that tore them limb from limb. All Rights Reserved. There isn't much to shout about at first, blokes in grey space suits, in space, with identical hairdos, being all militaristic and straight laced (although the suits have a nice natty design). Here we see Dr Morbius losing control, the real monster is Morbius' mind, his subconscious. Morbius then tells Adams and the doctor, “Prepare your minds for a new scale of physical scientific values” and shows them a Krell machine that powers the lab and had powered the planet. But we sentient beings must … The films starts off in a very typical spaceship interior which these days probably would do nothing for you. Pulpy characters, outlandish designs, and high concept commentary on civilization. In this sci-fi classic, a spacecraft travels to the distant planet Altair IV to discover the fate of a group of scientists sent there decades earlier. © 2020. The Atlas Society. When Commander John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew arrive, they discover only two people: Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis), who was born on the remote planet. Are you a motivated college student who demonstrate leadership and an interest in Ayn Rand’s philosophy? Yeah it may look cheesy as hell but come on...how cool is it with that sweet neon blue glow when it lands and that haunting whistle-like noise. And your fathers name will shine again like a beacon in galaxy. The ship lands. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy The only thing that lets it down are the now slightly dated interior sets and the quite corny looking garden areas complete with Earth animals...which takes you out of the film. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. It's always interesting to go back and watch films that you didn't realize had such a profound impact on the way a certain genre is made now. Oops! I believe Morbius wanted to prevent the human race from gaining the alien technology and similarly losing control wiping themselves out, plus he and his daughter have it pretty sweet on Altair and he didn't want that disturbed. but in ourselves.” The Krell tragedy was not rooted in that race’s intentional malice nor was Morbius a malicious individual. Its actually quite a clever one involving an ancient alien race and their supreme technology getting abused by a human and the long dead aliens themselves causing their own downfall.