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Re: Man From Planet X

Undecided wrote:
> My mother wouldn't let me see "Man From Planet X" when I was eight, so
> I waited. For fifty seven years I waited.

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I haven't told this story here for a while, so at the risk of repeating
myself:

I was five years old and boarding for part of the summer with a family
friend and her family on a farm in rural King County. We'd drive into
Seattle regularly and one day I saw to my horror and fascination a
mysterious figure walking the streets. He was clearly a spaceman, from
his boots to his bowl-like helmet. He was obviously also publicizing a
new film since he was carrying a sign. But he scared me and made me want
to see the film.

So Ethel packed us up and off we went to one of Seattle's big old movie
palaces. I spent large chunks of the movie depressurizing out in the
overstuffed lobby. It was the scariest thing I had ever encountered and
I always remembered the experience with pleasure.

When I finally bought a copy, I was of course disappointed. But I still
find things to admire about this six-day wonder of Ulmer's.

--
Frank in Seattle
____

Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."

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