The Galaxy Being

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!

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

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).

Frightened as a 4 year old and today it was great to watch again. Yes we have CGI and animations that are far beyond this, but it was great at the time and us still enjoyable to watch 60 years later. Great show.

The radio station KXKVI operator Alan Maxwell (Cliff Robertson) uses most of the station´s power to research the space seeking life. When he contacts an extraterrestrial being from Andromeda, they exchange experiences and information. They agree that their experiment is illicit in both planets but they decide to go on in their conversation. However, Alan´s wife Carol Maxwell (Jacqueline Scott) interrupts him and forces Alan to go to a feast offered by the mayor and the community to him. The reluctant Alan goes to the banquet and leaves the channel of communication with the alien open in low power. He warns the Radio DJ Gene 'Buddy' Maxwell (Lee Philips) to keep the transmission in low power. However Buddy turns the power up to full, bringing the alien to Earth and causing havoc in the community.

("The Galaxy Being" is the first episode of "Outer Limits" with a great story of direct contact with an alien. In the period of the Cold War, there is an exaggerated importance and participation of the army. The special effects are ahead of time. The conclusion with the ignorance of the army and the being fading out is the reflection of this dark period. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "O Ser da Galáxia" ("The Galaxy Being")