The Invaders - "The Mutation" Chase Scene

[dannyv2468va2]

Susan Pleshette was so beautiful in this. Was a great lady. RIP!

[CrowMagnumMan]

@dannyv2468va2 Ditto. She looked fantastic back then.

[THEMASTEROFYOU2000]

invaders are DEVO! D....E.......V........O

[THEMASTEROFYOU2000]

dang she was hot.......lifeloge crush...........and where's that damn Scoville when ya need him?

[Poloniothx]

Suzanne forever!!!!!!

[Deplorus]

Under the saucer, their two-handed weapon produces a laser which is first white-blue and then becomes red when it reaches the car.

[Deplorus]

What a great series was this

[sonicavenga]

What's her name again anyone?

[CrowMagnumMan]

@sonicavenga

Whose name?

[sonicavenga]

@CrowMagnumMan The actress in this clip....'s ok...just seen it: Suzanne Pleshette ;D)

[ThePleiku10]

@sonicavenga Susan Pleshette-60's Babe for sure!!

[krelllabs]

I think that this is the location where Thinnes locked his car keys in his trailer, and everyone left at night after they wrapped. Pleshette and her fella sometime later realised that they never saw Roy leave the desert, and went back many miles to the location - and happened to save him!

[CrowMagnumMan]

@krelllabs

Interesting. I think I read that story somewhere once. Poor Roy! Ha, I wonder what would have happened if Pleshette hadn't remembered. I bet something like that could never happen these days.

[krelllabs]

@CrowMagnumMan Thinnes talked about this on one of the DVDs for the series. He had no food nor water,

and it was so dark he could not walk it out, so he just sat in the car for hours until he saw headlights. You are right, of course, that today, what with cellular telephones, this probably could not happen - until the 'phones

went dead.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@krelllabs

Good point. :)

[calvintoronto]

Too bad Roy doesn't take his shirt and jacket off. He's one hot dude!

[lewisner]

She's an alien babe.

[cosmicdingo]

Great show, but why didn't he ever get one of there blasters?

[CrowMagnumMan]

@cosmicdingo

Yeah, it sure would have tipped the odds in his favor.

[supermanfan62]

suzanne p was my cousin

[CrowMagnumMan]

@supermanfan62

Really? Wow, that's very cool that you were related to one of the greatest actresses that ever lived.

[nergvol]

Miss Suzanne P, she was great on Newhart

[CrowMagnumMan]

@nergvol

So I've heard. I really need to watch that show.

[rematpac]

Everytime I answer a question ,I get to watch this Invaders clip again.I can remember this being my favorite show for the short time it was on.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

I wish I'd been around when it was first on. The 60s was such a great decade for TV. It's really too bad The Invaders wasn't popular enough to go longer than two seasons. It deserved much much more.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan It only lasted 1 and a half seasons with 43 episodes.It 1st aired Jan. 10,1967,winter season .

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Oh, it did? I guess the first season was a lot shorter than the second. I figured the 26 episodes of season 2 were close to regular season length.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Ha, I've just been checking out the comments part without the video. I almost forgot this conversation started with comments from my clip. Such a great episode. Acting and writing was so bloody good here, and in the whole show.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan Do you have the complete episode to put up?Or any other complete episode?/I'm sure there's a lot of people that would like to see them.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

I do, all of them actually. If I did put them up it might be with a different account.

[rematpac]

Haven't seen Craig yet ,but my rating is identical to yours minus Craig since I can't judge him yet.(.I was thinking about that toy attache case From Russia and I remember it even had toy strips of gold coins hidden in the sides of the inside of the case from the movie also and either it or the UNCLE case also included a hidden shoulder holster for the detached gun by itself).

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

I hear there's now talk about rebooting The Man from U.N.C.L.E. I haven't even seen any of the original yet. But I guess everything gets rebooted eventually.

[CrowMagnumMan]

Haven't seen any of Peter Gunn, but it definitely looks like something I'd enjoy. Danger Man is another one I really want to check out, as I'm a big Patrick McGoohan fan.

I've had some thoughts about how The Invaders could be brought back as a new show. I'd like to see Roy Thinnes reprise the role again, maybe for a movie or something. But I think a new show that sticks with the mature approach, extremely good writing and acting, and style of the original could be pretty great. --CONTINUED--

[rematpac]

They'll never make TV series like this one ever again unfortunately.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

At least not until I start making TV shows. :)

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan My suggestion,if it's worth anything ,is that you try to copy the style of the best shows of the 60's,something that even when other people think they've tried,they always fail because they think they have to put a "modern "spin on it(in other words ,ruin it) for it to be valid for some reason.Why do people think it's necessary to copy trash to make something supposedly exceptable,it never works.It ends up being treated for what it's worth,Stick with enduring art,why change great?

