"Robinson Crusoe on Mars" was a serious favorite of mine back in those days. It't still fun & worth a look now & then. I definitely agree its one of the best of the 60's.
What I found interesting was a documentary about the moon dust clinging to and damaging astronaut spacesuits during moon rover missions. A process is currently being developed to electrostatically clean the dust to reduce damage to the moon suits. In the process, they discovered a way of removing oxygen from moon dust. It immediately sent my thoughts to Robinson Caruso on Mars and his burning rocks. It was ahead of its time, I think. czcams.com/video/Egf7wjf0nqU/video.html
That was the first real attempt at making a modern sci-fi movie. It had a real budget, real writing, a real cast, and real special effects. This was always one of my favorite golden era sci-fi movies.
I was about 13 when that movie was aired. It started at 9:00 and ended at 11:00 pm. No watching TV at our house after 10:00. It was summer. I happened to find a discarded TV in the alley so I took it home, removed the tubes and went to a TV repair shop. It just so happed, the owner tossed out a bunch of used tubs, so I tested similar tubs and found some that were acceptable and reinstalled them into the TV. Then I found an antenna and extention cord. That night, I watched Robinson Crusoe on Mars in my room... very quitely. LOL.
Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun (Doppelganger). Intriguing story, excellent acting, and outstanding miniature work. Bummer ending, but appropriate to the story ark.
That's a great list. Out of the bunch, I think _This Island Earth_ bests the others as far as the _breadth_ of imagination _and_ the nerve to throw everything up there. Great color, too.
I read 2 books in one, "When Worlds Collide" 1933 and "After World's Collide" 1934. Fascinating stories! Later on I caught the last 30 minutes of the TV broadcast of "When Worlds Collide" I need to find WWC on dvd or online.
@@1moredayof > Yes, yes, yes! - I read the 2 volume set after seeing the movie on the big screen in a rerun. The Domed cities, what a bonus for the earths survievers.
I was fascinated by all of these old movies as a kid. In my family of ten, I was the youngest. A black and white television was my babysitter. It brings me back to the days of hanging on the edge of my seat. Thanks for the foreign references too. I do not think I'd ever seen them. I have a mission now.
Robinson Crusoe on mars was the best sifi movie I had ever seen, I was 13 years old when it came out, I seen it at a drive in theater, and I never seen it again until I saw it on youtube about a year ago, great movie.
Loved Robinson Crusoe on Mars, glad to see that it got a nod. Marooned (69), Journey to the far side of the Sun (69) are another two that are on my ‘desert island” list.
I would have include First Men In The Moon from 1964 starring Edward Judd. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. On another note, I remember paying my 25 cents at the Saturday matinee, also in 1964 and watching Robinson Crusoe On Mars on a really big screen. As a 7 year old I loved it and I still like it today. It holds up fairly well. Of course, 2001 is probably my favorite all time film, period.
One that I remember seeing in a theater in 1960, was "Battle in Outer Space". A surprisingly good Japanese film, has a number of odd scenes, but the special effects were very good, considering the era. Finally tracked down a DVD issue and bought it.
I saw Robinson Caruso on Mars in the theatre when I was 11. Later on my uncle took me to see 2001 in its original aspect of Cinerama. 3 synchronized projectors,projected onto a super wide curved screen.
Yeah, nah. 2001 was widely shown on curved Cinerama screens, but by 1968 three-strip Cinerama had been abandoned (because it was technically awful!) 2001 was shot (IIRC) on Super PanaVision 70, an anamorphic process that was not quite as wide as three-strip but didn’t have the disadvantages of that process, such as two blurry bars visible on screen, an outrageously cumbersome camera rig, three projectionists, synchronisation issues and so on. Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and How the West was Won were about the only dramatic, non-travelogue three-strip films made. The Cinerama screen was so deeply curved that the extreme edges of the screen were generally surfaced with vertical slats to prevent reflected light from washing out the screen image on the opposite side - yet another reason this gimmicky process was dumped at the earliest opportunity.
@@totallysmooth1203 I loved the novelization by Arthur C. Clarke; one of his best. Yes, the movie was overly long. I see no reason it couldn't have been a half hour shorter, but, when it first aired on TV, they split it into 2 parts and really piled on the commercials. Not a film that reacts well to having its flow interrupted so badly and so often. 2010: The Year We Make Contact is a better paced viewing experience but it has some cringe-inducing cold war references.
I saw 2001 with my dad in Huntsville Al when I was a kid. He was a NASA engineer. In the audience that night with us was Werner Von Braun. So there you go! Enjoyed your video.
Great Selections, Some I've seen & Some I've always wanted to view. I learned area location from the detailed information of directors, cast & crew. Very Cool. Thank You.
