Radar Men From the Moon: Moon Rocket (1952)

★★★★★ · OK! so I am biased.............. · Art16 · 2006-01-14

I saw these seruals in the early 1950's in the context of the traditional Saturday morning "kiddy show" which was really designed to give parents some time to themselves! Regardless of the "bad" acting and theatrics, they were entertaining and sparked imagination. In many of us, curiosity about science was also kindled. When all this came to earth with the reality of Sputnik, and American public science education began to mature, this science fiction entertainment did not seem as far removed and strange as it once did. I still like these!

★★★★★ · Brilliant!!! · Mike D. B. · 2007-04-03

Back in the 60s my sister and I went to the movie theater "on post" (since we were Army brats) every Saturday. Before the actual show, there were differnt neat sequels - westerns, mysteries, but me favorite were the 10-15 minute SF shows. For some four decades I've had these images in my mind but could never name the series. And suddenly, as if time were turned back more than 40 years, here comes Commando Cody!!! Brilliant! So corny and bad, that I absolutely love this! Brought back a lot of memories - how we kids cheared when the good guys finally won, how frightned we were that harm could…

★★★★★ · Long live the serial! · Aitchondo · 2009-10-08

Really enjoyed it, really enjoyed watching Clayton Moore (Long Ranger) with those classic good looks and that great radio voice as the bad guy. Bring on more, please.

★★★★★ · Hats · skybandit · 2009-10-06

The reason they never lost their hats was because the hats kept you from seeing that the fighters were stuntmen that only vaguely resembled the actors. The hats had special bands of raw rubber on the inside, which would effectively glue them to the stuntman's head!

★★★★ · Captain Cody is doomed! · Spuzz · 2006-02-13

Intro to this prepostrious serial wastes no time to getting down to business. Someone, or something, is blowing up industries and buildings on Earth! Captain Cody meets up with a chatty government agent (whoÂs great because heÂs curiously slimey all the same) and they both agree that itÂs the Moon men that are responsible! Soon, Cody gets his proof by thwarting some underworld types (the martians were apparently too busy?) from blowing up a troop train! He flies in, yes, with his flying suit and uh, helmet, and saves it just in the nick of time! Soon, Cody and company fly to the moon to meet…

★★★★ · Fun Stuff · billbarstad · 2009-10-22

When I first downloaded and watched this serial several years ago, snips of memory from Saturday kiddie matinees jolted into consciousness. I had seen some or all of this before. I wish I could remember what I thought as I watched it as a 7 - 10 year old. This is pure fantasy, and is chock-full of laughs and shake-your-head moments. Probably the most impressive effect comes in the second episode when the moon men melt the side of a hill with their atomic ray gun. The director manages to keep the story straight throughout, and that's pretty impressive, too. Chapter 10 is a recap episode, but…