Leslie Neilson basically had two careers. From the 50's, up to the point he did "Airplane" he was considered a "serious" actor and was the leading man in more than one film. From that point onward he pretty much did comedies and that's how most younger audiences know him.
@txheadshots
Жыл бұрын
He was cast in Airplane *because* was a serious actor - and he was told to play the role straight… which is why it worked so well
@Shadowman4710
Жыл бұрын
@@txheadshots There were a few guys like that in those films. Robert Stack (best known as Elliot Ness in "The Untouchables") and Lloyd Bridges, who had done serious films for years. All 3 of them ended their careers doing comedies.
@clarencewalker3925
Жыл бұрын
Anne Francis, along with other actors, have said that Leslie Neilson was one of the funniest men they had ever met. He always kept the cast and crew laughing. This was years before "Police Squad" and "Airplane." Also he kept a whoopee cushion with him on every movie.
@GGE47
Жыл бұрын
Nobody ever called him Shirley in Forbidden Planet.
@johnw8578
Ай бұрын
Except in Creepshow where he played a great villain. Ok, with some comedy.
@DavidGarcia-kw4sf
Жыл бұрын
A fun fact is that this story is inspired by "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. 😎
@zybch
Жыл бұрын
Lots of fun facts. 1st all-electronic soundtrack, ID monster created by disney animators, Leslie Neilsen with non-white hair :) Absolutely in my top 10 movie list.
@mnomadvfx
Жыл бұрын
@@zybch ID monster and name also inspired the name iD Software for the company that developed DOOM, and the Pinkie Demon from that franchise was directly inspired by the invisible monster.
@DennisNelson-ee2il
Жыл бұрын
Just simply one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.This is a film I can watch time and time again.
@RKnights
Жыл бұрын
It truly is amazing
@user-iw6ix3hu8s
4 ай бұрын
This movie inspired Gene Roddenberry, the creator of "Star Trek" in many ways. Warp drive/speed describes faster than light speed among many others.
@Tonyblack261
Жыл бұрын
A wonderful classic sci-fi movie is "The Day The Earth Stood Still" - well worth checking out.
@RKnights
Жыл бұрын
I just reacted to that movie a couple of days ago
@Tonyblack261
Жыл бұрын
@@RKnights Thanks! I need to see that.
@AlanCanon2222
Жыл бұрын
It's so good, just topnotch in every way. I'll put it on just to watch one scene that I like, then invariably I'll start the movie from the beginning and watch it all the way through.
@paulmoffat9306
10 ай бұрын
Don't bother with the new one, the original is the best.
@jamesalexander5623
Жыл бұрын
Walter Pigeon who played Morbius starred in another big Sci-Fi film "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", which spawned the TV series of the same name!
@randallphobia8698
Жыл бұрын
My dad got me hooked on this as a kid in the 80s. It’s one of the most intelligent sci-fi movies ever, & its special effects wouldn’t be topped until the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey. As for Nielson: he was a serious leading man until he appeared in Airplane. People at the time of Airplane’s release found it hilarious in part because you had a well known dramatic actor playing that strange doctor.
@wasgreg
Жыл бұрын
I remember being so angry at the movie industry after watching this movie in the 90's. I grew up watching all those bad sci fi horror movies where one would see the zipper in the monster suits or the wire holding up the space ship. Knowing how well this was made before those cheaply made productions just got me angry. A great sci fi movie.
@charlesyoung7436
10 ай бұрын
Forbidden Planet was big budget film for the mid 1950's. It did make money, but not enough to justify such big budgets on other science fiction films. Using Shakespeare for an inspiration was really smart (the cook was a classic comedy foil found throughout his plays). You had the ship's Captain, First Officer, and Doctor, visiting that guy with a big ego, and an even bigger id. No wonder Gene Roddenberry said it was one of his inspirations for Star Trek.@@wasgreg
@2tone753
Жыл бұрын
I am 62 years old and German. I can say that I've seen a lot of SCI-FI movies. Among them were very good, good and not so good. For me, this film belongs to the group of exceptionally good ones, that is to say, it is a milestone in this genre. Tricks and technique are still absolutely worth seeing today (were often copied, but the originals are still the best) and show how seriously the team worked. The topic of the film stands out from the crowd of all films, it is absolutely captivating. Thank you for accepting this film.
@karenhultgren7810
Жыл бұрын
This movie is a classic. The effects are so great for the time it was made. Great story. It’s a must for all sci-fi fans.