@@generalyellor2187 Well the beginning takes place in space. Most of the movies listed take place in space and on a planet. An a planet is in space; so I guess the list is of sf\i-fi films that deal with a planet in space. :-)
"First Spaceship on Venus" has been one of my favorites since I saw in at a children's matinee around 1960. It seemed to have disappeared for a long time, until I also found in on a multi pac of public domain sci-fi films several years ago. A very good copy is available on CZcams, but un-dubbed & without English subtitles. It's still good to check out for the visuals, for the curious - unless you understand Russian that is.
Eric I appreciate all your comments, I have a dvd of 'Silent Star' & didn't pick up on the differences to 'First Spaceship on Venus' - though I understand there is an 'extended version (120 mins against the 96 min version released on VHS and DVD), somewhere in the USA (tried for years to trace it without any luck), it was mentioned in 1990's Sci-Fi magazines that I still have.
Spot on list! Thanks! Believe it or not I would add Battle of the Worlds. It has Claude Rains in it and I just LOVE his curmudgeonny character. Also the music is really cool and freaky different.
Vivian Wyrick you are well versed in the knowledge of old science fiction films and I hope people such as yourself continue to post such lists of interest . well xi
A very good list indeed! I especially appreciate your listing Planeta Bur, The Silent Star and Planet of the Vampires, three films that are usually overlooked on such lists. I have all three in my collection.
I very much appreciate people who take the time to post lists like these, and the guidance offered to some of the neat old movies. Don't know why I like 'em, but I feel like they were less constrained. It's a nice break from producers and directors who have virtually no technical constraint these days to show you anything ( if you don't count money and time.), yet only seem to come up with zombie movies, dystopian future movies that might have been patterned from an old Italian western, and the necessary time/space travel genera where you always wind up in a room that looks like your grandma's house, but from which you can reach any time within history... until you realize it's not really you because your looking out your own rectum. I like some of those movies, but with a few wonderful exceptions, I feel like the writing and imagination hasn't really kept up with the technology. Perhaps it's because people can no longer be amazed by what they are shown. Who knows. Either way, thank you. I'll be looking a few of these up.
There is another one - it is in the 70's unfortunately - is called Darkstar, a comedy that takes place in a ship that looks for planets that could leave their orbit and destroy earth. They have smart bombs - usually called BOB - that go and destroy the planets.
I think this list was only about space films, not sf in general. Also, films of the 1960's, only. (but the 2 films you mention ARE terrific!---i am especially attached to ...EARTH CAUGHT FIRE/beautifully written, gripping, serious treatment of sf storytelling. )
Very good list. Growing up near the NASA assembly plant in New Orleans, every summer vacation I would... pitch a tent in the back yard... set up my telescope... view the moon and planets all night... and anticipate the night "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" aired. Even though I would place it at The Number One Film in my life; I'll give in to your choice of Space Odessey.
The Martian , I agree was a spin on Robinson Crusoe on Mars and surviving under bleak conditions. Crusoe on Mars gave me much more hope of finding life out there.
I almost jumped up and cheered when you mentioned 1964's "Robinson's Crusoe on Mars"! It's still one of my favorite movies! Fascinating story. Great spacesuits. The minimal technology shown is still very interesting (well, to me it is). Back then the attack scenes scared the stuffings out of me. For me it was a heroic story of adventure and survival and the movie left a big impression on me.
2001 - YES, but most viewers miss the fact is is loosely based on REALITY, there have been 'Alien visitors in our ancient past (which helped our human race develop) - I met A.C.Clarke rip, in Colombo a few years before he passed away. R. Crusoe on Mars - again YES, I told Paul Mantee & Vic Lundin it was regarded as a classic in England, when I met them in LA, 1996 at the World Sci-Fi convention, Great Guys to chat to & discuss the film, Vic (has a song released 'R. Crusoe on Mars, it's on CZcams), related that the wrist 'cuffs' used in the film were actually made of wood & he has the only set remaining, a lovely story, keep 'em safe Vic.
Given what was known at the time the film was made, any "bad" science is _very easily_ forgiven and forgotten; a very engaging plot. Excellent narrative flow, especially for a story with a potential for limited dialogue. The only blip in an otherwise great film was the recycled use of the Martian vehicles from _War of the Worlds._ Co-writer for RCoM was Ib Melchior who directed _The Time Travelers (1964),_ another great 60s sci-fi film.
I need to checkout that Planet of the Vampires, if I don't have that one already in my '60s space pile. ADDED: Just watched Planet of the Vampires. That was a pretty good one. I'm glad you talked about it. Otherwise, I may have never seen this one.
I add my voice to those recommending "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" from 1969. Visually inventive and a terrific story. I also recommend 1968's "Quatermass and the Pit", known in the U.S. as "Five Million Years to Earth". In terms of ideas it is second perhaps to "2001". An S.F. movie for adults. The heavy here is played by the same actor who later played the AT-AT captain in "The Empire Strikes Back". Also, from Czekoslovakia, a well-written, excellent movie called "Ikarie XB-1", 1963. czcams.com/video/8-WB3HmYWp4/video.html
I love "Quatermass and the Pit", but, I'd hardly call it a space movie; I think he's meaning stories that take place in space. However, "Ikarie XB-1" definitely belongs on this list, though, in offering my own replacements for a couple he had included, I missed it because, up until now, I had never heard of it. Checking out the plot on Wikipedia, I can see how it might have influenced Kubrick.
