Talk:Invaders from Mars (1953 film)

References to use

Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.

• Di Fate, Vincent (2004). "'This Means Something!' Invaders from Mars". In Rickman, Gregg (ed.). The Science Fiction Film Reader. Limelight Editions. pp. 60–67. ISBN 0879109947.

Mutants?

The subordinate aliens are twice referred to in the article as "mutants", and this term is wikilinked. It is also pointed out that they are "mute". If the author thinks that these terms are related, he/she is certainly mistaken. "Mute" and "mutant' are completely unrelated terms. If otherwise, where is the evidence in the film that these humanoids are mutants? Toyokuni3 (talk) 13:41, 17 July 2016 (UTC): It appears to be a clumsy bit of word-play, or tongue-in-cheek campy humor, inherent in the professor's theory, as the dialog seems determined to pronounce "mutants" as "mute-ants". The normal English pronunciation is unequivocally closer to "mutənts", and even spelled with a syllabic 'ņ'. It doesn't help this (possibly?) left-footed humor that these aliens aren't in the least bit like ants; but they are indisputably silent, as is their disembodied leader inside his clear globe.JohndanR (talk) 05:31, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

First TV broadcast

This article misses out the traumatic impact that this movie had on a generation of young children when it was released for television broadcast in the late 1950's ('57, '58?) and many local stations chose to broadcast it (as was common in those days) around the supper hour, when baby boomer children by the million at that time watched TV over dinner, and strongly identified with the young central character. Here's a typical reaction gleaned from a few minutes of net search - I've seen many similar descriptions over the years: http://usersites.horrorfind.com/home/horror/tonyrivers/IFMblog.html : "I can imagine similar things happening to other young boys and girls (who were around the same age as Jimmy Hunt) who saw Invaders back in 1953 when it was first released (plus over the years whenever it has been shown either in theaters or on TV); I had nightmares for a week! Instead of Jimmy Hunt, It was me as the young boy who saw the flying saucer land and the martians using their weapons to create tunnels under the ground. In my nightmares, instead of Leif Erickson and Hillary Brooke, it was my parents who were under the control of the Martians."

That also pretty much sums up my experience at age 5 1/2 in 1957.

Here's another corroboration: "Invaders from Mars has a reputation for scaring the hell out of children because it's that rare film engineered around primal adolescent fears. The nightmare is not only shown from little David's point of view, it is also restricted to his frame of reference and his experiences." http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s97InvadersB.html

173.180.151.49 (talk) 12:31, 6 March 2017 (UTC) an occasional anonymous editor, mostly of grammar repairs.