@Thunder_1977
Жыл бұрын
Hey guys, glad you liked this one! Now that you kow this, I'm sure you'll see later sci-fi movies from a different perspective 😉 If you want to see more of this "classic sci-fi", have a look at "Fantastic Voyage" (1966), which was also a banger for it's time when it comes to special effects. One of the main characters is played by Donald Pleasance, who you might know as Dr. Loomis in the "Halloween" movies. 😉
@Alan_CFA
Жыл бұрын
Another notable character was played by Racquel Welch.😁
@bobwallace9814
11 ай бұрын
@@Alan_CFA Raquel in her wet suit drove me to the theatre as an adolescent.
@inhumanmusic1411
Жыл бұрын
In the 60's, there was a tv show called "Lost in Space" that had a robot called "B-9" but otherwise known as "Robot". The guy who designed Robby also designed B-9. There was even a episode where B-9 squared off of Robby. The show also starred Billy Mumy who you will recognize as Lenier from Babylon 5.
@Vince1266
Жыл бұрын
I am 65, and what I loved was seeing your minds blown on 2 fronts. Fantastic early Si-Fi and the generation gap to the male attitudes from the 1950s to now. So different to today and both from their own time. You cannot take offence by modern standards to history. That's the whole point of watching this stuff and learning from it.
@AlanCanon2222
Жыл бұрын
54 year old Gen X here, wondering if audiences in 1956 would still have been slighly embarrassed by the men's pervy behavior? I mean, it's whole sections of dialogue, not just one or two lines.
@gorymarty56
9 ай бұрын
Agreed
@quentinmichel7581
Жыл бұрын
As I recall, all the planetary exterior scenes were painted by the artist Chesley Bonestell who was pretty much THE artists at the time for paintings of moons within our own solar system and also alien landscapes the guy was absolutely a tremendous artists and worth looking up on Google. They really went all out on this production- oh so pretty cool that they base the story on Shakespeare's play "The Tempest".
@jamesanderson5268
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Sci-fi movies ever. Great special effects for mid-50s. No CGI remember.
@Jonasbarbury
5 ай бұрын
I'm still blown away by the scenes below the planet's surface in the power station. Those are all paintings super imposed in the live action shot. People seeing this in theaters in the 50's were as blown away as the opening scene of the star destroyer on the first star wars.
@Alan_CFA
Жыл бұрын
Earl Holliman was the guy who asked for Robby to create whiskey. He was a regular on the television show, “Policewoman”. Anne Francis was on the tv show, “Honey West”.
@glennwisniewski9536
Жыл бұрын
Also in the cast, future TV stars Jack Kelly (Maverick), Richard Anderson (The Six Million Dollar Man) and James Drury (The Virginian).
@melenatorr
Жыл бұрын
Alta was born on the planet, and her father has been there 19 years, so she is approximately 18 years old. She acts the way she does because her father is the only other human being she's ever known, and so she is very innocent despite being intellectually accomplished. Her innocence and purity is part of what allows her friendship with the wildlife, and her attraction to Leslie Nielson changes her relationship to them, and that's why the tiger is suddenly hostile to her: she's no longer "one of them".
@BrenVta
Жыл бұрын
Such a classic movie!! My brother, who is 15 years older than me, loved sci fi and introduced me to all these classics when i was young. I had a great childhood!!
@Gort-Marvin0Martian
Жыл бұрын
Gene Roddenberry has said that Forbidden Planet was a major inspiration for the Star Trek series. Warren Stevens plays Doc in the film and was a guest star in the Star Trek episode, By Any Other Name (1969) The Enterprise is 1701. That comes from the moment when the C57D (spacecraft) enters orbit around Altair IV (The DC point referred to in the film) When Josh Whedon made the follow-up film to the Firefly TV series he created an homage to Forbidden Planet. When the crew get to the planet Miranda and there are exploring there is a crashed shuttle of sorts with the an id on the side which reads, "C57D". Anne Francis is the Twilight Zone episode, The After Hours. Wait till you see what she plays. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
@Parallax-3D
3 ай бұрын
In Babylon 5, the “Great Machine” on Epsilon III is a direct homage to the machine from Forbidden Planet, including the shot of the walkway through the cavernous interior.
@terryhughes7349
Жыл бұрын
The soundtrack and sound effects were done by a husband and wife team. It was one of the first movies to integrate an analog synthesizer.
