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eppur_se_muova

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5. College campus movie ? Or art-theater movie house ?

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:48 AM

17 hrs ago

I saw it decades ago at MIT's SF Marathon. Preserves a lot of attitudes from the 50's, which don't wear well on viewing years later. It was on TNT (IIRC) a few weeks ago and I couldn't finish watching it.

When the Earth Stood Still, on the other hand, holds up pretty well (except for the usual dollop of generic "spiritual" claptrap to keep the peasants from rebelling against the idea that resurrection might be just a question of sufficiently advanced technology). Haven't seen the CGI-laden "remake" and I never will. It's not a special-effects movie, doesn't deserve being burdened with modern special effects "just because we couldn't do that back then, but we can't now".

(I'm not turning into a curmudgeon; I've enrolled in the lifetime plan.)

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At last, I'm going to see my favorite 1950's science fiction movie on the big screen. [View all] NNadir 19 hrs ago OP

Yup, that's the one. Along with "The Day the Earth Stood Still"...my top two...big screen yippee! wcmagumba 18 hrs ago #1

Wow, my dear NNadir! Enjoy the showing! CaliforniaPeggy 18 hrs ago #2

A classic for sure.. Permanut 18 hrs ago #3

Plan 9 and Creeping Terror most certainly qualify as classics JoseBalow 16 hrs ago #9

I Assume You Will Grace Us with a Full-on 3D Review! Please! The Roux Comes First 18 hrs ago #4

College campus movie ? Or art-theater movie house ? eppur_se_muova 17 hrs ago #5

It's at the Princeton Garden Theater, a non profit theater acquired from an old "for profit" theater. NNadir 17 hrs ago #6

Sounds like a cool set-up! Reminds of the old art theater in downtown Baltimore -- the Charles (or "The Chuck"). eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #8

Looks interesting, but I never go to Baltimore. The Charles was founded in 1939, the Princeton Garden in 1920. NNadir 6 hrs ago #12

Fellow sci-fi enthusiast BeneteauBum 16 hrs ago #7

Surely you can't be serious? edbermac 16 hrs ago #10

Stop calling me Shirley! 10 Turtle Day 12 hrs ago #11

Wonderful, CREATIVE ending sentence! some_of_us_are_sane 4 hrs ago #13

Forbidden Planet was on TMC the other day LogDog75 4 hrs ago #14

I'm not sure the acting is all that great in Forbidden Planet - it's passable for sure - but that's not why I always... NNadir 2 hrs ago #15