The Day The Earth Stood Still

[RebelOne]

I'm watching it on AMC. One of the best SciFi films ever, that is second to "The Thing From Outer Space."

[Fight_n_back]

1. The big breakthrough

is that the alien is a friend, not an enemy. Befoer that the aliens were metaphors for Nazis and communists.

Its also a better Jesus story than Mel gibson's movie, and adhers almost as closely to the gospels.

[El Supremo]

5. You're talking about my favorite Sci-Fi movie...

But I don't think that Jesus brought along a "Gort" to police us and destroy the world if necessary.

My favorite part is when Klatu changes the Professor's (Sam Jaffe) equations and says: "well, that's how we are able to travel around the universe."

"Klatu barada nictou" = Klatu's in deep shit!

Hey, doesn't Patrica Neal's boyfriend remind you of some Republican jerk-off?

[Fight_n_back]

6. The guys name

is Carpenter

He comes from another land to bring peace but ends up getting shot

Gort is a gollem

[El Supremo]

7. Yes, and he rises from the dead.

What is a gollem?

[El Supremo]

9. Gollem from Webster's

An artificial human being in Hebrew folklore endowed with life.

But what did they do?

[El Supremo]

8. Jesus, himself, said that he didn't come to bring peace.

He preached peace, but said that it would become a sword (or something or other). He was a revolutionary like no other since.

[DrWeird]

20. Nah, Gort is God.

He's big, he's mysterious, he's vengeful, he must be appeased, he'll freak your shit, he'll blast you a new one.

It's clearly a re-telling of the Jesus myth.

[FireHeart]

19. Yeah but...

we shot him anyway.

[Florida_Geek]

2. Thanks I just brought it

I have been waiting for the DVD and just checked and it is now out. What a deal. $9.99 plus free shipping. :)

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/index.cfm

[delhurgo]

3. I've always found the message of this movie to be contradictory.

The aliens are concerned about us because we use violence to solve our problems. This suggests that we are uncivilized and need to evolve into a more rational and peaceful species. And yet, how do the aliens force us to change our ways? By threatening force to blow up our whole planet and murder us all. As civilized as the aliens are suppose to be, in actuality they're are far worse than we could ever be. Ultimately the message of the movie is pro-war, not anti-war like many suggest.

[bobthedrummer]

4. Hollywood reversed the relationship between Gort and Klaatu,

in the original story the robot was the superior being.
I read it when I was a kid.
The script from Hollywood reversed that relationship totally-why?

[El Supremo]

10. i guess they didn't want Man creating God.

Look, I love this flick. I have allways noted the 'sublimnable' message, but I just think the metaphor fails. Just take it as a warning to the Cold War. As that it is terrific!

[Faygo Kid]

11. Truly a great one; two others from that era are. . .

"The War of the Worlds," with Gene Barry.
"Forbidden Planet," Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielson and (ohmigodwhatababe) Anne Francis.

[El Supremo]

12. Isn't that one supposed to be based on Shakespear's 'The Tempest'?

Forbidden Planet.

Amazing how we keep retelling the clasics.

Oh Honey West!!!!!!

[Faygo Kid]

13. The Id! The Id! (Also, Robby the Robot) - A truly great flick.

Oh, Honey West, you betcha. Big time crush on that one. "Forbidden Planet" is one in the pantheon of great science fiction movies, and yes, it was indeed based on "The Tempest."

[bobthedrummer]

14. It is my all time favorite science-fiction movie, bar none-

really well done for it's time too.

[El Supremo]

15. I met Robby the Robot.

You ain't gonna believe this. He was at my local grocery store in Prairie Village, Kansas back in the 50's. He later was on 'Lost in Space'. Danger! Danger! Danger!

[Faygo Kid]

16. Yer old, like me. All the rest must be on spring break.

Well, to bed now, just to get up a couple of times to pee, and in the morning, to look for my reading glasses.

[El Supremo]

18. Glasses

When I need my glasses to find the toilet, then I will be really old.

[BigMcLargehuge]

17. that's "The Thing (from another world)"

:)