[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.

[steve-b]

There was another interesting thread of symbolism in the alien visitor, who came back to life after dying and went by the alias “Carpenter”....

[Bender2]

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

Okay, lets see... I recall:

Helen: I thought you were...
Klaatu: I was.

Or... was that:

Charlie: They said you was hung.
Bart: And they was right.

I must be getting Day the Earth Stood Still... mixed up with Blazing Saddles!

[MarkL]

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

Especially when you're trying to get the Necronomicon! You must pronounce EVERY word!

Mark

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KLAATU BARADA ummm NECKTIE? NECTAR??