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Heli pilots find strange monument in remote part of Utah

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Huh.  Just looked at the linked map and realized I've been down that jeep trail several times and have been within a very shot distance of it.  It does not appear to be that far from the trail.

Scott

22 minutes ago, tttocs said:

Huh.  Just looked at the linked map and realized I've been down that jeep trail several times 

Scott

 

Oh, now have you then? What a coincidence. Clearly its you that put it there, it you that's the prankster. 😡

2 hours ago, W2DR said:

Klaatu barada nickto

 

One of my all time favourite movies. The original I mean, with Michael Rennie. Made 7 years before I was born, a true masterpiece. 

Enjoyed the remake too. 

You don't think our shiny object in the desert it actually "Gort" do you? Reduced to his most basic geometric form?  

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I'll never forget seeing that movie when it was first released. I was nine years old then (1951) and it scared the dickens out of me. I have it safely tucked away on my PC and I've watched it again many times since. One of my all-time favorites for sure. Gort was actually as big as he appeared in the movie. He was played by Lock Martin who was somewhere between 7' 1" and 7'7" depending on who you believe (he said he was 7'7" so I'll take his word for it).  For all you younger guys, the movie we're talking about is The Day The Earth Stood Still and it's available on Netflix (and other places). Slow day here today, maybe I'll fire it up again tonight.

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Officials are now calling for its removal as “it is illegal to install structures or art without authorization on federally managed public lands, no matter what planet you’re from,” according to the statement.

OOOOOHH.. I bet the aliens are quaking in their boots from such a threat! :biggrin:

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23 hours ago, martin-w said:

 

Oh, now have you then? What a coincidence. Clearly its you that put it there, it you that's the prankster. 😡

Dang.  You got me!

 

Scott

On 11/26/2020 at 6:50 PM, W2DR said:

I'll never forget seeing that movie when it was first released. I was nine years old then (1951) and it scared the dickens out of me. I have it safely tucked away on my PC and I've watched it again many times since. One of my all-time favorites for sure. Gort was actually as big as he appeared in the movie. He was played by Lock Martin who was somewhere between 7' 1" and 7'7" depending on who you believe (he said he was 7'7" so I'll take his word for it).  For all you younger guys, the movie we're talking about is The Day The Earth Stood Still and it's available on Netflix (and other places). Slow day here today, maybe I'll fire it up again tonight.

 

Yeah its fantastic. Simple plot but well executed. The nice thing is that my 27 year old daughter tells me its one of her favourites now too.

Another one of my favorites is This Island Earth. And not to forget Forbidden Planet.

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3 hours ago, martin-w said:

Another one of my favorites is This Island Earth. And not to forget Forbidden Planet.

The invisible monster in "Forbidden Planet" gave me nightmares for years the first time I saw it back in the distant past when I was still an impressionable child... 👽

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29 minutes ago, n4gix said:

The invisible monster in "Forbidden Planet" gave me nightmares for years the first time I saw it back in the distant past when I was still an impressionable child... 👽

Just saw Forbidden Planet about a week ago on Netflix.   Probably the 10th time,at least!  Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens and Jack Kelly were the inspiration for Gene Roddenberry for Captain Pike, The Doctor, and First officer of the Enterprise. Of course, Spock wasn't totally human.

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16 hours ago, n4gix said:

The invisible monster in "Forbidden Planet" gave me nightmares for years the first time I saw it back in the distant past when I was still an impressionable child... 👽

 

Scary indeed. Very well done. There was something about those 50's science fiction movies that fostered a feeling of impending doom. I think the music in Forbidden Planet had something to do with it.

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... and the Utah Monolith has been removed...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9005763/Mysterious-monolith-Utah-desert-removed-group-4-men-pushed-broke-up.html

Sorry for using the Daily Fail, but it was quick and dirty..

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