Ymir

Ymir
General Information
Homeworld	Venus
Height	Up to 20 feet tall
Diet	Sulfur
Sapience level	Non-sapient
Behind the Scenes
Universe	20 Million Miles to Earth
Created by	Ray Harryhausen and Charlotte Knight

The Ymir is a non-sapient, reptilian humanoid that is native to planet Venus. Virtually nothing is known about the Ymir in its natural habitat, except that it feeds on sulfur and is somehow able to survive in the harsh environment of its home-world.

History

A Ymir egg was found by Human scientists during an expedition to explore Venus and its mineral resources. The egg was brought to Earth to be studied, but unfortunately, the spaceship crashed just off the coast of the Sicily region of Italy. The Ymir egg fell out of the hole in the ship and floated onto the beach of Sicily. After this, a young boy found the egg and eventually gave it to a scientist. When the Ymir hatched and emerged from its egg, it began to grow more and more due to the oxygen-rich atmosphere of Earth. The huge beast started causing chaos and destruction as it searched for sulfur to eat. The alien was eventually killed by Human authorities.

Appearances

• 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Notes

This movie was made in 1957 but it depicts a futuristic themed world in the early 21st century. Here are some predictions that the movie got right:

• The United States of America would have a manned space program in the future. - This took place beginning in 1962 with John Glenn orbiting the Earth although it depicted a manned mission to Venus the Americans are going to Mars in real life rather than Venus.

• Female doctors would become more common place. - After the women's rights movement in the 1970s women slowly gained more recognition by the 2010s decade more and more women had become doctors.
• Ground based cars and trucks would still be common place in the early 21st century. - Since the movie Metropolis that came out in the 1920s many science fiction writers would always assume that in the early 21st century most people would have flying cars. However this movie seems to have taken a more realistic and pragmatic approach to the concept of vehicular transportation in the future by indicating that people would still be driving around in ground based cars.