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more about #robbytherobot more comments → AmishJohn: The only remake I can truly recommend is The Thing. more » Son of Tezby: Honor the classic SF of the 50s by making brand new movies based on unfilmed novels and short stories from the period. more » AmishJohn: JMS can best honor Forbidden Planet by changing the names of all the characters, ships, and planets. Then change all the actions. Then change the name. more » Sarcasmica: I no longer have any faith in Straczynski. I adored Babylon 5, but did any of you see the movies later made (yes, they might have been straight-to-DVD... more » mistermac2000: AAAARGH! Robby was not a "star" of Lost in Space...although he might have done a "cameo" appearance. more » B: *checks reviews of The Changeling* Yea, this is gonna be great.... more » ManchuCandidate: I'm torn. Forbidden Planet is one of those movies that should no be touched. However, unlike most TV/film writers, JMS is a lot more appreciative of... more » -
#forbiddenplanet
Forbidden Planet Movie Won't Be Retro After All
With the liberally revamped version of The Day The Earth Stood Still opening next month, it seemed weird that J. Michael Straczynski was rumored to be writing a retro Forbidden Planet movie that kept the peachy keen 1950s look of the original intact. And now it turns out the rumors were wrong — Straczynski piped up on a Usenet group to say the new movie won't be a continuation of the original, and it won't look like some kind of 1950s pastiche. So how will he pay tribute to the original? More » -
#scifimachines
Eight of the Oddest Inspirations for the Coolest Science Fiction Machines
Some of the most awesome science fiction machines ever conceived for film, like the turbo-tank AT-ATs from Empire Strikes Back, were inspired by things the concept designers saw every day. You may already know that George Lucas was allegedly inspired to create the AT-ATs by these cargo lifters at the Port of Oakland — but did you know the T-1000 "liquid metal" Terminator was inspired by chocolate fudge? Find out which strangely ordinary items inspired eight of the coolest science fiction machines, and be humbled. More »
