Comments on: Plan 9 From Outer Space

By: red pill junkie

red pill junkie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:45:06 +0000

As an interesting trivia, the Xbox videogame “Destroy All Humans” (to which I give 3.5 red pills out of five) has included a big chunk of ‘Plan 9′ as a bonus material â€”you get to watch it on a bona-fide 50s drive-in, as a cool interlude from all the burning town folks with your ray gun, or making their brains explode

By: Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:48:42 +0000

Craig, I didn't want to post the entire history of Plan 9 and how it came to be so famous. I think the Medveds (one of whom has gone on to become an annoying conservative pundit) voted Plan 9 as the worst movie ever made. I don't know if I'd agree with that assessment. Killers From Space or Red Zone Cuba would give it a run for its money. Manlove's summing up is preferable to me, since it's a gem in a pile of crap, although I do like the Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers speech, as well as Michael Rennie's from Day The Earth Stood Still.

By: Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:43:26 +0000

Gareth,

No need to buy one. It’s public domain, so anyone who wants to make a buck off of it can do so. Don’t pay, and don’t feel guilty for downloading it!

By: Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:40:48 +0000

Kenn,

There is a tribute of sorts to Petrillo here.

By: craig york

craig york — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:49:26 +0000

Not my all-time favorite*, but an enduring
classic nonetheless. Strange to think that it owes at least some of its staying power
to the “Ridicule Factor” that we so often
bemoan. Really, how many of us would be familiar with it, or Ed Wood, if the Medved brothers hadn’t tagged it with their “Golden Turkey” award some thirty
years ago?

I remember reading an essay that pointed
up Dudley Manlove’s ranting soliliquey
at the end of the film as unexpectedly
deep, given the context.

* That dubious honr belongs to the better made, and far more coventional
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers

By: Gareth

Gareth — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:20:38 +0000

I used a torrent. Feel kinda bad about it, but Im impatient I guess.

Whenever I torrent something I usually try to pick it up and for realz when I see it in a bricks ‘n’ mortar. I’ll do the same with ‘Plan 9′.

Thanks for the write-up Greg. Really looking forward to watching the film now.

By: Kenn Thomas

Kenn Thomas — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:07:53 +0000

Lugosi is still in top form in a film I watched just last night, Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla, made only a few years before he died. It came out in ‘52, Lugosi died in ‘56 and Plan 9 came out in ‘59. The film stars the recently deceased Sammy Petrillo, whose resemblance to Jerry Lewis was uncanny. It falls into a “comfortably dumb” category, just a bit above Plan 9. I agree that these kinds of movies reflect a more important struggle than slick Hollywood successes. Fortunately, there are many such artifacts of popular paraculture.