He's my Dad's cousin ( was) Only got to meet him once

How tall was he?

@@localcrew A little over 6 foot then

but did you call him Shirley?

I specifically remember him asking me not to, for some reason.......

Yeah, those are my exact favorites, too.

I like ‘Blade Runner’ the best.

"This Island Earth" until they got on the ship with the Crap Creature.

The special effects stand up extremely well, possibly better that modern day CGI which can be overdone and totally unrealistic.

I second that.

Yes, the soundtrack!

I heard that the Barrons were effectively excluded from consideration at the Academy Awards by having the electronic music score classified as "electronic tonalities" i.e. not music. So much for Stockhausen, Derbyshire, Cage et al.

Susan Oliver was the same way. With just a change of the way she looked at something she could change her whole demeanor. Yvette Mimieux was another. Watch her face go from fear to resolve with just a look in The Time Machine.

@@Freddles279 Susan Oliver killed me in Star Trek...so to speak.

@@dmutant2635 She's also in an episode of The Twilight Zone and one of The Andy Griffith Show. Her acting in the latter was fantastic for the day and the genre. The looks she gives Andy would have me taking her out of jail and letting her do anything she wanted.

As a kid, I thought her name was "Honey West."

@@josephgaviota It sure could have been!

I like to say that they were "Pink Floyd - before - Pink Floyd".

The Krell music, is a popular type of sound to recreate, by contemporary synthesizer players. I myself have built my own synthesizers, just to make those sounds. The world of electronic music is vast, and fascinating.

i read once that the 'electronic tonalities' score was chosen becuz hollywood musicians were on strike at the time.

That's awesome. I really enjoyed this film. I wasn't around in 56. Or the 60s for that matter. Would have been awesome to see this film on the big screen. Also would have loved to have seen the Ishiro Honda Godzilla films on the big screen. Thanks for sharing your story.

I was eight when my dad took me in 1956. Still one of my favorite films, and one of my best memories of my dad.

My parents took me to see this at a small theater in a backwater Vermont town when I was 4. That's the year of release. It scared me then, but I later fell in love with the flick when I saw it on TV in the late 1960s.

Awesome.

I was also 10 when I saw this at the Furstenfeldbruck Air Force Base theatre in Germany. In school the next Monday, the kids were talking about nothing else.

Jas Alb, Hi I love "The Forbidden Planet" and I agree 100% in what you said. No remake. I think you should never remake a classic movie.

Earth has its own Krell mystery, called "forbidden archeology;" just one example - we have found metal alloys imbeded in coal, eons before humans had discovered/invented metallurgy; there is overwhelming evidence of prehistoric high technology; lost civilizations that wiped themselves out of existence!

You mean, unlike the pre-digested pablum we're fed today? I have no idea what you're going on about (irony alert).

Agreed.

That's a very good point. I think it's wonderful to have the unknown, It makes us dream. A lot of the poet's world, amd those feelings of awe and mystery, are tied up to having a huge area be unknown and maybe even unknowable. I believe it also gives us something to "look forward to". (You'll notice, no doubt, that phrase awe and mystery: it's from Vic Perrin's opening narration from every episode of The Outer Limits, my fave TV show.

many people want the effects to be replaced by cgi as they cant watch it without the latest cgi.

That Monster with the sound effects vibrating-scared me and my friends for a long time.Loved it!

The Krell storyline is my favorite part, by FAR; so haunting! 💓👾💕

I'm sure that is the inspiratrion for the ancient Martians in Total Recall.

The FX hold up today but the actors and story surpass pretty much everything since.

They did a great job of displaying the vast scope of the Krell’s machine.

The trouble with matte painting is that the camera could not move from its location without ruining the effect.

I agree with you on that one. The one thing I liked about the remake was the casting of John Cleese as the professor. And Keanu Reeves made a good alien. If only they'd kept the plot and spirit of the original.....

Or War of the Worlds with Cruise.

Well if it IS remade, lets make it "woke" and politically correct. No genders, there are no males of females. All races and nationalities are included. The commander is gay and is rejected by Dr. Morbius. Altaira is a lesbian and kicks the crews ass and takes over the ship. Communism and Socialism are promoted as the way to go. There is no God. The government controls every aspect of our lives..... There, that should ruin a classic for you.

@@mjg1544 WotW with Cruise was okay, though. Not as good as the 50s version.

I cringe HARD every time I think about those drones zipping around like dragonflies on crack, followed by the ridiculous 'Attacking the ground target with Sidewinder air to air missiles' I did like the concept of using nanobots to implement the 'Gray Goo' theory. Also -1 for the US political leaders crying about invasion of airspace.

'Forbidden Planet' was nominated for the Best Visual Effects at the 29th Academy Awards but lost out to 'The Ten Commandments'.

