The Day The Earth Stood Still
POSTED BY: FutureMrsFIllion
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 20:23
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No, actually, their point is that humans are a destructive force and that they can not risk the entire planet for one species. Remove the species and the planet survives.
The earth belongs to all the species on it, not just humans.
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
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“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
No, actually, their point is that humans are a destructive force and that they can not risk the entire planet for one species. Remove the species and the planet survives.
The earth belongs to all the species on it, not just humans.
Right, pretty much the garbage I was talking about. Take this Global Warming crap. It's pure b.s., but plays right in to the nonsensical thinking that we're "destroying " the planet. That fact that we're even here is because plants used the CO2 in the air , and then poisoned the atmosphere with O2 , as their waste product. Had Klaatu et al arrived then, they could just as well say plants were destroying the planet, wiped them out, and no animals which breathed oxygen would have evolved.
Idiotic subplot to the movie. Good reason to skip it, imo.
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
No, actually, their point is that humans are a destructive force and that they can not risk the entire planet for one species. Remove the species and the planet survives.
The earth belongs to all the species on it, not just humans.
Right, pretty much the garbage I was talking about. Take this Global Warming crap. It's pure b.s., but plays right in to the nonsensical thinking that we're "destroying " the planet. That fact that we're even here is because plants used the CO2 in the air , and then poisoned the atmosphere with O2 , as their waste product. Had Klaatu et al arrived then, they could just as well say plants were destroying the planet, wiped them out, and no animals which breathed oxygen would have evolved.
Idiotic subplot to the movie. Good reason to skip it, imo.
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
You do realise you have a problem with your brain being missing and all.....
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
FORSAKEN original
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“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi
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I'm sorry if I've studied Earth's history. Guess that makes me some sort of a freak.
I just hate overly preachy films that talk down to the audience and pitch political agendas in the guise of 'science' or sci-fi at me.
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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The film made $31 million this weekend.
I'm going to microwave a bagel and have sex with it - Peter Griffin
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Hadn’t seen the new TDTESS yet FMF, but I must say that I really like the original. That dang alien robot gave me nightmares for years…….hell it still does…..lol
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I really wanted to like this remake. However personally I didn't feel it delivered quite the impact that it was implying or believed it could imply. It began with promise but really the severity of Klattu's visit and subsequent warnings were so easily overcome that it felt like a wasted venture.
And I don't know if was just me but the minute I saw John Cleese all I could think of was:
" He's not the Messiah he's a very naughty boy"
Try and catch the original - the message is still far more relevant and a good deal less preachy.
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Looking at the pic are you saying that the USAF in the movie could not pick up the spaceship till it landed on the white house lawn(stealth tech). And that the robot had AI. Well then Tesla had free energy for the masses figured out in the 1890s and we don't need oil, coal, solar, or nuclear power. OK it's just hollyweird.
"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".
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I just saw the movie this weekend, and I personally must say that I like both the old and new. Yeah, the environmental message slightly annoyed me, but I felt like both the humans and Klaatu came away with a lesson at the end: Humans, be good stewards of the earth; be more mindful of your surroundings and your fellow man, and Klaatu, don't be so judgemental. Humans are far from perfect, and cannot attain perfection, but they are not through and through heartless/evil.
Mind you, I *did* sit up in the front row at the IMAX version, and got so dizzy that I felt like I was going to pass out of puke, so if I see it again with a clearer head, I may change my mind.
Or I may not.
Nevertheless, I loved the classic version, and thought the new one was pretty interesting. I did think that some of the CGI was overdone,but I actually thought the new concept for Gort was interesting. It wasn't better than the old Gort, but it wasn't worse. And it was an interesting concept.
But that's just my 0.02.
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Yeah, this was one of the biggest disappointments that have come out of sci-fi in a long time. Its message is confusing. Its plot is thin, and the narrative is almost nonexistent. The only thing that can be said of it is that has some pretty good special effects, which might bring in the videogame camp, but it won’t inspire many real sci-fi fans. Anyone who ever appreciated the original for the masterpiece that it is will be unbearably disappointed.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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