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Robots: The history of mechanical men in cinema

We all love robots, don’t we? What would science fiction be without them? Throughout the decades, Robots have not only been a popular and important part of the sci-fi genre, they have also frequently acted as metaphors for cultural views on the...

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The Day The Earth Stood Still Movie Review

The trailers for the remake with the infinitely talented Keanu Reeves indicates that The Day The Earth Stood Still is a sci-fi action flick. The action part is incorrect. The original is almost devoid of all action, and I like that way. Usually...

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A Warning from Space - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) was directed by Robert Wise and based on the short story "Farewell to the Master" (1940) by Harry Bates. An emissary from outer space arrives by flying saucer and lands in Washington, accompanied by an 8ft robot....

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde take time out of the research laboratory and the grimy back alleys of Victorian London to review the new Keanu Reeves film, "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Will Mr Hyde howl in delight or howl in anger (and howl at the moon as usual)?

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When Klaatu Returns: The Day the Earth Stood Still Revisited

When Klaatu Returns By Robert Sprackland, Ph.D. Excerpted from Klaatu's Judgment, a manuscript in progress. On a spring day in 1951 a spacecraft arrived on Earth carrying an envoy from "the other planets." The very human-looking alien,...

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