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On Viewing Forbidden Planet on Its 60th Anniversary

Posted by DrEdwardHudgins 8 years, 11 months ago to Movies
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For tech junkies and transhumanists the 1956 sci-fi classic “Forbidden Planet” still highlights a positive future and provides ideas and inspiration

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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 8 years, 10 months ago
    This film should be required watching for school children. The message is "be careful what you wish for," with the eventual disclosure of the fate of the Krell. Technology is racing toward the goal, with increasing computer power and artificial intelligence, of a world that could conceivably provide everything. Besides turning all of us into moochers, the dark side is the potential for destruction of the race.
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  • Posted by DrEdwardHudgins 8 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I loved Nielsen's comedy roles but fortunately I saw him many times in "Forbidden Planet" and in the Disney TV show "Swamp Fox" before then, so I could still watch him do a straight role without laughing!
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  • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 11 months ago
    Wonderful film, just set aside your memories of Leslie Nielsen in Airplane, Naked Gun, et al.
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