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>looks like the bring in the save the earth theme and "green" moral bull crap!
See, THAT'S the sort of thing that bugs me about remakes. Not the moral itself; but that it detracts from the original idea of the film. In the original the rest of the universe was worried about us 'cos we were violent, shortsighted little monsters who's technology was at a point where we'd soon be able to interact with our cosmic neighbors. And they were afraid we'd take our warmongering ways with us. Klaatu came to warn us that if we didn't play nice the Galactic Peacekeepers (them robot guys) would wipe us out. And it was an interesting story 'cos it had a moral, and it showed that even a benevolent universe wasn't gonna put up with our shenannegans.
....so why would they really care if we poisoned ourselves? In the original, they didn't. From Klaatu's final speech you got the impression they'd be HAPPY if we did. But everything nowadays has the "green" thing thrown in, and I really doubt a producer who'd seek out known names for their lead is really thinkjng about going against the grain....
Don C.
See, THAT'S the sort of thing that bugs me about remakes. Not the moral itself; but that it detracts from the original idea of the film. In the original the rest of the universe was worried about us 'cos we were violent, shortsighted little monsters who's technology was at a point where we'd soon be able to interact with our cosmic neighbors. And they were afraid we'd take our warmongering ways with us. Klaatu came to warn us that if we didn't play nice the Galactic Peacekeepers (them robot guys) would wipe us out. And it was an interesting story 'cos it had a moral, and it showed that even a benevolent universe wasn't gonna put up with our shenannegans.
....so why would they really care if we poisoned ourselves? In the original, they didn't. From Klaatu's final speech you got the impression they'd be HAPPY if we did. But everything nowadays has the "green" thing thrown in, and I really doubt a producer who'd seek out known names for their lead is really thinkjng about going against the grain....
Don C.
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