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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers	comment	A 1956 Science Fiction B-Movie about — what else? — an Alien Invasion, directed by Fred Sears, written by The Twilight Zone and The Wolf Man legend Curt Siodmak, and starring Hugh Marlowe and Joan Taylor.The film is mostly remembered for its groundbreaking special effects by the legendary Stop Motion animator Ray Harryhausen, used to destroy Washington, D.C. in a spectacular fashion unmatched until Independence Day.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_119ea1fd	type	Stop Motion
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_119ea1fd	comment	Stop Motion: Unusually, it's used for the flying saucers, not for the aliens themselves. It's even used for scenes where buildings are destroyed, because the usual technique of blowing up miniatures in slow-motion would have been too expensive.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1a6960dd	type	Flying Saucer
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1a6960dd	comment	Flying Saucer: Well, duh...
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1ba5dc68	type	The Greys
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1ba5dc68	comment	The Greys: The aliens inside their powered armor.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1c445e86	type	Poor Communication Kills
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1c445e86	comment	Poor Communication Kills: The aliens send a message informing Dr. Marvin of their upcoming visit to the rocket base. Unfortunately they made an error regarding the speed at which it was transmitted, so when a flying saucer lands at a military base without warning, a massacre occurs.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1fc325dd	type	Do Not Adjust Your Set
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_1fc325dd	comment	Do Not Adjust Your Set
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_2a2d86a6	type	Little Green Man in a Can
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_2a2d86a6	comment	Little Green Man in a Can: The inhabitants of the flying saucers are Greys wearing powered armor. It's almost word-for-word, if not for the black and white film.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_3bad6ba6	type	Two of Your Earth Minutes
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_3bad6ba6	comment	Two of Your Earth Minutes: The aliens tell Dr. Marvin that they will give him "two of your lunar days or 56 days Earth time" to set up a meeting between them and Earth's leaders. To the aliens, one lunar day is the time it takes the Moon to orbit around the Earth, or about 28 days.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_3d59c9a0	type	Powered Armor
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_3d59c9a0	comment	Powered Armor: The aliens use a version, mostly just to keep themselves alive, but they do have built-in blasters. This is one of the most literal examples of this trope ever, as the suits are made of "solidified electricity."
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil: Averted. The aliens have come to conquer Earth, but would prefer to negotiate terms rather than subdue our planet by force, which would mean governing a devastated world and its resentful population.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: Lots of it, obviously for budgetary reasons, but quite cleverly integrated.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_5e544ae6	type	We Come in Peace — Shoot to Kill
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_5e544ae6	comment	We Come in Peace â€” Shoot to Kill: The military fire on the Flying Saucer when it lands in the middle of an army base, having not understood their signal asking for a meeting (because it was transmitted at the wrong speed). The aliens in turn want to make peaceful First Contact, but only to negotiate the surrender of a Vichy Earth, as conquering Earth by force is not in their interests.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_76cbbc0b	type	George Lucas Altered Version
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_76cbbc0b	comment	George Lucas Altered Version: The DVD release includes a newly-colorized version, supervised by Harryhausen himself, although the original black and white is also included.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_8409a385	comment	Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Ya got flying saucers attacking Earth and lots of them!
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_b55e8979	type	Science Hero
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_b55e8979	comment	Science Hero: The Drs. Marvin both qualify, though Russell gets most of the work done.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_b77eb3b2	type	Revenge by Proxy
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_b77eb3b2	comment	Revenge by Proxy: The aliens do this to General Hanley and the policeman as revenge for one of their number being killed. They'd been keeping the two imprisoned and brainwashed aboard their ship, and kill them and dump the bodies from a high altitude for Russell and Carol to find in the woods.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_bed31639	type	Mind Probe
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_bed31639	comment	Mind Probe: The "Infinitely Indexed Memory Scanner."
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_c515d358	type	America Saves the Day
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_c515d358	comment	America Saves the Day: The Flying Saucers concentrate their attack on the United States capital of Washington D.C., completely ignoring the other nations of the world. Some of the saucers are seen against Stock Footage of New York, Paris and London, but there's no further reference to them.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_ce10b025	type	Versus Title
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_ce10b025	comment	Versus Title
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_da75a16f	type	Monumental Battle
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_da75a16f	comment	Monumental Battle: One of the first. Watching icons like the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building being trashed at the climax is one of the highlights of the film.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_dddbdc26	type	Monumental Damage
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_dddbdc26	comment	Monumental Damage: The Washington Monument being knocked down after an out-of-control flying saucer rams into it near its base, the front of the Supreme Court building being damaged by flying saucer beams and another saucer ramming into and destroying the Capitol Dome. All of these were nice pieces of FX work by Ray Harryhausen.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_fa5699d9	type	Washington D.C. Invasion
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_fa5699d9	comment	Washington D.C. Invasion: The final battle takes place around major landmarks in the city. Notable for the amount of (second unit) location filming around the Capitol Building and other landmarks, giving the tightly budgeted film a better look than your average B movie.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_fdad3753	type	When Things Spin, Science Happens
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / int_fdad3753	comment	When Things Spin, Science Happens: The flat section of the flying saucers' hull spins for no discernible reason while they fly. According to Harryhausen, that's how their Anti-Gravity works (this actually works, within limits).
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