One of my favorite sci-fi movies; The Day the Earth Stood Still.

[shockey80]

Gort! Klaatu barada nikto. In the movie an alien shut down the earth. A virus has shut us down.

Klaatu. I am fearful when I see people (Trump voters) substituting fear for reason.

Trump is Tom, the boyfriend of Helen in the movie.

Helen. What about the rest of the world?

Tom. I don't care about the rest of the world.

Tom. You'll feel different about me when you read about me in the papers.

Helen. I feel different now.

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Donald Trump is hoping for The Andromeda Strain solution, do nothing and nature gets rid of it.

[Wounded Bear]

3. They stole that ending from War of the Worlds...

[TheBlackAdder]

6. Well, bacteria kills the aliens, the strain is killed by high-saline water.

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The classical theatrical plot device, Deus ex machina, that is used over and over in many plays and stories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina



Ha! I just read the wiki post, and this was mentioned in there:

The Martians in H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds have destroyed everything in their path and apparently triumphed over humanity, but they are suddenly killed by bacteria.[11][12]

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[Wounded Bear]

2. I assume you're talking about the orginal...?

The Keanu Reeves version was butchery of a high degree.

[shockey80]

5. Yes.

[TreadSoftly]

4. Day the Earth Stood Still: some of the scenes came to mind when CV unfolded

re Day the Earth Stood Still: Don't want to put out spoilers, but there are some interesting moments in the film and I recommend that if you have any taste for good drama and tolerate sci-fi/science fiction, you should see this movie. Patricia Neal and Michael Rennie are terrific. Directed by Robert Wise, Academy winner for West Side Story and Sound of Music. It's a movie that stays with you. I was always particularly touched by the scenes with the little boy who unknowingly was teaching the alien.

(Edited to clarify which movie, as two more titles and a remake entered the discussion!)

[Wounded Bear]

7. As I said in post #2, don't bother with the 2008 version...

the original is the one to see. Haven't seen the original in many years, but I don't recommend the sequel.

[mitch96]

8. I liked both versions... matter of fact the first one scared me so much that

that I memorized the "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto" so if I ever met with the big silver guy I would know what to do!!! Kids so the strangest things... I was also afraid of Nazi's under the bed....
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