To your list I would add the 1961 Italian science fiction film, "Battle of the Worlds", directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Claude Rains. as the cocky Prof. Benson - a man who loves the sound of his own voice, lol. Excellent model spaceship work and a fascinating enemy, an alien computer - from 1961!
Honorable mention: THE HEAVENS CALL (1959), a Russian science fiction movie that takes place in the aftermath of World War III, when the United States and the Soviet Union undertake a race to Mars. During the voyage to Mars by both surviving countries, the American astronauts get themselves in a fix and the Russian cosmonauts bail them out. B-movie maestro Roger Corman flinders out about this Soviet production, had the feature re-dubbed, re-cut, and re-edited. He had Francis Ford Coppola shoot some footage of two alien creatures, changed the names of the two surviving countries to North Hemis and South Hemis, and turned it loose as BATTLE BEYOND THR SUN (1963), and had the cast members’ names Anglicized to hide the fact that it was a Russian flick. Even in its Americanized state, the idea of international cooperation still shines through.
Actually, I have an additional film I would add to this list, now that I've seen it. Ikarie XB-1 (aka Voyage the End of the Universe). It was a Czechoslovakian science fiction film, based loosely on the novel The Magellanic Cloud by Stanislaw Lem. It was amazingly good. I would probably make it number 3 on my list now, and move the others down.
OldFuturesVideo Great vid! Thanx for sharing. Here's some of my sci fi faves from the most remarkable decade in the history of America. *"La Jette" (1962) An excellent French time travel tale. *"Die Monster Die!" A loose but fun adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Color Out of Space" with a romantic sub-plot. *"It's Alive! " (1969) An incredibly cheap monster-in-a-cave flick with touches of "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches". *" Alphaville " (1965) Perhaps the best dystopian sci fi film ever made. *"Planet of Blood" (1966) A green-skinned, mute extraterrestrial female vampire decimates the crew of a spaceship.
I see a lot of people recommending movies from the 50's... which is not what this is. But one movie you didn't mention that I would put in (at least for a top-10 list) is "Doppelganger" (or "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" as it was known in the US). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger_(1969_film)
"The Phantom Planet" seems to have been made for kids, but it's fun. The battle for the girl scene reminds me very much of similar scenes in at least a couple of Star Trek episodes, as do some of the sets & costumes. Late 50's & early 60's sci-fi was evolving toward S.T. I still watch it once in a while.
Another film you should look at is the Russian film translated "A Dream Come True" from 1963. The effects shot were use to make the lurid American film "Queen of Blood" which started Dennis Hopper and with an appearance, at the end of the film of SciFi collector Forrest J. Ackerman. And I agree Ikarie XB-1 should be on your list. Great video! Thanks for highlighting these cool old films.
Great list. I'd never heart of The Silent Star or Planet of the Vampires. You also almost lost me with Barbarella, but oh well ... I saw the "recut" version of Planet of Storms. If memory serves it was stitched together from pieces of two other movies, plus some new footage shot by a bright, up-and-coming director. One of my favourites from the period was The Red Planet Mars. If I had to pin down why movies back then were better, I'd say that, like all movies they try to stir up emotions in the viewers, but the older movies tended to focus on more complicated, interesting emotions than the cookie cutter, knee-jerk movies that are coming out today. Thanks again for some great viewing suggestions.
I was so disappointed with SciFi in the 70's that when Star Wars came out I didn't want to see it. Most SciFi was cheesy kid's stuff and I was certain Star Wars was as well, then I was persuaded to see it and was blown away.
Thanks good Sir! Pretty good list! I think Bava's Planet of the Vampires is indeed, one of the "best looking" sci-fi films ever made. Only the Italians would spend half the budget on the uniforms, heh. As for "influencing Alien", I think we are now on page 2 of the list for that accomplishment, heh heh. Also, I have 4 Russian sci-fi films on DVD and honestly I couldn't tell you their titles from sitting here at the keyboard but from your screen shots, I recognized "Planet of Storms" and as I only have the originals, I'm unaware of the Bogdonovitch contributions. I agree it looks GREAT! As do the other 3 that someday I'll drop back here and mention.
As you may already know, Planet of the Vampires was one of the inspirations for Ridley Scott when he considered production designs for the Space Jockey portion of Alien. In fact, the parallels of when the Captain and the Senior Scientist explore the derelict spacecraft are quite close. Creepy soundtrack, too! It was fairly common at the time for foreign films to be edited for American audience sensibilities and/or run times. Perhaps the most infamous example is the addition of Raymond Burr to the original Gojira (and these scenes are painfully obvious because the "stand-ins" for the Japanese characters were always filmed from behind to avoid showing their faces). Loved your choices!
