Environment Man

I'm just glad you finally got yourself a decent avatar.

LeisureChrist

When ya gonna follow suit? As soon as an image of the Gortster from the remake becomes available? Let's put a little color in those cheeks.

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"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to be Environment Man and remove all doubt."---Benjamin Frank-N-Furter

Environment Man

The new Gort will have to be supercool to replace the old Gort.

LeisureChrist

Wouldn't it be funny if they didn't bother with a Gort at all?

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"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to be Environment Man and remove all doubt."---Benjamin Frank-N-Furter

Environment Man

No.

It would not be a remake.

It would be an atrocity.

Keanu would not lend his good name to such a tragedy.

If they do not get Gort right the film will fail.

And I will hurl.

LeisureChrist

Never saw "Speed," I take it? Look at it this way... Would a truly advanced and enligfhtened society need robots to keep themsleves in check? Or, put in terms you can relate to, had Adam and Eve not introduced original sin into the world, would we need Commandments to remind us to aviod sinning?

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"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to be Environment Man and remove all doubt."---Benjamin Frank-N-Furter

Environment Man

Well why do you think Eman is here as Gort?

No. Yet the choice to sin will always be there.


Here is the write-up from IMDb and it implies that the humans might just be keeping the robots in check:

The 2008 remake about an alien and his indestructible robot will star (Keanu Reeves) as Klaatu, Jennifer Connelly as Helen Benson, (Jaden Smith) as Jacob, and (Kathy Bates). Gort has not been cast at this time and will most likely be created using FX.The remake of (The Day the Earth Stood Still) will supposedly remain true to the original movie, however there is a chance the remake will more likely remain true to the short story upon which the 1951 movie is based. In either case the alien 'weaponry' seems to have been upgraded. In addition to a city going dark, and a very brief look at the new Gort, the film trailer shows a cloud of black smoke, capable of rapid movement and disintegrating matter on contact.In the 1951 movie, Gort is described as one of a race of robots created by the planets to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. If the 2008 remake follows the short story by (Harry Bates), "Farewell to the Master" upon which the 1951 movie is based, it will be revealed at the end of the movie by Gort himself that he is the master, and not Klaatu. (IMDb)