PATREON EXCLUSIVE UNCUT REACTION - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - 90-MINUTE CLASSICS
Added 2022-10-22 15:10:42 +0000 UTCHere is our reaction to The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
This is part of our movie reaction series 90-Minute Classics which we hope to do every other month or so. They may not always be exclusive to Patreon, but even if they aren't, you will all still always have a hand in deciding what we watch!
We watched this on YouTube where it is free on the YouTube movies channel, however if you do not have YouTube Premium you may have ads throughout.
Still to come to close out the month of October will be the YouTube edit of Firefly episode 5 (hopefully later today), episode 3 of Battlestar Galactica, the next episode of Star Trek, and one more special Halloween themed project we are working on.
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Comments
Robert Wise. You will see his directorial touch when you get to Star Trek The Motion Picture. Arguably one of the highest pedigree director's that Star Trek ever had on its feature pictures.
Steven Johnson
2023-01-13 16:11:28 +0000 UTCEhh... Science Fiction had been around for about 60 years at this point.
Steven Johnson
2023-01-13 16:10:22 +0000 UTCWould Roddenberry have been thinking about it at the time? I haven't read his memoirs.
Steven Johnson
2023-01-13 16:09:35 +0000 UTCThis is a rare "Intelligent" science fiction film from the 1950's, which is why it is so well remembered. I'm sure it gave hope to artists such as Rod Sterling or Gene Rodenberry as to what they could say through science fiction. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it.
PFCoffey
2022-12-09 00:45:49 +0000 UTCThis is one of my Dad's absolute favorites! That ending when they zoom in on Klaatu is definitely something he's saying to the audience. Remember this movie is only a few years after we dropped the atomic bomb, so that was on people's minds. And the "live in peace or be destroyed" is like a real-life warning that we'll destroy ourselves with war and nukes, etc. It's also right at the start of the Cold War, with the suggestion of us vs. the Soviets. This one is definitely the thoughtful kind of sci-fi. Feels like an early Twilight Zone or Star Trek kind of movie.
Joe Concepts
2022-10-25 19:40:07 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Klaatu, Barada, Nikto. In Return of the Jedi, three of Jabba the Hutt's guards have those names.
Joe Concepts
2022-10-25 19:21:44 +0000 UTCKind of shocking these days, but many major newspapers did have a morning AND an evening edition.
Joe Concepts
2022-10-25 16:41:19 +0000 UTCOne big surprising thing in this is the mother just sending her kid to spend the day with a stranger. It's true that people weren't quite as worried back then about all the bad things that can happen to kids, but I still wonder if that would be a weird thing to do even in 1951. I feel like it would be.
Joe Concepts
2022-10-25 16:25:08 +0000 UTCScience fiction back then was still a new concept especially putting them in what was present day and politics, religion, race etc were always seeded throughout somehow in this case blaming aliens π½ either on or being democrats. When you guys were stumped as to why Bobby suddenly thought things were off with Mr. Carpenter, he had come to Bobby's room asking for a flashlight, when Bobby asked him what it was for he said the light in his room went out but as Bobby opened his door he saw his shadow and him turning the light off so this is why he followed him. Early on in the movie Klaatu showed he could read English by reading the last name Carpenter on the dry cleaning slip on the sleeve of the suit jacket he stole as well as being able to read the words on the sign of the boarding house - Room for Rent.
Brad Barter
2022-10-23 00:38:28 +0000 UTCRewatch the end - he does not say he will destroy us period. He said only if we spread our violence off the earth. He clrearly states we can do whatever we want on our planet but if we spread our violence off the planet we will become a burned out cinder. In other words we can stay violent if we don't go into space.
Ricky Johnson
2022-10-22 19:11:37 +0000 UTCKids wearing ties, men wearing hats - I wish I had lived in the 1950's. Frances Bavier as the anti-commie boarding house resident - besides the Andy Griffith show as Aunt Bee, this is the only other thing I remember seeing her in. Remember the director's name: Robert Wise. If you continue on your current Star Trek path, you'll see it again one day. It's been said the alien Klaatu served as some inspiration for the all-logical Spock character in Star Trek. Thank you for choosing this film, guys. I had not watched it many years - had forgotten a lot of it.
Collin Freeman
2022-10-22 18:03:38 +0000 UTC
