Uh oh. It looks like someone from Aint-it-cool-News, or someone who regularly writes for them, has gotten their hands on the script for the upcoming “The Day the Earth Stood Still” remake. As you’ll recall, Keanu Reeves let the cat out of the bag a few weeks back when he told MTV that the new version will involve Global Warming instead of nuclear annihilation, which as you might expect, made me think this movie was gonna suck because of that pandering crap. Now according to the script review — yup, it’s gonna suck because it just, well, plain sucks, apparently.

In short, what AICN’s reviewer says is, yes, Global Warming is now the cause instead of Nuclear Annihilation, Gort has been replaced by something called “The Totem” that can, er, transform into a totem and shoot things, and the famous words, “Klaatu Barada Nicto” is never uttered in the movie.

Head on over to AICN to read the script review, including a MASSIVE SPOILER about how it ends. I’m not going to spill it here, but you can read for it yourself.

Their conclusion is that it reeks, but hey, judge for yourself.

The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake

Category: Sci-Fi Movie News Sci-Fi SPOILERS The Day the Earth Stood Still (Remake 2008) Movie

There are 3 comments

  • ¬ Paul Brewer
    May 30th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    This is too bad. It would have been great to see this classic story remade in a brilliant way. But, it’s hard to imagine any composer equalling Bernard Herrmann’s score or Michael Rennie’s equanimity as Klaatu.

  • ¬ Skip Stein
    July 21st, 2008 at 8:45 am

    What a stupid tradegy. Go green instead of stop killing yourselves? Yea right. Makes sense that an intergalatic civilization could give a hoot about a few trees. Not profilierating violence beyond the confines of your own planet; YEA that is a valid concern!

    Michael Rennie must be spinning in his grave.

    It could have been a grand re-make; now just a travesty.

    Hollywood, get over yourselves!

    Skip Stein

  • ¬ Kirk Honore
    August 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    I’ve got to say that after reading the synopsis of the script, I am not impressed with the story or where it is going. Global Warming as the reason for Klaatu’s arrival on Earth? Why would any alien race care about us polluting ourselves out of existence? Unless they can sense the pain of our planet and received a eco version of an S.O.S. from the Earth, I think that they should have stuck with the nuclear angle, since they are still a threat to our world, seeing as the host of nuclear nations is still growing.

    Keanu might be an okay choice for Klaatu but clearly without our favorite Gort and that ‘Klaatu…Barada…Nikto’ the story is just a two hour ‘Go Green or Die’ after school special.

    I hope that the visual FX will placate me and keep me from walking out of the theater, because the story is going to have a hard time keeping me in my seat.

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