In Reply to: Those movies you have just mentioned are all classics in my book except… posted by millen on October 1, 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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