@peterlenihan1613
Жыл бұрын
In case no one mentioned this, Forbidden Planet was the first time a studio put major money and resources in a Sci Fi film. Previously, most of the sci-fi films were cheaply made and shown to teenagers in drive ins. For this film, they casted Walter Pigeon, who was a very accomplished actor, to be the Dr. I think they spent $4 million to produce this film, making it the most expensive film (at that time) of this studio and possibly all of Hollywood.
@markz259
Жыл бұрын
Babylon 5 paid homage to the forbidden planet by including a scene from the movie in an episode in the first season. Let's see if you recognize it when it appears.
@starbrand3726
Жыл бұрын
This movie definitely inspired the whole Star Trek universe. Fun Fact: This movie is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest.
@SaulOhio
Жыл бұрын
Captain Adams: Alta, there's a problem with Robby. Altaira: Robby? What is it? Captain Adams: Robby? He's a robot, a machine made to do the work of a man, but thats not important right now.
@RetroRobotRadio
Жыл бұрын
The robot suit for Robbie was designed by a Japanese designer who normally builds washing machines. The suit is considered to be an iconic piece of science fiction and has been reused or copied dozens of times in TV and movies.
@eightbitmonkey
Жыл бұрын
Also video games especially the Fallout series.
@SolarTiger
Жыл бұрын
big fan as a kid for Lost in Space...when Robby showed up for 1 episode it was cool...
@eightbitmonkey
Жыл бұрын
@@SolarTiger OMG Yes! I remember Robot saying it can't be! Greatest crossover event of my childhood, with the exception of Godzilla vs Kong.
@raphaelperry8159
Жыл бұрын
Robbie the robot even guest starred in an episode of Columbo.
@eightbitmonkey
Жыл бұрын
@@raphaelperry8159 That's awesome I love Columbo! I had no idea he had appeared on it. now I have to find that episode thank's
@philowens7680
Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine what it was like to see this movie as a child in 1957? A flying saucer inhabited by men and not aliens? A robot? Psychokinesis? WOW! Genuine science fiction masterpiece.
@williammoore3279
10 ай бұрын
I am now an old man, and still I remember being taken to see this movie the Sunday after it came out in the theaters. After church my oldest brother took me to the Maple Theater, we paid 25 cents to see "Forbidden Planet" back in 1956 - I was six. There was never a second I was terrified of anything in this movie, not Robbie, not the energy-lion-sloth-monster - my six-year-old eyes were glued to the big screen. I may not remember what I had for breakfast today - but I remember the Maple Theater, Raisinettes, and "Forbidden Planet" like it was yesterday. So happy to watch others enjoy it in 2023.
@chrispowers345
8 ай бұрын
Lucky you, to have seen it on the big screen! Happy you are made happy again!
@meanstavrakas1044
10 ай бұрын
Great review! I had a lot of fun with it, and felt like I was sitting in a room with friends watching a new movie. Fun fact about Forbidden Planet. The very first time it was shown in public was at the Southeastern Science Fiction Convention in Charlotte, NC in 1956, about 2 miles from where I live. My father saw this film there when he was 9 years old. Be safe guys, and thanks!
@donwild50
Жыл бұрын
This is also the first science fiction movie that takes place only in space and on an alien planet...Earth is never seen, not as a starting place or the finale, or as the location of any action.
@dq405
Жыл бұрын
The other "big" science fiction film of its decade was Richard Fleischer's 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER SEA, which has unfortunate moments of Disney-type slapstick, but is otherwise an impressively expensive production that holds up beautifully. It's a gorgeous example of high-tech 19th Century design, and if you have the chance, I'd urge you to see it.
@thomasripley1548
Жыл бұрын
This and War of the worlds, invaders from Mars, and later x the unknown the original thing ,from another wotld and a host of others including the Day the Earth Stood Stilll..... gort ,clay, harada nicto......
@craigplatel813
Жыл бұрын
Also a rare signing performance by Kirk Douglas
@riskey
Жыл бұрын
This flick was part of a wave of awesome sci-fi and fantasy: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The Time Machine, Journey to the Center of the Earth, First Men in the Moon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the list goes on...
@deanvavra5695
Жыл бұрын
Leslie Neilsen was a Canadian actor known for playing "heavies" until his role in the spoof, "Airplane".
@ZeroOskul
Жыл бұрын
5:45 Not only did 1965 Star Trek (the Cage, one year before The Menagerie) get teleporters from this, but on an episode of Next Generation from 1992, The Relic. A character keeps alive for 75 years in stasis inside a teleporter matrix, and everyone on the Enterprise was stunned that the idea was even plausible.
@WilliamScavengerFish
Жыл бұрын
The whole reason Leslie was chosen for Airplane was because he was a serious actor who also happened to a sense of humour.
@vincentsaia6545
Жыл бұрын
The movie is loosely based on Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST. According to Richard Anderson, the studio intended to only make half the movie and use it as a tax write-off but the footage from the first few days of shooting were so good they decided to complete it. According to Anne Frances, Walter Pigeon and Leslie Nielson competed with each other on set telling filthy jokes. Robbie the Robot made later appearances on LOST IN SPACE and COLUMBO.
@HankD13
Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favourites. Shakespeare's Tempest in Sci Fi. Really, really enjoyed "The Return to the Forbidden Planet" stage play - telling the same story but full of Shakespeare puns "what light through yonder porthole breaks" and by far the best, "Beware the Id's that march!" and not to forget the rockin music! Great stuff.
@karenhall4645
6 ай бұрын
I only knew Leslie NIelson as an actor in comedies. So when I actually paid attention to the credits one time and realized he's playing the captain I was actually pretty surprised. So many props in this movie have been reused several times in The Twilight Zone as well as other sci fi movies of the time. Robby even guest starred one time on Lost in Space and also Twilight Zone I think. My mother introduced me to so many movies from the 50's and 60's and I'm so glad. Mixed in with the all the cheesy ones there are ones like this which are good and stand the test of time.
@guscarlson7021
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on choosing this epic film to review. I've been waiting for three years for someone to pick this classic science fiction film. This is the great granddaddy of all modern sci fi. Enjoy with intensity. I'm working on a two part remake.
@RKnights
Жыл бұрын
Are you really? What exactly are you doing? Writing, acting, producing l?
@guscarlson7021
Жыл бұрын
@@RKnights writing
@garyburley1960
Жыл бұрын
Matthew Yuricich was a legendary matte painter on this, he was also a matte painter with his son Richard on Bladerunner 1982
@Jonasbarbury
5 ай бұрын
Forbidden planet has influenced every major sci fy movie and tv show for decades. It still stands up on its own for sheer creativity and story telling, it was also ray harihausens tour de force .
@TransoceanicOutreach
4 ай бұрын
Jurassic Park? Westworld?
@alanmacification
7 ай бұрын
" Whatever that lunch was, it was delicious! " " That was robot poop, he calls it Slurm. "
@user-fu1jd9ru5z
Жыл бұрын
Robbie the robot was at that time the most expensive single movie prop ever made about about $100K - consequently he went on to star in a few more movies before he retired to recoup the initial expense.
@Aeolusdallas
Жыл бұрын
The big guns are literally the ship's main batteries dismount it like an old fashioned pirate ship
@RubyGB
Жыл бұрын
The smooth-talking skirt chaser is played by Jack Kelly. Kelly also played Bart Maverick, older brother to James Garner's Bret Maverick of TV western fame. Make no mistake - in the '50s, even more than today, dads would have been grabbing their shotguns and ending slimes that creeped on their daughters and no charges from a D.A. because no jury would convict them...
@o.b.7217
Жыл бұрын
That's a nice theory...but doesn't hold water.
@commanderkruge
Жыл бұрын
Remember the whide shots of the great underground machine in this movie. There will be a great little homage to it coming up in something else you're watching. :)
@teastrainer3604
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies. Great screenplay by Cyril Hume. You can see where Gene Roddenberry got many of his ideas.
@charmawow
Жыл бұрын
First time watching?…….what a treat for anyone in 2023! First saw this on TV, back in the late 60’s and it still stands up today…..a true classic. There have been attempts to remake it……at one point Irvin Kershner was to direct, with possibly Sean Connery as Morbius but it went the way of all flash.
@jamielandis4308
Жыл бұрын
My mom saw this when it came out. She told me it gave her nightmares. This movie was groundbreaking. Look in a future Babylon 5 episode for an homage. The men’s behavior is very cringe by today’s standards. Remember, sit back and enjoy. Open minds! 🤣 I hope you guys do “Robinson Crusoe On Mars.”
@barreloffun10
Жыл бұрын
A while ago I found a DVD of Robinson Crusoe on Mars. The commentary by the lead actor was very interesting, and rather sad, too.
