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[lsanderson]

I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still the other day. The new Keanu Reeves version. It sucked, not that I had great expectations. The writing sucked in new and unusual ways that, to me, indicated a true dunderhead had written it, or it got rewrote so bad in committee, that all sense left. I was so glad I missed it in the theaters. Nanobot insects? I'm guessing somebody thought they had to fly and swarm. And that makes the glowing sphere one heck of a bug zapper.

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[kightp.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it dreadful? I recommend acquiring a copy of the 1951 original to take the bad taste out of your brain. Ahhhh, Michael Rennie ...

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[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

The damned bugs couldn't even eat the clothes off Reeves -- just so I could see wot he looks like on a casting couch...