*spoiler alert The story of Klaatu, the alien from another world was first told in the original version of The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and was remade with the same title in 2008. The movies are a cautionary tale and the first one in particular is an excellent one and nicely observed from…
Read more The Planet’s Lost Opportunity in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
*contains spoilers Meanwhile the play The Tempest reminds us it’s all a dream as its actors tell us that “our little life is rounded with a sleep”. That’s it, baby, you wake and face the world is a mess or accept that just like in alcoholics anonymous that there are things we can and cannot…
Read more The Cult of Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet (1956) and others (Part Two)
*contains spoilers Forbidden Planet (1956) strikes at the heart of the climate change debate with a metaphor of angst being at the heart and its ‘sequel’ The Invisible Boy (1957) hints at drones, the internet and a supercomputer… and robots saving the innocence of children around the house. And time travel is in there too…
Read more The Cult of Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet (1956) and others (Part One)
*contains spoilers Let’s turn to the nature of an organised society and how it is impossible and cumbersome on our corrupt level as human beings to manage one – whereas the humble ant waits to inherit the world from us as we poison nature and ourselves as the ant’s natural order proves to be more…
Read more The Cult and Atonement of The Ant Bully but not Them! (1954) Part One
*contains spoilers “Our freedom for our knowledge,” says a character in The Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960) in his bid to strike a deal of release from his alien captors as he then speaks Pig Latin to his cuffed girlfriend, something which fools these evil characters who are bent on stopping the Earth from ever exploring…
Read more The Cult of Director Phil Tucker’s The Cape Canaveral Monsters (Part One)
*contains spoilers Producer and director Michael Laughlin (1943-) has been around since the late 1960s. He produced the highly praised Bryan Forbes (1926-2013 multiple sclerosis) directed film The Whisperers (1967) which earned Dame Edith Evans (1888-1976) an Oscar nomination. He also produced one of director Monte Hellman’s (1932-) finished products Two Lane Blacktop (1971). Raised…
Read more Director Michael Laughlin’s Strange Unfinished Trilogy