@zybch
Жыл бұрын
I saw it on a tiny B/W TV at my aunt's house when I was 7. F'ed me up for weeks lol
@vincentpuccio3689
2 ай бұрын
Yes Robinson Cruso on mars the fore runner of the Martian
@lordbalok6298
17 күн бұрын
All of the music and sound effects were done electronically, one of the earliest forms of electronic music ever. It was actually nominated for an Oscar for the music, but because it wasn't made with actual instruments it didn't qualify. As for influences, this movie had the captain, first officer, and ship's doctor as best buds, just like in Star Trek: TOS. And you can't help but notice the homage that was done towards this film in Babylon 5 with the interiors of the planet below the station! They lifted that imagery directly and on purpose! JMS said so himself. He was very inspired by this film. Also, all the animation was done by Disney animators!
@RetroRobotRadio
Жыл бұрын
Leslie Nielsen was a very serious actor up until the 1970s when he switched to comedy thanks to a part in a Mel Brooks film.
@harryrabbit2870
Жыл бұрын
And interestingly, this movie is based on a Shakespearean play "The Tempest" but brilliantly updated with modern concepts. Hard to beat The Bard.
@Otokichi786
Жыл бұрын
" in the original Klingon..."
@donwild50
Жыл бұрын
Not only did Robby the Robot go on to appear in multiple productions, but the spaceship appeared in at least four Twilight Zone episodes. It became a classic image too. A lot of the designs, artwork and special effects were done with help from Walt Disney Productions.
@hungfao
Жыл бұрын
I first saw this on some early morning movie broadcast back in the 60s as I was getting ready for school. That creature going through the force field stayed with me for life. So cool.
@suhndog
4 ай бұрын
Since Anne had not ever been around many folks.. she was innocent. She hadn't been socialized. That is also why the deer and tiger were friends with her. Morbius wasn't really a bad person.. but the angst and such in his subconscious mind [just like any one else's] fueled the Id monster. A fellow from Disney provided the blaster, ship and monster effects. I first saw this in a theater when I was 7.. It still remains one of my all-time favorites. BTW, there is a fellow who makes reproductions of Robby.. and very expensive. You can buy just the 'head', or a full body reproduction.. which includes the original voice.. I also loved the electronic sound track.
@fr57ujf
19 күн бұрын
Good commentary and one of the best post-viewing conversations I've ever heard. Very enjoyable. You make a great team. Thanks.
@OronOfMontreal
Жыл бұрын
Really good reactions, guys. One of you mentioned Captain Kirk or William Shatner, who is Canadian. Both male leads of this movie were also from Canada. The older actor playing Dr. Morbius was from Montreal, as is Shatner. He was in a 1930s Science Fiction film called "Things to Come", which was also visually beautiful. The captain was played by Leslie Nielson, who in the 80s and 90s was the lead in the comedy movie series, "Naked Gun", plus the wild comedy "Airplane".
@DoremiFasolatido1979
Жыл бұрын
The part at the beginning where they stepped onto the pads for a while with the green "beams" was because their ship was decelerating. It was a really interesting concept at the time, and still is, because nobody really knew what traveling faster than light would be like. So they assumed you'd have to either spend a very long time speeding up or slowing down, or you'd try and speed up or slow down too quickly and get pancaked. The movie Event Horizon had a similar but less technologically advanced idea they called "grave couches". In that movie, they were basically big coffins filled with a slightly viscous liquid that would distribute the force of the G's from acceleration so you didn't get crushed. Like a shock absorber for your body. In this, it's just a kind of inertial damper, of some sort. Presumably everyone gets an individual one, because a single field trying to restrain multiple distinct objects would run into problems of some kind. Hard to say. But yes, much of this movie was a partial inspiration for Star Trek later on. Many other sources were also just as important, but this particular inspiration is unmistakable.
@Raktus
Жыл бұрын
Another suggestion for you... movie that came out three years after this one... On The Beach (1959) After World War III, Australia is the only remaining haven for mankind. However, wind currents carrying lingering radiation all but condemn those on the continent to the same fate suffered by the rest of the world. When the survivors receive a strange signal from San Diego, Cmdr. Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) must undertake a mission with Lt. Peter Holmes (Anthony Perkins) to see if there is hope for humanity -- leaving behind Moira (Ava Gardner) and Mary (Donna Anderson), the women they love.
@jamesalexander5623
Жыл бұрын
Love that Film! .... However it's Ultra-Depressing!