Moon Zero Two. Saw it when I was a kid. Saw it recently for the first time in 40 years. Still has a magic and is a sci-fi movie for its time. Having read not only the book of '2001' and the book of the parts they left out - 'The lost worlds of 2001', I feel my mind was expanded by the book more than the film.
Totally with you on Robinson Crusoe on Mars; highly underrated.
Yes. When I first saw it I was expecting something lame and campy and it's now one of my favorite Sc/Fi movies.
"Robinson Crusoe on Mars" was a serious favorite of mine back in those days. It't still fun & worth a look now & then. I definitely agree its one of the best of the 60's.
What I found interesting was a documentary about the moon dust clinging to and damaging astronaut spacesuits during moon rover missions. A process is currently being developed to electrostatically clean the dust to reduce damage to the moon suits. In the process, they discovered a way of removing oxygen from moon dust. It immediately sent my thoughts to Robinson Caruso on Mars and his burning rocks. It was ahead of its time, I think.
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Not a 60's movie, but a strong contender for space-scifi movies: Forbidden Planet 1956.
indeed----the very best--just wrong decade.
That was the first real attempt at making a modern sci-fi movie. It had a real budget, real writing, a real cast, and real special effects.
This was always one of my favorite golden era sci-fi movies.
Great movie
It's the basis of Star Trek.
Forbidden Planet was the first sci-fi movie I ever saw. I was 7 years old. Nothing would be the same since.
I have a copy of Robinson Crusoe on Mars that I remembered from watching it as a kid and remembered how cool I thought it was at the time.
I was about 13 when that movie was aired. It started at 9:00 and ended at 11:00 pm. No watching TV at our house after 10:00. It was summer. I happened to find a discarded TV in the alley so I took it home, removed the tubes and went to a TV repair shop. It just so happed, the owner tossed out a bunch of used tubs, so I tested similar tubs and found some that were acceptable and reinstalled them into the TV. Then I found an antenna and extention cord. That night, I watched Robinson Crusoe on Mars in my room... very quitely. LOL.
@@jvargas454 Now THAT's problem solving!
the UFOs are awesome.
1964 First Men on the Moon, and 1969 Marooned.
I'm only half way through. If he didn't include Marooned, I'm ashamed of him. 🙁
You mean first men IN the moon, and yes, I agree with, dreadful omission
Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun (Doppelganger). Intriguing story, excellent acting, and outstanding miniature work. Bummer ending, but appropriate to the story ark.
A Gerry Anderson production, I'm a fan of it, but, it doesn't really take place in space much, unless you consider the twin Earth an alien planet.
Saw that as a kid at the drive-in....fun movie.
I don't why but whenever I remember the actor Herbert Lom I think of this film. Silly but fun film
( 1950's Movies ) This Island Earth, When Worlds Collide, Conquest of Space and Earth vs the Flying Saucers were Great Movies
That's a great list. Out of the bunch, I think _This Island Earth_ bests the others as far as the _breadth_ of imagination _and_ the nerve to throw everything up there. Great color, too.
Aha! Exeter and the Interociter!
When Worlds Collide. But wait, we built this spacecraft and we're not going!
I read 2 books in one, "When Worlds Collide" 1933 and "After World's Collide" 1934. Fascinating stories! Later on I caught the last 30 minutes of the TV broadcast of "When Worlds Collide" I need to find WWC on dvd or online.
@@1moredayof > Yes, yes, yes!
- I read the 2 volume set after seeing the movie on the big screen in a rerun. The Domed cities, what a bonus for the earths survievers.
I was fascinated by all of these old movies as a kid. In my family of ten, I was the youngest. A black and white television was my babysitter. It brings me back to the days of hanging on the edge of my seat. Thanks for the foreign references too. I do not think I'd ever seen them. I have a mission now.
I saw Robinson Crusoe on Mars on TV when I was a kid and still remember parts of it vividly. Really good.
Robinson Crusoe on mars was the best sifi movie I had ever seen, I was 13 years old when it came out, I seen it at a drive in theater, and I never seen it again until I saw it on youtube about a year ago, great movie.
Saw it when I was young, got it on DVD a while back.
The marketing at the time said 'scientifically accurate', not really true.
@@paulmoffat9306 As far as we knew at the time, it wasn't INaccurate. We just know things now that we didn't then.
It was originally to be called Marooned on Mars but the PR people got them to change the title.
Loved Robinson Crusoe on Mars, glad to see that it got a nod. Marooned (69), Journey to the far side of the Sun (69) are another two that are on my ‘desert island” list.
I would have include First Men In The Moon from 1964 starring Edward Judd. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. On another note, I remember paying my 25 cents at the Saturday matinee, also in 1964 and watching Robinson Crusoe On Mars on a really big screen. As a 7 year old I loved it and I still like it today. It holds up fairly well. Of course, 2001 is probably my favorite all time film, period.
