Did I attack your character? I don't think so. Your analytic skills in pop culture yeah....
you wrote..
"I consider this film a classic of B-movie sci-fi. It has mechanically intricate devices, rather implausible elements (gravitational field reverses, for one), and in this case, some rather poor footage. There was a scene in which one crew member relized he was being left behind, and the poor lighting had so much glare or such poor lighting (cannot remember which) on his space helmet's visor, that only his teeth were visible (he was black). Dispite the seriousness of that scene, I could not help laughing. I think those helmets had illuminated interiors, so faces would be visible, but even if so, this poor cinematography slipped past the production crew."
Then you went elsewhere.
You made no mention of when you saw it... I remember that scene where the black guy saves the crew and get's left behind. But I remember Yoko Tani's charm in that tight spacesuit more.
It's an "A+" film with international cast that was butchered by the biggoted hollywood of those days. Japanese spacegirls? Black heroic Astronauts in the ultimate sacrifice? It was beautiful! Daring!!! For it's day you schmuck.
Do you think such "Propaganda" is cheap? There were lynchings in America at that time. Pre Tet sci-Fi with political and social content, in technicolor and Totalscope. As I said , Frankie Avalon singing 'Venus" as you wait in line for your ticket. Finding fault of anykind with Forbidden Planet will not endear you to the heart of the Sci-Fi community, but they did take improper liberties. The heart of Sci-Fi....Which is where you are right now. The little recon robot in "fssov" is way cool and the wave of the future. <_< Ebert you are not.. Yet you have that annoying way of alienating fans by dismissing the things that they love.... You might make a film reviewer after all. :wahah:
The Neuropathic child brain environment..... The neurotic adult brain....