@SeaDrive300
Жыл бұрын
There are two things about this movie that have stuck with me over the years: 1) Leslie Nielsen's character, Commander Adams, is portrayed as the mental midget of the group, but throughout the movie, he's the only one who asks logical, insightful questions (e.g. 'But what's it all for?'), and he's the one who figures out what the monster *really* is; 2) In the scene leading up to the death of Chief Quinn, the monster's footprints *increase in size* as it moves toward the ship! I seem to be the only person who has ever watched this flick who realizes that! 🙂
@ink-cow
Жыл бұрын
Part of this movie's claim to "serious" is that it's basically an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
@johnnygood4831
22 күн бұрын
They were on Altair IV. In Star Trek TOS in the episode called "Space Seed" they dropped Khan and his people off on Altair IV. In the 2nd movie, The Wrath of Khan, they meet up with him again.
@athanatic
4 ай бұрын
I love all the "cart-before-the-horse" reactions! All your cultural expectations were set by spinoffs of this story where all your suspicions are true! For an SF Fan, this Film is a root. It completely invented the "giant machine" trope on film.
@gorymarty56
9 ай бұрын
The magic of matte paintings was a great part of 50s sci fi
@richardb6260
3 ай бұрын
There's a memo from Gene Roddenberry from the time he was developing the first pilot for Star Trek. He mentions that he and his production staff had screened Forbidden Planet. He asks for any photos from the film and if it was possible to blow up frames from the film to send to the designers working on Trek to inspire them.
@tltatt
Жыл бұрын
Star Trek the original series has an episode that is partially an adaptation of the film Forbidden Planet: "Requiem for Methuselah" Season 3, Episode 19.
@JOHNWLOUCKS
Жыл бұрын
I saw FB Planet in19956 when I was seven. It changed my life. A movie filled with ideas.
@scubasmith
Жыл бұрын
So glad you reacted to this masterpiece. I saw it pretty young and fell in love with the movie immediately. I had such a crush on Ann Francis when I saw it, such a pretty lady.
@martinl8574
Жыл бұрын
Star trek, star wars, Battlestar Galactica, All were inspired and built on this movie! It's special effects, sound design, and cinematography are exceptional! Years before it's time, This is the first true outer space masterpiece! It's concept comes from classic literature, Notably Shakespeare's The tempest!
@micpar2
Жыл бұрын
Besides Robby, the spaceship landing taking off and their space uniforms. Were used on a few episodes of the original Twilight Zone episodes also.
@ZeroOskul
Жыл бұрын
21:58 That is exactly my reaction, every time I hear that.
@joehntr3
Жыл бұрын
It might be hard to understand but this movie hit the local theater when I was a child just 1 month before I turned 5yrs old. I can remember how it took me by the shirttail and shook me to the core from that moment on I was totally a Sci/Fi - fantasy fan and not just 3 months before my 72nd birthday I have never regretted it. Robby is my all time favorite robot even more so than C3PO and R2D2. Anne Francis was 25yrs old during filming of the movie and played a 19yr old Altaira in Forbidden Planet. The effects of this movie were nominated for best-effects Oscar that year.
@2tone753
Жыл бұрын
How cool would it have been if Robby got an Oscar and then gave the acceptance speech.
@Channel-rb5hr
Жыл бұрын
When I was growing up in the 60's the theater screen were about 125 feet wide over 70 feet tall so you can imagine the effect with massive speakers on the walls.
@andreaschmall5560
Жыл бұрын
Always reminds me of my Dad who introduced me to this great movie so many years ago.
@kenkenobi1610
Жыл бұрын
Man, when we had to watch he's as a kid in the sixties and usually came in the 60s. Never watch them stolen though. It's the first time I seen it since I watched it as a little kid
@kenkenobi1610
Жыл бұрын
Stoned not stolen, apparently the talk-to-text is smoking my weed
@hyloguy6847
5 ай бұрын
In 2017, George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones), tweeted: "Who says the science fiction is not prophetic? 'The secret devil of every soul on the planet all set free at once...' The Krel Machine has been built. We call it The Internet."
@micpar2
Жыл бұрын
Leslie Nielson was a leading man in B movies but mainly played police officers/criminals on many, many tv series through the 1970's.
@simrinstu
Жыл бұрын
Thanks guys for the re-up. thanks John! Let's go! Great Classic Science Fiction ,trail blazing FX! Good story and acting too. love the weird sounds from the "Theremin" it's the only instrument that the person playing it never touches, the instrumentalist appears to be summoning otherwordly sounds from the device by sheer telekinesis🛸👾🐅🤟
@RKnights
Жыл бұрын
A true masterpiece!
@alanfoster6589
Жыл бұрын
The electronic score by the Barrons does not feature the theremin. It's all electronic loops and such from equipment they threw together themselves. Quite remarkable.
@luminiferous1960
Жыл бұрын
@@alanfoster6589 True. The theremin is used in the soundtracks of the classic sci-fi movies "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "The Thing" as well as other movies.
@luminiferous1960
Жыл бұрын
Although, as @alanfoster6589 commented, the theremin was not used in "Forbidden Planet," it is a fascinating instrument. The theremin was the product of Soviet government-sponsored research into proximity sensors. The instrument was invented in October 1919 by the Russian physicist Lev Sergeyevich Termen, known in the West as Leon Theremin. After a lengthy tour of Europe, during which time he demonstrated his invention to packed houses, Theremin moved to the United States, where he patented his invention in 1928. The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas which function not as radio antennas but rather as position sensors. Each antennae forms one half of a capacitor with each of the thereminist's hands as the other half of the capacitor. These antennas capacitively sense the relative position of the hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The theremin uses the heterodyne principle to generate an audio signal. The instrument's pitch circuitry includes two radio frequency oscillators set below 500 kHz to minimize radio interference. One oscillator operates at a fixed frequency. The frequency of the other oscillator is almost identical, and is controlled by the performer's distance from the pitch control antenna. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.
@encrypter46
Жыл бұрын
The story line is based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
@emsleywyatt3400
Жыл бұрын
The comic relief in this movie is provided by the cook, portrayed by Earl Holliman, still kicking at 94.
@RetroRobotRadio
Жыл бұрын
There is actually a sequel to this film called "The Invisible Boy". It's set on earth and the only character from this film is Robbie the Robot, but technically its sequel.
@brianmonks8657
Жыл бұрын
One of the guesses that wasn't in the movie was close. Decades ago I found the book for this movie in the public library. The project Morbius mentioned that he was working on was to create life. All the Earth animals in the movie had been made by him, not brought there by the Krell. They discovered this when the monkey was killed, accidentally I think, and they autopsied it and found that it was different internally than it should have been.
@parsifal40002
Жыл бұрын
I was 5 years old when this classic movie was made in 1956.
@davidbrewer9030
Жыл бұрын
People have said that the plot is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. Altair is an actual star - Alpha Aquilae - brightest star in the Eagle constellation. You can see it in the night sky in Spring.
@deanvavra5695
Жыл бұрын
Ann Francis was 26 in 1956. Born in 1930.
@simonoleary9264
Жыл бұрын
I think this was the first big budget SciFi movie. Before this, they were generally treated as schlocky B-movies for children or teens, with a low budget (although a few diamonds still snuck through, like "Day the Earth Stood Still"). The cost for Robbie himself was probably higher than most Scifi movies of the era and airforce engineers were involved in his construction. Robbie was one of the first semi-believable on screen robots and was introduced as a character in the credits, this led to alot of people thinking he was a real robot, rather than a man in a suit. They used Disney artists to create the animated special effects and matte paintings, which is probably why they still stand up today (no they haven't been redone, just cleaned up a little when up upscaled). The score was another first, it was made entirely using electronics (before synthesisers, Moogs, etc). It was done buy a couple that actually constructed the electonics to make the noises.
@JohnSipe-jt7bm
22 сағат бұрын
Richard Anderson, The Night Strangler and Oscar Goldman. Warren Stevens Star Trek (By Any Other Name). Earl Hollimman , Police Woman and pilot of Twilight Zone. Walter Pidgeon, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea movie. 22:54
@ianlejeune6012
11 ай бұрын
Robbie "There's something approaching from the North West." I've clipped that audio for my phone's message notification for many years - you do get some sideways looks… Very difficult to comprehend the impact this film would have had at it's time of release. The first far-reaching serious Sci-Fi film made, and made brilliantly. You're looking at the birth of a genre - bravo!
@Rebel9668
Жыл бұрын
And yes, that is Leslie Nielsen as the Commander, John J. Adams, the same guy from The Naked Gun movies and Airplane! and Dracula: Dead And Loving It!, Just when he was much younger. :)
@tofersiefken
Жыл бұрын
Leslie Nielson also played a serious role in The Poseidon Adventure (1972) which you all might enjoy reacting to. The cast list was star-studded with 1970s icons.
@dunringill1747
Жыл бұрын
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) deserves way more notice than it gets. An Epic Disaster movie.
