@Professor_Stevens I think the first time I saw that movie was on the Saturday Night at the Movies show on TV when I was a kid. I LOVED it. That scene with the ray guns outlining the monster that was roaring impressed me very very much.
I think I might have seen it in a theater revival maybe in the late 70s? I'm another old SF fan.
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That's a great moment, dramatically and conceptually. It's the only time they "see" what they think they're up against, and having it only visible in the emissions of their pistols was visionary sf film-making. Alas, I think it's actually the weakest vfx in the film, because it is recognizably stop-motion. The scene that impressed me the most was this one.
@Professor_Stevens You're absolutely correct! Young me loved the monster, even though on later viewings it was obviously animated. Somewhat older me was in absolute awe of the scale of the building by the Krell.