Firstly give yourself a pat on the back and a kangaroo stamp if you correctly got the song hint.
But it’s the movie that intrigues me. I vaguely recall seeing The Day the Earth Stood Still on some wonky, ripped and rolling video tape. Didn’t quite do it justice. So, the recent chance to see it – in a restored print too – on DVD, was just too much to resist.
This was made the year we hosted our first Olympics. The black and white days of 1956; when other SciFi movies were full of zaps and flashes and saucers and cups full of chilly monsters. In contrast TDTESS has a sensitive alien in the sympathetic lead role. He’s been sent to Earth with a simple message. One which, nearly 50 years on, rings out loudly and more true than ever.
What an intelligent and thoughtful, no…insightful film. Klaatu, we need you! Come back now.