From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 18:29:51 MDT
John Clark writes
> That said it must be admitted the movie is not without flaw,
> the most serious being the ending. Like all films of its day
> we must have a happy ending and to have that the thing of
> wonder, in this case an entire planet, must blow up. Why?
> Because of course there are some things man was not meant
> to know.
Yes, it was the only way that the writers could get
"closure" that wouldn't freak out the public. I think
that this is where Bicentennial Man went wrong too. There
are countless other examples where I think that they
underestimate the public! When they do go all out and
risk "blowing the audience's mind" it usually works!
(The Matrix, for example.)
> There are also some lines of dialogue that can only make you groan
> " I'll bet any quantum mechanic in the army would give his eye
> teeth to work on this stuff". I also think the comic relief cook
> should have been the first causality, like in the opening credits.
Yes, and that's why you are quite right that a remake---not to
denigrate the original, it was wonderful for its time---would
be great.
And don't forget that by today's standards, Robbie the Robot is
a total joke.
> If they can remake Planet Of The Apes they can damn well remake
> Forbidden Planet.
Damn right.
Lee Corbin
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