Sunday, January 16, 2005
Santa Conquers the Martians on Internet Archive
Mark sez,
There are some gems on the Internet Archive. I just watched the 1964 film, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and it is amazing.Link (Thanks, Mark!)Santa's weapons of choice include toys, maniacal giggling, and the "Christmas spirit."
The film is actually highly educational. Here are some things I learned from watching "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians": The children of Mars are addicted to Earth television which makes them stop eating. Martian women refer to their husbands as "master." There are good Martians and there are bad Martians. (Good Martians are trying to spread the Christmas spirit while Bad Martians have mustaches and try to stop them.) Earth children are resourceful.. when kidnapped to Mars they can disable Martian radar cloaking systems. Santa Claus is also resourceful.. he can crawl through ducts to escape being ejected out of airlocks. Also, Martian kids are just like Earth kids. They want dolls and baseball bats!
Being a firm believer in Martians and Santa Claus, I thought I was watching a piece of historical documentation. Then the film simply became too unbelievable. After Santa was kidnapped, the leaders of the countries of Earth met at the UN to work together to come up with a solution!!!
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