The Day The Earth Stood Still

[wiseheart]

Finally found the time to see the remake with Keanu Reeves - and actually liked it. I keep wondering why do I like Keanu Reeves so much; the guy had only one facial expression, and he doesn't age well... and yet I keep liking him. Even though, as it was revealed in this movie, he has ugly feet. I even used him as the basics for my own Elrond image once; archet has made me a pretty photomanip of him as Elrond.

Kyle Chandler, OTOH, did age well. He has left behind his pretty boy image known from "Tour of Duty" and "Early Edition", and maturity suits him very much. I haven't seen him for a long time and was pleasantly surprised.

Anyway, the film: the visuals were great, and I liked the robot. Liked John Cleese as Professor Barnhardt and was so happy to see Roger R. Cross again. I loved him in "First Wave" - he was the only reason I watched that crappy show as long as I did. Loved Cathy Bates as the Defence Secretary, too. The female lead, though, couldn't really get to me. Is it me that I can't buy all these lovely young ladies who do impossible things (Mary Sue anyone) or are there really no female roles of the younger version that would *not* be stereotypical?

The creators say that this is a new, grittier version of the original. Now I'm more desirous than ever to actually see the original. You just can't beat the classics... no matter what people say about the... thing into which Ron Moore twisted BSG.

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[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

"Tour of Duty" -- now that was a good show. One of the first TV renderings of the Vietnam War that actually had some more realistic content than previous presentations. I liked the medic character, "Doc," played by John Dye, who came in later and added some moral complexity by refusing to carry a weapon, among other things.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And the shitty way the others were treating him for it, even after all that he'd done for them, was also very realistic.

I fell in undying love with Terence Knox watching this series, though. Ever since then, I 'cast' him in my head every time I need a tough yet humane soldier character.