When Barry was in the dreamworld, and met Joe (who didn’t know him, of course), I so wanted him to say “In my universe, you’re the guy who raised me like a son - also I want to marry your daughter”
George-Michael and Maebe are first-cousins, who grew up separately (apparently in the first episode they hadn’t seen each other in years) - and first cousin marriages are not unusual at all in the course of human history, so their relationship is far less disturbing than that of Buster and either Lucille…
It’s clear that she designs her own clothes (she can’t be more than 19, by the way, by the chronology of the related backstory). There is a scene where she describes a new dress to Robby and he makes it for her. Morbius couldn’t care less.
Well, she is a healthy but inexperienced young adult woman. She has no idea what kissing is for, until she tries it with the Captain. She has theoretical knowledge of “biology,” the film makes clear early on that she is intelligent but innocent. That’s why the tiger goes to attack her later in the movie, she has lost her innocence by really kissing (and falling in love with) the Captain.
Early on there is a conversation where Morbius says to the Captain that he supposes he will have to send A. to Earth one day “to complete her education” (wink wink nudge nudge, it’s the 50’s so they don’t spell that out; I always presumed he meant to find a husband and come back) and the Captain (or maybe the Doctor) says “And quite soon, I think.” Morbius clearly isn’t aware that
his subconscious “monster from the id” would not allow her to leave, as no-one can be allowed to notify Earth that Morbius himself has all this power and knowledge. Just watched this again the other day on TCM. It still holds up. Walter Pidgeon was an under-rated actor, methinks, always stuck in “Mr Miniver” type roles.
Anime is pretty much a given, but I wanted to point out the series Candy Boy. The writers use just about every double entendre in the book to try an convince you the twin girls are having sex with each other. Even without the sex, the twins relationship is really odd.
Not really. In Forbidden Planet, Morbius has purposely isolated his daughter Altaira on their world. In the Tempest, the backstory is that Prospero’s wife died in childbirth and out of grief and depression, he retreated into his studies, ignoring the kingdom and thereby becoming vulnerable to a coup. Prospero and his daughter are exiled against his will.
I suppose a case can be made that Prospero harbors an unconscious resentment towards Miranda for her inadvertent part in the death of Mrs. Prospero (especially if you accept that Caliban is a reflection of Prospero’s dark side), but it’s all subtext. Prospero objects to Miranda’s interest in Ferdinand because he’s the son of the man who usurped his kingdom, not out of any possessive desire.