Indeed...

Yes Yes and never fuck with perfection. Although a 3D version should be attempted and would look mind blowing in parts of this film.

Hear! Hear!

I believe you meant to imply without retort - a classic that rebukes improvisation.

@RyuDarragh And maybe they could do without the cook character. Yeah, I get it, "comedic relief" is as old as Shakespeare. But that character was annoying and certainly wasn't a genius.

@RyuDarragh Star Trek radically altered Arena by Fredric Brown for the TV episode. The original story might not have made it past the censors, I suppose.

Amazing even in black and white. I saw it around the same time. Ah Robbie Robot, we loved you well!

Yes

as long as i live i will remember the awe i felt; fully-grown men seeming as miniscule ants walking atop what seems like a tiny beam in the midst of an utterly enormous Krell cavern!

I was eight when my dad took me to see it in 1956. It blew me away. I remember I couldn't stop talking about it on the drive home. I was too young to understand the "id" part, but the rest of the sci fi setting, and especially the ancient extinct race, were more than enough to make an indelible memory. Also one of my favorite memories of my dad.

Amazing....

He still was a Philistine. And a Cretin to boot.

+1 for philistine

Thanks for that story. Let's hope he watched it again, sometime, in the full knowledge of when it was created.

Daniel Waltimire your friend was a moron.

joeleiter Good god man, if you still have that cutout today. Just how much monies you get for it. Thousands in hundred thousand or millions. They are extremely rare.

Would be worth a small fortune.

he was a matte painter wasn't he?

Outsider 238 Brilliant movie. Saw it on the big screen in '56 managed to obtain it on region 1 DVD a few years ago. Now wstched it several times and never tire of it.

@@keithparker5103 It's available on bluray now and looks excellent. My dad got me into this movie because he knew I liked robots. I never get tired of watching it.

Saw it again recently on download. Still a good movie. Also Tdtess is a demonstration on how to use shadow and angle to form intent and emotion. Probably seen it 6 or 7 times

@@southcoastpauly It really is an excellent movie. It was ahead of its time.

i agree it is awesome as it stands very strongly on its own merits....but it would be interesting to see it done with the cgi technology we have today.

i believe one day...not far off...you will not see real actors on screen,but you will not know the difference because of the advancement of cgi tech.the real stars will be the tech people that create it.

Should be remade with a all women cast and robbie must be a female robot or better yet a transgender hahahahaha

james goodwin Haha! And that’s exactly why it shouldn’t be remade!

@@jamesgoodwin2450 Yes, and at least one of them should be black, and another latino. And you make the Krell an all male species because of course females would not have nasty Id monsters.

Obviously someone was also familiar with Asimov's three laws.

@@jaimeosbourn3616 The funny thing about the Three Laws is that, as depicted in the movie "I, Robot," the second part of the First Law would inevitibly lead to a robot revolution if the robots ever became capable of anticipation. And, think about it... how does a robot know how to keep from harming a human? What does a robot need to know in order to know how to NOT harm a human? It seems to me that the safest set of commands to give to any robot is to always allow humans to have free will in the highest form possible under the circumstances. But that requires a preamble command for the robot to first figure out exactly what free will is. Even human philosophers still argue about that.

The internet says it was released march 15???

Lyle Johnson From the look of it, they were short in stature. Even the entrance to the transport tunnel car were lower than shoulder heights.

I still have trouble imagining how they might have looked.

Strange that they found nothing that indicated how they looked.

@@radrook4481 If you look at the ID monster, that might give us some basis. If you notice in the door melting scene, it's melting away the area it needs to enter, which is very close to the shape of the doorway. Perhaps their stature slouches down like that when they walk. As far as it looking evil, I think is an exaggerated aberration of what they looked like before they destroyed themselves. After all, The good doctor is creating the monster in his mind. And having spent many years studying them, he might have some sort of idea of what they looked like, even though there was no visual references. So it's kinda like his mental Frankenstein!

Agreed. There were hints and clues to their appearance, but it was left up to the imagination of the viewer. Which made of t all the fucking scarier!

> My sentiments exactly. ☆☆☆☆ 👍

I would also suggest George Pal's War of the Worlds(1953)....great special effect for it's time--although it does suffer from a mediocre dialogue.

Their is a error in the script. If moribus didnt know how the machines work and no direct wireing he can fine. Then how did he know how to blow up the planet?

​@@robertarodecker2558 A visualisation of his inward turned rage and guilt?

Yeah, I agree about re-making the film. It would make about as much sense as re-making "Gone with the Wind".

If they remake it, it will be all about special effects and not the story line. The remake of "Day the Earth Stood Still" was a major disappointment. The remake of "The Time Machine" turned the Morlocks into unbelievable CGI super beings. Again, disappointing. Leave Forbidden Planet alone. It's one of my all time favorites.

From your fingers to God's ears. Someone's going to do it, though. I hope it is an abysmal failure, but you know it's going to be done. Even GwtW will end up getting remade one of these days. Hollywood has jumped the shark and there's nothing we can do about it.

Agreed, I will fight a remake on every social media website I can find.

Perfect Art. The pinnacle production and most supreme example of Science Fiction. What grand scope and depth of imagery. So deep and rich in detail. Forbidden Planet emerged from a time period when most sci-fi was typically thin, clunky, and even ridiculous. A remake would only be stupid. Purest classic Americana.

Don't forget "This Island Earth"

these old films were good because they had great actors and intelligent scripts and were not outdone by loud music and whizz bangs

Same here.

The Thing from Another world is still a chilling film. (no pun intended)

Good taste.

Norm T the original could have been stand alone. The second was shockingly as good as the original and could have been a stand alone movie. The third one should have never happened.

Really?? Wow. I loved Serenity. It's cool how Sci Fi films get connected.

Outstanding. Good eyes.

Wow!

The Forbidden planet ship was C57 D. You were close.

Remember, people, we all have an Id monster in us. It lurks in the dark parts of our minds. That's why criminal thoughts exist . Morbeus magnified his with Krell science. The same way the Krell accidently did millions of years ago.

I just watched the movie last evening before going to bed... doubt Forbidden Planet will ever stop being good...

You are correct, some movies from my youth youth i loved seem so cheesy now. This movies stands the test of time.

Elf Owl I was born in 56 Wish I was ten years old then I loved the 50s but unfortunately I do not remember much about the 50s So I guess that’s an oxymoron I did own two 55 chevy’s and a 56 Chevy though

"absolutely incredible" was perhaps a bit over my 10 y/o brain. I I think what we would have said at 10 (circa 1966) might have been more like a Leave it to Beaver script, except we would never, ever have said "golly." But if I had seen Forbidden Planet at 10 years, I can imagine being compelled to consult my parents and a dictionary, and come up with .... "absolutely incredible"

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@@thewriteinpresident - No Jesus Christ ever existed, he was just an imaginary evil storybook character and about at least the 11th 'savior' the Jews ever came up with... he gets hung for his numerous crimes...

What was the title of the accompanying Tex Avery cartoon? I couldn't make it out in the newspaper ad. Something Something American.

AND FP was based upon Shakespeare's 'The Tempest,' so indirectly Shakespeare's the actual inspiration for Star Trek!

The battle with the Id monster is my favorite scene in the movie. It's just overwhelming. the crew are throwing everything they have at that beast and not even putting a dent in it. And that roar the beast makes... it's really, really creepy. I think the effects look great.

That animation was created by Walt Disney. BING search.

Walt Disney studios worked on the animation and the sets. Before the movie was released, I remember Walt showing some preview scenes: the saucer landing, that amazing planet landscape, and the first attack of the monster - the monster is invisible but we hear that eerie other-worldly music, see the tracks it is leaving, and the metal stairs to the spaceship bending under some great weight. Great story - the mystery of the invisible monster and what happened to the Krell really hooks the audience. The cast is wonderful: Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stephens, Leslie Nielsen, Jack Kelly, Anne Francie, Richard Andersen, Earl Holliman. One of the best sci-fi movies ever made!

If I had a time machine I would go back to '56 and see this on the screen of a drive-in theatre when they were at the height of popularity.

@@whiskeyvictor5703 Im lucky enough to have a beautiful home made theater where i can watch the film over and over again lol

Well Forbidden Planet was never a new masterpiece since it's just a unique take on Shakespeare's The Tempest. It's sci-fi setting is unique, but ultimately it's a remake of a classic story.

@Norm T I know, but you get my meaning.

@@NihilusShadow not quite, it was Loosely based off of The Tempest. But the main plot was unique. And the moral behind it was not a remake of The Tempest. They just use elements in the Tempest to make their point. But we all borrow from other people's works to create something great. Even the cavemen telling stories borrowed from other stories to make their stories more intriguing. Shakespeare had borrowed heavily from other works and historical records to make his stories more intriguing.

Hollywood is now afraid of the risk of making anything new. Remakes already have established audiences.

@@NihilusShadow Stole that from the intro did you. you should move to hollywood and do remakes.

And don't remake "Plan 9 From Outer Space" either! ;)

Edward Hanson - Same here!

The Id monster is no joke, especially if one knows the basics of freudian psychology.

She was really only 16 at the time...

@@piotrd.4850 - you can't make me feel guilty - in reality - she's older than me

@@piotrd.4850 - No. She was 26.

@free citizen01 "The The Next Generation"?

George stole everything from everyone for Star Wars. Everything. It’s a samurai spaghetti western 2001 mash up for starters

@Samuel McNair the genius of both is to make it seem original

@Samuel McNair absolutely do. To my 9 year old self I had no idea. If Dune had been better known he would have had to share story credit with Frank Herbert.

@@rayhill5767 George is the Quentin Tarantino of Sci Fi

Boring. It's boring af.

It has enough action to drive the story, but it's not a shoot-em-up; it's sci fi for people who like to think. Morons and ADHD types find it boring. Right Zidders? Zidders? You paying attention?

@@RCAvhstape I grew up on sci-fi. Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov-I would bring him 20-30 books from the library every week and three quarters of them would be sci-fi (I loved fantasy, too). I've been a trekkie/trekker (whichever you prefer) since I was five (I'll be 47 in August). I can quote Heinlein's 'Cool, Green Hills' by memory. So my credentials as a sci-fi nerd are beyond reproach. All that said I still said the movie is boring. Does it have great visuals? Absolutely. Was it ahead of it's time thematically? Definitely. Has it aged well? Nope. Not at all. Plodding story, stilted acting and zero excitement. And that's OK. It's OK that it's a product of it's time but you're kidding yourself if you think it holds a candle to films that came later (even 2001 which manages to not be boring despite being even slower paced). Oh, and speaking of intelligence-it's not very intelligent (or kind) to call people 'morons' and speak to them in a condescending manner. It just makes you an elitist asshole.

@@ZiddersRooFurry,totally your opinion. But with your reading background I'm really surprised on your thoughts about the movie. Sounds like my reading list plus I've 21 yrs on you to have read a bunch more of them. Started by grabbing my uncles books when I was about 6.

@@jasomkovac9115 I'll admit it's been years since I've seen it but I've always had a hard time watching films from the 40's and 50's. The pacing and style are just so much more focused on dialog (because talking is cheaper than action/sets/etc) that it's just boring to me. I guess a lot of it is because I grew up in the era of Star Wars and the Trek films and have come to expect at least a bit more action mixed in with my drama. All that said i'll give it another watch.

I first saw this movie on New Zealand tv in the mid 70s and thoroughly enjoyed it.now have in my collection and still enjoy watching it today+a landmark sci-fi film

Yes, this is like a mechanical watch and the remake would be a quartz watch. It cannot match the original no matter what. In fact, even if the biggest studio today tried to make an all-analog science fiction movie, I doubt they have retained the know how to make it look like this one.

ya its a film of its time. its also one of the best sci-fi films ever. a remake would be disaster.

Lots of people have copied the Mona Lisa.

well said!

better yet a prequel so we can learn about the Krell. Since we knew little about their appearance a better chance of at least visually being a good movie

@@hydrolito badly

in IMAX no less...that would be stunning

agorgedslug this may sound like heresy but if they remastered _Forbidden Planet_ I think they should give it a new musical score. Part of the success of the original _Star Wars_ movie was that it’s fantastic world was emotionally anchored with the Hollywood swashbuckling-action music of the 1930s and 1940s. The outer-spacey score of _Fobidden Planet_ was innovative but it lacked the emotional cues more conventional music would have given the film. The Queen Soundtrack for the remastering of _Metropolis_ gave that movie a new lease on life.

@@dennisvance4004 possible if done with respect to the previous soundtrack...the original movie and soundtrack were at the time so unique an unlike anything previously that made them special... emotional cues in music are nice but you don't have that in real life (at least in my life) nor do i have the advantage of a studio reaction with applause or laughter when i enter a room...or a collective gasp of shock when i say something totally unexpected... in fact i'd be really creep'd out by that sort of thing...but that's just me

Scott Mantooth yes, but on balance in real life you also don’t have intergalactic space ships and sentient robots.

MeanGeneSanDiego yes, I fully appreciate your inability to tolerate an opinion other than your own. You may now return to your comic books.

I'm fairly sure I saw parts of the electronic fence on a shelf in a Star Trek TOS episode.

I think the FP navigation globe was in a corner of the museum in the 1960 version of "The Time Machine". And of course in the 2005 "Serenity" film the crashed Alliance ship on Miranda was the C-57-D.

@@Hunpecked You're right about the navigation globe, just verified. Good catch! Two of my all-time favorite movies.

TWILIGHT ZONE was shot on the MGM lot, and had use of their props.

And she drove a Cobra and had a pet ocelot.

She was a real honey too.

@@leemontree1 those legs. No wonder Hollywood hired so many gays. Otherwise, nothing would've gotten done!

@@fredmorrison2635 I named a cat of mine at the time Bruce after that ocelot!

@@ripsumrall8018 Wow. My association is more with the Cobra, but very cool, Rip.