[steve-b]

About what I expected....

[ConservativeMind]

It is supposed to be about environmental destruction, a la “global warming”.

Don’t watch it!!

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I guess I can pass on seeing Klaatu Theodore Logan...

[justlurking]

I was looking forward to this movie, as the original is truly a classic.

But, the reviews I've read have been universally negative. So, I guess I'll skip it....

[zarodinu]

There is a special place in hell for dictators, child molesters, and people who remake good movies.

[AlmaKing]

I watched the original last night. Seemed like the same liberal junk as today. Only difference was it was saying we shouldn’t develop weapons that threaten other planets, there should be no war, etc...

I wouldn’t classify it as brilliant by any means.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Keanu Reeves as Michael Remy.

No thanks.

Who plays Patricia Neal?

[frogjerk]

The previews for this movie and the TV spots were so stupid and awful...this is not a shock.

[PeteB570]

Another movie I had to get the original for my teenagers to view before seeing the remake. “Flight of the Phoenix” and “The Four Feathers” to name a few.

The kids loved the originals and thought the remakes sucked.

[devere]

I read that they left out the signature line “Klaatu barada nikto”.

Did they name the robot Gore instead of Gort? LOL

[MahatmaGandu]

It’s just global warming propaganda. I can see that sh*t for free on NBC News every night, so who needs to spend $10.50 to see it in the theatre?

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[longtermmemmory]

the commercials make it PAINFULLY apparent this is a stinker.

It is obvously humans are eeeeevil and must be removed from the planet.

This is not the day the earth stood still, this is peta invades the earth.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Klaatu Barada Nikurrgghhhhhhhttttttttttttugh!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It would be easy to mistake the original for just some liberal tripe, but there are some deeper meanings.

For example, there is a strong argument that Klaatu was a Jesus, second coming, allegory, and while still benevolent and full of grace, he is making it clear that heaven has lost patience with man’s utter viciousness and destructiveness. Not a perfect allegory, by far, but a different take from the obvious.

Ironically, in retrospect, Klaatu makes a good allegory for, of all things, “Uncle Sam”, and the American outlook on the world. That is, Klaatu represents the peaceful worlds, and is sent to our Earth to warn us not to even think about using our nuclear weapons against them, and for Earth to get its house in order, or else.

How different is that from how the US looks at Pakistan, a nuclear armed chaos full of violent and unpredictable groups? Klaatu is like a US ambassador sent there, with the US military along for the ride, to tell Pakistan to cut it out. If they don’t listen to the ambassador, Gort, the US military, is going to kick their rear end.

Nothing liberal about that at all. Gort clearly demonstrated to the Iraqis the value of not being an international threat. Good for Gort.

As far as the Keanu remake goes, it sucks lizard eggs.

[LiberConservative]

The original was preachy propaganda. I expected the remake would be as well.

[weegee]

and his thriller "The Andromeda Strain"

Andromeda Strain was written by Michael Crichton.

[weegee]

a clumsy, moronic remake of Robert Wise's brilliant 1951 classic

I think it is safe to say that this is an unWise remake.

[N. Theknow]

Theme of original movie - Stop fighting or we will kill you.

Theme of new movie - Stop polluting and destroying the planet with your wasteful usage of fossil fuels or we will kill you, but don't ask me to share my never-ending, cheap, non-polluting energy source I used to come here.

[N. Theknow]

In the original movie, Klaatu used diamonds for money.

In the new movie does Klaatu use Algore Carbon Offsets for money?

[mikrofon]

Klaatu B-rated No-No