The Day the Earth Stood — er, I mean Stopped

Oh, those rascals at The Asylum. If you don’t know who The Asylum are, then you’ve probably never seen one of their rip-off movies like “Transmorphers”, “Snakes on a Train”, “100 Million BC”, or “The Da Vinci Treasure”. Basically, the Asylum’s M.O. is to scan the trades for a big-time Hollywood movie that’s due to come out soon, then rush their own similar-sounding copy into videostore shelves before that big-budget movie to capitalize on the free publicity. You can probably guess what “Transmorphers” and “Snakes on a Train” were trying to crib. The Asylum’s latest is “The Day the Earth Stopped”. Gee, I wonder which soon-to-be-released Hollywood movie this one’s trying to crib?

Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the major world capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.

Starring C. Thomas Howell, Darren Dalton, Sinead McCafferty, Bug Hall, Cameron Bender, and Judd Nelson. Yes, C. Thomas Howell and Judd Friggin Nelson. It’s also directed by C. Thomas Howell, who must have given up on a respectable movie career if he’s gone into business with these guys.

Another one of The Asylum’s latest movies? “Sunday School Musical”. Gee, I wonder…

Poster and trailer for “The Day the Earth Stopped”: