The forbidden planet is real.

[WhatTheHey]

     Yeah, Robby had a good career for a character of the mechanical type.     The creator was a guy named, Robert Kinoshita.  Robert-Robby, lol.  Robert Kinoshita's creation gave lots of inspiration for up and coming scientist as did the movie.  Although The Forbidden Planet didn't have the impact of Star Trek and some other movies, it was ahead of its time.    

                                         

A page on the creator and his creation.....         https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119475/

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

I consider it the greatest SciFi movie of all time! And the special effects were far ahead of its time, even by today's standards.

[The Seeker]

Whilst we are on the subject of mechanicals such as Robbie and the Lost in Space Robot, let us not forget Gort, from "The Day the Earth stood still", which was another good movie that was waaayyy ahead of its time'

people keep calling for disclosure, and it already happened with this movie...

[WhatTheHey]

Whilst we are on the subject of mechanicals such as Robbie and the Lost in Space Robot, let us not forget Gort, from "The Day the Earth stood still", which was another good movie that was waaayyy ahead of its time'

people keep calling for disclosure, and it already happened with this movie...

  Yes it was! Way ahead of its time and could contain some truths also.     Edmund H. North based some of his movies loosely on facts.  Like his movie Patton. 
  Farewell to the Master, was the original story that later became The Day The Earth Stood Still.  Edmund wrote some great screen plays.

  Talking about the planets.  Pluto is fighting for its fame.  lol  Pluto says, "How dare you take away my planetary standing, calling me a dwarf planet, I'll show you!" 
  Pluto may be showing signs of life, yep that demeaned little planet that lost its standing may have been a bit insulted it seems.  Because now it looks like the out gassing on Pluto may be water ejections with organics there in.  Puts its self back on the main list of interesting places we should go.   Way to go Pluto!   

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ice-volcanoes-pluto-may-have-spewed-organic-rich-water?tgt=nr

[Irene]

Whilst we are on the subject of mechanicals such as Robbie and the Lost in Space Robot, let us not forget Gort, from "The Day the Earth stood still", which was another good movie that was waaayyy ahead of its time'

people keep calling for disclosure, and it alrea.dy happened with this movie...

Interesting thing about that movie, Klaatu took a laundry tag off the suit he swiped and threw it in the street. No entity advocating advanced concepts like galactic peace, etc., would litter.

It was the only disappointing aspect of that film. Loved it.

[Shasta56]

Now I have to track down The Day the Earth Stood Still, and watch for the laundry tag scene.  My parents saw the movie at the drive in, when my brother was quite young.  I guess it really upset him.  Then my mother took me to the drive in to see Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte when I was 7.  Those were the days.

[A51Watcher]

Shashta,

You can watch the full movie here -

https://archive.org/details/The.Day.The.Earth.Stood.Still1951

[Irene]

Now I have to track down The Day the Earth Stood Still, and watch for the laundry tag scene.  My parents saw the movie at the drive in, when my brother was quite young.  I guess it really upset him.  Then my mother took me to the drive in to see Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte when I was 7.  Those were the days.

Life used to be much more fun when we were expected to be adults from the cradle. It came with an entirely different level of trust and respect.

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Found this:

http://www.hightechscience.org/lost_in_space_robot.htm

[WhatTheHey]

Interesting thing about that movie, Klaatu took a laundry tag off the suit he swiped and threw it in the street. No entity advocating advanced concepts like galactic peace, etc., would litter.

It was the only disappointing aspect of that film. Loved it.

  You know I believe I remember that part and I have to agree, it was a bit disappointing to me too.  Till I realized at that point (if I remember right lol) he is still here to destroy the human race and all of our signature on the planet as well.  So maybe he didn't think it would make a difference. lol          

[WhatTheHey]

Found this:

http://www.hightechscience.org/lost_in_space_robot.htm

  Dang, that thing was heavy!  I think I remember the guy getting hurt a couple times operating the costume during the filming too.

[ArMaP]

  Dang, that thing was heavy!  I think I remember the guy getting hurt a couple times operation the costume during the filming too.

One thing that changed in the last 40 years or so is the materials used in everyday uses. In the same way you can look at photos and movies from that time and see how different the materials the clothes were made of reacted because of their stiffness, weight and other characteristics, the materials used to create things like those robots today are not only much easier to work with, they are also much lighter and probably more resistant.