Review of This Island Earth (1955) by Carl M — 21 Nov 2012

Fully prepared for campy schlock (possibly of the most boring kind), instead I found This Island Earth to be a fairly gripping episode of proto-Star Trek (the original TV series). Sure, we've got 1950s acting styles, dated technology, and actors never seen again, but sympathy is created for Exeter, the man from the planet under attack, who needs Earth's atomic energy scientists to help him sustain a force field shield.

After a rather too long prelude, things go from weird to wonderful, especially in the art-directed exteriors of Metaluna. As a double feature with Forbidden Planet (which it was), it couldn't be beat.