If you enjoyed your visit, I am pleased. I was thinking of removing some of the information from the first page, and placing it here, but then I thought if no one gets this far I would still like them to see some of my comments. So I will repeat them here, expand on some of them and add some new ones.

Forbidden Planet was a landmark film for many reasons. Not only was it the first big-budget science fiction film, but long before"2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Star Wars," this was the yardstick that all cinematic science fiction was judged by. Its dazzling look and high-tech special effects were unprecedented for its time. Even thought today special effect over shadow those used back in 1956, the were the state of the art for their time.

One of the things that made this move so great, I think was the fact that MGM allowed its film makers to spend 2 years in production, which at that time was not often heard of. (I remember going to the movies and from time to time you would hear things two years in the making something you don't hear now-a-days, since its no big thing.) One of the other things that helped in making this movie great was the use of borrowing the visual effects specialists of Walt Disney, who where ahead of their time in the special effects department, to create the film's otherworldly look. The result was a film whose visuals defined the style of science fiction films for years to come.

The film also benefited form a tight script that balanced thrills, humor and a sense of wonder in equal measure. The film's "crew-on-a-mission" plot would be borrowed by other sci-fi films and television shows in the years since its release, especially Star Trek.

Some of the stars form "Forbidden Planet," would later on become TV Stars. Anne Francis went on to become TVs "Honey West." Lislie Nielsen stared in "Police Squad." Richard Anderson became Oscar Goldman on "The Six Million Dollar Man." Eral Holliman stared in the "Police Woman" series. In his later years James Best would star in the "The Dukes Of Hazzard", series, as Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane how ever this was far beneath his talents. Even thought it was beneath his talents, this was the part that gave him his greatest fame.

James Drury went on to star in "The Virginian" a role that took him from obscurity to TV stardom. Jack Kelly is known for his roll in the TV series "Maverick." Warren Stevens stared in the series in the 1956 TV series "Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers" as Lt. William Storm. And was a regular in 1964 series "The Richard Boone Show" Marvin Miller is best remembered for his roll as Michael Anthony in the series "The Millionaire" Morgan Jones went on to play Cdr. Donovan in the TV series "The Blue Angles"

I ran across one web site, that I won't be linking to. He just got out of college, or maybe he spells it collage. At any rate he fancies himself a "movie critic" All he could do was to slam "Forbidden Planet," call the flying saucer a pie plate, and how bad the special effect were.

It's like I've always said... Some of the dumbest, stupidest people I know have graduated college, or was that gradeated collage. I guess his is just to stupid in his own intelligence to realize, the the special effects used in 1956 for the 'Forbidden Planet" were the state of the art for their time. And of course that time was 2056. Not. It was 1956. He probably doesn't know who the Beatels were. That's ok. The rest of us know that "Forbidden Planet" is one of the best sci fi movies ever made.

There has been talk of doing a remake of "Forbidden Planet", I would like to see that, but I'm afraid that with todays Hollywood talent (not the actors), they would change it so much... so much, in fact that if you saw the original, you would not know you were watching the same movie. Remember "Journey To The Center Of The Earth", it was so bad that it never made to the movies or TV. And then there was "Starship Troopers", no where near the book, don't get me wrong, I liked it but if you read the book you would be very disappointed in the movie. But if Hollywood can't follow a book how are they going to follow the plans laid out so many years ago for "Forbidden Planet".

For over 40 years, "Robby The Robot" has undoubtedly remained the most famous and adored movie robot of all time. Making his film debut in 1956 in Hollywood's first, multi-million dollar, science fiction epic "Forbidden Planet," "Robby" starred alongside Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielson, and cost the MGM prop-shop over $ 125,000 to construct.

In 1957, "Robby" appeared in his second motion picture, "The Invisible Boy." Legendary, trend-setting art director Robert Kinoshita designed "Robby," concurrently pushing plastics fabrication and robot design technique into the 21^st Century. Veteran western actor Frankie Darro brought the "Robby" costume to life, and the robot's eloquent voice was skillfully portrayed by actor Marvin Miller. Going from big screen productions, "Robby" made an effortless and successful transition into television, where he later starred in many classic shows. These credits include his appearances in many popular series, such as "Lost in Space, The Twilight Zone, The Addams Family, Love Boat, Columbo, and Mork and Mindy. In 1970, the original "Robby" was sold at the big MGM auction to the Prop-museum "Movie-World," in California, and was placed on display next to the vehicle he drove in "Forbidden Planet".