"Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto!"

Saturday is usually B-movie day on the Sci-Fi Channel and today's listings are: Tornado!, Tidal Wave-No Escape, Earthquake-Nature Unleashed, Ice, Magma-Volcanic Disaster, Atomic Twister, and Black Hole (not the Disney one) ... aha, today is Natural Disaster Day.

You know, I miss the old 1950's Sci-Fi movies with the lady scientists running around in high heels, tight skirts, and a pearl necklace. And, oh yeah, black-rimmed glasses to make them look serious. Chasing and being chased by creatures that had been transformed by exposure to *gasp* radiation.

The underlying message was that atomic bombs are bad and if we aren't careful the Cold War will turn Hot and radiation will destroy life as we know it and it will be all our fault.

Which brings me to ..."The Day the Earth Stood Still", a 1951 Sci-Fi classic.

Klaatu, the spaceman. Gort, the robot.

It's being remade with Keanu Reeves as Klaatu.
I can deal with an edgy, moody Klaatu.
I look forward to seeing a CGI-created Gort.

But Please, please, please .... do NOT have Klaatu bring a message about: global warming will destroy life as we know it... and it will be all Bush's fault!