1. Historical background
The film was shot in the 1950s. The typical feature of science fiction movies in the 1950s is the "monster". For example, "Devil Flower", "Godzilla" and so on. There are not many sci-fi movies of this period in the history of sci-fi-"Forbidden Planet" is considered one-but it has a profound influence on the subsequent important sci-fi movies such as "Interstellar Travel" and "Star Wars".
2. History
1. Evil scientist
The monsters in this film are "made" by scientists, and the real start of science fiction "Frankenstein" is also the story of scientists creating monsters, but the monsters created in this film are not tangible, but intangible.
The image of scientists in science fiction is either an antidote for disaster relief or the cause of disaster. Usually the latter image appears more often, and this film is the latter image.
2. All whites
In the 1950s, the black movement and the women's liberation movement were not yet vigorous. We are now accustomed to working together with creatures of various races, genders, and races in a team, but that era was still the era of white supremacy. This makes it even more valuable for the various races in the "Star Trek" series to work together.
3. Naive girl
The images of women appearing in science fiction in this era are still beautiful and innocent girls. Note that they are girls, not married women. In the culture at that time, girls only symbolized purity and could have a romantic relationship with the white protagonist.
Therefore, you will see many vulgar clips that have nothing to do with science fiction and love in this film. These are the legacy of the times.
Therefore, when you see women as heroes in "Alien", you will feel that the times are liberating.
4. Robot
Most of Asimov's "Me, Robot" was originally published between 1940 and 1950, and it put forward the three laws of robots. Let me mention that before Asimov proposed the three laws of robotics, most of the images of robots appeared as killers. At that time, the image of killer robots was very popular in the science fiction world (generally because people were afraid of technology), like Super England is very popular now. Tired of such clichés, Asimov proposed the three laws of robots, creating a picture of humans and robots living in harmony.
The three laws proposed by Asimov not only had a major impact on the science fiction world, and inspired many creations in later generations, but also had an impact on the research of robot design.
This film does not clearly indicate that robots are equipped with these three laws, but it still hints a little that robots cannot kill people, which fits the spirit of Asimov.
5. UFO-style spacecraft
4. UFOs were very popular in the 1950s. At that time, they were in the Cold War. People were frightened. The imagination of spacecraft in this movie copied the shape of UFO, which is basically different from the spacecraft designed by later generations.
3. Impact on the future
1. Dangerous space exploration
Delving into the core of the film, a group of people received signals to come to a strange planet, were attacked by monsters made by advanced races, and finally ran away. This is very similar to the core of "Alien".
But this film is not as frightening as "Alien", people did encounter danger, but in the end it was resolved in a "heroic" way. From this point of view, it is very close to "Interstellar Travel".
2. Light Slot and Quill
The light trough inevitably reminds people of the human body narration technology in "Interstellar Travel". Standing in the light trough, you can quickly reach another location. In the spin-off series "The Orville" of "Star Trek", there is a villain called the Quill.
4. Tucao and others
1. I have mastered the technology of interstellar flight, but the information and communication technology is so backward, it is incredible that the materials of the spacecraft have to be dismantled.
2. The first time I saw a special mention of the chef in the spacecraft.
3. Leslie Nelson, who played Chief Adams, played the role of a doctor in the classic comedy movie "Flying All Over the Sky".
4. This movie has the shadow of Shakespeare's drama "The Tempest".
5. This is the first mainstream movie with a soundtrack entirely composed of electronic musical instruments.
6. This large-scale production film has achieved market success, which inspires future large-scale sci-fi movies. (It was not like this before)
7. "Star Trek" producer Gene Roddenberry said that his inspiration was mainly from this movie; the person who played the role of the doctor in this movie appeared in the second season of "Star Trek: The Original"; The serial number is 1701, which is the time when the spacecraft in this unit entered the orbit of a forbidden planet.
8. At the beginning of the movie, it is said that in the last 10 years of the 21st century, humans landed on the moon, about 140 years from 1956, and in fact, humans landed on the moon in 1969.
9. The movie poster is an evil robot holding a girl, but there is no such content in the movie. (the image is only a reference)
10. The miniskirt in this movie is basically the first time a miniskirt appeared in a Hollywood movie. This movie was banned by Spain and was not lifted until 1967.
11. The planet Altair IV in this film is also a federal planet in the first season of "Interstellar Travel: Deep Space Nine".
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