Boring

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

My Favorite Martian was an amusing comedy of the middle sixties in America that had a nice following. Sad to say that our advances in space travel culminating in the Martian probe rendered syndication of the show practically nil. Still those of us who recall it have some fond memories.While covering the flight of America's fastest jet at the time, the X-15, reporter Tim O'Hara discovers a crashed Martian vessel with an alien inside. He takes the ship and the alien home with him, realizing he's got the scoop of the century.It's not as easy as all that as Bill Bixby discovers. As Tim O'Hara, Bixby's your average 20th century American male, trying to earn a living to make money to spend on the women he chases. And he discovers that he rather likes the Martian he's taken in. So he starts referring to Ray Walston as his Uncle Martin.Walston and Bixby had a marvelous chemistry together which was the secret of the show's success. I enjoyed Ray Walston in everything that man ever did, from the devil in Damn Yankees to his crusty judge in Picket Fences. As for Bixby this was the first of several TV series that established him as a fine light comedian. More serious roles would come later in his career.Bixby and Walston rent a room over the garage of Mrs. Brown played by Pamela Britton. She was a good hearted soul who accepted Tim's explanation of his newly arrived uncle without question. But always lurking around was Detective Brennan of the LAPD. Alan Hewitt was at his supercilious best. He was jealous because he thought Walston might be moving in on his time with Britton. He was never satisfied with all the explanations he got about Walston. Hewitt's curiosity was the basis for about half the episodes.Walston was a marvelous alien, over a 1000 years old, an expert in fact on Earth history because he'd made many trips here for research. He could read minds, levitate objects, and with the raise of a couple of antenna from the back of his head, disappear. Some of these things were of inestimable value to Bixby as a reporter.My Favorite Martian was a cute comedy that sadly will have no basis in truth because of our recent discoveries about Mars. Wouldst we could go there and find a race of Ray Walstons. We could probably learn a lot.

I've always loved the Broadway Show Damn Yankees and if you watch Ray Walston on My Favorite Martian, the characters are very similar.On Damn Yankees Walston played the Devil and made many commentaries about the human race especially in the song "Those were the Good Old Days". He is also frequently seen making commentary about the human race on the TV show as well.The character Joe Hardy is given super normal baseball powers when he makes a deal with the devil. Tim O'Hara in My Favorite Martian is not given super normal powers but he takes advantage of what the Martian character can do for him. Ray Walston frequently points this fact out on the show.Also as the Devil in Damn Yankees, Walston possesses extraterrestrial like powers as he does in My Favorite Martian which in my opinion made him perfect for the part.I looked at some of the commentaries, and I did not notice anyone seeing this similarity of character.I would welcome any thoughts on what I think.

I first saw this series when I was 12 years old and I have dearly loved it ever since because it's full of good laughs and is a great deal of fun to watch. Uncle Martin is hilarious with his Martian antics as well as Tim as the newspaper reporter who took him in after his space ship crash landed on Earth. It's always highly enjoyable to watch their adventures together. It's easily one of my favorite TV comedies of all time.

Even as a young kid back in the 60's I knew this was bad. But a lot of years have passed since watching this back to back with "Gilligan's Island" on weekday afternoons, and after having recently re-discovered this on cable's TV Land, it's not as bad as I remember. Okay, it's still bad, who am I trying to kid. But, compared to what I see on prime time today, this show is actually holding my interest.For example. In a recent episode, next door neighbor Mrs. Brown was complaining about the flowers in her garden wilting and dying from the current heatwave. So, the Martian (Ray Walston) does that little thing with his finger and makes them all fresh again and erect. I would much rather see this than "Early Edition's" Kyle Chandler trying to rescue victim #981 from a piano crashing on his head.Again who am I trying to kid. I changed the channel after watching the flowers come back to life. I'll check out the next episode.