WTF?? 20th Century Fox plans to beam "The Day the Earth Stood Still" to closest star

[LynneSin]

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0627331/
In an old-fashioned publicity stunt, 20th Century Fox plans to beam The Day the Earth Stood Still to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star, via a satellite communications network in Cape Canaveral, Fl. Daily Variety commented today that the stunt will result in "the widest release ever -- if you count outer space." (It noted that by the time the signal reaches the star, it will be 2012, not exactly an Earth/Alpha Centauri simultaneous premiere.) The film will also be showing on 3,550 screens domestically, including some 120 IMAX theaters. It will have little competition, with the only other wide release being the romantic comedy Nothing Like the Holidays, which will screen in 1,671 locations. On the other hand, a slew of Oscar contenders will be making their debut or will be expanding into most major markets over the weekend. And with four Golden Globe nominations, the Weinstein Co. is returning Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona to 25 theaters

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With the reviews I just read, is this the kind of junk we want to be the first vision of our country?

[IndianaJones]

1. they're already watching howdy doody. nt.

[fNord]

2. and the Watergate hearings. n/t

[kentauros]

3. They should beam the movie "Contact" instead

:)

Since it covered that idea within the context of the plot.

This remake is nothing more than yet another end of the world movie, let's kill off as many humans we can in unique, SFX ways and forget the message and plot of the original.

As one poster some time back on the imdb.com threads pointed out, "What do aliens care what we do with our environment anyway?!" At least the story of the first one had to do with keeping the Earth's inherent violence towards others in check and not going out into the galaxy with it. What are we going to do with the threat of environmental collapse? Move to other planets and kill off their ecologies in a few hundred years? Oooo, scary!

I'd rather see a remake of Robot Monster as the premise is not so bad for end-of-the-world scenarios. It was simply horribly realized :P

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. I think this they must have hired Tom Cruise's sister to do the PR.