The Martian Chronicles - The Martians

[scottwebb]

For those who are interested, the gentleman playing the Martian was an English actor called Terence Longdon

[CatSojourn]

@scottwebb I am interested and thanks scottwebb for the info. =)

[scottwebb]

@CatSojourn You're very welcome :)

[microcephalec]

A classic performance by Classix Nouveaux singer Sal Solo as the martian.

[33rdPatriot]

6:15 in -- Maintain human population at 500,000,000. Leave room for Nature. Leave room for Nature. See the Georgia Guidestones

[oneofthemanysams]

In the book this colonel guy is tomas. Not what I pictured for martians.

[sibeliandrift]

I wish this fictional Martian's philosophy could be a real religion. I'd join.

[toonberg2011]

@sibeliandrift : There is and it's been on Planet Earth in various forms since the beginning of Humanity. It's called Paganism. ;)

[sibeliandrift]

@toonberg2011 - Oh, yeah, my ACTUAL religion. I forgot! ;D

[2HeadedRomanGoddess]

This is what I miss about movies from the 70's and 80's. Mini-series like Martian Chronicles gives a good message about life and how to live in peace. The special effects, obviously from the time wasn't as high tech as movies are now... but, unlike current movies, it gives a good message for the soul. Will watch my DVDs until they stop working!!

[littlegypsy71]

Thanks for putting this up i haven't seen it in years, now i remember why i loved it so much! Fantastic!

[spadehatesscrewtube]

oh the splendor. dune, martian chronicles. a wrinkle in time. sleetacks and pyramids. yes

[Kreneep1052]

love this movie

[starkidkaty]

i dont think its spender isnt it that tomas guy who has the conversation with the martian about where each of them are from if they are frum the future or the past

[lucullusxerxes]

@mymyharlow maybe Star Trek when he played a character like Jeffrey Spender,or from The Man Who Fell to Earth as a guy who reminds oneself of Jeffrey Spender, or Cleopatra Jones, when he played

a Black Panther as Jeffrey Spender.

...that or Revenge of the Nerds.

[flexbrat]

good message for all ! forget religion for a minute and listen !

[icarus7z7]

This is probably my favorite scene, out of all movies. It says alot....

[KaiserJames]

This was a great miniseries. ;)

[CatSojourn]

@mymyharlow Bernie Casey

[meanieseenie]

the handshake was great. I loved this!!!

[thegroove2000]

i swear to god this series totally tripped me out when i was a kid.

It felt so real and blew my mind.

[carmenhernandezochoa]

Such beauty in his writings...

[4th8th68]

I remmember this so well great show they should do an mordern remake its a classic

[gerrymoran1]

Truly wonderful scene...beautifully written and acted, I would watch it over and over on VHS 30years ago.

[4fitter27]

probably my favourite science fiction book -- though there's very little science involved...

[MrMaoparedes]

Este diálogo lo he conservado para siempre en mi mente... UN DIÁLOGO CON UN EXTRATERRESTRE DE GRAN ESPÍRITU... No hay secreto... LA VIDA está ahí para disfrutarla... A quién no le gustaría un encuentro formidable, de esta manera... ¿Yo?... así lo espero... Me encantó esta producción y su texto en esta parte es mejor que la del libro... Aunque esta versión es memorable, puede haber una nueva con mejor tecnología... pero tendrá el mismo espíritu?

[batako35]

someone knows where I could watch the TV serie??

[pluto4847]

@batako35

I have the TV series on DVD. I shopped for it on e-bay. I would say e-bay is your best bet on getting The Martian Chronicles. Best of luck my friend.

[WatchMusicVid]

I Love This Book

[southport97]

The martian was right about Hudson. He's long dead.

[outlander271]

@southport97 Yes, I was gobsmacked when he was "outed" when the news reported he died of AIDS. A lot of water under the bridge since those days!

[southport97]

@outlander271  There use to be the complete entire Martian Chronicles on here, but It got deleted awhile back. I think everyone was shocked about Rock Hudson. Nobody suspected.

[MasterJediDude]

@southport97 Yeah, he could have lived much longer had he not lived the way he did. It's a shame, because he was a great actor.

[Remington61189]

this that martian Terrance stamp?

[outlander271]

@Remington61189 I think the martian was played by an actor called Terrence Langdon. He was in a lot of black and white movies in the forties and fifties. I remember him on TV playing a character called Gary Halliday, an airline pilot who used to fight villains in his spare time. But that was way before your time you young whippersnapper! LOL.

[outlander271]

@Remington61189 I got his name slightly wrong, it's Terence Longdon, and he was also in a lot of the original "Carry on" films as well.

[bryanhwm2]

This is AWESOME!

By: Awesome videoing,

[TheeWreck]

I would like to see Peter Jackson take a shot at an adaptation. With modern special effects and a healthy respect for the source material I think it would be a huge success. At it's core it is a story about wonder, escape, reclamation and redemption. Those are points that resonate deeply within people, especially those of us frustrated with life on earth and all of it's trappings and failures.

[barbaramanuk]

I was raised on all kinds of Hammer Horror films and had seen them all three times over by the time I reached 14, but this series is the only programme that scared me.

[squeakstore]

is this the night meeting?? haha this is kinda cheesy but i still like it

[CaptainScarlet2006]

I remember something of this movie ,in what was shown on tv?

[Xjonas335X]

Hilarious!

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

Those Martians do look damn human.

[AlienAbandoned]

@MomoTheBellyDancer I was just thinking they looked pretty alien. I mean, relatively speaking, they do look human, but it's the subtle differences that unsettle me more profoundly than if I saw one of George Lucas' tentacled CGI creations on screen. Bradbury's Martians had 6 fingers and gold coin eyes. These aliens have the eyes, 5 fingers and no ears to compensate. It's canonical and still looks weird. I did get a laugh over the fact that he "has" to speak in proper British. :P

[ReverendSyn]

That was pretty neat

[moscow15]

At first it was hard to get passed the horrible special effects, but i gave the whole series a try, and got by the cheap painted landscapes, and the string holding the space ships up..... i found it to be my favorite Sci-fi series of all time, then i read the books. amazing series!

[NolanRogers2]

ALSO. WHY does Mars have a blue sky? It should be tinged red a little at least.

[takingdaggers]

@NolanRogers2 The martian sky is blue. I knew this even when I was kid, before when Nasa was in denial about color falsification. Sky color has nothing to do with reflections from a planets surface.

[NolanRogers2]

I find it funny how in this movie the American Astronauts wore tacky 70s leisure suits to Mars. I remember everyone wore those daft open neck wide collar shirts back then. I am surprised they are not wearing gold Disco medallions like they did.

[Murple333]

This scene in both book and movie is one of the highlights of all the many many sci-fi stories I've known.

[Eedgit]

One of Ray's best.

Brilliant!

[stevetenre]

fantastique une des meilleurs series televisee

[cmsahe]

I didn't know it back then but this exact part of the Martian Chronicles was my first Sci-Fi reading ever.

[fallbread]

ah the best I love that book I read it lots of times

[CatSojourn]

@fallbread I loved the book as well. This mini series was decent as well. I loved the music soundtrack. It took me some time to get it. =)

[phillipbailey70]

beautiful.. thx for posting...

[Kittalia]

My favorite scene from the series. Beautifully realized.