The Galaxy Being

Nice opening entry to start the series, with all the tropez present

Alan Maxwell, an Operator and Radio Station KXKVI UAE's The Station's technology and power to search for life in The Galaxy, he unexpectedly happens across a being from another galaxy, and an accident brings it to Earth.

I can only imagine what audiences first thought when they say down to watch this first episode. Considering it was made in 1963, this was quite advanced, those special effects, though dated now of course, were better than anything else I can think of from that time.

I would assume that better episodes will follow, but in the context of things, I think this was a pretty impressive first episode, and really did its job in managing to hook audiences.

The alien being really did surprise me, I was expecting it to be a mindless killing machine, instead it was reasoned and intelligent, not what I was expecting.

Creatively produced, imaginatively written and well acted, I thought this was an impressive start.

8/10.

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as I did but it's a great little episode. The alien being looks fantastic and the primitive SFX work an absolute treat. The story is mannered, reasoned and intelligent and it's much more than an alien-on-the-rampage tale. Top marks!

Cliff Robertson makes contact with a friendly being from the outer limits of the galaxy.

I was not alive in 1963 when this first aired, instead I first saw it in about 1980 when I was still a High School kid.

The wonderful musical score, the B&W photography, the script, the acting from Cliff Robertson (aka Shame from the Adam West Batman series) all come together to create a top pilot for a top series! This pilot has no negatives, everything about it is good. As for the series as a whole (which I will do 49 IMDb reviews for), I view The Outer Limits as a pre-Star Trek (1966).

Granted, Limits was a monster-of-the-week show and Star Trek was not, but both shows were complicated and adult compared to Irwin Allen's Big Four 1960s Shows...so for that reason I pair up Limits with Star Trek (and the 1967 series The Invaders makes that pair a trilogy).

This series finally landed officially here in Brazil, really good news if you living here, we must pray everyday when it's happen, l've figure out the most probable The Twilight Zone's alike, watching the first episode gave me a good impression and l'm very excited about to came, how l've been watching sixty series at once, following three movies between, then l have to wait probable two months to watch the second episode, in this pilot had as guest star Cliff Robertson, not bad for a starting!!

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First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25