I must be the only one who liked The Day the Earth Stood Still remake (I've not seen the original) - but then I think Keanu Reeves is cute.
There was a 2-part docudrama screened on TV in 2007 called "The Super Comet" where a comet hits the Earth (coincidently in the same place where the dinosaur asteroid hit) and wipes out most of civilization.
Ah, yes, thanks for that one. I think it showed on Discovery Channel but using only the second part of the name, After the Impact. I seem to remember that it was particularly depressing. Very European in attitude--there's no hope, the survivors will all die slowly.
Quote from: Blackstar on 11/29/2010 11:41 amAh, yes, thanks for that one. I think it showed on Discovery Channel but using only the second part of the name, After the Impact. I seem to remember that it was particularly depressing. Very European in attitude--there's no hope, the survivors will all die slowly.Why is that a European attitude? It's just a pessimistic-realistic view.
Quote from: aquanaut99 on 11/29/2010 12:02 pmQuote from: Blackstar on 11/29/2010 11:41 amAh, yes, thanks for that one. I think it showed on Discovery Channel but using only the second part of the name, After the Impact. I seem to remember that it was particularly depressing. Very European in attitude--there's no hope, the survivors will all die slowly.Why is that a European attitude? It's just a pessimistic-realistic view. In the American version, they blow up the asteroid. After a piece destroys France.
Quote from: MP99 on 11/28/2010 06:13 pmIn the original, Klaatu is there to persuade the Earth to change it's behaviour to avoid destruction by robots such as Gort. You'll remember that "Klaatu barada nicto" is the phrase which stops Gort from destroying the Earth.. . . I believe that the phrase was not to prevent Gort from destroying the entire Earth, but to prevent him from retaliating for the attack on Klaatu . . .
In the original, Klaatu is there to persuade the Earth to change it's behaviour to avoid destruction by robots such as Gort. You'll remember that "Klaatu barada nicto" is the phrase which stops Gort from destroying the Earth.
Quote from: Blackstar on 11/29/2010 01:02 amQuote from: MP99 on 11/28/2010 06:13 pmIn the original, Klaatu is there to persuade the Earth to change it's behaviour to avoid destruction by robots such as Gort. You'll remember that "Klaatu barada nicto" is the phrase which stops Gort from destroying the Earth.. . . I believe that the phrase was not to prevent Gort from destroying the entire Earth, but to prevent him from retaliating for the attack on Klaatu . . . That's a more likely explanation, though if you follow the actions of Gort directly following Patricia Neal's character's deliverance of the famous line, it seems that the phrase instructs Gort to go back to Klaatu's spaceship and phone home for directions.
The Killing Star (a book by American authors) features an relativistic missile bombardment of Earth by aliens and (almost) everyone dies, making a single asteroid impact look mundane. Can't get much more pessimistic than that! I couldn't imagine it being made into a movie.(A saying I came across: "A pessimist is an informed optimist" )
It all began with a H.G.Wells short story ( The Star ), in which a rogue Star!! ploughs through the solar system. Not to worry, at least some of the Earth folk survive. Don't think it was ever made into a movie though.
Quote from: Thorny on 11/23/2010 08:12 pmBut most disturbing is Robert Zemeckis' plan to remake "The Wizard of Oz", using the 1939 script. He should have his DGA membership revoked for that.Not true
But most disturbing is Robert Zemeckis' plan to remake "The Wizard of Oz", using the 1939 script. He should have his DGA membership revoked for that.
Quote from: rsp1202 on 11/29/2010 10:27 pmQuote from: Blackstar on 11/29/2010 01:02 amQuote from: MP99 on 11/28/2010 06:13 pmIn the original, Klaatu is there to persuade the Earth to change it's behaviour to avoid destruction by robots such as Gort. You'll remember that "Klaatu barada nicto" is the phrase which stops Gort from destroying the Earth.. . . I believe that the phrase was not to prevent Gort from destroying the entire Earth, but to prevent him from retaliating for the attack on Klaatu . . . That's a more likely explanation, though if you follow the actions of Gort directly following Patricia Neal's character's deliverance of the famous line, it seems that the phrase instructs Gort to go back to Klaatu's spaceship and phone home for directions.Thinking about this a little more, I think that Klaatu tells Helen something like "If you don't stop him, you don't know how much destruction he can cause." So it wasn't quite "Gort will destroy the whole planet," but it would be bad.
In the American version, they blow up the asteroid. After a piece destroys France.
but four words, two of which are the characters' names -- he's instructing Gort to call Galactic Command before initiating his pre-programmed destructive response.
I am surprised no one mentioned Larry Niven's Lucifer's Hammer. A new comet on it's first pass through the solar system breaks apart with the predicted close flyby turning into a surprise shotgunning of the earth. Way to may subplots to ever make into a movie. (Even has a second Apollo Soyuz mission to study it)Just remember Hot Fudge Sunday falls on a Tuesday this year.
Quote from: kevin-rf on 11/30/2010 01:14 pmI am surprised no one mentioned Larry Niven's Lucifer's Hammer. A new comet on it's first pass through the solar system breaks apart with the predicted close flyby turning into a surprise shotgunning of the earth. Way to may subplots to ever make into a movie. (Even has a second Apollo Soyuz mission to study it)Just remember Hot Fudge Sunday falls on a Tuesday this year.Tbh, I think you could delete a lot of the subplots from that with no trouble, since they don't really contribute anything to the story but just function to promote the author's viewpoints. Just my opinion, though.
You're technically correct, as always.