# Keanu as Klaatu! The Day the Earth Officially Ended **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 24, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579 "2008-03-24T20:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/41 "2008-03-25T16:26:18Z")
…in the 1953 movie, the Army decides to "immobilize’ Gort (by casting him in a block of GL-70 (wasn’t that the stuff that prevents cavities?)), yet he burns his way out. Do ya suppose in the remake, the army would have something better? Also, the astophysicist (played by Sam jaffee)-would the alien give him the solution to superstring physics? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/42 "2008-03-25T16:26:43Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Probably because he was ill. But he told us where we stand! [/QUOTE] Maybe they’ll show this as a double-feature. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/43 "2008-03-25T17:15:25Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [How does a remake of _Death Wish_ grab everyone?](http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_14275.html) [/QUOTE] Just fine, so long as they stick to the story about a lone vigilante enticing and whacking muggers, and don’t try to re-envision it into something else, like a lone vigilante hunting Islamic terrorists or right-wing militia terrorists or corporate malefactors or government conspirators. With crime rates down, the original plot just isn’t as timely now as it was in 1974. But that’s no excuse. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/44 "2008-03-25T17:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=Eonwe] Maybe they’ll show this as a double-feature. [/QUOTE] I’d say [_Doctor X_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_X_%28film%29) is ripe for a remake! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/45 "2008-03-25T17:17:53Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] ..in the 1953 movie, the Army decides to "immobilize’ Gort (by casting him in a block of GL-70 (wasn’t that the stuff that prevents cavities?)), yet he burns his way out. Do ya suppose in the remake, the army would have something better? [/QUOTE] Sure. It’s called a “stop-loss.” Immobilizes like you wouldn’t believe. ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/46 "2008-03-28T12:09:45Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Just fine, so long as they stick to the story about a lone vigilante enticing and whacking muggers [/QUOTE] Didn’t they just do this with Jodie Foster in the lead? ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/47 "2008-03-28T15:42:22Z")
Wasn’t there a remake of _Casablanca_ done in the early 1980’s? I think it was called _Caboblanco_? I think Charles Bronson was doing the Humphrey Bogart’s role as Rick. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579/48 "2008-03-28T16:23:03Z")
[QUOTE=kitemaker\_chuck] Wasn’t there a remake of _Casablanca_ done in the early 1980’s? I think it was called _Caboblanco_? I think Charles Bronson was doing the Humphrey Bogart’s role as Rick. [/QUOTE] Didn’t David Soul do one? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keanu-as-klaatu-the-day-the-earth-officially-ended/442579.md?page=2)