I'm so glad that as a child I had no concept of age when it came to films I could as easily sit and watch 'The Forbidden Planet' or 'The Time Machine' as I could 'Back to the Future.' or 'Total Recall' and never think, oh this is an old fashioned film.
LOVE THESE MOVIES..As a kid on saterday night at midnight they had a show on TV CALLED GRAVEYARD SHIFT......Wis TV 10 Columbia SC.At 10 years old these movies scared me to death...
Scared the crap out of this 10 year old 63 years ago. Afraid to walk home after. Loved these movies when I was a kid, but kept running away from Kronos in my nightmares, but that might be the reason I loved them. I always got away.
MGM got the most forward looking technical serious Science Fiction movies in both decades: Forbidden Planet and then 2001. In the 70s Universal did Silent Running, Fox did Star Wars and Paramount resurrected Star Trek. Did MGM have one that decade?
Some of the modern ones are far better, but at least you knew what you were watching back then. How often do modern trailers misrepresent movies? Moana was a good movie but kept pushing a mascot that was all but abandoned. Frozen pushed a mascot that was just a side character.
That would still be the 50s decade. Year 1 to year 10 is a decade in the Latin calendar. Culturally the US 50s started about 1952/3 with the teen culture and ended about 1962/3 with JFKs death and the radical change in music.
The Time Machine was released to theaters in 1960, but it was produced in 1959. Interestingly, The Time Machine premiered in Italy about 2 months before it premiered in the U.S.
Half these movies are, you developed the atom bomb, you'll be sorry. I waited for War of the Worlds and Earth Versus The Flying Saucers, and Day The Earth Stood Still.
James Arnes of Gunsmoke fame played the monster in _The Thing._
The Forbidden Planet -
The greatest sci-fi film of the 50s. Good to the see the trailer in its correct format!
Star Wars have totally ripped off the scrolling yellow text format!!
Two of them I have not seen. As far as the others they are better than what is on TV today.
I'm so glad that as a child I had no concept of age when it came to films I could as easily sit and watch 'The Forbidden Planet' or 'The Time Machine' as I could 'Back to the Future.' or 'Total Recall' and never think, oh this is an old fashioned film.
Same here! I'm also from the last generation where classic movies played regularly on TV.
The Forbidden Planet is a favorite and a philosophy study in itself 😃
Time Machine 1960, Forbidden Planet 1956, Them 1954, The Thing 1951
You have selected four classic films. Well chosen.
Absolutely the best, most superior Sci Fi movies
every movie here was great in it's own right, but forbidden planet was incredible in my eye's..way ahead of it's time.
I wanna watch FP and Them.
LOVE THESE MOVIES..As a kid on saterday night at midnight they had a show on TV CALLED GRAVEYARD SHIFT......Wis TV 10 Columbia SC.At 10 years old these movies scared me to death...
Scared the crap out of this 10 year old 63 years ago. Afraid to walk home after. Loved these movies when I was a kid, but kept running away from Kronos in my nightmares, but that might be the reason I loved them. I always got away.
Nice previews thanks for posting ... enjoyed watching those old movie trailers.
All these movie are great! Forbidden Planet is one of best!
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, the predecessor to Gojira (Godzilla).
I saw the Forbidden Planet on the big screen in a theater out in los Angeles some years ago, it was awe sum.
These are gray movies. I still enjoy watching them to this day. Thanks for posting the trailers.
there not just grey there great as well.
Good collection
Great Post. Thank's for the memories.
" The Time Machine" was made the year I was born, 1960.
I remember watching all of those movies as a kid on the Sci-fi Saturday matinee.
Mark Daniels damn how old are you?
I'd say he's between 55-65
MGM got the most forward looking technical serious Science Fiction movies in both decades: Forbidden Planet and then 2001. In the 70s Universal did Silent Running, Fox did Star Wars and Paramount resurrected Star Trek. Did MGM have one that decade?
Wonderful! Thank you! I intend to show this to my film class in preparation for 2001. I want them to see what a break-through it was.
The THING Hawks/Nyby CLASSIC.
All good back then...AND still good now....THEM was the best!
"Is it human or inhuman?"
It's Marshall Dillon.
They don’t make trailers like those…anymore 😔….😉
Fantastic Science Fiction Movie Selections every one a Classic!😀👽👾🤖🦖🐜🐛🐌🦑🦐🦀🌑⭐🚀🛸
They made better trailers back in the day...
Yeah, they were hokey be we loved them
Some of the modern ones are far better, but at least you knew what you were watching back then. How often do modern trailers misrepresent movies? Moana was a good movie but kept pushing a mascot that was all but abandoned. Frozen pushed a mascot that was just a side character.
I liked all these movies but my favorite is "THEM" in red letters
9:00 pretty sure that a protectron right there
get the JIFFY POP and let us watch some reel to reel movies!
I actually smoked a real Lucky while I watched this, complete awesomeness! 'nuff said?
As primitive as 50s technology is they had a big obsession with futuristic things like space travel
THE TIME MACHINE (11:25) is a 1960 picture.
That would still be the 50s decade. Year 1 to year 10 is a decade in the Latin calendar.
Culturally the US 50s started about 1952/3 with the teen culture and ended about 1962/3 with JFKs death and the radical change in music.
I'm sure these giant monsters just wanted to be your friend, but have poor soical skills. (JK)
Hey, that's Lee Van Cleef!
watha2020 Correct!🤠
And Clint Eastwood in Tarantula
good
Nice
logans run is a great movie
Wow
yeah
INTERESTING !!!
No words to describe these creatures. Um... giant ants works lol.
I was thinking the exact same thing as the announcer said that!
The Time Machine technically made in 1960 not the 50s!
The Time Machine was released to theaters in 1960, but it was produced in 1959. Interestingly, The Time Machine premiered in Italy about 2 months before it premiered in the U.S.
Whats a bathing suit!!!!
Half these movies are, you developed the atom bomb, you'll be sorry. I waited for War of the Worlds and Earth Versus The Flying Saucers, and Day The Earth Stood Still.