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The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

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Custer1		#21	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 5504 (09/23/09 00:42:33) Man of Tomorrow Wizard of Science By night known as: Captain Future Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It is difficult to know Gort's role in things, as he is, at least in the film, the strong, silent type, and acts generally as Mr Worthington's assistant. Movies do have a habit of not following the print original very closely, so it is dangerous to import too much from "Farewell to the Master". Keeping the ship sealed up for two hours after it landed wasn't really a bad idea, in theory, as it would give the local inhabitants time to react, and have the area under control. If Klaatu had immediately disembarked he'd probably only have had some passers-by and a policeman or two to interact with, and might just as easily have been shot by them, but waiting for a while meant that he could hope to find someone in authority to talk to, and start off his "official visit" in a suitably dignified way.
Bud Brewster.monsterkidclass...	Good points!	#22	[-]
Space Cadet Posts: 8 (10/13/09 15:09:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hey, good points! I never thought of that. I guess the fact that the two-hour delay turned out to be a bad idea could be attributed to a case of misunderstanding between two cultures. (Or maybe a case of "it seemed like a good idea at the time.") Change of subject: I've always wondered how Columbia Studios managed to use several space scenes from the title work of The Day the Earth Stood Still for the opening credits of 20 Million Miles to Earth. I took the shots below off my own TV from the credits of TDtESS and 20M, using a digitial camera. Two shots from TDtESS title work: The two shots below are from the title work of 20 Million Miles to Earth: The two scenes of space which precede the above shots in 20M are also taken from the TDtESS. So, did 20th Century Fox sell these shots to Columbia Studios to use on 20M? I can't think of any other explanation. Is there no man on this earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child? Last Edited By: Bud Brewster 10/13/09 15:30:52. Edited 3 times.
Custer1		#23	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 5535 (10/14/09 00:32:04) Man of Tomorrow Wizard of Science By night known as: Captain Future Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Those shots do look uncannily similar. While there would undoubtedly be rivalry between different studios, it is entirely possible that the directors and producers involved were friends, and could make arrangements to share useful footage like that, or indeed hire out previously-used costumes or props, as has been known to happen. Or the space scenes might have been made by a specialist, and sold to both movies separately.
Bud Brewster.monsterkidclass...	Interesting ideas, both of them.	#24	[-]
Space Cadet Posts: 9 (10/14/09 15:44:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Both of your suggestions are interesting. I'm inclined to believe the first one just because I know that back when TDtESS was made, 20th Century Fox was still a thriving studio with active departments which had the ability to produce anything needed for a film which was in production: costumes, props, sets, special effects, music -- and artwork such as that used in the shot created for the credits of The Day the Earth Stood Still. When you watch that scene (in both TDtESS and 20 Million Miles to Earth), you can see it's a multi-layer shot, with the floating mist in space added as a separate element from the painting of the Earth and Moon. To see the opening credits, click on the You Tube link below. It includes a brief statement by a gentleman who discusses one of the unique things Bernard Herrmann did to create the title them for TDtESS, the use of certain sounds played BACKWARDS to augment the title theme. And then, to illustrate his point, the opening credits of TDtESS is present both forward and backward so you can analyze the sounds Herrmann used. When I watched this You Tube clip, a weird thing happened. After listening to the title theme played backwards a few times, it started to sound like new version of the title theme, with the same strange sounds I've loved for over 50 years, but with a different basic melody. It sounded sort of like a cross between The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet. Try it and see what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQGcSWP4xyw Is there no man on this earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
Custer1		#25	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 5538 (10/15/09 01:17:14) Man of Tomorrow Wizard of Science By night known as: Captain Future Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That's an interesting video - it's surprising now little of the music, when played backwards, does sound as if it is being played backwards. The music does work well whichever way you play it, and there can't be many pieces of music one can say that about. It does help if you're going for an "unearthly" vibe to begin with.
svetochka		#26	[-]
Space Cadet Posts: 2 (12/08/09 21:15:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	looks like interesting,thank you! Two and a Half Men True Blood

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