The Greatest

JTorci3511@aol.com JTorci3511 at aol.com
Sun Feb 8 17:07:24 CET 2004


In a message dated 2/8/2004 6:02:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, dcml-request at stp.ling.uu.se writes:

I seriously doubt any group of three or more could agree on what "Greatest SF Movie of All Time" is, but FORBIDDEN PLANET is certainly the GRANDADDY of SF films in terms of the INFLUENCE it had on so much of what followed.  

Why, it was practically the BLUEPRINT for STAR TREK -- and it influenced LOST IN SPACE with its use of Robby the Robot -- who actually appeared TWICE on LOST IN SPACE, as a co-star to the "unnamed" LOST IN SPACE Robot.  

And LOST IN SPACE influenced STAR WARS insofar as the characterizations of C3PO and R2D2 were FAR TOO MUCH like Doctor Smith and the Robot to be a coincidence.  

So, FORBIDDEN PLANET has influenced quite a bit -- including, so it seems, the Disney comics work of Don Rosa.  

Joe Torcivia.   



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