Comments on: Saturn: the Forbidden Planet

By: petite amÃ©ricaine

petite amÃ©ricaine — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:19:30 +0000

Wow. Can you imagine what our music could have developed into if our human ears had been able to actually hear that on their own?

Sure, it’s creepy, but it’s somehow beautiful, too. And I don’t think we would have thought it odd or wierd if we were more “used” to hearing it.

By: neesha

neesha — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:11:33 +0000

saturn is a beautiful planet it is the second biggest planet it is yellow and gold coulour

By: Pat Dougherty

Pat Dougherty — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:05:51 +0000

So then this means that all those funky sound effects from SPACE 1999 and those cheesy 50s, 60s, and 70s sci-fi flicks and series weren’t so cheesy after all?

By: Mike Nilsen

Mike Nilsen — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:47:37 +0000

FP Trivia:

One of the major reasons for using electronically-generated music in Forbidden Planet was to save money. The director and his wife(?) composed the ‘music’ and, by calling it ‘Electronic Tonalities’, they were able to avoid paying Hollywood Musicians Union rates.

By: Stefanf

Stefanf — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:41:46 +0000

That sound clip sent shivers down my spine, and I thought to myself:
Science is beautiful.

By: Chet Twarog

Chet Twarog — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:50:15 +0000

Well, Phil, not much else to do on a Sunday evening, so I watched “Forbidden Planet” again. Great effects ahead of its time–perhaps that is where most people have an idea about flying saucers, too?
Anyways, just like many SF movies of the fifties being anti-Communist (Atheist) governments, the final line by Commander Adams (after many rewinds to get it written down) as he comforts Altaira (?)
“and to remind us that, afterall, we are all with God.”
Oh, yeah, when they drop out of hyper-space, the “Doc”, on seeing the planet Altair IV, says something like “what beautiful worlds the Lord makes.”
No comments except that the “ID”, too, has been junked.

By: sarongsong

sarongsong — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:08:01 +0000

Your closing reference to Monsters From the Id caught my eye, as the local jazz station had played Mose Allison’s musical interpretation (of same?) earlier in the day—first time I’d heard it and is still ringing in my ears:

Monsters of the Id (Mose Allison (1969))

Monsters of the Id, no longer staying hid

And terrors of the night are out in broad daylight

No need to knock on wood, don’t stop to say a prayer

It won’t do any good, they’re multiplying everywhere

Creatures of the deep are going without sleep

And phantoms of the dark have their own place to park

No need to lock the doors, they’re sprouting through the cracks

They’re making room for more, they’re deputizing maniacs

Prehistoric ghouls are making their own rules

And resurrected Huns are passing out the guns

No need to cause a fuss, don’t go and make a scene

They know what’s best for us, they’re fighting fire with gasoline

Creatures from the swamp rewrite their own Mein Kampf

Neanderthals amok just trying to make a buck

Goblins and their hags are out there waving flags

When will we be rid . . . of Monsters of the Id
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