Every Sci-Fi Movie in the 50s

Oh brave new world, that has such butts in't!
(This isn't Star Trek.)

[nrgspike]

Alternate title: ABK buys a fancy new hand-blender and figures out how to right it off as a business expense.

[connorhealy]

“Behold this mind-bogglingly unique alien species!” *shows a regular human but with green body paint and a hastily attached attenae prop*

[JoshStrifeHayes]

That was a really convincing visual effect.

[BarokaiRein]

People in the 50s would've been extremely impessed by one man being able to do this on his own.

[Abelhawk]

The beautifully ironic thing is that the “convincing special effect” is absolutely a convincing 50s-era special effect.

[YOURNOTSAFEAGAIN]

The only thing you forgot was a loud and monotone voiced robot with tons of spinning dials and blinking lights and about 3 whole points of actual articulation on its entire body, aside from that, full marks.

[simonamorim]

As opposed to 50s sci-fi novels, which are primarily concerned with the question "what if something weird happened to a guy?" With a sudden unresolved ending.

[naisyjohns]

As a scientist who lives on a remote planet in a suspiciously remote science research facility, my daughter and I can confirm this is 100% accurate

[KneelBBacon]

There is SO much unintentional comedy and cliches associated with 50s and 60s Sci-fi movies. My favorite is the "scientist defends the monster/alien and is horribly killed/eaten by it, thus proving that mindless violence is the best approach to dealing with monsters/aliens."

[StormDatIsApproaching]

Starring Leslie Nielsen, followed by 2 lesser sequels, a mildly successful dark remake in the 80s, and got a cult following over the decades.
The production was spot on, kudos for following that static cinematography to the letter

[Mr_Case_Time]

As a red-blooded, Christian, unabashedly heterosexual American man that has been to space, I can confirm that this is what we always do.

[UnclePhil]

I preferred American in Space 2: Fall of the Red Empire. The final scene when Emperor Marl Karx was killed by the Star Spangled crew of the USS Manly Eagle was great.

[skyllalafey]

"vintage laughter" is a great bit of closed captioning, love it

[BirthquakeRecords]

I also love Forbidden Planet. Thanks for condensing it down to just over a minute long. It’ll really save me a lot of time.

[jenh]

This is beautifully, horrifyingly accurate.

The fact that ABK can disappear into such a wide variety of roles despite having such a distinctive look is a testament to how brilliant he is!
These skits are always spot on in every way.

[oneinathousand]

I’m glad you didn’t forget to include the shoved-in Red Scare

[KRNGE]

As someone who has seen an UNHEALTHY amount of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I've also seen a lot of these 50's and 60's sci-fi films by proxy and this is 1:1 accurate.

[milgeekmedia]

Forbidden Planet is my absolute favourite pulp sci-fi movie... You hit the nail on the head with Ammonia! LOL Was hoping to see your take on Robbie the Robot (cereal boxes?). :)

[tskmaster]

"My father is dad."
"I know."
That's not what he said.
I know.

[josemaria]

This is what happens when you watch Forbidden Planet at 3 AM