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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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BearBio
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3. Klaatu barada nikto!
5: illegitimi non carborundum
Bkreutz
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Too easy
Seraphim
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What was the name of Helens son?
The Big Chase
Too easy, you say? Okay, try this:
When the Army is chasing down Klaatu, the general in charge directs the troops to implement:
1. Zone 2, Plan X
2. Zone 7, Plan R
3. Zone 6, Plan C
4. Zone 5, Plan B
Too easy
Too easy, you say? Okay, try this:
When the Army is chasing down Klaatu, the general in charge directs the troops to implement:
1. Zone 2, Plan X
2. Zone 7, Plan R
3. Zone 6, Plan C
4. Zone 5, Plan B
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Frank237
Absent Comrade
An all time...Sci-Fi CLASSIC.
As previously mentioned in another TDTESS thread...Had they simply shot the 2008 stinker, word for word, scene for scene from the 1951 version...BUT used 2008 FX .....Would have been a great movie.
As previously mentioned in another TDTESS thread...Had they simply shot the 2008 stinker, word for word, scene for scene from the 1951 version...BUT used 2008 FX .....Would have been a great movie.
Love the original, later remake with Keanu Reeves one of the worst ever.
Damn Yankee
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4. Zone 5, Plan B
kenv1950
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Don't know why, but i find myself watching that movie at least once a year as long as i can remember .... Gort was just a tall man in a rubber suit and simple, but was a really impressive robot,left a lot to the imagination, not like today's erector set robot . From what i read Helen had to control herself from laughing when she had to give Gort his orders 
gdnagle
US Veteran
3. Klaatu barada niktoo!
but note in the cab she says Klaatu barada niktow then when she gets to Gort she also says niktow, glad that wasn't the code word for destroy earth.
but note in the cab she says Klaatu barada niktow then when she gets to Gort she also says niktow, glad that wasn't the code word for destroy earth.
Gort was actually the doorman at the Chinese restaurant down the street.
Correct!
That's the correct answer. I wonder if that's the origin of "Plan B" being the common name for a back-up plan for anything.
That's the correct answer. I wonder if that's the origin of "Plan B" being the common name for a back-up plan for anything.
I first saw that movie at a drive-in in 1957 when my parents were young.
Thus began my life-long obsession with science fiction and questioning what we know. I'm a better person because of it.
Thus began my life-long obsession with science fiction and questioning what we know. I'm a better person because of it.
I could have lived with it....
But their concept of Gort was VERY disappointing. Even in the old movie, seeing Gort was and IS STILL awesome. Why? He was understated. He didn't have to do much, you just knew that he was beyond dangerous and that disappearing those tanks and troops was just a little taste of what he could do. And I still love the 'eye' light when his visor opened. It's like 'OH ****, HERE IT COMES!"
But their concept of Gort was VERY disappointing. Even in the old movie, seeing Gort was and IS STILL awesome. Why? He was understated. He didn't have to do much, you just knew that he was beyond dangerous and that disappearing those tanks and troops was just a little taste of what he could do. And I still love the 'eye' light when his visor opened. It's like 'OH ****, HERE IT COMES!"
Roadtrash
US Veteran
Just think if you had Gort to follow you around you wouldn't need to carry.
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
A breeder I know names her dogs after scifi characters. Now I know where Klaatu came from!
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