Robinson Caruso on Mars is an all time favorite...awesome special effects for that time period!
I would add "First men in the Moon" to the list...
Yes! That one was classic.
One of my favorites
Dennis Mitchell you have to take it for what it was at the time.
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Phenomenal.
One that I remember seeing in a theater in 1960, was "Battle in Outer Space". A surprisingly good Japanese film, has a number of odd scenes, but the special effects were very good, considering the era. Finally tracked down a DVD issue and bought it.
I saw Robinson Caruso on Mars in the theatre when I was 11. Later on my uncle took me to see 2001 in its original aspect of Cinerama. 3 synchronized projectors,projected onto a super wide curved screen.
Yeah, nah. 2001 was widely shown on curved Cinerama screens, but by 1968 three-strip Cinerama had been abandoned (because it was technically awful!) 2001 was shot (IIRC) on Super PanaVision 70, an anamorphic process that was not quite as wide as three-strip but didn’t have the disadvantages of that process, such as two blurry bars visible on screen, an outrageously cumbersome camera rig, three projectionists, synchronisation issues and so on. Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and How the West was Won were about the only dramatic, non-travelogue three-strip films made. The Cinerama screen was so deeply curved that the extreme edges of the screen were generally surfaced with vertical slats to prevent reflected light from washing out the screen image on the opposite side - yet another reason this gimmicky process was dumped at the earliest opportunity.
2:48 "Men into Space". Wow, I remember watching that show as a kid.
The "Cosmostrator" from First Spaceship on Venus is one of my favourite spaceship designs.
Thanks for the post! Really enjoyed your reviews!
2001 is the greatest film of all time, the most beautyfull, the clever...for ever...in any category...for ever. I say.
Only 14 or so other people would agree.
Yes
Absolutely cant be touched ....even in 2021
@@totallysmooth1203 I loved the novelization by Arthur C. Clarke; one of his best. Yes, the movie was overly long. I see no reason it couldn't have been a half hour shorter, but, when it first aired on TV, they split it into 2 parts and really piled on the commercials. Not a film that reacts well to having its flow interrupted so badly and so often. 2010: The Year We Make Contact is a better paced viewing experience but it has some cringe-inducing cold war references.
Love old sci-fi and space films. Thanks for the review! I’ve seen several of these but am interested to see the others now. Keep up the good work!
Just finished watching “First Spaceship on Venus.” But it was on Mystery Science theater 3000. An absolute scream!
I saw 2001 with my dad in Huntsville Al when I was a kid. He was a NASA engineer. In the audience that night with us was Werner Von Braun. So there you go!
Enjoyed your video.
Von Braun?? Wow, imagine being there when he watched 2001! You were present for a minor note in History.
Great Selections, Some I've seen & Some I've always wanted to view. I learned area location from the detailed information of directors, cast & crew. Very Cool. Thank You.
7. The Phantom Planet
6. Barbarella
5. Planet of the Vampires
4. Planet of Storms
3. The Silent Star
2. Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1. 2001
Terrific! Love the foreign film references, so hard to come by
watched 3 orr 4 in a row of your selection, lol, good list so far, thankyou for posting
What are you, nuts? Taking the time to create a list of "zany" space sci from the 60's? This is awesome! Thank you!
I lived Robin Cruso on Mars in the 60s. Thank You for telling me the name of the movie. I seemed to think it was Venus.
Robinson Caruso on Mars was an excellent movie for its time. First saw it as a kid in like 68. The monkey was a star in his own right!
Just like Planet of the Apes, RC on Mars was not a "space movie." The whole thing takes place on the planet, as I recall, not in space.
@@generalyellor2187 Well the beginning takes place in space. Most of the movies listed take place in space and on a planet. An a planet is in space; so I guess the list is of sf\i-fi films that deal with a planet in space. :-)
"First Spaceship on Venus" has been one of my favorites since I saw in at a children's matinee around 1960. It seemed to have disappeared for a long time, until I also found in on a multi pac of public domain sci-fi films several years ago. A very good copy is available on CZcams, but un-dubbed & without English subtitles. It's still good to check out for the visuals, for the curious - unless you understand Russian that is.
Eric I appreciate all your comments, I have a dvd of 'Silent Star' & didn't pick up on the differences to 'First Spaceship on Venus' - though I understand there is an 'extended version (120 mins against the 96 min version released on VHS and DVD), somewhere in the USA (tried for years to trace it without any luck), it was mentioned in 1990's Sci-Fi magazines that I still have.
I like your list. Thanks for posting. Two I like from the 60's are: Fahrenheit 451, Creation of the Humanoids
@ja maguire The same for 'Creation of the Humanoids' which I enjoyed watching.
You might also like Ikaria XB1, a.k.a. Voyage To The End Of The Universe. First Spaceship On Venus is a really good flick.
Marooned , which I watched with my dad when I was a kid, and Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, are worth to mention also...
