The Day The Earth Stood Still

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:32 pm

I haven't seen the remake yet, but I plan to this week. I just watched the original again, and in a fit of curiousity, I looked up the original short story to read so I could judge which version of the movie is truest to the source. Here's the link to the story:

thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/bates.html

Post by **danlo** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:03 am

BIG post...looks like good reading though. I'll get back to it when I can...(wow that was some weird board antics...my avatar appeared under your post and not on the side...

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Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:32 am

Good job dAN, you broke KW. Might try that for the Arch of Time next...

Post by **matrixman** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:37 am

Cool, it's The Day dANdeLION Broke The Watch!

I just wanted to be part of this special thread.

Post by **lurch** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:05 am

..Thank god for hollywood screen writers...now if they could just re-write this thread...

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:17 am

This thread is better than most Hollywood screen-writing. BA-ZING!!

Post by **aTOMiC** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:14 am

I knew dAN had the will but I didn't know he had the power. I'm getting scared.

Post by **lurch** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:29 pm

...AAh!..somebody must of said the magic words,," : Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! "

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:21 pm

Anyway, now that we're back to normal: the remake is crap. Crap, crap, crap. Mega crap.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:46 pm

Yeah, but is it better or worse than the 1951 version?

Post by **Rigel** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:07 pm

We saw it on New Year's Eve and it's no better or worse than the original (Remember, the original didn't exactly have much going for it).

Actually, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Reeves's acting was the worst part of the movie (followed closely by Kathy Bates's). Other than that, though, it was enjoyable in a one-off way.

Then, last night, we watched the 1984 version of "A Christmas Carol," the one with George C Scott, and I was surprised by the thematic similarities. Both stories are essentially about being given one last chance to change your ways... in "A Christmas Carol," it's an individual man who has been asked to change, and in "The Day the Earth Stood Still," it's the whole world, but it's the same idea.

It's funny, though, that in explaining the movie to people who've never seen the original, the aliens always come off as the bad guys. After all, they show up and say, "Resistance is futile. You WILL die."

Post by **Rigel** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:29 pm

Spoiler

Oh, and I was amused by their interpretation of "Gray goo." It's almost as if someone heard an explanation of Nanobots as "little robots that eat everything and make more of themselves", and then based everything in this movie on that statement.

Post by **matrixman** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:46 pm

Honestly, I've never seen the original film in its entirety, and can't say that I have a burning desire to.

I might still see this remake, because it has Jennifer Connelly.

Post by **Rigel** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:56 am

Ah, Jennifer Connelly... worth watching in anything

Post by **JazFusion** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:14 pm

All interest in this movie ended with me seeing Keanu's stupid face. I kept hearing "Excellent dude!".

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