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Saw it as a young kid (not at theater though!!!) Bought the Blu Ray to prepare for the remake.
The coolest thing was the sound effects, the woo woo music. They had a brief documentary on the instrument theremin, the only instrument in the world that you don't touch as you use it. I liked the interior shots of the space craft, no knobs and switches, pretty exotic for 1951.
Now all old and cliche, but in '51, new and fresh.
The Blu Ray was marginal. The film was not restored and had plenty of scratches and dots. And it is not wide screen, but the movie wasn't wide screen either.
Anyways a nice blast from the past.
Worry not, Sarah Palin will fix it all in '12
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The more critical reviews on Metacritic are well justified and right on the money.
They felt so strongly they emailed all their friends and workmates to warn them not to see it.
I hadn't planned on seeing TTDEST anyway. But I was amused, as these people aren't usually that critical of popular movies.
I just saw it. Save your money. It is boooring and silly.
And KR's performance does as well. Boy Hollywood mostly sucks these days.
ET
I saw a History Channel program a few years ago on Theremin; seems his biggest success was the invention of a passive audio bug that the Soviets used against the West.
We're chasing terrorists in the wrong place...they're on Wall St.
There is a dignity to the original that is part Rennie's performance and part of the reserved "let's not do tentacled many-legged things" approach (to tie in to the mention elsewhere of "Village of the Damned" which works because of the same restraint.)
Living in DC, it's of course always fun to see the fools on the Hill get theirs and to see the great dedication in the stop-motion destruction of the monuments. The film transcends its dated elements with sheer style and a timeless story. Classic stuff.
CC.
This was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I saw it on TV many times. Eventually a few years ago I bought the DVD. Last night, after a long time, I watched it again.
I never noticed the subtle political dig before: someone says the people in the government are people just like us and the response is no they are Democrats. Funny to see that from 1951.
It stands up. The message is still a good one. Stop your petty childish wars or we will destroy your planet.
The remake looks like a big budget special effects spectacular, which is completely contrary to the spirit of the original. But I may give it a chance. Klaatu barada nicto.
In a little more than 50 years, the situation on earth has deteriorate so much that our comeuppance is now being delivered by Keanu Reeves instead of Michael Rennie.
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Krell were natives of the planet Altair IV.
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Hollywood's staggering lack of creativity knows no limits. I read that there were plans to remake Monopoly, the movie. As if "The Dukes of Hazzard," wasn't bad enough. What's next, "The Oprah Show" the movie?
At least Forbidden Planet has great potential value.
Oh...joy.Hollywood has been trying to produce a remake of Forbidden Planet for several years. Apparently it's getting closer, as producer Joel Silver hired a screenwriter this fall, Michael Straczynski, who wrote Eastwood's The Changling and was a regular writer for Babylon 5.
New Line Cinema originally announced a remake in 2001, and there it knocked about for a few years, without a script and director making the right marriage, although names as big as James Cameron were apparently attached at one point. DreamWorks tried next and failed, then passed it back to WB, which now appears to be serious about getting it off the ground.
Straczynski has been quoted as saying the original is "his favorite science fiction film." According to Wikepedia, he gave Silver an idea for the new film which is "not a remake", "not a reimagining", and "not exactly a prequel". Wikepedia states "Straczynski has met with people working in astrophysics, planetary geology and artificial intelligence to reinterpret the Krell back-story."
It will take a great script and very special director to get me excited about this. Could be swell with the right team. Could be awful.
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I have all their albums, great sort of Si-Fi stuff.
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the group was composed of the Beatles.
Calling Occupants.. a fine song. Might spin it tonight.
"Poor People have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years.......and they are still poor."
So sayeth Charles Barkley
Michael Rennie(sp?) was beloved by girls back in the day after that film came out. I wonder if the same swooning effect will follow Keanu after his incarnation as Klattu. And yes, a great message movie for the times. I have zero hope this remake will in any way capture the magic of the original based on the apparently heavy handed use of CGI seen in the previews although I wouldn't mind being surprised.
FWIW, I first saw it on Saturday Night at the Movies around 1958 or so, Gort scared the crap outta 8 yr old me.
"Poor People have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years.......and they are still poor."
So sayeth Charles Barkley
You do realize this dates us as oldies but goodies?
I first remember seeing The Day The Earth Stood Still on NBC's Saturday Night At the Movies in the late fifties or early sixties - I think I was 6-7, and I was terrified. Only Forbidden Planet, a regularly shown on the weekday afternoon movie show, Frances Farmer Presents, frightened me more.
But I fell in love with TDTESS as I got older - it remains one of my fave sci-fi movies of all time, a true classic. I've been lucky enough to see it on the large screen on at least 2 occassions. And I adore Michael Rennie, a that wonderful British thesp. I doubt Keanu can compete with Rennie's intense, quiet, deeply mysterious and sexy alien emmisary - it really was a tour de force performance combining the erotic and the remote - and KR's accent isn't nearly as charming. He does do the silent mystery thing fairly well - long reams of dialogue aren't his strong suit. So at least his fans should be happy. The remake, however, doesn't look like it's geared to women, much less young women.
BTW, speaking of Rennie as sex symbol, Rennie played the hero in another Saturday Night At The Movies staple, Desiree, in which I thought his Marshall Bernadotte was much more seductive than Brando's Napolean. I had a huge crush ON MR for sure.
Robert Wise is a bit underrated as a genre director, not only is this one of the great sci-fi movies, but his The Haunting is one of the great ghost movies, as West Side Story is one of the great FIlmed musicals.
I don't hold out much hope for the new TDTESS - why remake a classic, even if you do it completely differently? I've read little about it, seen the trailers, but suspect it may focus on envirnomental aspects of us destroying our planet rather than nuclear disaster.
I loved Saturday Night At the Movies. They had some great films on, and we would gather round the TV with popcorn most Saturday evenings.
Klaatu Barrada Nikto!
The night before the madness strikes tomorrow
"Poor People have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years.......and they are still poor."
So sayeth Charles Barkley
I see no reason to go see the "new" version based on the promos.....they can't retell that story any better. The promos seem to show a lot more violence and special effects which really weren't a part of the original.Perhaps the best sci-fi message movie ever and done in my town-DC!
ET
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very watchable and engaging from start to finish
a classic!
thanks
Phil
The original was said to be made to test public reaction to the ET reality. There are a few details in the film which are said to highly accurate to someone with above top secret clearance -- the smoothness and seamlessness of the craft for example. The original message of anti-war and care for mother earth looks like it is lost with the new film. The remake seems to be propagating the same old alien war against earth myth that Dr. Greer (disclosure project) claims is part of the secret government's preparation to stage a fake invasion of the aliens (which is now said to be on hold indefinitely).
It's a shame that there haven't been any realistic or peaceful portrayals of aliens in mainstream films since E.T. Even so, it seems that Greer is at least partly full of doody.
I really like the original.
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