The 1956 classic Forbidden Planet had a huge influence on sci-fi, especially Star Trek and Star Wars…
The 1950s was a golden age for science fiction cinema.
Of all those 50s classics, one film stands among them all as a true sci-fi icon.
Monsters from the id!
Robby the Robot remains an iconic, instantly recognizable character.
That sum would ultimately prove to be a worthy investment.
Forbidden Planets key scene is its night time laser battle with the id monster.
As the websiteMoon Gadgetpoints out, another ofForbidden Planets special effects sequences may have caught George Lucass attention.
Then theres Bebe and Louis Barrons eerie electronic score.
Those were all his.
My father took my sister and I to see it, Burtt toldWired.
Remember the parallel we drew between the City of the Krell and the bowels of the Death Star?
Thats the Krell power shaft.
I used electronic sounds to support a lot of that.
Or I put rhythms of sound together, slowed-down metallic bumping like a heartbeat, inside the Death Star.
Which is probably in many ways because I was keying offForbidden Planet.You couldnt escape that element to it.
You may recall we saw MGMsFORBIDDEN PLANETwith Oscar Katz some weeks ago.
while we are still sketching and planning our own.
Can you suggest the best way?
This latter would be the most helpful.
c’mon understand, we have no intention of copying either interior or exterior of that ship.
There are other similarities betweenForbidden PlanetandStar Trek,too.
The exploration of an unknown world in a faster-than-light ship.
The tendency to explain things scientifically rather than fantastically.
The most beautiful sci-fi movie of the 1950s,Forbidden Planetis also the most enduringly influential.
