The Day the Earth Stood Still: The Spaceman Slaps Our Wrists

SteynonLine ^ | July 19, 2025 | Rick McGinnis

[Ken Regis]

One of my favorite movies.
The remake not as good.

[captnemo1]

Re-makes never are as good as the original.

[Secret Agent Man]

Higher tech doesnt mean morally superiority.

Thats why that story’s premise has to be accepted tocmake the message, work.

[cuz1961]

aSatanic darwinist movie programming us to accept our older , not, space brothers who bring the doctrine of demons . Those ‘ alien's are a collection of fallen angels and Nephiliam.

Amazing isnt it , that folk will believe in aliens defying physics and distance but not fallen angels and their hybrid offspring.

Who will tell the world “ they weren't raptured, they were removed so you could evolve”

When they come down, Christians go up.

When we go up,the aliens will come out into the open for everyone to see and rub shoulders with.

[cuz1961]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSlrYDqFvfQ&pp=ygUhVW5pY2VmICIgdGhlIG5ldyBib3kiIGNvbW1lcmNpYWwg

[cuz1961]

Even the UN is programing our kids right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSlrYDqFvfQ&pp=ygUhVW5pY2VmICIgdGhlIG5ldyBib3kiIGNvbW1lcmNpYWwg

[Gort_Klaatu]

I come to you in peace. Gort can level a planet so please behave. Don’t act like self-righteous liberals!

[AppyPappy]

Many of them carried a theme of needing scientists to save the world.

[dragnet2]

By the way I met Billy Gray by accident, the kid who played “Bobby” in the movie. I went to a motorcycle flat track event in CA he was racing in some years back. A friend had passes to the pit area and we went back there to see the bikes and my friend pointed him out to me. He also played Bud Anderson from the Father Knows Best TV series.

[Billthedrill]

A classic movie, to be sure. Without it, we'd never have had such timeless classics as Army Of Darkness and Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Klaatu barada...uh...necktie!

[chud]

I liked Cleese’s performance in the remake

Agreed.
I also liked the scene at the McDonald's where Klaatu (played by Keanu Reeves) meets with another alien, Mr. Wu, who has lived on Earth for years.

[Twotone]

My personal favorite was the original “The Thing From Outer Space.” Especially the sole female cast member’s response to the guy’s question, “How do you kill a vegetable?” Classic!

[chud]

Oh boy...

A simple thread about a classic SciFi movie brings out all kinds here at FreeRepublic.

Old Freepers who can find a Commie under any rock, and now even the "Collins Elite" rearing its head.

[The_Harlequin]

Yes, it’s in the water and cleverly embedded in old Ed Wood movies.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Both the original and the remake were stupid. But the second one was especially stupid.

To save the earth you must go back to living in caves and eating grubs because technology BAD. From the people with spaceships. Because I am sure they grow on trees.

[Twotone]

I’ve never gotten the impression from the first one (didn’t see the remake) that it was against technology. Only the human response to be aggressive. We were supposed to learn how to be rational rather than war-like. Unfortunately, human beings are not particularly rational at all times & tend toward violence when they want to get their way.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The first one was "Humans Bad! Slavery Great!" The oh so "logical" robot controlled people also defaulted to extreme violence if they did not get their way. But that was ok because.... well they never did explain why.

I guess murdering people who did not follow your arbitrary orders is just swell.

[Mark17]

I really like this era of films. A lot of them featured giant bugs/rodents/bats/monsters.

How about “First Men on the Moon,” with Lionel Jeffries?

[cuz1961]

who can find a Commie
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Ayup

/-)

Found you .

;-)

[chud]

argumentum ad hominem