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Subj : Re: Robert Wise Dead At 91
To   : rec.arts.sf.movies,alt.startrek,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : Invid Fan
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 15:18:15

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

In article <6t-dnXuWZoJ-OaveRVn-pw@rcn.net>, Dan Kimmel
<daniel.kimmel@rcn.com> wrote:

> "Brad Filippone" <al019@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
> news:dh1b63$jjn$1@News.Dal.Ca...
> > ANIM8Rfsk (ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net) wrote:
> 
> > : Yeah, I was gonna mention THINGS TO COME.  Forbidden Planet is 5 years
> after
> > : TDTESS.
> >
> > Also after "The Day the Earth Stood Still" but does anyone remember "This
> > Island Earth?"
> 
> Yes, a fun but essentially very silly film.  Looks great, but it's not
> *about* anything.
> 
They cut out the main point of the book, which iirc imagined a "cargo
cult" situation with aliens showing up on Earth instead of the US army
arriving on Pacific islands. Besides, who can take it seriously after
seeing the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version?

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