The Day the Earth Stood Still

[paulxcook]

Whoa.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
They couldn't find someone other than Keanu? He's SUCH a great and talented actor...

Meh, he wasn't bad in the Matrix.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Keanu Reeves? Certain to be craptastic. On the other hand... Jennifer Connelly, huh? One of my all time favorites.

 

[Dean]

Keanu might do ok in this as Klaatu was a sort of a deadpan character, very even with his delivery without extreme emotion, and almost as robotic as Gort. He was an alien after all.

My concern is how can they capture the message of the original, when the original captured in time, the paranoia of an escalating cold war and the buildup of Atomic weapons.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Dean
Keanu might do ok in this as Klaatu was a sort of a deadpan character, very even with his delivery without extreme emotion, and almost as robotic as Gort. He was an alien after all.

My concern is how can they capture the message of the original, when the original captured in time, the paranoia of an escalating cold war and the buildup of Atomic weapons.

Agree re: Reeves as Klaatu.

As far as the message, it could be about illegal aliens

 

[Jadow]

I thought the Alien in the origial (played by Michael Rennie) was a self righteous dick. That whole movie is a big pile of liberal commie propaganda.

I hope in the remake, we kill the alien, commandeer his ship, fly his ship to the mothership (or alien homeworld), upload a virus using a Mac Powerbook, and nuke their asses.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
Now that is something to look forward to. Great series of books

The first book was good, but I thought that series got pretty bad by the end. It was painful to get through the fourth book.