey, let's not be picky. (It's bad enough trying to keep our electric fence going out in the field - the grass keeps growing and shorting it out).

You don't get to see too much of the alien, which is a good thing - scary monsters don't bear too much examination. The effects are still extremely impressive, all these years later.

You don't get to see too much of the alien, which is a good thing - scary monsters don't bear too much examination. The effects are still extremely impressive, all these years later.

For me, it is one of those films that is so good that I don't care about the things that "don't work" . It is credible and so it works...for me. Not everyone's cup of iced tea.

For me, it is one of those films that is so good that I don't care about the things that "don't work" . It is credible and so it works...for me. Not everyone's cup of iced tea.

Yep - van der Graaf generators running amok!

That was generous of the journalist. They don't make them like that now.

It's a lot of fun! But I ...my friend wasn't scared at all.

Are we still up for watching some more? I was thinking War of the Worlds or maybe The Incredible Shrinking Man next, if so.

How about watching the earth, as well as the skies? Are we sure they got all those seedlings?

How about watching the earth, as well as the skies? Are we sure they got all those seedlings?

Sure but watched both again recently