A classic, certainly. I remember the TV ads for it when it was coming to, or playing in, your neighborhood. Scared the heck out of me. By the time I got to college, everyone knew "klaatu, barada, nickto."
Still, tough to compete with "Alien."
- oldman
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Puma44 on November 12, 2020, 08:44:04 AM
A classic, certainly. I remember the TV ads for it when it was coming to, or playing in, your neighborhood. Scared the heck out of me. By the time I got to college, everyone knew "klaatu, barada, nickto."
Still, tough to compete with "Alien."
- oldman
From a spooky scifi perspective, its a staple film discussed in film school universities - similar to how Shakespeare is discussed in education.
However, The Terminator, like Alien, is another classic scifi movie and often used in film schools to educate them on action sequences. A great film (apart from the half-dozen spinoff films).
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Drano on November 12, 2020, 10:20:43 AM
Bah! I'm take THEM! or the Giant Gila Monster! Or Earth vs The Flying Saucers! You guys gotta lower your standards to appreciate sci-fi!
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Post by: Arlo on November 12, 2020, 10:23:30 AM
Geez, nobody has mentioned this, yet.
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Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Drano on November 12, 2020, 10:26:01 AM
Right? MST3K is the best way to watch any of these!
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Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Shuffler on November 12, 2020, 11:59:33 AM
I am trying to remember the name of the movie.... rocks from space hit earth. They start growing into towers. As they get tall, they fall over and crash to pieces. Then each piece starts growing....
FOUND IT... Monolith Monsters
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Post by: hitech on November 12, 2020, 02:29:07 PM
Shocked no one mentioned the Forbidden Planet.
HiTech
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: oboe on November 12, 2020, 03:16:00 PM
I think this one has a really interesting and worthwhile sci fi story. Plus Ann Francis, and Robby the Robot. I want to rewatch it sometime.
Another one from the 50s that's fun to watch is "The Thing From Another World". James Arness plays the monster. Really stereotyped characters and situations but fun nevertheless.
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Drano on November 12, 2020, 03:48:43 PM
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Post by: Shuffler on November 12, 2020, 04:55:20 PM
It was only a forbidden planet because of that SHORT skirt............................... :D
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Post by: Arlo on November 12, 2020, 04:56:06 PM
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Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Shuffler on November 12, 2020, 04:59:16 PM
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: APDrone on November 12, 2020, 05:09:24 PM
The Day the Earth Stood Still does have one of my favorite exchanges:
Helen Benson : You came to save the Earth... from us. You came to save the Earth *from* us. Klaatu : We can't risk the survival of this planet for the sake of one species.
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Post by: Lusche on November 12, 2020, 05:50:21 PM
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Post by: Shuffler on November 12, 2020, 08:37:09 PM
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Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: AKKuya on November 13, 2020, 05:48:04 AM
The OP didn't specify whether he was referring to the original or the remake.
Original: Mission to save the Earth from nuclear war. Demonstration of power was for a few hours all electricity worldwide would stop except for aircraft in the air and emergency rooms in hospitals. Thus, human civilization would be powerless against Klaatu's people. Result was humanity given warning to stop nuclear war or aliens will stop nuclear technology cold.
It's been over 20 years since I watched that film. It was typical 50s movie reflecting the fear of the Cold War.
Remake: Mission to save Earth from environmental devastation by humans. Demonstration of power was millions of spheres being used as Arks to save the fauna of Earth minus the walking and talking knuckle dragging carbon based primates by assimilation through nanites. Result was Klaatu stopping the nanites but Earth losing all electrical generation for undetermined amount of time.
Lucky I just re-watched this a few days ago on Hulu to freshen my memory.
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Eagler on November 13, 2020, 06:09:16 AM
The film is based on the 1933 science fiction novel of the same name.
Pilot David Randall flies top-secret photographs from South African astronomer Dr. Emery Bronson to Dr. Cole Hendron in the United States. Hendron, with the assistance of his daughter Joyce, confirms their worst fears: Bronson has discovered that a rogue star named Bellus is on a collision course with Earth.
Hendron warns the United Nations that the end of the world is little more than eight months away. He pleads for the construction of "arks" to transport a lucky few to Zyra, the sole planet orbiting Bellus, in the faint hope that the human race can be saved from extinction. Other scientists scoff at his claims, and his proposal is rejected by the delegates.
Hendron receives help from wealthy humanitarians, who arrange for a lease on a former proving ground to build an ark. To finance the construction, Hendron meets wheelchair-bound business magnate Sidney Stanton. Stanton demands the right to select the passengers in exchange for financing, but Hendron insists that he is not qualified to make those choices; all he can buy is a seat aboard the ark. Stanton eventually capitulates.
