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| The Day The Earth Stood Still(1951); Discuss the film here. | |
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| packmule | Feb 11 2006, 11:44 PM Post #1 |
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In 1951 20th Century Fox released The Day The Earth Stood Still. The story: a spaceship enters Earth's atmospshere, landing in a Washington, D.C. park. The human-like alien emissary Klaatu(played by Michael Rennie) at first refuses to reveal his reason for being here to anyone, save one scientist. Soon his reason is revealed...For me this film is a timeless classic in the archive of science fiction cinema. Post your take of this film here. |
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| ControllerOfPlanetX | Feb 12 2006, 12:52 AM Post #2 |
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One of my all-time favorite films, to be sure. It's fantastic in every regard. I love the strong message it carries. Some people have said it's too preachy, but I think the execution is perfect. Try to be subtle with a message like that and it'll be lost on the audience. Put aside our differences...simple, but very vital and obviously not thought about too much by most people. I also found the Christian parallels quite intriguing. An all-around great movie, with wonderful acting, a brilliant score, and some cool effects to boot. Gotta love it. "There must be security for all, or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom except the freedom to act irresponsibly." |
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| packmule | Feb 12 2006, 07:50 PM Post #3 |
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I particularly enjoyed the continually menacing presence of Gort, and also the great score. |
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| Ro-Dan | Feb 13 2006, 12:04 AM Post #4 |
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Yeah, Lee, the score is great. I've always liked the Day The Earth Stood Still when I was growing up. Now I find I love it. Gort, Klaatu, Hermann's score, the 50's Cold War atmosphere...good stuff. |
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| packmule | Apr 24 2006, 09:28 PM Post #5 |
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The score for this movie is so good that it was used(again) in the pilot episode of Lost In Space(on CBS) in 1965, fourteen year later. |
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| Rodan70 | Mar 27 2008, 12:01 AM Post #6 |
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I love the music for this movie. It's great. |
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| packmule | Mar 27 2008, 01:24 AM Post #7 |
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The score for The Day The earth Stood Still(1951) is grand and quite majestic at times, adding to the power of this classic. The trailer for this film: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OfpSXI8_UpY&feature=related 
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| Rodan70 | Mar 27 2008, 09:18 PM Post #8 |
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I just found the "Klaatu" costume from this movie at a local costume store here in our area. |
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| packmule | Mar 27 2008, 09:40 PM Post #9 |
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Is it expensive? 
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| Ro-Dan | Mar 28 2008, 02:31 PM Post #10 |
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It popped up again in a later Lost In Space episode that guest-starred Michael Rennie, appropriately enough. |
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| Ro-Dan | Mar 28 2008, 02:33 PM Post #11 |
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Couldn't be nearly as expensive as a Gort costume. Barada nikto, baby! B) |
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| Rodan70 | Mar 29 2008, 01:41 AM Post #12 |
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Not to expensive. The store is closing, so everything is 75% off. I paid 45 dollars. |
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| packmule | Mar 29 2008, 11:29 PM Post #13 |
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Since seeing that Keanu Reeves was chosen to play Klaatu in the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still(1951), I've been, admittedly, a little concerned. I think Reeves has grown as an actor, to some degree, since films like Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure and Point break. Still, I wonder if he can pull off the role. I've also been curious as to how he'll look as the interplanetary emissary. |
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| Rodan70 | Apr 11 2008, 05:59 AM Post #14 |
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I just wonder how they are gonna rework the story since the orignal played alot on the Cold War Fears of the times. |
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| packmule | Jun 30 2008, 07:24 PM Post #15 |
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Ken Hulsey at RoboJapan has posted an advance teaser poster(image) for the remake of 1951's The Day The Earth Stood Still, the remake of the same name and scheduled for theatrical release in December, 2008: http://robojapan.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-promotional-banner-for-day-earth.html My continued feelings regarding this remake: bleh. 
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