The Day the Earth Stood... stood.... *thump* Z-Z-Z

Meh.
B-
Weaksauce.

Doesn't even hold a candle to the tin-can original, probably one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made.

Klaatu barada nikto!

Why we want what's bad for us.

Former Food and Drug Administration chief David Kessler thinks Americans are victims of “conditioned hyper-eating,” and he’s written a book about it: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. The Wall Street Journal poked him for some answers about how food can “hijack” our brains, and how cuisine—from snack food to restaurant fare—is designed to entice.

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Quote: "What we eat in restaurants is fat on fat on sugar on fat with salt. Pick any dish in any mid-American restaurant. What is spinach dip? Fat on salt with green stuff."

It took a PhD to figure that out? Fat on fat on sugar on fat with salt: You couldn't get a better description of a Big Mac.


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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Well, at least I got a nice copy of the original when I purchased the recent remake, so my money wasn't a total waste.

I'm gratified that this film ranks 7th on Arthur C. Clarke's top-10 science fiction film list, because even 58 years later - coincidentally my age - it's just as relevant now as it was then. It's a tight film, without a second wasted, and made with the intention that it would

a) be as realistic as the technology allowed, and
b) transmit the message that mankind needs to get rid of its violent nature if it cares to survive.

"Klaatu barada nikto!" is one of the most famous lines ever uttered in a science-fiction film, but was not the only thing that Klaatu said. The remainder of the dialog is:

Gort! Deglet ovrosco! (Said after Klaatu is shot the first time)

Imray Klaatu naruwak.
Makro pluvau/pluval, baratu lokdeniso impeklis.
Yavo tari axo/axel bugletio barengi degas. (Klaatu's instructions - ostensibly to his Federation - for his "demonstration of power"; this linguist's best transcription. Two words are nearly impossible to pinpoint without a script or screenplay. You can listen to the dialog here.)

Klaatu barada nikto!

Gort, berengo. Probably much like "Mirab, his sails unfurled," i.e. Gort, let's blow this bait shack.

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