Watched Earth Versus The Flying Saucers last night on Blu. This one is an old favorite of mine, so i decided to give the Colourised version a go as Harry says in his interview that he always envisaged his films in colour but because of budget constraints it proved impossible to do.. While it is a very good effort and in places extremely good, for the most part though the colour is all over the place with most of the characters taking on a very Jaundiced skin tones It is was never the best looking disc and i am not sure if it's the source or some sort of jiggery pokery going on during the transfer, but at times detail disappears into a white mush usually seen on the faces (foreheads) of the actors. The audio i thought was really very good for a film of this age.
However i will still recomend it as i love old Sci Fi movies and especialy the work of Ray Harryhausen, although this is suposed to be his least favorite work.
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