Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Watching The Day The Earth Stood Still (the original 1951, not the crappy remake). I notice that every soldier in the movie is armed with a carbine or 1911. No Garands at all. I guess they were cheaper. Studio spent most of the budget on special effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 They all got their fingers on the triggers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 That's how the present from Klatoo got shot out of his hand. BIG mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 One guy on another sit said Garands loaded with black tip ammo would have taken care of Gort immediately and the movie would have been shortened too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 "Klaatu verada nicto" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: "Klaatu verada nicto" https://rambleonnerdyponderings.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/what-does-klaatu-barada-nikto-actually-mean/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 I always wondered how Gort got through downtown DC from the ship to the jail to bust Klaatu out and back without being spotted by the hundreds of troops and cops roaming the landscape. I guess they all went of duty when Mr K was drilled by the Ma Deuce. The EM club and O'Reilly's bar musta been hoppin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Klaatu barada nikto. That is one heck of a condensed message! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Gesundheit! Danged auto communista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On a side note, the actor who played Gort in the movie was Lock Martin and he was around 7' 7" tall. That was no special effects when he picked up and carried Patricia Neal to the spaceship.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: Klaatu barada nikto. That is one heck of a condensed message! It’s all in the tonal inflexion Like Chinese. Pronounce it wrong and Gort brings you a pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 According to what I’ve read from several sources, Lock Martin was very tall but somewhat frail and did need help in the scene where he picked up Patricia Neal. On a completely unrelated note, the hairstyles for women in the 1950s were, in my opinion, the worst in history. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 42 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: It’s all in the tonal inflexion Like Chinese. Pronounce it wrong and Gort brings you a pizza. I wonder how Mork from Ork would have put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: It’s all in the tonal inflexion Like Chinese. Pronounce it wrong and Gort brings you a pizza. With anchovies and grape jelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 (took me a minute to get this one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 BTW Utah Bob I think maybe the need for Garands in Korea might have influenced what the film producers could use. No doubt after the Battle of Chosin Reservoir the Army was perfectly happy to let Hollywood use all those M1 Carbines instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: "Klaatu verada nicto" same as: Jabajada Arderdah..... which means: The crocodile that walks like a man. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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