Movie Review by Greg Goodsell
Scene: Two 1950's scientists in a planetary observatory. One of them spots something in his telescope.
Scientist: Dr. Mason! Dr. Mason! … I'm sorry. I guess it was nothing. A sudden light reflection, it startled me!
Dr. Mason: No doubt a comet or a meteor!
Scientist: No, it seemed to be a drill-shaped thing, revolving. I don't know, It must have been imagination, but it did make me realize how desperately alone the earth is. Hanging in the space like a speck of food floating in the ocean .sooner or later to be swallowed up by some creature floating by!
Dr. Mason: Oh come, now!
Scientist: Time will tell Dr. Mason. We can only wait … and wonder how … and wonder when ...
This scene, scored with the same library music found in Night of the Living Dead (1968) is from the classic 1959 clunker Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) and is played off a TV set in The Looking Glass. The existential dread serves as commentary in regards to the plight of its protagonist, Paul (Patrick O'Donnell).
