Remake Of "The Day The Earth Stood Still"

[marcel_leonard]

Are there any plans for a remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still"? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "A mind is a terrible thing to waste..." </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

I sure hope not! <br /><br />That's one classic I'd like to remain intact forever.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[enigma10]

Got bad news for ya then.<br /><br />http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/02/21/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-being-remade-for-2008/ <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>"<font color="#333399">An organism at war with itself is a doomed organism." - Carl Sagan</font></em> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU<br />RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR<br />GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG<br />HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.<br /><br />The Bastids <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[docm]

<b>The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)</b><br /><br /><b>Studio:</b> 20th Century Fox<br /><br /><b>Release Date:</b> May 9, 2008 (USA) <br /><br /><b>Production Status:</b> Pre-production <br /><br /><b>Synopsis:</b> A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.<br /><br /><b><font color="yellow">Rumor:</font>/b> this version will more closely follow the source story "Farewell To The Master" by Harry Bates, meaning that Gort (originally Gnut) is actually the commander of the mission.<br /><br /><b>Director:</b> Scott Derrickson (Exorcism of Emily Rose, Hellraiser: Inferno)<br /><br /><b>Writers:</b> TBD<br /><br /><b>Cast:</b> TBD<br /><br /><b>Factoid:</b> Harry Bates was the founding editor of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, which soon changed its name to the shorter Astounding Stories.</b> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Hopefully, they'll all be hit by a meteorite before production starts.<br /><br />Thanks for the reference to the original story. I'll need to check that out. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[docm]

IMO we're dealing with one of the best movies ever made. As such this film needs to respect the original even more than most remakes. <br /><br /><b>Interesting note:</b> in Arthur C. Clarke's "List of the best Science-Fiction films of all time" "The Day The Earth Stood Still" is listed just above Clarke's own "2001: A Space Odyssey". What's that tell you?<br /><br />I'd still rather watch the original "War of the Worlds" any day over the abomination made a couple years ago. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Indeed it is, I'm about halfway through.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

In that case, the Original HG Wells book was even better than the 1950's movie. IMHO, of course <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

docm,<br />Thank you very much for the original story....though I will be in deep doo-doo for spending the time, it was well worth the effort.<br />In an interesting way, the movie preserved the major elements of the parable. The story itself was very much more the "reporter on the scene" genre of the HG Wells War of the Worlds original story vs. the 1st (and only worthwhile) movie. The War of the Worlds Halloween radio broadcast captured the terror in it's own way (especially since the US panicked) but was too short to truely capture the story.<br />Still I feel the TDtESS movie was a superb screenplay (reminder, look up who did the screenplay!), a faithful representaion of the story.<br />Wow, what an enlightening experience!!<br /><br />Thanx again!!<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[docm]

I'll post the link to "Farewell to the Master" in another thread. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

The final line of the story was tuned right in to the message of The Day the Earth Stood Still, though not expicitlly spoken, it was clear.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SPOILER BELOW<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><font color="green"> Gort was the master, as they had given the power of existence or extinction to the robots. </font>/safety_wrapper> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[vagueship]

The one with Jake Busey and C. Thomas Howell? Almost as bad as Ghosts of Mars.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Crap rating 10. yuck <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[vagueship]

I wasted a free movie ticket at Hollywood Video on that one. I should have gotten a refund.

 

[gunsandrockets]

< rumor: this version will more closely follow the source story "Farewell To The Master" by Harry Bates, meaning that Gort (originally Gnut) is actually the commander of the mission. ><br /><br />Oh. That's not so bad then. I'll have to give it a chance.<br /><br />I know everyone loves the original, but I have to admit I hate smug aliens! And boy was that alien smug.

 

[ianke]

Smug? We shot him the minute he comes out of the spacecraft! That isn't smugness. He just treated the people as fairly as you would any missbehaving child who does not know any better. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

He was only confident (smug seems like the wrong word) at the end after he had been gunned down, died, and been brought back to life.<br /><br />Besides, if he was smug, he had good reson.<br />He knew if he was killed, or earth didn't get the message, there wouldn't be enough of the earth left for the vogons to demolish a century later. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[gunsandrockets]

<Besides, if he was smug, he had good reason.><br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie. <br /><br />But you have to admit that on several occasions when his human accomplice Helen Benson (Patrica Neal) voiced some concern, the alien replied with a smirk. Damned smug alien!

 

[marcel_leonard]

I would like to see a Steven Scodaberg remake of this movie as opposed to a Steven Spielberg version of the classic story… <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "A mind is a terrible thing to waste..." </div>

 

[bdewoody]

As I recall he wasn't exactly an alien. Wasn't he abducted from earth at an early age and trained by the "aliens" to come back to earth and convince us to join the club? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Are you talking about Klatuu?<br /><br />No, he was an alien. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[marcel_leonard]

You're referring to Agent Six from the original Star Trek episode were they go back to the late 1960s... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "A mind is a terrible thing to waste..." </div>

 

[docm]

Did you know that episode was an embedded pilot for an Assignment: Earth TV series? Seven was supposed to embody a "James Bond" persona combined with Gene Rodenberry's social themes.<br /><br />It's a real shame Assignment: Earth wasn't picked up by NBC, but this is also the network that canceled Star Trek and other promising series after short runs. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[gunsandrockets]

<Did you know that episode was an embedded pilot...><br /><br />It sure played like a pilot. What shameless marketing! Still, it was interesting watching a mod '60s Terri Garr in an early role.