@donny1960
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies of all time...... Based on one of my favorite stories .........William Shakespeare's The Tempest. The special effect were cutting edge. Especially for 1956. Also the Music was so different from anything ever heard in a movie before. Great acting and a moral to boot...........ha ha. Was very influential in other movies made after it. Thanks for (2nd) reaction to this movie. You made something great...... even better.........
@marklindsey2127
Жыл бұрын
My favorite sci fi movie of all time.
@thecraigster8888
Жыл бұрын
All the visual effects of the saucer, landscape vistas and the underground technology was animation. MGM was able to get some of the top animators on loan from the Disney Studio. As far as the way the men treated Alta was somewhat acceptable for the times in this post-WWII era. (WWII mentality had a lot to do with the behavior of the crew). When the ship was checking on their safety by scanning the room, and they first saw her, they let out what was called a “wolf whistle”. It was considered not quite proper behavior, but it did happen that in certain social settings, a random man could whistle at a random woman on the street like that. Many woman took it as a normal, harmless compliment.
@maingate7672
Жыл бұрын
This film is awesome! The special effects hold up well, even today. It's basically a reimagining of Shakespear's ''The Tempest''.
@hawkmaster381
Жыл бұрын
I alway get so tickled at the shocked reaction to young people today when it comes to how men and women flirted back in my day. That and cigarettes. Young people act like the least risqué thing is a criminal offense. Lol
@Mark-xx3gh
Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorites. Thanks for doing this one.
@johnw8578
Ай бұрын
Considering this movie was old when I saw it as a kid on tv, I loved every minute of it. Robots! Monsters! Space! I also really liked Earth vs The FLying Saucers and This Island Earth,
@joeychicago6436
Жыл бұрын
Don't overlook the soundtrack, the 1st use of a SYNTHESIZER! A 1950's vacuum tube HIGH VOLTAGE multi ton Synthesizer.
@paulmoffat9306
10 ай бұрын
Forbidden Planet's advertising posters ALL show Robbie carrying Anne Francis, while in the movie, the only one he carries is Warren Stevens (the doctor).
@steveliveshere
3 ай бұрын
The very effective special effects were devised by Disney effects animator Josha Logan who was on lone from Disney.
@Splurr
9 ай бұрын
Robby is cool! He has starred in several TV and movies. IT has an IMDB page.
@DoremiFasolatido1979
Жыл бұрын
Morbius isn't worried about Altaira with the crew because he didn't hide anything from her. She knows all about sex and sexuality. She hasn't used any of it, but she's intelligent, and skeptical, albeit in an innocent way. She doesn't necessarily know the sorts of flirtatious games the men are likely to play, but she's got a good bullshit detector and won't easily fall into any common traps. They'll talk some game, and she won't know the game, so she'll question it, they'll make excuses because they themselves don't really understand the game, or her, and she'll call them out when they fuck up. Morbius knows she can handle herself. He's not worried about any of that. And he's mostly internally rolling his eyes at the fact that all these guys think they have a shot at all. It's not until near the end when it's clear that the Commander has a quality that Altaira especially enjoys, and that the same sincerity also means he genuinely appreciates her for who she is (not just because she hot af). That's when he starts to really lose his cool.
@watsondove849
Жыл бұрын
Story's based on the tempest by Shakespeare
@alanmacification
Жыл бұрын
No. It is based on partially recovered Homeric play about a Greek hero demigod: Bellerophon. He tames the flying horse Pegasus and kills the Chrimera monster. He feels he should be a god of Olympus and tries to fly Pegasus to the home of the gods. Zeus sent a gadfly ti sting the horse, who then throws Bellerophon to his death. FYI Dr.Morbious' ship was named , Bellerophon.
@stevetheduck1425
Жыл бұрын
The plot of The Tempest is: a shipwreck brings a number of diplomats and educated men, plus a few crewmen to an island ruled by an exiled scholar and noble, who has a daughter that has never seen any man but her father, who has told her that other men are all monsters. The ruler has a secret cave, and a servant who understands the magic of the island, and the ruler has learned enough magic to cause a storm... he seeks revenge on some of the men on the ship, as they exiled him. He torments them with visions and power they cannot have, intending that they kill each other. The daughter encounters men, falls in love with one, and the ruler lets her go, then breaks his magical staff, denying revenge and his anger at the end. This film has a ship named for Bellerophon as they, by finding this planet of godlike power, that is forbidden to man, yes. That part is based upon Bellerophon, but the story that plays out in this movie is mostly, but not all Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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