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Yeah I think the problem is that everyone fails to understand the spirit and intent behind why those shows were done the way they are, and only copy certain elements, thinking that those elements are what made older shows so great. They always miss the point. So I think there's a big window of opportunity here to do something truly great.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan There is just no doubt about it and it sounds to me you've said you have the technical skills,equpment,and understanding to be the one to do it.if so.then make it happen.you can only win.When people make a new movie from an old 60's TV show,which has been done many times ,they NEVER get it right.One classic example that was a huge failure both financially and artistically was the TV movie remake of Peter Gunn,done some years ago now.Continued.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan They even bragged how they were going to go to such a great extent to make it like the original.One of the 1st things you see in the movie is a milkshake type parlor restaurant for teenagers playing Top 40 hits from 1963.The TV show Peter Gunn was based in a late night bar club that played nothing but live old style jazz.In other words the producers and directors never bothered to take the time to watch even 1 25 min. episode,they just knew the last show was made in the early 60's

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

--CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS COMMENT--

My biggest dream, though, is to bring back Lost in Space. I think that could be amazing.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan Yeah that would be something.There is a huge amount of people that grew up watching the show which came out 2 years before Star Trek.Even though it got campy during the Batman era(66-67) like so many other shows,it started out seriously in b/w and captured the imagination of millions being the 1st bona fide space show and it came back with some good episodes in 1968 after the camp era ended and still has a following of millions who fondly remember the show.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan Some people just remember the campy shows and dismiss the series,but when Billy Mumy makes his semi-regular appearences on the late night popular radio show Coast to Coast,people from all over the country call in record numbers telling him how much the show meant to them.I'm a huge fan .The show just has some kind of almost magical quality about it.Out of the 83 episodes,there very many more good ones than campy.Unlike the movie,I liked the innocent Penny,Smith who turned hero,etc

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Glad to see you have as much reverence for the show as I do. :) It does kind of bug me that so many can only talk about how Star Trek is the better show, and think of Lost in Space as silly. I love Star Trek and I think it's unfortunate that people see the need to compete them against each other. What Irwin Allen was trying to do was completely different.

Yeah it's too bad about Bat-mania messing with LIS. I did enjoy much of the sillier stuff. But the serious episodes were the best.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan No ,I've never seen the failed 2004 series.I'll have to check it out if some of it's on utube.It 's a crime that it failed and I think I can already guess as to why.It probably felt the need to change the characters and the style of the show to be more like today's pathetic TV mentality instead of sticking to the original as close as possible.And probably they also killed it trying to be politically correct rather than sticking to the original show as it was written.Am I right?Yes

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

That's awesome to hear that about Bill Mumy. It's so great to see that it has such a huge fanbase still. I agree, it's such a magical show with such great characters. Most people my age didn't get to grow up with it like I did.

Yeah, I didn't like the 98 movie either. It was a pretty pathetic attempt, though I did think Gary Oldman gave a pretty good performance as Dr. Smith. Seemed like he was the only actor who tried to channel the original actor. Ever see the 2004 failed TV pilot?

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan I grew up with it too.Whenever they would say that it wouldn't be seen next week,but 2 weeks ahead,I can remember being so irritated that they would pre-empty it a week for some special baseball game or something.I thought Smith was the closest actor in the movie also,except remember the old TV episode when Smith finally gets his dream fulfilled of making it back home and then gives it up to save the Robinsons knowing his added weight is what saved them from dying a metior shower

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Yeah, that was one of the best season 3 episodes. I loved how unexpectedly heroic Smith could become. I think my favorite of that season is "The Anti-Matter Man".

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan I just watched a little over 5 minutes of the failed 2004 pilot and thats about all I can stomach.What does any of it have to do with the original show?And of course I already knew I WAS RIGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE I EVEN WATCHED IT.When you write a remake of a show,who do you think will be interested?,the people who watched the old show or people that have never seen it and have no interest in it?Why don't they EVER try and target the right audience?TV will never be the same again!!!!!

