Last night I chanced to come across Forbidden Planet on TCM at an early evening hour and found myself enjoying it again in its entirety. Though it was released in 1956 (I was 6 years old), I didn't see it till I was 11 or 12.
The Sanger Theater in Hope (Arkansas) had a "Free Show" for kids on Wednesdays during the summer. That was to give the mothers and grandmothers a chance to go shop. I saw lots of good movies over the summers of 59-64, but none affected me like Forbidden Planet. It was the scariest, most intellectually stimulating film I had ever seen. It still holds up.
I have always thought that the story would be perfect for a Star Trek transplot...I mean plot transplant. The science fiction premise is really mind-boggling. Suppose you could have anything you want while you are awake...would you dare go to sleep? Probably not, knowing what we now know about the Krell; but that's where we are headed. Imagine that last night in Krelldom!
The ventilator shafts viewed from above with those "circuits opening and closing..." WOW. Look closely to see the people walking out onto the platform. That was definitely the premise for the shafts in the Death Star (Episode IV--Obi Wan dealing with the tractor-beam).
Invisible monsters from the id! I see a cross between the MGM lion and the Tasmanian devil...magnificent. Real horrowshow. Still, I gotta take issue with the TV Guide commentaries stating it was an interesting treatment of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Give me a break! That's like saying Billy Jack is a unique interpretation of "The Gospel According to St. Matthew."
I need to figure out how to receive responses to my posts. Here's an attempt at that...Email me!
The Sanger Theater in Hope (Arkansas) had a "Free Show" for kids on Wednesdays during the summer. That was to give the mothers and grandmothers a chance to go shop. I saw lots of good movies over the summers of 59-64, but none affected me like Forbidden Planet. It was the scariest, most intellectually stimulating film I had ever seen. It still holds up.
I have always thought that the story would be perfect for a Star Trek transplot...I mean plot transplant. The science fiction premise is really mind-boggling. Suppose you could have anything you want while you are awake...would you dare go to sleep? Probably not, knowing what we now know about the Krell; but that's where we are headed. Imagine that last night in Krelldom!
The ventilator shafts viewed from above with those "circuits opening and closing..." WOW. Look closely to see the people walking out onto the platform. That was definitely the premise for the shafts in the Death Star (Episode IV--Obi Wan dealing with the tractor-beam).
Invisible monsters from the id! I see a cross between the MGM lion and the Tasmanian devil...magnificent. Real horrowshow. Still, I gotta take issue with the TV Guide commentaries stating it was an interesting treatment of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Give me a break! That's like saying Billy Jack is a unique interpretation of "The Gospel According to St. Matthew."
I need to figure out how to receive responses to my posts. Here's an attempt at that...Email me!
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