[net.sf-lovers] The Day the Earth Stood Still

john@hp-pcd.UUCP (06/12/84)

I was listening to the radio the other day when they were talking about how
hollywood was really into remakes this year. Amoung the list of remakes either
released or in the works was "The day the Earth stood still". Has anyone else
heard about this?


John Eaton

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neiman@stolaf.UUCP (David M. Neiman) (06/21/84)

In "The Day the Earth Stood Still", Klaatu tells us that Gort and others of
his type react automatically against aggression.  We know that if Klaatu is
killed, that Gort is likely to do something nasty.

I think the message that Klaatu gave the human to tell Gort "Klaatu borada
nikto" meant the only thing that would have stopped Gort, and I think Monty
Python intuitively understood this in their film "... and the Holy Grail".

Obviously, it means "I'm not dead yet..."


question 1:  What was the human's name?  What is the name of the child?
question 2:  What is the authoritative spelling of "Klaatu borada nikto"?

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