Barbarella is one of those movies that gets better each time you watch it.
I just get too hot watching jane Fonda in this movie.. as a teenager, it kept me awake at nights... She was stunning!
u just made my day these are good films its a shame some never take the time to really watch the film and see the quality work that goes into them
Spot on list! Thanks! Believe it or not I would add Battle of the Worlds. It has Claude Rains in it and I just LOVE his curmudgeonny character. Also the music is really cool and freaky different.
Vivian Wyrick you are well versed in the knowledge of old science fiction films and I hope people such as yourself continue to post such lists of interest . well xi
A very good list indeed! I especially appreciate your listing Planeta Bur, The Silent Star and Planet of the Vampires, three films that are usually overlooked on such lists. I have all three in my collection.
GREEEEEEEEEN SLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME
Damn, I had forgotten about that one! YESSSSSSSS!
Best theme song ever !!!
I very much appreciate people who take the time to post lists like these, and the guidance offered to some of the neat old movies. Don't know why I like 'em, but I feel like they were less constrained. It's a nice break from producers and directors who have virtually no technical constraint these days to show you anything ( if you don't count money and time.), yet only seem to come up with zombie movies, dystopian future movies that might have been patterned from an old Italian western, and the
necessary time/space travel genera where you always wind up in a room that looks like your grandma's house, but from which you can reach any time within history... until you realize it's not really you because your looking out your own rectum.
I like some of those movies, but with a few wonderful exceptions, I feel like the writing and imagination hasn't really kept up with the technology. Perhaps it's because people can no longer be amazed by what they are shown. Who knows.
Either way, thank you. I'll be looking a few of these up.
There is another one - it is in the 70's unfortunately - is called Darkstar, a comedy that takes place in a ship that looks for planets that could leave their orbit and destroy earth. They have smart bombs - usually called BOB - that go and destroy the planets.
"Queen of Blood" with John Saxon and Dennis Hopper has always been among my favorite 60's films (also with scenes from "behind the Iron Curtain")
The day the earth caught fire, The day the earth stood still.
"The Day that the Earth Stood Still" was from early 50's. But yes it is one of the best sci-fi and space movies ever.
I think this list was only about space films, not sf in general. Also, films of the 1960's, only. (but the 2 films you mention ARE terrific!---i am especially attached to ...EARTH CAUGHT FIRE/beautifully written, gripping, serious treatment of sf storytelling. )
Very good list. Growing up near the NASA assembly plant in New Orleans, every summer vacation I would... pitch a tent in the back yard... set up my telescope... view the moon and planets all night... and anticipate the night "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" aired. Even though I would place it at The Number One Film in my life; I'll give in to your choice of Space Odessey.
The Martian , I agree was a spin on Robinson Crusoe on Mars and surviving under bleak conditions. Crusoe on Mars gave me much more hope of finding life out there.
Making a list like this is hard to do as there are so many Sci Fi movies from this era that were great.
"Enemy mine " best sci fi I ever did see!
Fantastic list - especially happy Planet of the Vampires made it - a beautifully designed (on a shoestring) film, with a very smart twist ending.
Good choices. I like the inclusion of the Iron Curtain movies, and even Phantom Planet. Well done all around.
I would have added Ikarie XB1. I liked First Spaceship on Venus. It was the first with a multi racial cast.
Thanks a lot for your selection :-)
Well done..you are doing a great job!!!!!!
A good personal choice....I would include Dark Star, ( " Let there be light.." ) and Silent Running, ( Huey and Dewey ).
except those are 70's films
Queen of Blood (1966) was a good creepy space movie. Journey to the 7th Planet (1962) - honorable mention.
Great list, none of which I’ve seen. One film I enjoyed from the 60’s was First Men in the Moon.
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I almost jumped up and cheered when you mentioned 1964's "Robinson's Crusoe on Mars"! It's still one of my favorite movies! Fascinating story. Great spacesuits. The minimal technology shown is still very interesting (well, to me it is). Back then the attack scenes scared the stuffings out of me. For me it was a heroic story of adventure and survival and the movie left a big impression on me.
2001 - YES, but most viewers miss the fact is is loosely based on REALITY, there have been 'Alien visitors in our ancient past (which helped our human race develop) - I met A.C.Clarke rip, in Colombo a few years before he passed away. R. Crusoe on Mars - again YES, I told Paul Mantee & Vic Lundin it was regarded as a classic in England, when I met them in LA, 1996 at the World Sci-Fi convention, Great Guys to chat to & discuss the film, Vic (has a song released 'R. Crusoe on Mars, it's on CZcams), related that the wrist 'cuffs' used in the film were actually made of wood & he has the only set remaining, a lovely story, keep 'em safe Vic.
Thanks for the tips on Eastern Block Sci-fi. Really looking forward to finding those titles.
"Countdown" (1968), directed by Robert Altman with James Caan and Robert Duvall is worth a watch.
