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Re: Those movies you have just mentioned are all classics in my book except�

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In Reply to: Those movies you have just mentioned are all classics in my book except� posted by millen on October 01, 2004 at 12:39:10:

millen,
Interestingly different experience as I only first saw "TDtESS" as an adult- if I can make that claim even today- and I thought that the alien "Mr. Carpenter" was such a nice fellow, giving the boy the $60,000 in diamonds in exchange for a used frog or whatever. The whole way the alien was handled too was so casual- walking around the hospital in his socks. Imagine today if this happened, there would a year of quarantine at the special facility constructed for this purpose in Tustin, CA*** The alien was so quiet and non-threatening it made Bort the robot by the contrast the really the frightening character as it was so large, silent, and mysterious.
*** The gov't. used Micheal Jackson for the fittings.
But, today there's is no room for gentleman aliens. My theory is the pareticalily American assumption that technological superiority will always be used for dominance over the technologically inferior.
"Bort: Klatu bericta nicto!" ("Barney: put out that damn cigarette!")
I like your decription of the invaders of Mars. Imagine Martians watching the big balls bouncing down the way, "Oh hell, those awful 'Earthbags'- There goes the neighbourhood!"
What if there is actually a big group of Martian teenagers standing behind Spirit and Opportunity, dodging the cameras, laughing, and scrawling their names on it with ecto-lasers?
Cheers,
Bambi B

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Re: It's GORT (with a "G" - rico 07:21:10 10/02/04 (3)
and it's "Barrada".
- Thank you rico! - Bambi B 08:19:52 10/02/04 (2)
  rico,
  Thanks for the correction- and everyone reading this take note!
  Imagine if you or I had been Patricia Neal and said that one wrong at the critical moment! Gort might've gotten upset and used the molecular turn-out ray that makes all the molecules in the Universe turn inside out.. Wheew..
  Practice: barrada, barrada, barrada
  Silly, me- "Bort" is Gort's cousin that works in spaceship maintainence at the Olypmus Mons place round the back!
  Cheers,
  Bam
  - Re: Thank you rico! - rico 11:37:40 10/02/04 (1)
    Did you know that the actor inside Gort, although seven feet tall, was unable to pick up Neal due to poor upper body strength so they had to suspend her on wires (that's why you don't see Gort actually picking her up)?
    - Re: Thank you rico! - Bambi B 12:43:35 10/02/04 (0)
      rico,
      Interesting about Gort. The costume was quite well done, but must have been vrey restrictive. It gives the impression of some kind of flexible metal and the eyeless visor with the destructor light beam was wonderfully sinister.
      Something else that impressed me as a child- and it still looks good today- was the spaceship- especially the motion of the very smooth working ramp. When it reatracted and settled into position, it was photographed so that no seams were visible- it seemed ultra precision stuff to me. The ship's interior was also way above average for 50's production design- mysterious controls and the lighting were excellent.
      I wonder if the uncurling tongue ramp on the ships of "Mars Attacks" were an homage to the "TDtESS" ship? The overall styles seem related.
      Also, in conjuction with "TDtESS", I should have mentioned "War of the Worlds" in my list too- another movie with much more imaginative design than most of that era. Whe the Martian puts it's tripod hand on the woman's shoulder- that scene is still frightening now.
      Cheers,
      Bam

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