Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary SE

[grim_tales]

This looks pretty interesting.. is it worth checking out? Has anyone seen it?
I'm not famillair with The Tempest though.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/162914/F ... oduct.html

* Deleted Scenes (13 mins)
* Lost Footage (10 mins)
* Two follow-up vehicles starring Robby the Robot:
* Feature Film The Invisible Boy (85 mins)
* The Thin Man TV Series Episode Robot Client (25 mins)
* Three Documentaries:
* TCM Original Watch The Skies! Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (55 mins)
* New Documentary Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (26 mins)
* Robby The Robot: Engineering a Sci Fi Icon (14 mins)
* Excerpts 27 and 28 from the MGM Parade TV Series (6 mins)
* Science Fiction Movie Trailer Gallery featuring The Time Machine, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Them!, The invisible Boy and Forbidden Planet

Review



In the year 2257, and Altair 4, a distant colony, has three inhabitants; Professor Morbius, his bewitching daughter, and a dutiful robot, named Robby, who speaks 188 languages. When a space cruiser from Earth lands on the planet a deadly secret is revealed that could spell doom for all on the planet...

Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is transformed into this landmark science-fiction film, which featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own!

Deleted Scenes AND Lost Footage? Wow.

[slasher13]

This looks pretty interesting.. is it worth checking out? Has anyone seen it?

Errr... Dude you never seen Forbidden Planet ever!!!, its a classic SF film!!!. I loved it, and still do, its great. Although when I watched it as a little kid on BBC2, I was a bit annoyed that they didn't show more of the monster, or the alien which lived there. Its a great sci-fi film, and highly recommended. I don't have the 50 Ann, and want to get it, just I will wait for the reviews on this, to see if it better than the R1 version.

Next you be telling me you haven't watched Them!

No seriously it is a great film

[grim_tales]

I havent watched Them!



The R2 specs seem to be the same as the R1, I may check it out for a tenner

[slasher13]

I havent watched Them!

Ahhh :violent2: , Its a great creature feature film, about giant ants.. Enuff said

The R2 specs seem to be the same as the R1, I may check it out for a tenner

Yeah they do seem to be the same, if it was under a tenner, that would be a bargin.. Which reminds me, I need to get War of the World Special Edition, the 50's version, No Tom Cruise

[grim_tales]

Great microwave smiley