'Robinson Crusoe on Mars' was one of my childhood favorites, partly because Adam West is in it.
The Criterion blu ray is great...
Given what was known at the time the film was made, any "bad" science is _very easily_ forgiven and forgotten; a very engaging plot. Excellent narrative flow, especially for a story with a potential for limited dialogue. The only blip in an otherwise great film was the recycled use of the Martian vehicles from _War of the Worlds._ Co-writer for RCoM was Ib Melchior who directed _The Time Travelers (1964),_ another great 60s sci-fi film.
Not a "space movie." That's a Mars movie.
I need to checkout that Planet of the Vampires, if I don't have that one already in my '60s space pile.
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Just watched Planet of the Vampires. That was a pretty good one. I'm glad you talked about it. Otherwise, I may have never seen this one.
Absolutely fantastic review.
I add my voice to those recommending "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" from 1969. Visually inventive and a terrific story.
I also recommend 1968's "Quatermass and the Pit", known in the U.S. as "Five Million Years to Earth". In terms of ideas it is second perhaps to "2001". An S.F. movie for adults. The heavy here is played by the same actor who later played the AT-AT captain in "The Empire Strikes Back".
Also, from Czekoslovakia, a well-written, excellent movie called "Ikarie XB-1", 1963.
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I love "Quatermass and the Pit", but, I'd hardly call it a space movie; I think he's meaning stories that take place in space. However, "Ikarie XB-1" definitely belongs on this list, though, in offering my own replacements for a couple he had included, I missed it because, up until now, I had never heard of it. Checking out the plot on Wikipedia, I can see how it might have influenced Kubrick.
First Spaceship on Venus my favorite movie of all time. Great movie thanks.
I was going to say Forbidden Planet but realized it was from the 50's
Great movie nonetheless an all time favorite of mine.
Great video! I'll watch them all.
"2001", of course. Also "Robinson Crusoe," and "Marooned"...
Second vote for "Marooned"
Third....
@@davidadams1374 Fifth.
To your list I would add the 1961 Italian science fiction film, "Battle of the Worlds", directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Claude Rains. as the cocky Prof. Benson - a man who loves the sound of his own voice, lol. Excellent model spaceship work and a fascinating enemy, an alien computer - from 1961!
That movie is actually good. I finally saw a decent copy recently and it was a bit of a surprise.
Interesting commentary bro. Will check out the movies you mentioned
Planet of the vampires scared me silly as a kid on Saturday mornings.
Honorable mention: THE HEAVENS CALL (1959), a Russian science fiction movie that takes place in the aftermath of World War III, when the United States and the Soviet Union undertake a race to Mars. During the voyage to Mars by both surviving countries, the American astronauts get themselves in a fix and the Russian cosmonauts bail them out. B-movie maestro Roger Corman flinders out about this Soviet production, had the feature re-dubbed, re-cut, and re-edited. He had Francis Ford Coppola shoot some footage of two alien creatures, changed the names of the two surviving countries to North Hemis and South Hemis, and turned it loose as BATTLE BEYOND THR SUN (1963), and had the cast members’ names Anglicized to hide the fact that it was a Russian flick. Even in its Americanized state, the idea of international cooperation still shines through.
I saw “Planet of the Vampires” at Drive in. Was a triple feature. I think Destroy All Monsters was on the bill
Excellent list. I’m off to go find As many you suggested as possible.
Excellent video Eric. I subscribed because of it.👍🏻🍻🕯🌙🌟🚀
1969 Journey to the Far Side of the Sun. Gerry and Sylvia Anderson probably best know for Thunderbirds.
Agreed. A very good film
A great Barry Gray score too.
I agree here. This one should be in a top 7 or 10 list.
7:24 Looks very much like Supercar from the same named TV Series!
absolutely fantastic reccs bruv
Around 1960 I read a Charleston comic which was as I remember it followed the plot of phantom planet.
Gotta Get Robinson Crusoe on Mars on DVD. I was 8 yrs old in 1965 When 1st Saw It at the Show. (smile)
I would have like to have seen the more serious side of space movies represented, perhaps by "Marooned" or "Countdown".
Actually, I have an additional film I would add to this list, now that I've seen it. Ikarie XB-1 (aka Voyage the End of the Universe). It was a Czechoslovakian science fiction film, based loosely on the novel The Magellanic Cloud by Stanislaw Lem. It was amazingly good. I would probably make it number 3 on my list now, and move the others down.
I was wondering why it wasn't on the list.
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Great vid! Thanx for sharing.
Here's some of my sci fi faves from the most remarkable decade in the history of America.
*"La Jette" (1962) An excellent French time travel tale.
*"Die Monster Die!" A loose but fun adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Color Out of Space" with a romantic sub-plot.
*"It's Alive! " (1969) An incredibly cheap monster-in-a-cave flick with touches of "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches".
*" Alphaville " (1965) Perhaps the best dystopian sci fi film ever made.
