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Just perfect...

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Although terribly "talky", there are many redeeming qualities that make this story worthy of being filmed again. The storyline bears a similarity to the 1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still" in that it delves into the paranoia and prejudices of the times. And though the dialog is horribly dated, (more like reading a novel or listening to a 1930's radio drama) the concept is excellent. With it's twists and turns of the story and some prudent trimming of all of that dialog, the drama of the story would hold up in today's market.The make-up design of Jack Pierce was quite striking for such a low budget venture. Likewise, many of the camera shots and the lighting were of an excellent quality. In today's world, where "special effects in search of a decent story" seems to be a large part of what makes it into production, this gets my nomination for an updated version.

The strangest thing about this movie is "The Order of Flesh and Blood." What a strange name. It ranks up there with the Teaparty. Just as the Humanoids will soon outnumber the humans, the folks that make up the Teaparty will soon be outnumbered by minority groups. The Teaparty, like the Order of Flesh and Blood, desperately tries to hang on to their narrow vision.The discussion, especially between Cragis (Don Megowan) and his sister Esme (Frances McCann) could be a duplicate of what goes on in families with TeaParty members. "I feel sorry for you, Cragis, it must be difficult to be so afraid."But, the twist in the film is most delicious.

Actually, I loved the film as a child and still do.It's a great thought-provoking film that helped in my understanding of social issues during and since the 60's. I actually brought up the film during a discussion with a Marxist professor in the early 80's as an example of the attack on American morality by the far left.I liked the basic tenets of equality, but the sister's absurd attraction to a non-human served to subject the minds of young people to extreme non-traditional behaviors and narcissism. Not surprised "they" claim it as one of Andy Warhol's favorite movies.This film serves as yet another example of sixties disestablishmentarianism. (eg: "Silent Running" and environmentalism ten years later.) 9/10 for creativity

It has high school level acting, dialog written by the teacher leading the school's acting club, and with sets barely rising to a college level production. But it has ideas, philosophy and even theology still unexplored in film making today. Not to say there is much explanation. This is not The Fountainhead where every idea is cause for a monologue.On top of that it expresses ideas like Asimov's Laws of Robotics withOUT a short lecture on their creation by Asimov -- not even giving his name. No other Hollywood writer has been able to do that. And it violates one of the laws in adherence to another without making the violation the substance of the story -- something even Asimov never achieved.The plot development is actually quite good without any contrived twists. Events early in the movie are part of the later plot. By the nature of the theme of the movie you know what is going to happen towards the end. It does but not in a way you would guess and again without a contrived twist hoping to make it surprising but in fact is only a twist introduced so as to advertise it has a surprise ending.When transfer of the soul comes up the answer is almost, "you can't have everything." No screenwriter today would dare not dwell upon the importance of the soul. Nor would any screenwriter today dare suggest all we are is a piece of brain tissue. These and many more ideas came fast with no lecturing and no moralizing. They are also discussed with the lack of emotion one expects from a high school play. These actors can't be all this bad. One gets the feeling there should have been at least one rehearsal.The ideas are worthy of Phil Dick but played without the angst. It has been a long time since I was intimately familiar with the Science Fiction literature of the 1950s and older but I do not recall any of the ideas even being mentioned earlier than this movie.If you are a science fiction fan and do not demand special effects and things that go boom in your movies this is for you. This movie could not be made today. Like The Cold Equations and Avatar today there would have to be an evil corporation behind it and schmaltz agonizing about the soul. And rest assured the premise would be climate change not nuclear war.See it soon.