TAKE A MOVIE TO WORK: Forbidden Planet

The tendency of Smart People to think themselves smart enough to micromanage every detail of everyone's lives is one of the driving forces behind Leftism. They must portray their opponents as stupid (Ford, Reagan, Quayle, GW Bush, Palin) or evil (Nixon, Cheney, Rove), while elevating Dear Leader as Benevolent Übergenius. It never occurs to them that no single human mind is capable of containing the sheer volume of knowledge necessary to run everything.

Grammar nits:

A blog belonging to more than one founder is "The Founders' blog". Note the conspicuous absence of a post-apostrophe "s" in the plural possessive.

A father reacting badly to his daughter becoming attracted to a man is not "oedipal". That term is reserved for the attachment a child has to a parent of the opposite sex, not any similar feeling the parent may have for a child.

-The Monster

So our message to the CRU-Krew, and the Hokey Team, is "We don't trust your ids!" As for Al Gore's ...

Incisive comments from a man who sees below the obvious.
Thanks, Bill.

Interesting but true.

Perhaps you might offer your insight to Serenity or even the Firefly episodes.

As a child I saw this in a Honolulu theater shortly after its release. The Krell powerplant in Cinerama was truly stupendous.

Oh, this is very good. I am in geek libertarian heaven.

I think this is such a good idea. Would love to to see what you would do with Kazan's VIVA ZAPATA.

He's like the Mr. Rogers of movie critics.

Great movie. Great review and information. Totally agree with Bill and Declaration Entertainment.

Even my liberal friends love this movie, which proves they subconsciously know the government is on the wrong track. And yes, I miss Leslie and Anne. May they rest in peace.

you've really done a ton of great work, bill! thanks so much for you efforts

Great job Bill! Forbidden Planet is one of my favorite as well. How about doing "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"? Don't let the title fool you.

Dave Twitchell

Oh nooooooo . . . !

I can't watch this!

I was a kid when this movie came out.

Scariest movie ever made.

Worse than the Wicked Witch of theWest in The Wizard of Oz!

Mommmmeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Bill! What are you thinking?!

It must be a guy thing.

;-)

This is to me one of the greatest SF movies ever made, and the warning was never lost on me, but I would differ with Mr. Whittle on a point which may seem small but is not.
Mr Whittle calls our "base" nature a defect. I do not agree. Our base nature evolved as man evolved. Are all men defective? No. I believe (in the sense I do not have hard evidence but anecdotal) that many people, especially the intellectual elites ignore or deny their base natures. Ignoring or denying these natures, which after all are automatic responses to imprintable stimuli, allows them to manifest without control in the behaviors of those ignoring or denying them. See what happens when Dr. Morbius ignores his own emotions and instincts. See the rage and hate on the left, who are supposed to be the intellectual betters. Ignoring the Beast inside you allows him freedom to act.
Instead of subsuming our instincts and emotions, we should understand, control, and use them. Look at Star Trek, the series that Mr. Whittle dare not mention. In Kirk, Spock, and McCoy we see Instinct, Intellect, and Emotion respectively. Time and again during the series we see the problems that occur when one or more are missing or have dominance. When the three are balanced, there is success. And only instinct can lead in places where there is hidden danger like space. In other milieus, the intellect or emotion may be the one that needs to lead.
I see the left as being people who have ignored their instincts and in cases emotions in favor of the intellect. The right tends toward instinct and in some cases emotion but gives little credence to intellect. The left is more logical, but the right has more "common sense." The left in most cases lacks emotional self control, and the right lacks the ability to formulate reasoned argument.
I am for the middle course. "To thine own self be true." Learn to control your intellect, emotions and instincts to work for you. Never ignore or deny them. All these are still here not as relics, but as useful tools to help us survive.

I was wondering what you thought of "The Fighter"? I know it is pretty rough, and the characters very flawed, but are not we all? What I loved about it was that everyone was searching for redemption. Though it was through the central character, it was still genuine, and sometimes in life we all need someone or something to believe in. To see the redemption that happens and the catharsis the characters go through made me cry. Anyway, as soon as I get more funds, I will make a donation, I can only wish we had another John Wayne. I leading man who will only take scripts that will show the best in us all, and the things we all strive for in life. To be good, and to do better.
Thanks for your reviews, I love them.

Sincerely,
Jim Flanagan

Wow -- can't believe I never saw the Dowd Conundrum. Fantastic!

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