Joyce, attracted to Randall, persuades her father to keep him around, much to the annoyance of her boyfriend, Dr. Tony Drake. As Bellus nears, governments prepare for the inevitable. Groups in other nations begin to build their own spaceships. Martial law is declared, and residents in coastal regions are evacuated to inland cities.
Zyra makes a close approach first, causing massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis that wreak havoc around the world. Several people are killed at the ark's construction camp, including Dr. Bronson. Afterward, Drake and Randall travel by helicopter to drop off supplies to people in the surrounding area. When Randall gets off to rescue a little boy stranded on a rooftop in a flooded area, Drake flies away, but reconsiders and returns.
As the day of doom approaches, the spaceship is loaded with food, medicine, microfilmed books, equipment, and animals. The passengers are selected by lottery, though Hendron reserves seats for himself, Stanton, Joyce, Drake, pilot Dr. George Frey, and Randall, for his daughter's sake. He also includes the young boy who was rescued, raising the number of passengers to 45. Randall, feeling he lacks any necessary skills, pretends to draw a lottery number, but Hendron knows better. For Joyce's sake, Drake tells Randall that Frey has a "heart condition" that may render him unable to survive the blackout during liftoff, convincing Randall he is needed as the co-pilot.
The cynical Stanton, knowing human nature, fears what the desperate lottery losers might do, so he has stockpiled weapons. When a young man turns in his winning number because his sweetheart was not selected, Stanton's much-abused assistant, Ferris, claims the number at gunpoint, only to be shot dead by Stanton. As a precaution, the selected women board the ship, while the chosen men wait outside.
Shortly before blastoff, many of the lottery losers riot, seizing Stanton's weapons to try to force their way aboard. Hendron triggers the launch prematurely while he and Stanton are still outside so the ship will consume less fuel on the journey. With an effort born of ultimate desperation, Stanton stands up and walks in a futile attempt to board the departing spaceship.
The crew are rendered unconscious by the g-force of acceleration and do not witness Earth's destruction. When Randall comes to and sees Dr. Frey already awake and piloting the ship, he realizes he has been deceived.
As the spaceship enters Zyra's atmosphere, the fuel runs out; Randall takes control and glides it to a safe landing. The crew disembark and find Zyra to be habitable. David Randall and Joyce Hendron walk hand-in-hand down the ramp as a new day dawns.
Cast
Richard Derr as David Randall Barbara Rush as Joyce Hendron Larry Keating as Dr. Cole Hendron John Hoyt as Sydney Stanton Peter Hansen as Dr. Tony Drake Hayden Rorke as Dr. Emery Bronson Frank Cady as Harold Ferris Rachel Ames as Julie Cummings (as Judith Ames) Stephen Chase as Dr. George Frye James Seay as Donovan (uncredited) Kirk Alyn as Rioter bringing guns (uncredited) Stuart Whitman as Rioter by bank (uncredited) John Ridgely as Chief Customs Inspector (uncredited) Paul Frees as Narrator/U.S. President (uncredited) Art Gilmore as Paul (uncredited)
(Derr and Hoyt would later have guest appearances on Star Trek.)
When that came out, it was a hugely popular film - which, as with most hugely popular films, I somehow missed.
Watched it about a year ago. Filmed in a mall. Script by a five-year-old. Ridiculous by today's standards. Proof that we were dumber then than we are now.
On the other hand, there is Planet Nine from Outer Space...
- oldman
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: guncrasher on November 13, 2020, 09:41:59 PM
it's a cook book, it's a cook book.
semp
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Bixby on November 13, 2020, 10:23:58 PM
It is...it is...its a cookbook. Twilight zone?
Wow...nostalgia.
Anyone remember a novel called "Childhoods End"? I don't recall the author but it was one of the best. And also "Dune".
All the movies mentioned in this thread...will watch some during the next shutdown after my behind gets too sore from dodging all you aces tearing up my keester!
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Shuffler on November 14, 2020, 04:08:16 AM
Books? Fareignheit 451
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Ramesis on November 14, 2020, 02:52:25 PM
The Day the Earth Stood Still does have one of my favorite exchanges:
Helen Benson : You came to save the Earth... from us. You came to save the Earth *from* us. Klaatu : We can't risk the survival of this planet for the sake of one species.
That quote doesn't count, because THAT iteration of the movie is an abomination.
Title: Re: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Post by: Oldman731 on November 15, 2020, 06:22:53 PM