You can probably tell from the other reviews (and the premise) that this episode is dumb on many levels. On the basis of making sense or being even remotely well-written, this may be one of the series' weakest offerings. But what can I say? It may pale in comparison to the black-and-white eps or even the better colored ones that at least made an attempt at being realistic and making a modicum of sense, but it's clearly not TRYING to do the same thing, so it's hard for me to judge it by the same standard.
It may be dumb, but it's still fairly funny and even kind of cute, and I'm sure kids in the 1950s lapped it up. My writing teacher actually told me it was her favorite episode. And overall, I just find it pretty inoffensive.
...Of course, even being what it is, there are several things that they could've done better. For one thing, half the time the Martian's green hair just doesn't look that green. I mean, come on, it's pretty lame to not be able to get even THAT right. Plus, I found it kind of weird that NO one EVER brought up the fact that Superman is an alien. Of course, it's also fairly typical for this show - they almost never mention the fact that Superman is an E.T. outside of the opening. For the most part, I don't mind that and even kind of like it, but here it just seems a little strange.
Overall, obviously not a great episode, but in a sense it's "not that bad" by the virtue of the fact that it's just so silly and it's clearly not trying to be anything else. Plus, it's fairly humorous and even endearing in some ways.
It may be dumb, but it's still fairly funny and even kind of cute, and I'm sure kids in the 1950s lapped it up. My writing teacher actually told me it was her favorite episode. And overall, I just find it pretty inoffensive.
...Of course, even being what it is, there are several things that they could've done better. For one thing, half the time the Martian's green hair just doesn't look that green. I mean, come on, it's pretty lame to not be able to get even THAT right. Plus, I found it kind of weird that NO one EVER brought up the fact that Superman is an alien. Of course, it's also fairly typical for this show - they almost never mention the fact that Superman is an E.T. outside of the opening. For the most part, I don't mind that and even kind of like it, but here it just seems a little strange.
Overall, obviously not a great episode, but in a sense it's "not that bad" by the virtue of the fact that it's just so silly and it's clearly not trying to be anything else. Plus, it's fairly humorous and even endearing in some ways.