http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Fri, 2 Jun 2006 01:12:12 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/07/103029.php#comment-380373 About the problems you pointed in the movie, Iīd like to remark that the cook, although technically superfluous, incarnates the baser desires that brought the krellīs downfall: he starts to corrupt the "natural state" of the planet asking Robby the robot for booze. Maybe itīs not coincidence that he is a cook: food is one of the animal necessities that ignite the baser desires. The other is sex, brought into the planet by the high-ranked officers (the upper classes?), who need not to scape reality in alcohol: they can aim for princesses. And that brings another of your problems into focus. Certainly in the 50īs women were not thought of as military in the future, but even if the writer had imagined that, female presence in the ship would diminish the sexual tension about Altaira. We can even beg the screenwriter thinking that the armed forces wouldnīt be willing to lock couples in the hyperspace for 10 months. ]]> 380373@blogcritics.org Fri, 2 Jun 2006 01:12:12 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/07/103029.php#comment-78628 Since SF books were and are a ghetto (aside from "franchise" effects) saying "Forbidden Planet" wasn't a breakout is somewhat suspect. Also, the movie, (like the other genre movie of the time "West Side Story") is only a retelling of "The Tempest" by Billy Shakespeare. And who knew Leslie Nielsen could be so funny? ]]> 78628@blogcritics.org Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:18:40 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/07/103029.php#comment-78615 "There's nothing to do on this lousy planet but sit around and shoot at beer cans and we don't even have any beer cans"... Deeeee Gawd,I love this movie. Existential as all great giveafuck. The Bebe & Louis Barron soundtrack is also great.Waaaaaaaaaaay ahead of it's time.It's actually much more interesting listening isolated from the dialogue and the film itself. Great review. ]]> 78615@blogcritics.org Sat, 7 Aug 2004 14:47:25 EDT