*"Planet of Blood" (1966) A green-skinned, mute extraterrestrial female vampire decimates the crew of a spaceship.
Yes, I remember that movie too, it was excellent. The English dubbed one is shorter than the original in Czech.
Another of Stanislaw Lem's gem's is 'Solaris' (I thought the original far superior - Sorry George).
@@55Quirll Correct.
Inner Space if that counts: Fantastic Voyage
I see a lot of people recommending movies from the 50's... which is not what this is. But one movie you didn't mention that I would put in (at least for a top-10 list) is "Doppelganger" (or "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" as it was known in the US).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger_(1969_film)
Hey Eric...I thought that "First Men In The Moon" should have received a "special mention" from your camp. Thanks.
Yeah, you're right, it should have. I even own that movie, so I'm not sure why I didn't give it a special mention.
@@OldFuturesVideo It should have been in there, it is better than at least 5 of your picks.
The Green Slime. You missed it!
YES! EXACTLY! Best 'Astronauts vs Alien' outer-space fight scene EVER!!!
and the green slime song
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"The Phantom Planet" seems to have been made for kids, but it's fun. The battle for the girl scene reminds me very much of similar scenes in at least a couple of Star Trek episodes, as do some of the sets & costumes. Late 50's & early 60's sci-fi was evolving toward S.T. I still watch it once in a while.
Another film you should look at is the Russian film translated "A Dream Come True" from 1963. The effects shot were use to make the lurid American film "Queen of Blood" which started Dennis Hopper and with an appearance, at the end of the film of SciFi collector Forrest J. Ackerman. And I agree Ikarie XB-1 should be on your list. Great video! Thanks for highlighting these cool old films.
Good choices. I love these old movies. We all know though that it was Forbidden Planet from the 50’s that takes the biscuit.
I love the background decor
I saw The First Spaceship on Venus in 1963 at a drive-in in New Jersey.
Great list. I'd never heart of The Silent Star or Planet of the Vampires. You also almost lost me with Barbarella, but oh well ... I saw the "recut" version of Planet of Storms. If memory serves it was stitched together from pieces of two other movies, plus some new footage shot by a bright, up-and-coming director. One of my favourites from the period was The Red Planet Mars. If I had to pin down why movies back then were better, I'd say that, like all movies they try to stir up emotions in the viewers, but the older movies tended to focus on more complicated, interesting emotions than the cookie cutter, knee-jerk movies that are coming out today. Thanks again for some great viewing suggestions.
The old "Iron Curtain" sci-fi movies from the 1960s I saw were all very well done and had a lot of technical integrity IMO.
Considering the level of cinema on this list you can understand why Star Wars made such an impression at the time.
I was so disappointed with SciFi in the 70's that when Star Wars came out I didn't want to see it. Most SciFi was cheesy kid's stuff and I was certain Star Wars was as well, then I was persuaded to see it and was blown away.
This is very similar to my own list and one for the connoisseur I reckon. I'm pretty much with you on this.
Thanks good Sir! Pretty good list!
I think Bava's Planet of the Vampires is indeed, one of the "best looking" sci-fi films ever made. Only the Italians would spend half the budget on the uniforms, heh. As for "influencing Alien", I think we are now on page 2 of the list for that accomplishment, heh heh.
Also, I have 4 Russian sci-fi films on DVD and honestly I couldn't tell you their titles from sitting here at the keyboard but from your screen shots, I recognized "Planet of Storms" and as I only have the originals, I'm unaware of the Bogdonovitch contributions. I agree it looks GREAT! As do the other 3 that someday I'll drop back here and mention.
As you may already know, Planet of the Vampires was one of the inspirations for Ridley Scott when he considered production designs for the Space Jockey portion of Alien. In fact, the parallels of when the Captain and the Senior Scientist explore the derelict spacecraft are quite close. Creepy soundtrack, too!
It was fairly common at the time for foreign films to be edited for American audience sensibilities and/or run times. Perhaps the most infamous example is the addition of Raymond Burr to the original Gojira (and these scenes are painfully obvious because the "stand-ins" for the Japanese characters were always filmed from behind to avoid showing their faces).
Loved your choices!
Thanks!
Robinson Crusoe on Mars is actually a great movie, despite the title. It's taken seriously and the effects are really good.
Moon Zero Two. Saw it when I was a kid. Saw it recently for the first time in 40 years. Still has a magic and is a sci-fi movie for its time. Having read not only the book of '2001' and the book of the parts they left out - 'The lost worlds of 2001', I feel my mind was expanded by the book more than the film.
I'd love to see a remake of when worlds collide.
Quatermass and the Pit,,worth a watch mate :) great movie in my opinion
I agree, but not really a space movie, being mostly set in a London tube station.
its a space alien movie on earth....agreed!!
I see how it doesn't make his list, but it's one of my favorite science fiction movies ever, for sure. Everything Nigel Kneale wrote was gold.