JMS is slated to write the screenplay for a remake – or maybe a sequel (I mean, another sequel, in addition to the original sequel) to the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. The original film is famous for a) being based on Shakespeare’s Tempest with a dash of Freud added; b) inspiring the look and some of the plots of Star Trek; c) introducing the later oft-cameoed Robby the Robot; and d) featuring Leslie Nielsen back when he played it straight. (Plus leading lady Anne Francis is not uncute.)
JMS reportedly plans to keep the retro look of the original film. (Hopefully he won’t keep the retro dialogue in the romantic scenes; why do male-female interactions from 1950s movies seem so much more antiquated and, well, alien than those from 1930s movies?)
Incidentally, JMS is a longtime Planet fan (as might be suggested by the pics below) and says he’s been “chasing this one assignment for over a decade.”
Your post about Obama’s election is being discussed at the Hit and Run blog. I am shocked that none of the posters are familiar with left libertarianism.
why do male-female interactions from 1950s movies seem so much more antiquated and, well, alien than those from 1930s movies?
Ever watch The Mystery of the Wax Museum back to back with House of Wax? It’s as though feminism un-happened sometime in the intervening 20 years.