Day The Earth Stood Still Remake

[PJBoy]

Nice new poster, and awesome reporting, it seens to be a great remake!

 

[MissHades]

Man, the report of the full interrogation scene sounds CRAZY good! It is below, beware for SPOILERS.

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In the first clip, we see a scene where Klaatu is held in custody after requesting to speak to world leaders. Instead of speaking to world leaders, he speaks to US official who interrogates him. You've probably seen this bit in the previews circulating online. What you haven't seen is that when Klaatu tells his interrogator to let him go, he follow up by using the interrogation device to shock the man unconscious, take over his brain, and steal all the information from his mind that he needs to escape the compound. Then he steals the guy's suit, and sends a screaming noise through the bluetooth headsets all the army ninjas are wearing, which seems to instantly kill them. (It's not clear if they're just stunned.) Reeves' robotic acting works well here: He's alien who is merely inhabiting a human body. Klaatu is way more badass than in the 50s version, where the alien is a gentle scientist. I get a kind of Terminator feeling from Reeves — he slays a base full of hardcore intelligence guys just by sending a crazy signal through their bluetooth devices. He is seriously scary."

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Next we see a clip of Reeves with Jaden Smith, who plays Jacob, the kid he bonds with who teaches him what it means to be human. Jacob asks Klaatu why he looks so human if he's alien, and Reeves explains that before he wasn't human-looking — he was just Klaatu. They appear to be fleeing in a truck. Not sure what's happening, but it's clear that Klaatu has become more sympathetic to humans. Talking about the scene afterwards, Reeves said, "Klaatu's starting to have a conflict about a decision he made earlier in the film — he's being affected by humans. He's ambivalent about humans, that they're not as bad as he thought they were." Derrickson added that Reeves worked out the physicality of the character of Klaatu on his own, and that Derrickson really admired the way Reeves embodied an alien slowly coming to be human. The shift you see is physical, in the way he holds his body, as well as in his point of view. And it's true: in this clip, we really do see Klaatu moving and talking in a more human way than in his earlier, Terminator-style incarnation."

From http://io9.com

 

[Ziggyman]

Just saw the trailer...It looked pretty cool and finally there is a reason to why Keanu's acting is so robotic and a tad bit lifeless!

 

[xwolverine2]

Man, the report of the full interrogation scene sounds CRAZY good! It is below, beware for SPOILERS.

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"
In the first clip, we see a scene where Klaatu is held in custody after requesting to speak to world leaders. Instead of speaking to world leaders, he speaks to US official who interrogates him. You've probably seen this bit in the previews circulating online. What you haven't seen is that when Klaatu tells his interrogator to let him go, he follow up by using the interrogation device to shock the man unconscious, take over his brain, and steal all the information from his mind that he needs to escape the compound. Then he steals the guy's suit, and sends a screaming noise through the bluetooth headsets all the army ninjas are wearing, which seems to instantly kill them. (It's not clear if they're just stunned.) Reeves' robotic acting works well here: He's alien who is merely inhabiting a human body. Klaatu is way more badass than in the 50s version, where the alien is a gentle scientist. I get a kind of Terminator feeling from Reeves — he slays a base full of hardcore intelligence guys just by sending a crazy signal through their bluetooth devices. He is seriously scary."

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Next we see a clip of Reeves with Jaden Smith, who plays Jacob, the kid he bonds with who teaches him what it means to be human. Jacob asks Klaatu why he looks so human if he's alien, and Reeves explains that before he wasn't human-looking — he was just Klaatu. They appear to be fleeing in a truck. Not sure what's happening, but it's clear that Klaatu has become more sympathetic to humans. Talking about the scene afterwards, Reeves said, "Klaatu's starting to have a conflict about a decision he made earlier in the film — he's being affected by humans. He's ambivalent about humans, that they're not as bad as he thought they were." Derrickson added that Reeves worked out the physicality of the character of Klaatu on his own, and that Derrickson really admired the way Reeves embodied an alien slowly coming to be human. The shift you see is physical, in the way he holds his body, as well as in his point of view. And it's true: in this clip, we really do see Klaatu moving and talking in a more human way than in his earlier, Terminator-style incarnation."

From http://io9.com

 

[Nightmare]

Oh no not spoilers!

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[terry78]

How in the hell do you spoil a remake?

 

[Nightmare]

How in the hell do you spoil a remake?

Sometimes the endings are different. Ive never actually saw the original though.

 

[xwolverine2]

well in a way..the original was missing an ending lol

 

[Majik1387]

The only way this would ruin the original is if the Earth is destroyed at the end...

Edit: and what xwolverine2 said

 

[Gotham]

The second picture is awesome. Thanks, Hunter.

 

[Anubis Raptor]

This movie is looking to be amazing!

 

[Showtime]

The trailer just made me laugh in all honesty, and I love the original. Keanu is always just Keanu to me.

 

[xwolverine2]

The only way this would ruin the original is if the Earth is destroyed at the end...

Edit: and what xwolverine2 said

i think its pretty damn clear the earth would've been destroyed in the original anyways..

 

[8wid]

In the original, he lands on the mall in Washington. Why is he landing in Central Park? Are they afraid if they remade him in D.C. he would be ripping off Independence Day?

 

[Nightmare]

In the original, he lands on the mall in Washington. Why is he landing in Central Park? Are they afraid if they remade him in D.C. he would be ripping off Independence Day?

OMG SPOILERS!!! NOOO!!!

 

[S.A.A.D.]

^Oh well if it's like Independence Day IMO,I hate that movie.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Is there any confirmation on if Gort will appear in the film? I'd love to see how they create him with the special effects that are available today.

 

[Speedball]

Is there any confirmation on if Gort will appear in the film? I'd love to see how they create him with the special effects that are available today.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=58431

 

[Dark Donnie]

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20219070_20219072_20219358,00.html

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Brimming with Cold War anxiety, Robert Wise's 1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still is nearly sacrosanct in sci-fi circles. Even so, Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) insists, ''It's not like The Wizard of Oz, a movie that everybody has seen.'' In this version, the alien Klaatu (Reeves) comes to Earth to warn of imminent doom by environmental, not atomic, annihilation. Connelly, who stars as an astrobiologist helping Klaatu understand humanity and negotiating for our survival, thinks Derrickson has preserved the original's humanist essence: ''Scott felt there was room for a version that spoke to us today, how we treat each other and the Earth.''
Our Two Cents We've stood still too long waiting for Reeves' sci-fi return, though M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening may have exposed an inconvenient box office truth about eco-thrillers. 12/12

 

[xwolverine2]

yeah i dont see it doing any good box-office wise...
but who cares.. its not like their will be a sequel lol

 

[Nightmare]

Why not? It looks awesome. Its about UFO's. Keanu's in it. = success at the box office.

 

[GhostPoet]

I still think he just knocks out the guys in the facility...not kill them.

 

[xwolverine2]

the new footage shows a new glimpse at gort!

anyone tuning in on Fox at 8:00?

 

[Sam Fisher]

Why not? It looks awesome. Its about UFO's. Keanu's in it. = success at the box office.

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