Tuesday, March 31, 2009  More 50s sci-fi  I'm a big fan of the
1950s sci-fi movies. A lot of them are pretty bad, but some are
underrated, getting a bad rap mostly because they had very low
budgets, leading to lesser productoin values. However, as I've
mentioned before, I personally find it just as important to have
a good story as it is to have realistic production values.
Otherwise, all you get is an effects movie: lots of pretty
explosions and other special effects, but no real story.  At any
rate, TCM are airing a night of 1950s sci-fi movies tonight,
including one of the very best: Invasion of the Body Snatchers,
at 9:30 PM ET. Kevin McCarthy stars as a doctor who's just
returned home to his small, peaceful California town from a
medical convention, only to discover that something isn't quite
right. It seems that some patients are very agitated, and then
just as suddenly, the next day, they're calm and at piece with
themselves. Soon, the good doctor figures out just what's
causing these people to change: