Forbidden Planet is a jewel for all generations. My three year old grand-daughter and I watched this movie together and she fell in love with Robby the Robot. To hear her laugh when I say "I am monitored to respond to the name Paw Paw"... her nickname for me...is heartwarming. I have bought her a 14" walking and talking Robby the Robot for Christmas...I can't wait to see her face when she opens the box....my wife has held me back from giving it to her for a month now. Forbidden Planet will continue to be a favorite of movie watchers for generations to come.
That's such a great story Alan. I saw the movie in 1956 when I was only seven and even though many of the great ideas and concepts of FB escaped me I still loved it. I have a Robby right here on my desk and it talks. Have fun at christmas with your daughter. When she is older you can talk about the Tempest and other ideas related to the ID and the Krell. Krellmusic7 in Poughkeepsie
I grew up near Boston. You could count on this movie being shown at least once a year and, trust me, I saw it every single time. I don't know how they did it. But when the Krell monster attacks, we never did get a very good view of it. Years later I saw an 'uncut' version and was surprised that I could see the whole monster. Also missing were the deaths of the two crewmen at the hands of Krell monster. Some people have said they was no decent scifi until 2001. Not so. In the fifties we had Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Destination: Moon, The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Them. All with excellent themes and visual effects worthy of their day.
FP seems to be a film whose cultural impact feels immeasurable. It is both a reflection of its era and so far ahead of it in many ways. I've never cared for its plot, but its artistic merits of sight and sound make its contributions invaluable. A movie masterpiece. Now to get those haunting sounds out of my head over the next couple of days and I'll be fine...
The original Star Trek pilot ('The Cage') definitely took a lot of inspiration from this movie. The production design and the crew dynamics of the Enterprise have a similar 'vibe'. 'F.P.' holds up well, since even the limitations of the technology and the stylistic approach have charm now.
Great movie...Star Trek before Star Trek. This is one of the films I saw as a child that began my love for sci fi. Cutting edge music score , set designs & FX. Great background music that you are using, "Trips" by Topher Mohr & Alexa Elena...Love it! I recall hearing this on your "Rollerball" episode.
Taking nothing away from the other great fictional robots, I go with Robby. He may have popularized "Robby" as a nickname for "Robert", among other achievements. Robby was also in a commercial shilling oldie records. What was classic is Robby having lines that are memorable and funny when Robby is just being Robby. Forbidden Planet may have hurt science fiction movies in the short term. Being a box office disappointment apparently made studios reluctant to go big budget with Science Fiction movies. The uniforms and space ship footage were also used in other Science Fiction projects. The car showed up in an episode of "The Twilight Zone".
I believe the voice of Robbie was Martin Miller. I was ten when i saw this film and the "Monster from the Id" kept me awake for a few nights as did the ant sound from "Them" being another excellent science fiction film of the fifties.
Saw it at the theater when I was 6 in 1956. There was a big promotion for the movie. I think there was a free ticket on a box of cereal. Can't say that I totally understood the plot at 6 but I sure loved the movie.
A follow up... my Mom suggested that rather than remaking the movie, they should give it a polish, like Star Trek: The Original Series... it would require a crew of artists who really love the movie for what it is, with no desire to truly change it just because. Matte paintings replaced with more realistic horizons, the depths of the Krell facilities, and the Id monster given a less cartoony appearance. Maybe a newer soundtrack heavily inspired by the original, maybe including newer instruments like the Blaster Beam... but still the original film. No changes to the people, to Robbie, or to the things that make it so iconic. If the people working on it had the love and passion the ST:TOS Remastering crew had, it could be impressive.
To me the view of Altier 4 (sp?) On the view screen holds up well. The haze of the atmosphere and the cloud cover remind me a lot of the first pictures of Mars taken by our orbiters. Also the uniforms worn by the crew had a life of their own appearing in several movies and TV shows including the Twilight Zone.
Hi Unapologetic Geek, Thank you for this good and detailed video on Forbidden Planet, one of my favorite movie! Even if many of the events you talk about was known by me , I find very well done your editing and explainations! I was born only one year after the release of the film, maybe it is why I feel so concerned!
"Would sixty gallons be sufficient?" is a line I use at every opportunity. Earl Holliman provided some nice comic relief (as well as being a nod to the character Stephano from The Tempest) and would go on to be in the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone.
The director probably wanted the audience to imagine the appearance of the ETs. It's wise to sometimes, not show or explain everything. This adds to the aura and mystery of the presentation. Stanley Kubrick followed this philosophy with his incredible, beautiful 2001: A Space Odyssey. The only critic I have is the woman are nowhere near the beauty and they should have short skirts like Anne.
@@ronwilson8759 Maybe so, but with a massive computer the size of a city, do you really believe it would contain not one image of the Krell? No art, no medical records, no photos, no literature. I just thought that was more than a bit of a plot stretch.
Okay, I'll say it, FB is the greatest SF movie of it's time and one of the best All Time. Personally, I put at #2 on my own top 10 list, after Alien, and just a hair above The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's influence on the genre even to this day, is unmistakable. I have heard it said that FB was the best Star Trek movie ever made. Not sure I agree, but I understand the point. Honestly, it wouldn't take very much editing of the script to put this story in the ST universe. Thanks for reviewing this one...
Your favorite sf movie is my second favorite horror movie after The Exorcist. I always considered Alien to be a horror film with sf window dressing. If they could have snuck in a dance scene somehow, I suspect it would be my favorite musical... :)
@@indyspotes3310 Ironic, I've always considered it to be an SF film with horror elements! Oh well, "tastes great vs. less filling". To be fair though, I still remember the first time I saw the film in a theater in 1979, during the opening sequence as the camera is panning through the corridors leading up to the cryo chamber, I remember thinking this reminded me of a gothic castle instead of a space ship.
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Yes, I've heard that many times as well, and I don't disagree! Also, I remember hearing somewhere (although it may be apocryphal) that one of the FB props showed up in ST:First Contact. I think it was the coily-thing that was part of the "Klystron Modulator" that was the same coily prop Barclay used for a replacement conduit in the Phoenix's warp drive.
Seeing as I grew up in the 60s watching both LOST IN SPACE and STAR TREK, it still blows my mind that I somehow never saw this film until around 1980, when I clearly recognized its influences on both shows. What also gets me is how, apart from the cook, all the other characters are so "stiff"-- like they were on ST:TNG. Thankfully, the characters on STAR TREK were a lot more relaxed. If you wanna see Leslie Nielsen give what I think is his most relaxed and realistic acting performance, see the low-budget spy thrill NIGHT TRAIN TO PARIS.
This is the first movie I watch when I move to a new house. I saw it at the Angelika Theater a couple of years ago and was wonderfully surprised at just how much grander it is on the big screen. If you can see it in the theater I highly recommend it. I don't want to see a remake of Forbidden Planet, but a television series could be made based on this as the source material.
This *is* the best of the era! And I'm glad that the "Monster from the Id" has been restored to contemporary editions of the film. I just get a copy of that BluRay.
I have heard other commentators say that the one thing the filmmakers of Forbidden Planet could have done was to show the crew of the C57D ship making their escape before the planet disintegrated. Instead of segueing directly to the crew onboard the ship as it reaches its safety point of 100,000,000 miles in space. But bringing the movie in at about an 1 1/2 hour is also a good benchmark for not wearing out the audience. Since it was made for general audiences.
This film was LANDMARK class, no question. No other had come close to it from earlier. I saw it first-run (compliments of a discount coupon found in my Wheaties box!) and was one flabbergasted eleven-year-old. It was all new and unique, or i.e. 'type'.
As I've said before: if someone is doing a remake of a movie, what are they bringing to the story that is interesting and appropriate. Can they show that they are not mooching off of the work of better writers and movie makers? OK, that's not exactly what I've said before, but it is the latest best articulation of my opinion.
The movie is way ahead of other Si fi of the mid fifties. Anne Francis and her short skirt and beauty became my dream girl. A cinamatic blockbuster when everything came together the cast, production values, and a story that had visionary vibes. Only 2001 would surpass this out standing movie. Thank you for putting this video on Utube.
😂Always a fun movie, though the Krell doorway bit doesn't seem to hold up to scrutiny: what do OUR doorways say about what we look like in shape? That we were spam on legs? And what about our submarine doors? Very very minor nitpick. A good movie for MST3K, THE MOVIE, too. But with them you never know what movie's going to yield the biggest laughs and most jokes. You'd think Plan 9 would be their Citizen Kane but not so. I'd vote for a nameless biker movie (wish I could think of its name) and I Was A Teenage Werewolf. Werewolf is the winner because it plays off Michael Landon and the recent botched arrest and sudden freeing of Richard Jewell by the FBI. And I remembered it as being both scary (to a kid) and actually good. But they found an untapped gold mine of humor, with a lot of help from both the FBI and Michael Landon's later two series. I read something not long ago about how you absolutely had to have music in a horror movie to cover the silliness on display, which made me think of sf background music. I loved the original Star Trek tv show's background music, which gave the show a sweep and majesty it might not have earned w/out the music. Wondering if you felt sf movies have to have musical scores? Also wondering if you're ever going to do SLEEPER or is Woody Allen banned from RUclips? I say banned a bit facetiously but not by much. Are his films too literate for YT reactors (not reviewers) because you can find nearly every Mel Brooks movie done to death. You probably don't remember but in the mid-seventies Mel Brooks was considered a junkyard sale next to Woody's Tiffany's. Brooks was the lowest common denominator of anyone making comedies. His constant Jewish references of course put him in comparison to Woody. And that's where any comparisons ended. I think he kept putting out masterpieces until this century at least, and I believe Annie Hall was the first comedy to get the Best Picture since It Happened One Night. I won't say Sleeper is as funny but I laughed a lot. And it IS science fiction. And do you remember SlaughterHouse5? I loved that one. Not a comedy but very good and strangely forgotten, especially since it came from Vonnegut. Also science fiction, though pretty light on the science part and deeper on the social satire and war horror. Anyway, I'm still lobbying for the unfortunately-titled I Married A Monster From Outer Space, with its hints of communism, which I don't buy, and its more compelling hints at homosexuality, inescapable with Tom Tryon in the lead. But people are free to insert their own "other" into a movie that says you can never really know your spouse until you live day to day with them. They might be ______________for all you know. And Forbidden Planet will always be beautiful to look at, like Black Narcissus.
All three of the movies you mentioned are on my list. 👍🏻 Sleeper is one of my most requested, and I’ve already secured a digital copy of Slaughterhouse-5 to work with. I Married a Monster from Outer Space has definitely been on my radar, but I haven’t gone out of my way to find it (yet).
I love this film. If there's a remake I'll be happy to play a role. The goal shouldn't be to improve upon it but rather just to tell another story that's intriguing.
I would agree that this film doesn't need a remake. With the likes of Strazinski and Cameron (pre- Dark Fate, at least) on board, I would be curious to see what they did. But it is honestly hard to imagine that they could do better, aside from visual spectacle and a more mainstream soundtrack.
A prequel might be very interesting, but only if it focused much more on the Krell. Either while they still lived leading up to their overnight self-extinction, or from the point when Morbius, archeologically, first discovers them. The handling of a Krell oriented story offerers fascinating potential, but, more of an opportunity to screw that up should it typically lack imagination.
Those who read the Fantastic Four comics in the early sixties can see that Dr Morbius is the prototype of the villain the Wizard the evil genius with a futuristic house.
If I watch a review several times does each viewing get recorded? I can only LIKE once but I can leave a comment each time. Does that help the algorithm? Or is the first watching the only viewing that counts? Do comments each viewing help?
I do love this movie. It's iconic, and for me it still holds up. The Krell city, the C-57D, the Monster from the Id, and Robby are of course remembered and used as inspiration to this day, but I think it was that "Forbidden Planet" has something to say that gives it it's staying power. Science, ambition, authority, sexuality and the control of sexuality, and the darker impulses in us all are what the film is talking about, and I think it's applicability to our lives remains. The monster is in all of us. For me, Anne Francis stole the movie, her beauty and personality shine compared to jealous male leads and the crew of whitebread, grey-clad crewmen that resemble nothing so much as toy soldiers deployed from a toybox. I don't want a remake. Give "Forbidden Planet" a remaster/polish and re-release on the big screen and I will pay to see it again.
I would not want to see a remake, but it could be interesting to have a prequel about the initial landing and what must have been horrifying as an invisible monster is picking them off and the final attempt to leave…. As long as they would stay true to what follows, which now a days is hard for Hollywood to do.. They would likely make Morbius a chick and make here gay….
Or maybe a sequel---we could learn what happened to John and Altaira after they returned to Earth; did they marry and have children? Did they have any more adventures in space? And maybe the Krell had landed on some other planets, and left traces of their civilization there.
Much as I adore the Flic... No, I certainly wouldn't say FP was the best Film from Golden Age Sci/Fi. But, there was Before 'Forbidden Planet & After it!
A remake could be great but given the current state of Hollywood any attempt would be co-opted by woke activists and turned into a bland DEI dumpster fire that would be nothing but a debased and insulting mockery of the original.
Forbidden Planet is a jewel for all generations. My three year old grand-daughter and I watched this movie together and she fell in love with Robby the Robot. To hear her laugh when I say "I am monitored to respond to the name Paw Paw"... her nickname for me...is heartwarming. I have bought her a 14" walking and talking Robby the Robot for Christmas...I can't wait to see her face when she opens the box....my wife has held me back from giving it to her for a month now. Forbidden Planet will continue to be a favorite of movie watchers for generations to come.
That is awesome!
That's such a great story Alan. I saw the movie in 1956 when I was only seven and even though many of the great ideas and concepts of FB escaped me I still loved it. I have a Robby right here on my desk and it talks.
Have fun at christmas with your daughter. When she is older you can talk about the Tempest and other ideas related to the ID and the Krell. Krellmusic7 in Poughkeepsie
I grew up near Boston. You could count on this movie being shown at least once a year and, trust me, I saw it every single time. I don't know how they did it. But when the Krell monster attacks, we never did get a very good view of it. Years later I saw an 'uncut' version and was surprised that I could see the whole monster. Also missing were the deaths of the two crewmen at the hands of Krell monster.
Some people have said they was no decent scifi until 2001. Not so. In the fifties we had Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Destination: Moon, The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Them. All with excellent themes and visual effects worthy of their day.
I agree, but if I may, I will add Earth vs flying saucers, not a great film, but well done.
I am comfortable saying Forbidden Planet is my all time favorite science fiction movie. I rewatch it every year. Thank you for covering it!
Favorite robot? I've always been fond of Huey, Dewey and Louis from "Silent Running".
FP seems to be a film whose cultural impact feels immeasurable.
It is both a reflection of its era and so far ahead of it in many ways.
I've never cared for its plot, but its artistic merits of sight and sound
make its contributions invaluable.
A movie masterpiece.
Now to get those haunting sounds out of my head over the next couple of days and I'll be fine...
You did it again, good sir! Amazing vid about a true classic! AMEN on the reboot. It would be a tragedy these days.
The original Star Trek pilot ('The Cage') definitely took a lot of inspiration from this movie. The production design and the crew dynamics of the Enterprise have a similar 'vibe'. 'F.P.' holds up well, since even the limitations of the technology and the stylistic approach have charm now.
Great movie...Star Trek before Star Trek. This is one of the films I saw as a child that began my love for sci fi. Cutting edge music score , set designs & FX. Great background music that you are using, "Trips" by Topher Mohr & Alexa Elena...Love it! I recall hearing this on your "Rollerball" episode.
‘A masterpiece of Americana that belongs in it’s time.” So true.
Taking nothing away from the other great fictional robots, I go with Robby. He may have popularized "Robby" as a nickname for "Robert", among other achievements. Robby was also in a commercial shilling oldie records. What was classic is Robby having lines that are memorable and funny when Robby is just being Robby. Forbidden Planet may have hurt science fiction movies in the short term. Being a box office disappointment apparently made studios reluctant to go big budget with Science Fiction movies. The uniforms and space ship footage were also used in other Science Fiction projects. The car showed up in an episode of "The Twilight Zone".
Considering all the special effects in this film, it's hard to believe that it was made almost 70 years ago.
I believe the voice of Robbie was Martin Miller. I was ten when i saw this film and the "Monster from the Id" kept me awake for a few nights as did the ant sound from "Them" being another excellent science fiction film of the fifties.
Saw it at the theater when I was 6 in 1956. There was a big promotion for the movie. I think there was a free ticket on a box of cereal. Can't say that I totally understood the plot at 6 but I sure loved the movie.
A follow up... my Mom suggested that rather than remaking the movie, they should give it a polish, like Star Trek: The Original Series... it would require a crew of artists who really love the movie for what it is, with no desire to truly change it just because. Matte paintings replaced with more realistic horizons, the depths of the Krell facilities, and the Id monster given a less cartoony appearance. Maybe a newer soundtrack heavily inspired by the original, maybe including newer instruments like the Blaster Beam... but still the original film. No changes to the people, to Robbie, or to the things that make it so iconic. If the people working on it had the love and passion the ST:TOS Remastering crew had, it could be impressive.
To me the view of Altier 4 (sp?) On the view screen holds up well. The haze of the atmosphere and the cloud cover remind me a lot of the first pictures of Mars taken by our orbiters.
Also the uniforms worn by the crew had a life of their own appearing in several movies and TV shows including the Twilight Zone.
Hi Unapologetic Geek, Thank you for this good and detailed video on Forbidden Planet, one of my favorite movie!
Even if many of the events you talk about was known by me , I find very well done your editing and explainations!
I was born only one year after the release of the film, maybe it is why I feel so concerned!
"Would sixty gallons be sufficient?" is a line I use at every opportunity. Earl Holliman provided some nice comic relief (as well as being a nod to the character Stephano from The Tempest) and would go on to be in the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone.
He's also terrific as the deputy in GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL.
Though the whole concept of the Krell is pretty cool, I find it a stretch that they left no recorded evidence of their actual appearance.
Fair point!
The director probably wanted the audience to imagine the appearance of the ETs. It's wise to sometimes, not show or explain everything. This adds to the aura and mystery of the presentation. Stanley Kubrick followed this philosophy with his incredible, beautiful 2001: A Space Odyssey. The only critic I have is the woman are nowhere near the beauty and they should have short skirts like Anne.
@@ronwilson8759 Maybe so, but with a massive computer the size of a city, do you really believe it would contain not one image of the Krell? No art, no medical records, no photos, no literature. I just thought that was more than a bit of a plot stretch.
The ID beast scared the crap out of when I first saw this film.
So did I, even if I was then a teenager!
Yes, it is quite scary.
Okay, I'll say it, FB is the greatest SF movie of it's time and one of the best All Time. Personally, I put at #2 on my own top 10 list, after Alien, and just a hair above The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's influence on the genre even to this day, is unmistakable. I have heard it said that FB was the best Star Trek movie ever made. Not sure I agree, but I understand the point. Honestly, it wouldn't take very much editing of the script to put this story in the ST universe. Thanks for reviewing this one...
Your favorite sf movie is my second favorite horror movie after The Exorcist.
I always considered Alien to be a horror film with sf window dressing.
If they could have snuck in a dance scene somehow, I suspect it would be my favorite musical... :)
We all know the best ST movie is actually Galaxy Quest. 😂
@@indyspotes3310 Ironic, I've always considered it to be an SF film with horror elements! Oh well, "tastes great vs. less filling". To be fair though, I still remember the first time I saw the film in a theater in 1979, during the opening sequence as the camera is panning through the corridors leading up to the cryo chamber, I remember thinking this reminded me of a gothic castle instead of a space ship.
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Yes, I've heard that many times as well, and I don't disagree! Also, I remember hearing somewhere (although it may be apocryphal) that one of the FB props showed up in ST:First Contact. I think it was the coily-thing that was part of the "Klystron Modulator" that was the same coily prop Barclay used for a replacement conduit in the Phoenix's warp drive.
Seeing as I grew up in the 60s watching both LOST IN SPACE and STAR TREK, it still blows my mind that I somehow never saw this film until around 1980, when I clearly recognized its influences on both shows. What also gets me is how, apart from the cook, all the other characters are so "stiff"-- like they were on ST:TNG. Thankfully, the characters on STAR TREK were a lot more relaxed.
If you wanna see Leslie Nielsen give what I think is his most relaxed and realistic acting performance, see the low-budget spy thrill NIGHT TRAIN TO PARIS.
the mid-century modern design aesthetic is beautiful. So is Ann Francis mini dress
This is the first movie I watch when I move to a new house. I saw it at the Angelika Theater a couple of years ago and was wonderfully surprised at just how much grander it is on the big screen. If you can see it in the theater I highly recommend it.
I don't want to see a remake of Forbidden Planet, but a television series could be made based on this as the source material.
This *is* the best of the era!
And I'm glad that the "Monster from the Id" has been restored to contemporary editions of the film.
I just get a copy of that BluRay.
I have heard other commentators say that the one thing the filmmakers of Forbidden Planet could have done was to show the crew of the C57D ship making their escape before the planet disintegrated. Instead of segueing directly to the crew onboard the ship as it reaches its safety point of 100,000,000 miles in space. But bringing the movie in at about an 1 1/2 hour is also a good benchmark for not wearing out the audience. Since it was made for general audiences.
A MASTERPIECE!!! Perhaps the greatest Science Fiction film ever made.
This film was LANDMARK class, no question. No other had come close to it from earlier.
I saw it first-run (compliments of a discount coupon found in my Wheaties box!)
and was one flabbergasted eleven-year-old. It was all new and unique, or i.e. 'type'.
As I've said before: if someone is doing a remake of a movie, what are they bringing to the story that is interesting and appropriate. Can they show that they are not mooching off of the work of better writers and movie makers?
OK, that's not exactly what I've said before, but it is the latest best articulation of my opinion.
The movie is way ahead of other Si fi of the mid fifties. Anne Francis and her short skirt and beauty became my dream girl. A cinamatic blockbuster when everything came together the cast, production values, and a story that had visionary vibes. Only 2001 would surpass this out standing movie. Thank you for putting this video on Utube.
Looking forward to watching and critiquing the movie
😂Always a fun movie, though the Krell doorway bit doesn't seem to hold up to scrutiny: what do OUR doorways say about what we look like in shape? That we were spam on legs? And what about our submarine doors? Very very minor nitpick. A good movie for MST3K, THE MOVIE, too. But with them you never know what movie's going to yield the biggest laughs and most jokes. You'd think Plan 9 would be their Citizen Kane but not so. I'd vote for a nameless biker movie (wish I could think of its name) and I Was A Teenage Werewolf. Werewolf is the winner because it plays off Michael Landon and the recent botched arrest and sudden freeing of Richard Jewell by the FBI. And I remembered it as being both scary (to a kid) and actually good. But they found an untapped gold mine of humor, with a lot of help from both the FBI and Michael Landon's later two series.
I read something not long ago about how you absolutely had to have music in a horror movie to cover the silliness on display, which made me think of sf background music. I loved the original Star Trek tv show's background music, which gave the show a sweep and majesty it might not have earned w/out the music. Wondering if you felt sf movies have to have musical scores?
Also wondering if you're ever going to do SLEEPER or is Woody Allen banned from RUclips? I say banned a bit facetiously but not by much. Are his films too literate for YT reactors (not reviewers) because you can find nearly every Mel Brooks movie done to death. You probably don't remember but in the mid-seventies Mel Brooks was considered a junkyard sale next to Woody's Tiffany's. Brooks was the lowest common denominator of anyone making comedies. His constant Jewish references of course put him in comparison to Woody. And that's where any comparisons ended. I think he kept putting out masterpieces until this century at least, and I believe Annie Hall was the first comedy to get the Best Picture since It Happened One Night. I won't say Sleeper is as funny but I laughed a lot. And it IS science fiction.
And do you remember SlaughterHouse5? I loved that one. Not a comedy but very good and strangely forgotten, especially since it came from Vonnegut. Also science fiction, though pretty light on the science part and deeper on the social satire and war horror.
Anyway, I'm still lobbying for the unfortunately-titled I Married A Monster From Outer Space, with its hints of communism, which I don't buy, and its more compelling hints at homosexuality, inescapable with Tom Tryon in the lead. But people are free to insert their own "other" into a movie that says you can never really know your spouse until you live day to day with them. They might be ______________for all you know.
And Forbidden Planet will always be beautiful to look at, like Black Narcissus.
All three of the movies you mentioned are on my list. 👍🏻
Sleeper is one of my most requested, and I’ve already secured a digital copy of Slaughterhouse-5 to work with. I Married a Monster from Outer Space has definitely been on my radar, but I haven’t gone out of my way to find it (yet).
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Do please give IMAMFOS an upgrade on your list! Yes, it has flaws- mostly the title - but it needs your approach.
I love this film. If there's a remake I'll be happy to play a role. The goal shouldn't be to improve upon it but rather just to tell another story that's intriguing.
I would agree that this film doesn't need a remake. With the likes of Strazinski and Cameron (pre- Dark Fate, at least) on board, I would be curious to see what they did. But it is honestly hard to imagine that they could do better, aside from visual spectacle and a more mainstream soundtrack.
I´d be glad to see your take on 1979´s "The Black Hole" one day.
I’ll make sure it’s on the list!
@@TheUnapologeticGeek , thx a lot!
@@TheUnapologeticGeek I can’t wait for that one‼️
@@northprime_unlimited Me, neither.
My favourite sci-fi movie of all time - and I am a fan of many!!!
A fun movie that has lasting power. Very few from that era are still watchable today.
The drones from SILENT RUNNING and R2D2 and WALL-E. I give it a tie for all three.
A very decent review. Does it justice.
A prequel might be very interesting, but only if it focused much more on the Krell. Either while they still lived leading up to their overnight self-extinction, or from the point when Morbius, archeologically, first discovers them. The handling of a Krell oriented story offerers fascinating potential, but, more of an opportunity to screw that up should it typically lack imagination.
Those who read the Fantastic Four comics in the early sixties can see that Dr Morbius is the prototype of the villain the Wizard the evil genius with a futuristic house.
If I watch a review several times does each viewing get recorded? I can only LIKE once but I can leave a comment each time. Does that help the algorithm? Or is the first watching the only viewing that counts? Do comments each viewing help?
Nobody really knows what will please the algorithm. I appreciate any and all efforts!
A movie filled with ideas !
Love this movie
At the late night double feature picture show…..
I do love this movie. It's iconic, and for me it still holds up. The Krell city, the C-57D, the Monster from the Id, and Robby are of course remembered and used as inspiration to this day, but I think it was that "Forbidden Planet" has something to say that gives it it's staying power. Science, ambition, authority, sexuality and the control of sexuality, and the darker impulses in us all are what the film is talking about, and I think it's applicability to our lives remains. The monster is in all of us.
For me, Anne Francis stole the movie, her beauty and personality shine compared to jealous male leads and the crew of whitebread, grey-clad crewmen that resemble nothing so much as toy soldiers deployed from a toybox.
I don't want a remake. Give "Forbidden Planet" a remaster/polish and re-release on the big screen and I will pay to see it again.
Good analysis!
since no one has made this dumb joke....
the best part is when Dr. Morbius looks directly at the camera and says. "IT'S MORBIN' TIME!!"
Well, that very quick love interest could be dropped. Oh well.
I would not want to see a remake, but it could be interesting to have a prequel about the initial landing and what must have been horrifying as an invisible monster is picking them off and the final attempt to leave…. As long as they would stay true to what follows, which now a days is hard for Hollywood to do.. They would likely make Morbius a chick and make here gay….
Or maybe a sequel---we could learn what happened to John and Altaira after they returned to Earth; did they marry and have children? Did they have any more adventures in space? And maybe the Krell had landed on some other planets, and left traces of their civilization there.
Much as I adore the Flic... No, I certainly wouldn't say FP was the best Film from Golden Age Sci/Fi. But, there was Before 'Forbidden Planet & After it!
Another Sci-Fi Film For You To Review, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) ruclips.net/video/M1Wdmp_izUc/видео.html
Yup, leave this classic alone. There’s a reason there’s not been a Casablanca II, or Gone with the Wind reboot.
A remake could be great but given the current state of Hollywood any attempt would be co-opted by woke activists and turned into a bland DEI dumpster fire that would be nothing but a debased and insulting mockery of the original.
Great movie and upon inspection you kinda see Alien has alot of the DNA of this movie