[Bender2]

I consider THEM one of the best sci-fi films ever, yet I shutter to see what Hollywood would do to the classic.

Remember it was 1954 when Dr. Harold Medford said, "When Man entered the atomic age, he opened a door into a new world. What we'll eventually find in that new world, nobody can predict."

So you can imagine 2008's Hollywood version having the good Doc (Played by Algore or Jane Fonda) saying, "The two Bush Presidencies and the work of the evil Republicans have caused this calamity. We must kill all of 'them,' then kill all the Republicans before we are safe!"

I can only dread what Hollywood and Keanu Reeves will do with this year's remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still

Just remember what they did to Heinlein's Starship Troopers... and be afraid. Be very afraid!

[ReignOfError]

I can only dread what Hollywood and Keanu Reeves will do with this year's remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still

That was a peacenik movie in its original release -- it was released in the early Cold War, at the height of the shelter-building, duck-and-cover days, when a lot of people believed a nuclear war could happen any day. It was a fantasy of an all-powerful arbiter who could halt any aggression.

GORT KLAATU BARADA NIKTO. Remember that. It's very important.

[blackie]

Ain’t that the truth!

Of the newer Sci-Fi I like Serenity, released in ‘05. It’s a follow up to the series “Firefly”.