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ARGH! I just sent a PM to Max_Omega to delete this topic before someone else posts in it and recreate it in the Entertainment section... all that for nothing.
It's a remake of the novel and is most likely different from the first movie adaptation. Keanu Reeves is in it if that appeals to anyone. From wikipeida:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. Klaatu himself already has a negative opinion of humans, and when barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides they shall be exterminated so the planet – with its rare ability to sustain complex life – can survive. It is up to Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) and her stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith) to convince Klaatu humans are worth saving: but it may already be too late
The first movie came before the novel. Movie was 1951, novel was 1976.
Doesn't really matter, I guess.
But it would probably be better without Keanu Reeves, but I'll still see it.
The original was based on a short story, though a lot was changed.
Thank you, Wikipedia, for random facts that don't really help me at all!
I would like to read the short story that inspired the movie, called "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates.
I think I learned that on the History channel, because...I haven't got a life.
But apparently, the producer, Julian Blaustein, didn't like the short story that much, he just liked the central theme of it. But you could probably find the short story on the internet.