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Did Anyone Here Notice ( with possible spoilers ) ...

posted 9 years ago by ms-zanadu
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that the 3 small silver spacecrafts above the planet
that were firing at the land
was the same ones from the well remembered film -
" War of the Worlds " from 1953  .

Only difference was the metallic heads and long necks
were missing on these spacecrafts   .

Possible film homage perhaps ?

Excellent film IMPO ! 

I'm watching this film ( aka - lost gem )
right now for the very first time ever
on the MOVIES! Channel   .

[–] bloody-3 9 years ago

If you look at the trivia section for this film you will notice that director Byron Haskin worked on both WAR OF THE WORLDS and ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS. It was a cost cutting measure to save money on the budget.

[–] ms-zanadu 9 years ago

Thanks so much bloody-3 for this trivia information
about the spacecrafts from this film  .

[–] bloody-3 9 years ago

Glad to help. I have the Criterion dvd of this film. I watched it for the first time last Saturday and am looking forward to watching it again with the commentary by Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin.

[–] ms-zanadu 9 years ago

I totally agree here bloody-3 - our wonderful DVD Collections indeed   .

We purchase our favorites once
and watch these whenever we want to
at any time day or night  .

 

[–] bloody-3 9 years ago

True. If I want to watch a dvd at 3 am in the morning then I watch a dvd at 3 am in the morning. Anyway, you might be interested to know that according to the commentary the fiery sphere which appears in the sky over Mars was previously used in the same directors CONQUEST OF SPACE.