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Yeah, judged on its own, I thought it wasn't as terrible as the 98 movie. But it did deviate much much further from the original show. Don't know how you feel about the new Star Trek movie. But I thought it was a pretty good example of how to be true to the original while reeling in a new audience.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan Yea,having the real Spock made that a bona fide Star Trek movie.The Anti-Matter Man sounds like one of my favorites ,but I can't quite remember which episode that was for sure.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

It was the one where they run into an evil John and Don (Drun) in an alternate universe. The evil John tries to take our John's place. It ends with this epic fight between both Johns on an inter-dimensional bridge.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan I suspected it might be.That's also my favorite color episode ,as it is many people's.I'm sure you probably saw the original unaired pilot that didn't have Dr. Smith and combined the 1st 4 episodes,right?Besides missing an important character,it's kind of like the original unaired episode of Star Trek without Capt. Kirk that never sold either ,but one of the best episodes ever made.It took ther addition of Dr. Smith to sell the show(a wise choice),but that 1st episode was unique.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

I didn't see that until much more recently. When I was little I absolutely loved Dr. Smith and the Robot. It was interesting to see the unaired pilot without them. It was great, but I'm so glad things turned out the way they did. They managed to edit the new material with Smith and the Robot into that first 5-episode arc remarkably well.

I really liked how Star Trek used "The Cage" for the "The Menagerie". It was too good an episode to waste.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan I had the battery powered toy robot(on my website)as a kid.I managed to keep it going for a few years too,but eventually it got broken of course.still kept it for a long time then we never realized back then that all those type of toys would be valuable someday.I had most all of the toys and games from the great TV shows in fact.Someone should make a series of that 1st ST episode,but of course they'd never get it right.The good thing about the 2 part version was Spock's sabotage.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Ha, yeah you could have made a fortune off of all that memorabilia.

In a way I kind of wish we'd gotten to see a show with Pike as captain. I wouldn't change the Kirk version for the world. But more with Pike and that crew would have been pretty cool.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan Yea,there was very few toys and games made that we didn't have.In board games alone we had Lost in Space,Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.I Spy,James Bond,Zorro,Captain America,The Man from UNCLE card game.In build it yourself models we had Napoleon and Illya,The Seaview,The Flying Sub,The Invaders spaceship,The Enterprise,A Klingon Ship,Capt. Kirl,Spock,The Hulk,Spiderman,Batman,Robin,Th­e Land of the Giants spaceship.a small model of the Lost in Space robot,the Batmobile by aurora

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan We had our Dad ,an extremely talented artist,build and paint all those models to perfection,and those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head.There were a lot more.For action figures we had Capt. Actions and a couple of his cars with almost all the suits:Batman,Capt. America,The Lone Ranger,Superman(oh yea,and also the aurora models of Superman and Superboy with Krypto),Aquaman,and many others.For battery powered toys:The Robot,Bond's Austin Martin w/all features.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Sounds like you could practically start a museum with all that stuff. So you no longer have most of this?

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan Actually my brother still has some of it.I printed some of the toy guns but the comment printed twice for some reason so I tried to erace 1,but both got eraced some how.I think you probably got the comment anyway.There was actually lots more too that I'm already starting to remember,but I think you got the idea.Needless to say we were spoiled to death,but what a time to be a kid.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Oh yeah. No worries. I got to read it before it was deleted. I like to think all of that stuff ends up in good hands.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan The best stuff was in the comment that got eraced and thats gone.All my brother has left is the models.The case From Russia With Love movie had everything just like the movie.It had a roll of blasting caps that you would set up inside to go off if someone opened the case wrong.It had an exact toy duplicate of Bond's Walther PPK with the detachable shoulder rest,scope,and silencer and a rubber knife hidden in the side of the case,all life size and just like in the movie.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

As a die-hard Bond fan, I can understand why that would be a pretty awesome thing to own. From looking at you youtube profile, I can see that you're maybe even more of a fan than I am. I'm guessing Sean Connery is your favorite Bond? I rank them something like this (it varies a bit, but Connery is always #1):

1. Sean Connery

2. Timothy Dalton

3. Daniel Craig

4. Roger Moore

5. Pierce Brosnan

6. George Lazenby

[lewisner]

@CrowMagnumMan Nice to see you have Timothy Dalton as #2.

[rematpac]

Undoubtably the best space ailien series that will ever be made.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Hard to say if I agree for sure, but it's definitely in my top 10 TV shows of all time.

[rematpac]

@CrowMagnumMan All you're going to get anymore are special effects and political correctness.This is a time when the story,suspense,acting,and music was important.If you rate this in your Top 10, I would have to say you have rare good taste in your TV viewing.

[CrowMagnumMan]

@rematpac

Thanks. :)

[CaptainNomura]

Wonder what happened to the full-scale saucer mock-up. Like to put it on my front yard.

[mick50651]

TV worth watching, eh?

[INKIEtheCLOWN]

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[crmfghtr]

This is a great clip and a very highly underrated show. Done with a lot of fines. The Saucer is my all time favorite.